Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-11-21

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ceedeo win various mlnIe III III - ~ ~.
aetner Elen nor neT y O' Ia"Sas, 81 s. SE.
.n.% T III -. he, S-or,. al sIov1S v.it@a
Sneu cAle1 W ss11S 80 Ne non nv 49, - 1
I ~ ,So,,sht .he to herself and 1ocr Tothee
sSne "a th;s norrinS she waa afrad FRAT o,.e Of
SIZE 90 ,,,"cs ,." comma on nd re have All fh;s
, ~. Ito r. mil ont.n
Ss Sss hare. m1iher r. said she, rs with discour
s,oj e;r AZ entered their little room. "a Mra p.
SSyS We must take o,t an these bosOsns. and take
ofFfbese collar. and tix them quite another way.-
Che saws thew are not like The pattern she aent hut
She must have FORGOTTEN for here il IL look moth.
AZ. exactly a. We have made them,a
q WelI then. child 10 and carry hack the ma. |
t.rr and shov her that Il il sou
Indeed, mother; she v as so cross to me, and |
hooked at me 50, and spoke so about Won, that |
really DOM feel a. i'll could 20 backs
IS viii % Tor YOU, them aid the kind Maria
Stephans, who had been sitting with MIS-. Al
cvhtle FYien was ont. 81 VIM take the pattern
and The shirts both back, and tell her the exact
ruth about il: Pm not afraid Of her." Maria Ste
SAsns was a. tailOreSs who rented room on the
same floor with Mrs A.; cheerful, resolute,
eo.forward little body and ready always to give
Relpiny hand to neighbour in trouble; and she
took the shirts and pattern and set out resolutely
on her mission.
But poor Mrs. A. though she professed to
take right view Of the matter, and was very ur.
pent in shaving Ellen WIN she ought mot to dis.
Sess herself about IL still felt sRiverng sense Of
me haraness ana unkindness OF the world. coming
over her. The bitter tears would spring to her
ewes in spite Of every effort to suppress them, as
she stood mournfully sazne on the little faded min
iature. which we have before noticed. "When he
1vaa al;va never knew what trouble or poverty
vyas!,' was the thought that constantly passed
Shronoh her mind and how many a IioOH f0rlorn
one has thought the same! Poor Mrs. A. was
confined to her bed for most Of that week. The
doctor gave absolute directions that she should do
nothing, and keep entirely quiet. Adirection very
sensible indeed in the chamber Of ease and COM
peence but hard to be- observed 10 poverty and want
Poor Ellen! what pains she took that week. to
make her mother easy! How often did she reply
to her anxious questions, ssthat she felt quite we'll
that her head did not ache mach !" and various
other things in which the child tried to Persuade
herself she was almost speaking the truths and dur
ing the short snatches Of time when her moth.
err was asleep, in the day or evening, she &C.
complished one or two pieces Of plain work, with
the oy;ce Of which she expected to surprise her
mot6er.
n was towards evening. when Ellen took her
sn;shed WORK 10 the eieeanf dwelling Of Mrs.
p "I shall eef dollar for this" she said ;
senoueh to buy mothers wine and medicine"
s.TRe work is done very neatly" said Mrs.
p; I" and here is some more, should like to
have finished in the same way" Ellen looked up
her for the last work; but Mrs. P was merely
rumrnaging drawer for pattern, which she put
into Ellen's hand; having explained how she wish.
ed il fitted. she dismissed her without word of the
expected dollar.
Poor Ellen tried half dozen times a. she wsj
going out, to turn round and ask for II: but she
was difident pirl. and before she could think of
any words for he request she found herself in the
street. =. : =
Mrs. P-was an amiable kind hearted woman,
hut a woman who was 20 used to dollars. that she
did NOT know how great an affair a singleone might