Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-12-18

hah ''"hreh 49," iif." ehhngh, >ht
hastep-d ~ distribute thereon, gram "i,
jIn.rrm kinds !; and 'o her JOY, sn" snnn 4
saw nhght, m infinite number Of birds,
Who d"voured eagetls the repa~, sp'ead
inr them Thus the good Madame II |
occupied herself each morning, while |
many of her little visitors would crowd
around her /; some, even veDlmtlng so
lar MS 10 peep in at tho window ot her
apartment.
One day while abandoning herself to
'h,- pleasure, one sparrow oi the numer-
n,s nmk came aud perch-d itself upon
her head-descende TO her shoalder,
and nestled in her bosom. Madame IL.
attributed this boldncss TO the in,cnsc
cold, with which the bird appeared to
he somewha, henu,nbed 90 she hasiened
Ia warm Il with her hands-to carcss il
and entering her apartment, approach
ed tho fire but the bird increased its
familiarity -perching on her finger, it
i-cked her hand (; and alighing on her
should've, II fdpped Is wings, ~ if wish
my 10 express gratitude Ia rs hcueiac-
,rcs>. Somewhat puzzled by this de-
@espor. Madame II. thought it could oe
No o'ker ,han q pct sparrow belonging to
some person in the neighhorhood, and
had bren attracted thiiher by the grain
npnn the terrace; so, after n little time,
she recpened the window and said ia the
bird -
'lfihou dos, b"lnng TO any one in this
miehhorhood they viii be uneasy rom
crsning thy fate lly quickly and com
sor' those who mourn tiny abscnre. II
thou caas, not find Thy home, return TO
the, poor lille wondefer. Oh return
again.
With these words, she enve il kiss,
ard away il aew irons her sight
On the m,rnirs, Madame ilrlveiius
was pleased 10 find again, among her
daily increasing hock The liulc refugee
who had inspired her with SD much in.
iplesi on the preceding day. So soon
rs had taken i,s meal, the affectipnate
h,rd Aew moro famlli,rly, if possible than
before, 20 receive caress, when, io her
yrr@ surprise, Nadine II. discovered
thnt around It's neck WIS a-tened n mar.
row blue ribbon, from which depended
the end nf glove finger; forming tin I
esg. Excited by The most lively curiosl-
", abe eagerly examined il, and found
-uhin a very thin leaf of paper, folded
int" tho smallest possible compass, upon
uhrh was written in a delicate female
hand, The follow ing lines from Racine
"\us p",i'- de- "i.ea"x ~ d"nn"s lcur pa,ure,
IL IA bouic s-iend sur tout" Ia nature;
which literally translated, it
"Th"u givr-' {" little birds their fnod
And ily kindness extends over all nature.
Moved with intenS. interest, Madame
H"lv.,m- pprused IN. postscript attached
=" tins tlat'erng qu",niinn-
"Nrtn"'s persons IN your hci9hhor-
hood are iauguiShng ~ u-ed would
you d. less for them than for the numcr-
on- iea,h-r-d family whom we see you
n"uriSh with tund each morning 7"
"Dpub,lcs, not -" she exclaimed,
abandoning hersellto every kind emotion
--''rrsis' II rrqms, so touching impcs-
sibl- :"
Ilastrning 10 her escriiore, ahe took
from il a drah for six hundred llyres.
winch she deposited in the lille bag, and
Eistpnpd II again around the birds neck
Brsiowing. repeated kisses upon the 10
irrestiny messenger, she went out upon
III" terrace, and bnde il fly to relieve
ih".e who were perhaps that nome u,
Suffering The pungS oi c"ld and hunger
Tier eyes atien'ively y followed the direc-
'i"u oI the sparrow's flight, hoping that
she might discover tho spot where ii
nheh'rd hm no, the .rers in the neigh
rug gardens intercepted her view ;
aud Mndnn- II E, returning tn her apart
ment, abandoned herself to the sweetest
- ilrr,tons.
by wha, n,ehns," thought she, could
this poor family have instructed simple
sparrow ~ direct lis fight thitherwa,d,
aud pei form ,hr task of srleciing me for
th"u benrtacircss All how anxious
] AN Ia know them to visit them. The,
must he superior ,o the position in which
they arc thrown. With wha. touching
dcIicnry the appeal was made. The
mnic | reflect, the more am lost in
astoni> >hmrui
Many d,vs passed, and hrough, moi
aynln The bird. Madame lirlvetlus
thought cnns,antly ly Of This strange ajvcn-
,ure, but was careful not 10 speak OF it
~ al, one for ihus she would have re-
vealrd a benevolent action, which made
known, would have lost half It's merit.
Snme,imeS the vivaci,y OF her brilliant
uuagnaiinn, and her profound know ledge
of the world, created IN her mInd the
suspicion that she had been made the
sport Of some artin iinp6sl"r Tor often
among lh" Interesting and worthy objects
who claim our coninlsscration, will steal
those who impose upon our credulny and
abuse our coniideuce.
Al Last, one moruing, while Madame
II. was sweeping the snow from the ter
rare for the daily d,-lribu,ion Of grain,
an,ng the buds which came R,ck ing
around for j, appeared rs If al! the birds
,n aud about Paris attended tho morning
!, wee on Tie terrace oi the good Madame
IT,, she sidrd the little faithful messenger
VIA h,- t.nhrn and bag.
~, .r....e - she criod, "wc!come
and so ihnn hast for me another billet ~
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