Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-04-25
[WHoLE No. 1873.

Or was she content To dwell upon the
present? Whatever her thoughts were.
they could not be evil. Oh no Tor
the truthful glauce and alfcctlonaie
. .ncstuic with which she beckoncd hor
husband to approach softly were never
dictated by u selfish or unkind thought.
j. lie, howaIar, was ruflad, for he had
insisted on an answer ir"m the nursr.
who, To- the question OF what allied the
child had replied with some reluctance,
that Miss Pearson, their aunt had been
there that day, aud had talked to Mas
made him very unhappy"
The sorrows Of children, however,
are seldom very long lived, aud Master
Charley came down to breakfast the
neat morning without any traces Of the
last nights tears. We, il nigh. have
bcen observed thai ne very slGdious,y
avoided addressing Mrs. Earham by the
. tNtPuIIUu name NHich btT nhSb"h" Nv
ways Lscd when speaking Of her Ia his
children As for little Ellen, she look
ed timidIy up in her face, aud not TIL
quite the middle of the day did sho
gain courage 10 utter more than mono
syliablrs IN the presence Of the step
mother, although Mrs Barham s'rove,
by d thousand gentle stra'agcms, To
glin The cnrGdcnce Of the children. 1t
was very evident that Master Charley's
heart was stcelcd against her and II,
by kindness and indulgence, he seemed
!Jr q few hours little subdued, the
mlldest relnuEstraGce (and remoIsiran-
ccs were very often necessary, for he
was spoiled and scll-"lllcd boy)
brought the flush 10 his cheek, and the
black drop 10 his heart again. The
little gr was far more lnpressble, and
in ye,y few days the degree Of awe,
which she seemed at first to feel, woie
of, aud she came for the prohered kiss
Il dozen zines a day, and pratled away
TO her hearts content One day, she
was sitting on a stool at Mrs. Barham's
feet, dressing her doll, aud receiving
some suggestions as to the Improvement
of its costume with vast delight, when
the lady asked, gently, aquestiou which
bad long lowered on her lips-"Why
Ellen, do you always call me ma am -
I The ch,!l colured to her temples, sha
dcI as they were by her soft curling
hair, but did not answer.
"N by do you not call me mamma -
continued Mrs BaIham, pressing the
little hnnd tlai rested upon her knee.
The cnld turned her head away as
she mulinurod-"b because Charley told
ne not TO, and said he would not love
me, rnd annl would not love me IT !
did "
4 The heart OF The sirpmoIhcr was too
full to answer ; ker husband found her
N tears and-nnd--it was impossible
positively to refuse his young wife
a supple request, aud he had prom
ised that the children should be allowed
to address her only by the term their
own feelings should dictale. Little
Ellen soou began to call her mamma
and called her SO for years Master
I Charley did the same AT intervals, when
more than usually good-tcmpcrcd, OF
Just after some indulgence she had been
the means OF procuring for him.
/, One other scene of this period, aud
We will pass on ior years. Miss Pear
/ son aud the other relatives had been IN
troduccd to Mrs. Earham, aud had
paid the formal wedding visit. AT their
/ first meeting, the merits of The biido
/ were of course discussed.
"1he idea of calling her pretty -
said one.
/ "To pretend she is only sI> and iwcn-
I|Iy :" cNclalm,d another "sho ii never
/ see thirty agau"
"No money, | believe :" asserted the
/ fist, in the form of interrogation
II "Only about twelve hundgrd pounds"
replied s"mcbody very well Informed on
the subject "but Charles has made II
7 up To five thousand, and settled the
whole upon her, continued the lady, IA
"a croScen,Io tone ol voice.
/. more than ever lao did Cor my pour
sister" observed Miss Pearson with u
sigh Though she had money -
=. Most true, Miss Pearson but Charles
Rarhom, twelve years ago, did not pos
scs> i've thousand pounds ~ the world
"The poor children ~
Frightened to death other
II 81 could not believe he would have