Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-28

wepi, in bitterness Of heart, over he
ruined air-caslcs. And that dress
which she had stolen io make m ap
pearance bolitiing his bride ! Oh, wha
lf che should be discovered Ao,
would not the heart of her poor y idowrt
mother break, If she should ever know
that her child was thief Alas, hri
wreiched lorchodings were too true
The silk was traced to her she was ar.
rested, on her way to the store, and
dragged TO prison. There she rc ciuscd
all nouristment, ard wept incessanlly.
( On the fourth day, the keeper called
upon isaao !. Hopper, aud inio,mc d
hIm that there was a young girl in prison
who appeared to he utterly trieudless
aud determined To- die by starvation -
iar KIDD hcarrrd old gcu'I,man immr
dla,eiy went 10 her assistance i.c
l1uud her Wing upon the npor of her
ceii with hrr face buried IN her hands,
sobbing as II her heart wOuId brenk -
lie tried to comfort her, bat could obtain
no answer.
Leave Us alone" said he 10 the
keeper, "Pcrhaps she will spcnk to me,
if there is none TO hear" When they
were alone together he put back the
hair from her temples, laid his hand
kindly on her beautiful head, and said
IN soothing tones, "Aly child, consider
iDe as Thy father. Tell me all thou hast
done If thou has taken this silk, let me
know all about it. | will do for thee IA
! would for daughter, and ! doubt not
but | can help thee out Of this difficult
ty."
After long time spent in aflcctlona,r
cn,rcaty, she leaued her young head on
/ his friendly shoulder, and sobbcd ont
"Oh, | wish was dead What will my
| poor moiher say when she knows Of my
disgrare"
Il "Perhaps we can manage that she
never shall know 1t, replied he ; and al
Imrlng her by this hope, he gradually ob
tanned from her the whole story Of he
acquaintance with the noblcman ii,
bade her be c0mlortcd, and take noursh
mcnt ; for he would see that the silk wa
paid for, and the prosecution Withdrawn
lie went Immediately to her employe
and told him the story. "This is he
first oflence," said he "the girl l.
/ young, and the Only child of poo
widow. Give her chance TO retrieve
this one false step, and she may be re-.
stored TO society, useful and honOrcd
woman. will see that thou ait paid for
the sllk.' The man readily agreed 10
withdraw the prosecution, aud said he
would have dealt otherwise by the girl
had he known all the ciIcumStanccs.-
"Thou shouIdst have cnquircd into the
merits Of the case, my friend" replied
lsaac BY this kind Of thoug htlessncss
many a young creature Is driven into the
downward path, who might easily have
been saved.
7 ! he gOoI old mat then went TO the
hotel and inquired for Henry Stewart
Tde servant sad his lordship had no;
risen. "Tell him my business is %, i'm
portance," said Friend Hopper. The
servant soon returned and conducted
him to the chamber The nobleman
appeared surprised that pain old Qua
ker should thus lnIrudc upon his lu>uu.
ous privacy ; but when he heard hl, cr-
rand, he blushed deeply, aud frankly
admitted the Truth OF the gitl'S statement.
lis benevolent visitor took the opportu-
nity to "bcar tcsllmnuy,n a. the
. U IlfllNN sly, IL ullSl ilt >lD ullu StItl~ll-
ness of proh,gacy. lie did 1t in such u
kmd aud tuhcrly mann r, that the
Young maa's hrari was ton he'd IL,
excused himself, by saying that h.
"o0!d not have tawperrd WI lh. gal .,
BE- had known ncr 10 Go ,uluous. a.
have done many wrong th'ng,," SAID he
"but, thank God, 10 betrayal oi coud.
duG innocence ,c-ls on nay conscience
+ have olwa,s esteemed 1t the bnsrsi ac
oi winch mau 10 capable" The iu.
/ PrlsonIncnt % the poor GU, and the lol.
lon situation 80 which she had been
found, distressed han greatly. AN,
when Isaac represented that the silk hul
been stolen Tor his sake, that the II,
had thereby los, profitable rmploy mcn,
aud was Obliged To return 10 hes disian
home, 10 avoId The danger OF exposure
hc took out iiIy dollar note, and onclc,
t 20 pay her expenses. "Ndy," sa,,
Isaac, "thau art very rich man sct