The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-16

+ said. Perhaps you can do alb shall d.
.. sire. Where do you live ?"
&c :" Directly opposite"
"Ah! You occupy rooms"
= self" ~
:. Indeed What is four nomeq
4 Several moments passed befure Eyelita
i replied, then she said, IN low voice. I
" Marshall"
" Marshall" repeated Jho lady with
thoughtful face. Aud,hen she looked slea
Oily at Eveline. Her cheek flushed up.
her eye frightened.
You can come, if YOU feel Wiling
she said. al have no doubt but you vii
suit me very wcll.n -
When shall come p. - -.
" 10 morrow, if you please ~ 40
will DO overln the morulns ,Nrsplied
EveIine, rising.
" Very we'll shall be ready Cor you"
Esellne turned away ands tett The louise,
her bosom oppressed v it'll q heavy seight.
She liked the manner Of The la5S very
much, She was kind and lallxe5 to her,
not as asuperior, but with thovghtlul and
!, seemed to her, almost tender regard for
her peculiar situation.
That night she dteamed sweeler dreams
than had blessed her sluubers for months
But, when she awuke, and thought; OF 90
ing out IN Tie capacity OF a seamslress, her
heart irembled, and sunk IN her BOSOM
Reflection, that wise reflection witch mis-.
fortune often brings, soon brought back the
balance TO her mind. She dreaded less 70 90
out, because the lady who had engaged her
seemed SO KIND, and gentle, and cunsidcrate.
And yet she feared lha, she n'ghl not sut
her.
Wildly came up before her mind, al tins
'lme, tho image oi the young g,rl whom
she had despised and fudely treated, Years
before she ~ssa seamsiress, and had tie
ar OF one above the condition she occupied
And she remembered, lha, her mother had
said that the father Of this very alrl had
once been rich merchant, u no failed 10
business, aud lell his child Oh orphan aud
penCllcss. She felt paiued nj her thought.
less conduct, and panied for The poor gtl
whose feelings she must have deeply aoun.
ded.
But few words posscd between her and
her mother, 90 the subject Of her going
out. Both shfunk from alluding to It.
While Mrs. Marshall aud her daughter
sat, silent. at their poorly furnlshcd table,
there we're seated at breakfast 10 the state
y mansion opposite, the lady WHO had en-
gagged EYellne, her husband, add lnrle
boy not over three years Of age. Each
face wore happy look.
lou remember the Mirshalls," said
the lady, turning her eyes upon her hus
band.
4" Yes. What Of them -
Diiut Mr.. Marshall fail 10 business r.
" es, and died, soon a.,cr not worth
dollar
What became Of bis family p {
:" am sure do not know They sunk
into obscurlty, no doubt, among the thous.
ands VINO drug on their lives uunoticcd aud
unthoBlht Of by the many whose lots are
cast IN eurth's pleasan,er places. A. for
the daughter, Eyelinc, she deserved no bet
ter fate. Sho VAS proud, VAIN creature"
No doubt adversely has had good Of
feet upon her.
alt may have had, Gracc. Bot doubt /
il. Adversely found f." matrrlals in her
to work upon. Do you remember how, IN
your days Of adversely mud trial, sho ac-
ted towards you, when honornhly seeking
10 sustain yourself by working for her mo,
therl'
al d. Ga,,h4i Aas been forgiven long
ago"
Bot not forgotten by me-"
'TDear husband ID not speak 50"
Mrs Watson said, with deprecatine 'ook.
. The poor girl has repented Of oil that,
long ugo. Llfe's reverses teach Us TO
think more humbly Of ourselves. Do you
know, that Eyelne herself, called here,
Yesterday, JUS, after you went out in the
morning, to ask if had any plain sewing
10 give her %
"Grace l. it possible =
~ Poor creature She looked
Icted, and ,rembed so that she
" speak Doubtless, II was her
10 get work"
she know your
believe not. II IS more IMAM pfooa
I e sho has never heard OF the poor sewing
eTs good fortune, in meeting with one
~he.ould love her for herself alone, and
wig 70 wiling to llft her from her Oh
''u Ny I'D place hor BY bis side" +
"''' sons eyes glaieued asshe said
"Yes."
Did you eng.ve YER ~
| have feI, towards hfrr mo'heI,'s'ke cau'd
Her mother was 10 eyeSp" ,.' ~ ,hs mo,5
lady; and, could see s"'o y ,na ad' ~ "J ,hs
manner of her daughter to's211," aa - v"
Strange reverse !" said NJ, w." "s,sor IN
n mus;np Tore. "N no can tell VII 81
may bring for,hl'
" None Of us. And for this, II for .
higher reason, we should be cons'dera'e %
those whose external blessings are not So
great as our own"