Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-10-16


have u cup al tea, aud III the evening ]
will tell you a simple story Mr.. Bel
mont has guno To Washington. | an,
iooeso,u,e, aud should be glad Of your
cumpany for a lew DAYS. IL is u long
time since you have been in the city,
and have much TO say
Mrs. Ashton conclnued TO accompany
hrv, partly promising To spead The night.
sthey entered the pailor, a sweet, 10.
sy faced boy came Iumping III, aud ran
directly TO Mrs. Belmont, who sto"p'ng
down, kissed hem again aud again et,
she removed het we'd and paiirng the
rich cu,ls Ina, shaded h,s beautiful brow,
and ,evning his face towards Mrs. ASH
ton exclaimed This is our pc,
Mrs. Ashton Razed upon the little fol-
low with evident surprise taking his
hand she drew him nearer and sinking
upon n s"ia, cried 'AlerciinI God =
how like some one ! have seen. Pray
tell me where you got those soft blue
eyesn
Come here, julius, said Mrs. Bel
mont, much surprised at Mrs. Ashion's 5
have been dong IN my absence.
Il have been 'idlng my little horse,
mamma.
What do you call him p
Jimmy Grey here is my 'iulc whip
10 max" hun 20 last
w hich do you love best, your hobby
hoisc ar your mnmnn :"
l..st mi m nm n
hest = aud jumping into Mrs. Brin"nts :
lap, he would his chubby arms around
her neck, and kissed her forehead cheeks
and lips, as sbe pressed hun close ~ her
bosom.
Mrs. Ashton sat confounded; u strange
sensation took possession ot her breast.
Was IT possihle Mrs Belmont could love
child so well I He WAS dear little
Iellow truly quite an unc omnon ch'ld
She had no children ol her own, aud had
often said she did not wish any they
were Troublesome comforts, pulling aud
bnui,ny rurls, iutlles, etc, nothing
coulJ be kept IN place where they were.
Still more lovely picture she never be-
held than the one before her. Mrs.
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glow upon her countennnce was height
cncd by exercise, her eyes beamed with
delight, her cap WAS united, and her
,u,is iril IN beautiful disorder over the
lu,lo Lace Of her prolege, as he returned
her cndenriug carrsscs. Tea was
brought ~, the statistics were read, ihr
books lokcd over, aud the inlle boy car
IA. A ,.lt. Ina n
h. kneh, like Il young chcrub nj The ieel
oi Mrs. BeImont-the true personIiica-
ton ol love bending over lis IDOL.
Now Tor The story oi' that lovcly child
s.,d Mrs. Ashton, as she drew her ieti
upon The sun, aud placed pillow behind
h.r
Mrs Belmont, quietly seating herself
~ her large, easy rocking char, began
sWhen my husband was consul IN Hu-
vana, m l3 -, MIR. II physician, COM
my ~ one morning remarked that he
daily visited a very Interesting family,
wlp had drawn deeply upon his sympa-
p iEies for many reasons aud hrst mat,
hike themselves, he was an Odd Fellow.
II. had been on the island "a year, pros
p'rously engaged io mercantile business,
and ior the last six weeks had been much
indi-posed, owing to hemorrhage oi
the lungs, and was gradually sinking -
Ill, vie, an auiiable aud accomplished
woman, perfectly idolized her husband
aud a Iullc boy Of some six months old.
sbo was bright aud beautiful as thr
morning, and IA whom their wurmesl al
trciiois crn,red. In consequence OF her
devotion to her husband aud child, she
had grown pale and langu.d had cold,
aud at times her checks assumed hue
he rcnbled to behoId.
'Ny husbands kind heart enlisted i'm
ncdialely iu the feelings OF the physl
can, aud together they sought the sur
ieiers. Again and again thcy went,
and, like true Odd Fellows, watched
over him : attended to all his wants,
closed his affairs, saw him die, and de-
Gently buried him then turned their at
tentions to his heart broken wife, who,
il was evident, would soon follow him. i
| Cannot said Mrs. Is. wiping the tears
from her eyes, describe the scene, al
though my husband has ocentimes dwet
upon il but more touching one cannot
be conceived. Like summer flower
the young mother faded away gratitude
to her friends CLEANED in her every look
She gave her little boy to my husband.
Often when seated by her bedside, she
held the babe in his lap, and, raising her
head from the pillow, and resting it upon
her hand, she would gaze calmly and
silently upon them. As her dissolution
approached, she yielded up all, in the
sweet hope Of a glorious Immortality ).
and the consoIing thoughts Of meeting
once more her beloved husband, took
from death its sting and robbed the grave
OF It's victory.
Bring my child y she one day ex-
claimed, as the cold dew gathered upon
her marble brow. Long aud closely she
held him to her bosom, and, although
gasping for breath, still retained hun,
kissed his dlmpled mouth, gazed visit
fully into his deep eyes, until she tainted
My husband took the child, while the
physician administered the restoratives.
She opened her eyes, fixed them once
more upon her darling boy, and, looking
tn Nr she said i'm tremhlnU ac.