The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-04-27

heSe Two soon became intinate|
friends Ia The factory their loom.
were next each oiher,and they occupiedI
,ne W, same room at their boarding heuse
Fhey were much attached a, Mrs. u
win whom they boarded and she lin fur,
evInced a deep interest in their wei
fare.
Ahon, six months sfer Maria enter.
eu me i'ciory, an incident occurredI
winch hound,if possible the Two rrieod.l
closer 10 each other. One evening. a.
hey were in their chamber.and Car.
line was engaged in repscking a larps
'runk' Maria who was looking on, wa.
rather surprised stthe amount of cloth.
'ng and JeweIry possessed BY Caroline
md JokinsIy inquired if her beau was .
ljeweller,
Caroline blushed, and after some hesi.
'alton Informed Maria ,ha, her fs,he,
nad once been wealthy, but,a his death
was a'certainsd tina, his properly.
though amply sufficient to pay h is owl
Ideos,would be. swept away by the fail.
ure oi some ifiends for whom he had
endorsed notes. The creditors had al.
I owed her TO keep every thing gyer
ner oy her father except her piano. Sh,
, also told her that although she mint
have supported herself by music teach.
ng' she preferred working in fac.or,
o remN!n'og among those, who, thoagi
they were Cnee intimate friends, wouic
consider her, after The lose of wealth, a,
4, below them.
Maria repaid Caroline by telling her
? own hlstory,and her reasons eor lesvin,
: home, e,and corroboraled her story by III,
display of jewelry and other trinke,s he
o father had allowed her to take.
i: Probably there we're never two per
J. sons who enjoyed themselves better Iha
hese lwo girls. None; save ,hemselve.
knew their history, and as their naturi
dispositions were no, arrogant, the
= never appeared 10 bo above their fellov
II !asorerS. For two years they RENAME
ogelher, al The end Of which Cayolin
{ vas marrled,and at tho urgent rrques
Il herself and husband, Maria was in
II iuced to lsove The factory, for while
It least, and take Up her sbods wit
them.
, One day, while MIRA wa. engaged i
Hrnslng paper which had been left :
the house. her eyes fell on paragrap p
'tallng that Mr. Henry Stevens, VIII
nad always been considered a yer
NJ wealthy merchant, was arrested an
committed 10 prison for commitln
ri heavy lorgeries, She handed it
Carolne, with shudder, exclainIn
r. ''s expected The next paper brougl
:. intelligence that no doubt was en,ertair
ed Of his gull ;and that Mr. 1rafon,i n
n, ealilel y ruined, would be heavy loser
ID account Of his vilIanies, as he had hire
n Of him a large SUM Of money. For
., moment Maria INDUCED the idea
n Immediately visiting her father;b aft,
.. consulting with Caroline, concluded
>. write 10 him, which she did, beggir
NJ his pardon for not oheying him, and n
10 guessing HIM 10 receive her again 10 h
Y arms, adding as postscript that she 'ha
y one hundred dollars, which she worI
send him, if he was in want Of none
, o pay his losses by Stevens Her f.tl
e. Ir read her letter with feelings more {
~ sorrow than anger, but at the end of
0 broke into hearlyaugh, exclsiming'we
l. women are The best judges of rascals
In few days he visited Maria eMores
). ed his regret for the sorrow he cause
in her, and requested her 10 relura wit
r. him. Maria complied with his. requs.
y md became once more an inmste of he
d sarly home. Her father endesvored b
y avery means 10 make her happy, as a
y AIonement for past wrongs; and whe
,i About year after she asked his eonser
). o her marriage with a mechanic, will
,e out wealth, he answered, DO ss yo
,e please, Maria; have learned 10 |,
.- every girl choose her own husband
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