The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-09-27


had been met with as To render it desira-
bic that shou!d be present myself pre-.
vlous to the production Of the drama
The remuneration for my trouble was t.
be left to my own decision. The second
letter was also from Marscilles. II ran in
these terms Sir, the wife aud daughter
of your brother are dying Of want. Some
hundreds Of francs would save them, and
| doubt not but YOU will Judge il proper
| to visit connexions so near to you. and
make arrangements for their preservation
and future comfort. "--'Hnis letter was
signed by DR.. Lambert of Marscilles.
4 have already said TO YOU thai was a
miscr, ia the worst sense of the word, and
! it is an avowaI which my latter conduct
barely enables me to make without shame
The letter Of the physician did not move
my pity, but it renewed certain angry
feelings which had formerly existed TO-
ward my sister-in,law in my mind. Some
few years before this Tune, my brother,
AN homes, sailor, who fell prey 10 the
element he loved so well, had written to
me, announcing his intention to marry the
daughter of fisherman, gill who had
brought him the dowry Of an excellent
heart, two pretty eyes, and a total want
Of money. | was both proud and mscr-
ly, and | answered him 10y saying that,
"sjnce he chose to marry a girl without
chilling, he might be happy if he could;
but that he was doing very foolish and
degrading action" | had the brutality
even to advise him to break with the
girl, if he yet had it in his power. He,
like true hearted and worthy man, we'd
ded the girl he loved, according to his
promise. My sister-in-law was Breton,
proud and honest. She never forgot my
letter, and despised the sender. When
she lost her husband and was thrown in
TO poverty and distress, it was long ere
she could bring her mind to listen to the
thought of petitioning from one of such a
disposition as had evinced. But the
sight of her girl, her only child, wasting
away from sheer want, and the reflection
that the poor thing must otherwise be cast
helpless upon the world, made her at
length disclose her connection with me 10
the benevolent medical man who attended
her. The result was The letter have al.
Iuded to.
The prospect of emolument beinc very
great, it may he imagined that | was no,
disinclned TO visit the MarseilIcs theatre
| answered the MANAGERS letter immedi-
alely. and followed il in person wiIhou,
DELAY. When arrived at NlarseiIles.
the first ncrson whom | saw was the sur-
geon who had written to me. lie was in
waiting for me 4, the princinal hotel there
AsI had not answered his request for
money. the good man had said in his sim.
plici,y. "he will be here in person." and
dav after dav he had looked for nae. The
words with which he saluted me were
these; "You have lost no time, sir
Doubtless Won thought, and Justly, that
death might come in the way if delay
took place. All am glad 10 see YOU /:
it is proof of your unwearyinq Kindness
to your relatives" What could | do?
NV purpose had been to visit MarseiIes
fer the theatre only; bat there was de-
gree of touching simplicity in the physi-
clans manner, which had more effect in
preventing me from disclosing the truth
than would have been produced by an al
tack upon me for negligence. I reI, il
impossible to avow to such man the real
and sole purpose Of my visit to Marseilles.
and, accordingly, instead of going straight
to the theatre as intended, walked away
with the doctor TO my sister-n.aw's.
Il found her in most wrerched hovcl,
scarcely penetrated by single ray of the
sun. Near the bed of the poor sufferer
stood an object which drew my first al