The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-10-19
, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, ls44

: cnanUer assigned 10 htr al The inn
8 where The coach had stayed. Wnh that,
!, apology for trunk-small as il was. il
Z, would have held the wsrdrobes Of three
| Bridgeis--mounled on the burly shoul.
: ders Of aherculesn porter, The girl found
: her broiher's home. She had expected,
E 10 see rich apartments, but none so itch
: as ihese,, where, surrounded by all the
I sc emblance Of srislocrsiic life, her broth.
er lay stretched upon sofa slipping his
: vine, snd reading the evening paper. {.
FL WELL was his greeting, 'you're
3 Itomc;T said then%is wtat on ssifh h,s
D n|pspsr. -.-...-
These words fell chill upon The sirp,
, heart, sui she knew she was his sister,
: and she kneli TO kiss him. 'Dsar Rich.
t ard, dear brother, have so counted on
l this hour. They all send their love;
TON, and Saul, and-----'
Z There, tha,'l do. Go and ST, down.
d These things are low; you must forge,
d them ell. But, faugh how you're
t dressed! Did any one see su as you
came ini'
il. The answer was satisfactory; so the
reading went on.
You must forget these Lincoln peo
i pie altogether he said after while.
you are going 10 be lady and the mem
orv of poverty sits i'll upon such. Mind
: warn you 10 have a siiil tongue. For
}. the rest, make yourself COT omtortable: cay
:, black is black, and white is white. A
very good maxim, | assure you, for a
II DEPENDENT
: 'Can happiness come from such be.
3 iei, or iuture good ? asked Bridget. -
Gan
t There. ,hsl'll Go; never discuss
't points with children. Talk the matter
r 'ver with the next maid servant, or re-
II serve il for private meditation when
. you ate upon The top Of the COACH
e Bridget had little 10 say after this, and
! late hour of the same Ugh, found her
= ourneying 10 the western province,
~ rvheJs her widowed ralaiinn dwelf A
'dI dIieavlrrg i.cndon, ''she fdund- herself III I
sr ,ounlry Town, in . gay street, standing
= ,pon scrupuously clean step, knock
n. ing upon very bright knocker, not on
" for her own sdmitlance, but for iha
pr f the scsn'ly freighed box. A de
n, nure looking servant appeared, wht
ed taking into her mistress ihe iniroducIo c
h., ry letter which the elder Psihlow hs
ct indited, being as he had said, the fishin
In hooS. whereby TO catch the fish, left IN
i'll Lincoln girl TO full honr's doubt as
whether she would have TO reirsce he
he way TO Lincoln, or be received 30 II
I'm poor dependent. 1t seemed that ht
ne unexpected arrival had created muc
Nv discussion; for loud voices were hear
in in the reighboring parlor. The dispute
OF rising into a storm, was only stayed b
d'stlIridget's being Urivr1a into ihe pre-
est ence Of the bereaved widow, who, beir
,rk of subrlan,al form, sat IN a capacio
eaf chair, with plentiful supply of law
sh- before her weeping face. She was su
rounded by several relatives, each
", whom had children 10 recommends; b
,ho wishing 10 exhibit her power, and Il
,il qmph over their greedy expectation
,'s she rose, and throwing herself upon Il
4s,onished girls neck. made visible ele
hi, ton OF dependent. Foiled in tbs
ur purposes The relations disappeared. II
te, widow. like . child pleased with 10
ed made Tor While much OF The poor Ii
de coin gnl; ohl dresses were rsmodslle
IN old bonnet, eunningly trimmed, bygc
en- fashions descan,ed on, ill 10 crown (,
tt whole, ,Ihe girl wished back ihe Linco
# rags, rather Than walk The streeisto
di, sszed al by every passer-by. In n
ssy mailer there was no appeal; there nev
rds is against logged self opinion or self
i've cunning. Pleased with having one
ne. whom to wreck a world of spite, I
er; widow soon changed her first show
kindness 10 taunts, reproaches propc
ere liona,e 10 the loneliness and depended
, q Of the child, Months went by wlho
,ch one solitsry CLEAN of happiness, +
lon books or learning were forbidden;ad
ha, 10 ell this, 100, were perpetual seer
lhe letters from her home, urging her
co send money, but there was no mesnn'
lid in Bridget, she could endure, but r
SIX, crave unwor'hily, Thipgs had gone.
me thus for a twelve month, when one vi
oto ,ers day the widow came back sflel
pa weeks absence gay bride, and Il
vas same night Bridget was sent back
ver her way TO Lincoln, with FIVE shillir
ned in her pocket over and above The Goa
g-lhire.