Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-18

WAS paid, and Jane ii the shop. 1t was a
great disappointment 10 have got only FIVE
shillings Tor the ring. She was strongly
tempted to beg. Would her grandmother be
angryl 1t was markel-day at Itookfeld, and
there were many well dressed people walk
ing in the sireets-ladies with smiling happy
aces-soln Of them leading by the hands
lit le girls, younger than herself, who were
snngly wrapped in furs and ~peIisses. Then
these ladies' We're buying at the shops--not
ncccssaries. but Injuries and dainties-toys
for their children, for their houses,
fruits and preserves for family enjoyment.
"Ah,' thought Jane, those ladles having
so much money to spend will not refuse TO
help me. ! won't show them the five sh!i-
lings-jut no-no,' she hastily corrected
herself, i have five shillings, aud that, as
grandma'm says, will Keep the wolf from the
door. There are poor folks here who, per-
haps, have not a penuy-let them get aims
from those who are disposed to give. Ii |
were to beg | should only wrong such as
have neither money nor food"
Thoughts akin to these passed rapidly
through the girls mind, and she determined
to return home without DELAY, lest her grand
mother should grow uneasy at her long alb
sence. And in the act Of Increasing her
pace, she felt for her money, which, she had
thrust in her bosom, TO assure herself that it
was safe. Alas! alas! it was gone! the
ticket was also gone.
They were gone! With ashy face and pal
plating heart she felt and felt again. They
were gone. Overpowered by her misfor-
tune, she sat down upon a door step and wept
in agony. The house TO which the doorstep
belonged was evidently the habilation of a
wealthy individual. 1t was situated in the
aristocratic quarter Of Rooklield. Moreover
it was exactly fronting the church, whose Ia
per spire pointed, like the clergyman's Sab
bath finger, upward {; and which being thus
set, on week days, before the eyes of those
who dwelt in this and the adjoining houses,
could not but revive in their minds each
morning, and every hour Of the days Ct labor,
those lessons which had sunk so deep into
the hearts therein, on the preceding day of
rest and worship. Not that the owner of the
house in question could be supposed to need
such admoniiion-for the proprietor of the
doorstep upon which poor Jenny sat and
wept-was thr clergyman. Opportunity or
otherwise, it happened at this critical time,
the reverend gentleman, who had been sum
moned half an hour before to attend the bed
side Of a dying man. returned home. accom-
panied by a friend who had joined him on the
way.
"What-what-what is this " exclaimed
the clergyman, pointing with his gold-headcd
cane to the weeping girl. a child crying
on my doorstep. Really, how inaitentive
servants are! the old cry, dare say. Eh,
Fisher! Want, hunger-that's it, eli ="
81 shouldn't wonder replied the reverend
gcnt!eman's companion with a shrug.
"Coma--come--speak out, child,' cried
the pastor. Didn't you hear me ask you
what was the matterl Do you know who
am--eh} ] am a clergyman and a magis-
trate. Do you hear Chat! | allow no beg
gars in Rookfeld. l send them all to pris-
on. What, you ant frightened--an't you ="
Jane Foster, although she had hastily ris-
en- and was wiping her eyes, was not in the
least alarmed. She curteseyed to the gentle
men. and was in the act Of moving away.
"Stop--stop--not 50 fast. | ask d You
what was the matter! She does look faint,
she not, Fisher?" said the clergy
man.
"Ycs, l ihinh she does, a little" replied
And if she did there was nothing cxtraor-
binary in the circumstance, for she had walk
ed a long distance. and had not broken her
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