Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-10-05

Mr.. Wilhredge had large sums TO pay
that day, IL meet bills f; but, with the tide
~ ggeraied ru,nor which was rushing
through the city, it was utterly impossible
Tor him In do 40 and he was compelled
10 submit To the disbonor Of his paper
without being able io make my prev,ou,
provisions Tor The replacement of the
funds belonging 10 the orphan children
II IL was now ri period Of commercial
depression, and too soon was il nscer.
tained that the failure brought utter ruin
to the fortunes OF the Wildredses. u
was a sad fall. Who can paint IN.
touching reverse Of such picture I II
seemed as if their lWmer high standing
and the troops of woi Id admirers who had
attended their liitering career, were the
most ardent Of The causes now that point
I'D ont the shortest route to escape the
fallen family, in their ulIer ruin and des.
olaiion.
/ II has been truly sand that woman ha.
more loriiiude than man, under the most
lIirying emergencies. Not much over a
year elapsed, after the failure, when this
truth began ia illustration in the wife OF
The ruined merchant. We have seen
Elizabeth Wldredge ns the gay though
less, fashion seeking aud ambitious mem
her Of the world Of show, glitter and mis-
taken rivalry. But hew changed now I!
~ first, the unexpected failure of her
husband struck her with CONSERVATION. -
R,,t ,ha
looked back upon The past. Oh, what
"a history was it lnr her Upon iis every
page she saw the hitter rebukings of her
own career, and the true woman was IN
splred. She saw that there was nothing
lelt to them now. False friends had all
ilown away. Her husband Was dispirit.
ed. 10 his career "iprnden,ial business,
she had ever urged him 10 push forward,
TO rival 'he most dazzling adven,urers,
and now she felt certain she had beep
deeply To blame. Her father, who had
been, Of late years, overburihened with
an expensive and exiravagant family,
brought up To do nothing, was now Who'll
ly unable 10 assist To recover her fallen
fortunes
For The first time in her life, she saw
the world as IL really was. IL had been
n most bitter expei ience 10 come TO II
hu, she felt convicted they had been en-
iirely upon wrong route. From that
hour, she was a resolved woman siimn
lated with The true pride OF making all
the amends for her great fault, which any
womanly effort would in an honorable way
permit her to achieve.
A half year more had passed away
Mr.. Wildredye was now offered u STU
lion as book-kerper IN :he mercantile
house of Mr.. Gray. Ile was glad to nc
cept il the salary was not large, to be-
sure, but Il was most acceptable in the
present condition of the fallen family.
They had taken a neat little cottage
in the suburbs oI the city, for the purpose
IT squaring their expenditures TO their
scanty income. Mr.. W,ldredge was
more cheerful, now 'ha, he had regular
emD!oym-nl. lie began 4" feel, too, the
happy change that had come over the
with them, aud had been ever since the
sad Developments in regard to her worth
less husband. She had been n deep
sufferer from the disgrace, mor'it;ca,ion
aud awful change which had followed the
pr fliga,e and wicked career of Dehndc.
To her. BY her example of resignation,
affection, and dev"iion, Juin gradually
became a changed being. With good
heart naturally ii perpIcious nod false
system of educaii"n-ihe neglect Of pa
rental COUNSEL IN earl y life, and an almost
toinI abandonment, Ia her own wishes and
viii, had permitted julia to grow up
thong lhless, unframed and uurrflcciins |
aspIraDi, in the false aud drliilous ways
Of the most artificial society even Of the
great metropolis itself. She had never
been, IN former davs, tho companion or
confdanie of her own mother. But ,ha,
mother had seen the great error she had
committed, aud, yielding 10 no persuasion
but that OF the most fixed determination
To repair, if possible, the deficiency ol
the past, she clung Ia her only daughter,
with that warmth Of zeal aud purty of
devotion which the true mother is alone
capable Of displaying They were in
separable friends and companions now,
and both had come to know that there j.
an iDexhaustible mine Of asalloyed hap.
Piness springIng from the true relations
of the mother and her daug liter, and
which uniolds ia richest Jewels only
where there is 40 unceasing correspnn-
dence to deveIope the productive and
priceless treasures Of reciprocal aGec-
tlons.
Ii was now most obv bviously the single
purpose Of the mother not only to ipplaul
correct views OF life in the mind of Julia,
bu:, what was best Of all, to carry out
those principles into practical life, by her
own example.
The labors Of Mr.. Wildrcdge were,
likewise, mos, cheerfully yielded 10, but,
with his small salary, j, was soon seen
that they had no prospect Of beitering
their pecuDiary situation. One evening,
about q year after he had taken his snua-
iion IA the book keeper Of Mr.. Gray,
they were sitting in the pnrIor AI The
sweet little cottage, which had now be-
come the abode Of real happiaess. The