The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-01-08

dolS 10 nold VI MS nead among respectable peo-
pie when his term has expired"
Sand will, in consequence, lose his power of
inJuring the honest and unsuspecting. He will
be viewed in his own true light, and be cast off
as unworthy by a community whose confidence
he has most shamefully abused"
"And so you will give an erring brother no
chance for his life %
40, yes. Every chance. But il would not
be kindness TO wink at his errors and leave him
free TO continue in the practice of them, to his
own and others injury. Having forfeited his
right to the confidence Of this community by
trespassing upon It, let him pay the penalty of
that trespass. 1t will be to him, doubtless, a sal
utary lesson. A few years of confinement in a
prison will give him time for reflection and re-
pentance; whereas, ~impunity in an evil course
could only have strengthened his evil purposes.
When he has paid the just penalty of his crime,
let him go into another part of the country, and
among strangers lead that %virtuous life, the sure
reward of which is peace"
Mr.. May shook his head negatively, at these
remarks.
"No one errs on the side of kindness,1 he
said, "while TO many, by an opposite course,
drive to ruin those whom l~eniency might have
saved"
A short time after the occurrence. of this lit
tie interview, Mr.. May, on returning home one
evening, found his wife in much apparent tfou-
bic.
Has any thing gone wrong, Ella?" he ask
ed.
"Would you have believed it?n was Mrs.
Mays quick, and excited answer. 81 caught
Jane in my drawer to-day, with ten dollar bill
in her hand which she had just taken out of my
pocket book, that was still open"
Why Ella?"
cit is too true! | charged it at once upon
her, and she burst into tears, and owned that
she was going TO take the money and keep it."
"That accounts, then, for the frequency with
which you have missed small sums ofmoney for
several months past"
"Yes. That is all plain enough now. But
+ what shall we doY cannot think of keeping
Jane any longer"
"Perhaps she will never attempt such a thing
again, now that she has been discovered"
81 cannot trust her. | should never feel safe
} a moment. To have a thief about the house
Oh, no. That would never answer. She will
have TO Co."
swell, Ella, you will have to do what you
think best; but YOU mustn't be too hard on The
poor creature. You mustn't think of exposing
her, and thus blasting her character. 1t might
drive her 10 ruin"
"But, is it right for me, knowing what she is
to let her 60 quietly into another family? 1t is
a serious matter, husband"
81 don't knew that you have any thing to do
, with that. The safest thing, in my opinion, is
for you to talk seriously to Jane, and warn hel
Iof tho cODcpouopcnS nf ontc cIIph SO cbn h1s hoar
guilty of. And then let her go, trusting that
S she will reform"
S "But there is another fault that | have discov
cred within a week or two past. A fault that
| suspected, but was not sure about. Ii is a We
ry bad one"
"What is that, Ella"
81 do not think she is kind TO the baby"
l "What!"
+" Ihaye good reason for believing that she is
not kind to our dear little babe. partly sus
, pectod this for some time. More than once
a have come suddenly upon her, and found our
sweet pet sobbing as if his heart would break
n The expression in James face | could not exact
ly understand. Light has gradually broken ii
t upon me, and'now | am satisfied that she has a
bused him shamefully."
n CELLAR"
+ alt is too true. Since my suspicious were
fully aroused, | have asked Hannah about it
: and she, unwillingIy, has confirmed my own i'm
S prcssions."
"Unwillingly! 1t was her duty to have lie
}, you know this voluntarily. Treat my little an
gel Charley unkindly! The wretch! She doesn'
remain in this house a day longer"
d $50 | have fully determined. | am afrait
that Jane has a Y rotched disposition, 1t is ba,
e enough to steal, but TO i~ll-treat a helpless, limo
+ cent babe, is fend-Iike."
Jane was accordingly dismissed.
G "Poor creature!" said Mrs. May, after Jan,
d had left the house, 81 feel sorry for her. She is
e after all, the worst enemy TO herself. | DOR
know what will become of her."
"She1l get a place somewhere"
ayes, | suppose SO. But, | hope she won
: refer to me for her character. don't know VIVA
| should say, if she did,"
t. If | couldn't say any good, / wouldn't sa
any harm, Ella. It's rather a serious matter t
break down the character Of a poor girl"
81 know it is; for that is all they have 10 dc
pend upon. | shall have TO smooth 1t owe
somehow, | suppose"
Eyes: put the best face you can upon il
have no doubt but she will do better i'll anothe
place"
On the next day, sure enough, a lady Gale
to ask about the character of Jane.
is GLOW long has she been with your" was on
of the fist questions asked.
"About six months" replied Mrs. May.
Sin the capacity Of nurse, | think she tl
m mel"
eyes. She was my nurse"
"Was she faithful"
This was a trying question. But it had TO b
il answered promptly, and it was so answered.
is eyes, | think | may call her quite a faith!
lie nurse. She never refused TO carry my little be
out; aud always kept him very clean"
re "She kept him nice, did she? Well, that