Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-11-27
Gclcttc0 Gales,
From the Mothers A.sisian[
THE SLEIGH RIDE


T. May Lee rrturntd Ia her lhtber
house after two yea,s' residence wUL
her uncle keut. Peculiar circun'-
stances alone had Induced her pa,enis
To allow this long ab-cnce from the pa
lernal ynai, aud j"yiully was th-n eldest
born welcomed back again To the warm
aud loving sympaihles of home. Wuh
secret solicitude dId ,bey watch The de-
velnpemeni other character, To learn It
The Mary who went oui from them Mas
/ the same Mary who had returned la
them. II was mol the child Mary now (;
a taller Mary, maiurer III manner, and
more beavlIlul in peysoR. The huls
chlldren weie quite ov"u"yed. Charley
declared he never saw any one who
could play cats Grad q with him So we'll;
and as for ARITHMETIC, "why, a queen
could not explaig his sums 10 hun better
than Mary did" Alice played wah her
long cuI,s, aud said she had al most for
gotten she had such . SISTER and Rob-
er war glad he bad somebody to ga.
liant about For The first week or so,
Mary was regarded sohrth,ng in the
light Of II visitor. BY aud ~ she began
to take her appropriate place 20 the
iamly ciycIe, and bear The burden of
family duty. Then ihe rose-lint- whlch
invested Macy, as they do eyeyy one
whom we view through the medium pt
our own joyful feelings alone, hrgan To
fade away, and hry RarepIs were enabIed
to SEE the Tea lights and shades of her
character. They rejoiced to behuld
much whirh was true, aud exc, Ilcnt, Hnd
lovely IN her principles aud her practice.
One defect soon appeared, which ihrea,-
ened some unhapp,ness IN the happy
home, but il was dekct Of education,
and needed "a be removed less by direct
pyecspi, or formal lecture, than by ena-
bling her to CORRECT her own false Jude.
menl by some enlayged views Of real
life. Mary was secretly dissatisfied
with her hRpe. SmaIl il certainly MAS
compared with her uncle's /; and She
Yearned for Ihe elegant and expensive
furniture, for the cos y decorations aud
thousand luxulies which she had been
accustomed to see and enjoy there.
20, IRihey, Why don't you have the
large OPEN stove like uncle's is 80
much plcasanler this BLACK, alr-,igh,
sioye " make Us blue all winter"
because | cannot afford il, dear"
answered her father, mildly.
"Why We thought il was beauty,n
EXCLAIMED Charley "but declare il
s awful black looking, gs Mary Gays
D, father, | don't believe We shall enjoy
I half so much as we expected to )" aud
Tharley's admiration oil the air-tighl al
ogeihcr subsidized.
"Nlolher, these nag-botoWs are very
really cannot bear the
eEt of them, Why, every body ha.
mahogany chairs Nowadays. wish
OIL could only sec uncle's ~ aud un-
les chairs were 80 glen alluded To,
hat cold flag -boitom," hcgcelorh be.
,aGle the cogGqmep Of 4 p2rlor chair.
"Why sister, you don't look pleas
IT." cxcIsjmed Alice, as Mary entered
he breakiast-room one cold, frosty morp-
ne; 81 guess you slept cold las, Dighl.'
"aiy feet are fio3en,n answered Ma.
y peIllshly cat uuclc's, my chamber
'as carpeted, and miss i so. Father,
arRcis are very cheap. should think
ou could carpet lhe chqWbers. am
lrc, don't know bow shall get ihro'
he yinler,H said Mary, lp u low, qne,u-
,us tone.
" 1tS,'"'t'J wv p'' H'H', cA'ldlT-
q Charles, Who was never slow Ia ,r-
Rye Nlary'simpressirns. John Enm
IS chom5er is spch IA beauty II has
ol bear''Iul carprl, aud oh, l"'h'',
" feet alc 80 cold TOO :" aud he lap.
ID his we'll booted feet over each other
llh shIyeilpg ar.
"Shoyel y nice new path 10 ihs s'de
,or, Charley" sad his mother, bright
, there's plenty Of braqllipl SUNSHINE,
blch, with n plenty oG exetcI,e WI!
'ur new show will p'ake yog as wa,m
wool
Charley did POI rshibn hr- usual alsc-
y, and still seemed ~ ihInk he should
ie a cnJpri best, aud ss Il was to hun
Ii;e ne, idea, he appeared both to
We up
There are Irw things more dlshcaiirn.
@ 10 father ~ hrshand, Who alter