The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-10-02

kIEd, earnest VOICE
"C!srnda, aha, you have said must
o@n, ills tns with surprise. Why should
ycuI Cousin Mary on coming lu.o our mouse,
be reduced to The cond!lun OF a nurse OF
5empslress
Ciaunda did uol knos hos TO reply TO THE
question. Her eyes still rested upon the
hIot, and che femaluod silent. She felt that
she had SAID TOO much, and was mcte than
half ashamed Of the way she had spoken.
our cousin has been as IeudeIly raised
and as deeply loved as you have, CIariuda, y
/, resumed Mr.. Elwuud-" aud she can feel
as acuIely, lrnol more acuiely, than youcsu.
In 1 her mother was q widow aud poor lie nc
disgrace 10 the dau- bier, who is worthy TO
81 9ny position 10 life 10 g hich woman can
be called. lie. the unsoIhy prtiudIces
your mud has entertained be OF once dis
missed. Mary comes here g. your relative,
companion aud freud receive uer as such
she ia nereiy way worthy Of yuut esteem,
regard and love"
Llarinda could reply nothing. She felt
ashamed before her taiher for aha; she bad
said. but she could not feel pleasure al The
though; Of making companion and lneud
Of her poor cousin.
II due time Mary arrived, and was re-.
ce!scd with tenderness and cofdlallty by Der
uncle. Mrs. Etaood was cod aUd formal,
and C'afInda took The hand Of her cousin
end Affected 10 be very happy 10 see het.-
The warmcs; welcome she rece wed was
from the younger chldteu, - 10 loved her
( az sOon ss thoy san hef.
I Il did not require he passage Of even 60
hour 10 SATISFY he sucker heart Of MARY
Fielding, iaat lie house oil Der uuc.e could
DO 40 home 10 her. Shs saw al glance,
iha! Mrs, EIHood had been opposed 10 her
entrance 10 The family, eUd lnas Caurds
looked down upon her as an Inferior. Long
aad bitterly did she weep 10 The chamber 10
which she vas showu and where she was
Ieh alone during the WhuIe afternoon Of The
tsy on which size arrived ii her uucie's
house.
/" W here Is Mary y gskad Mr.. Elsood
"hen he came IN 10 tea, aud found his wIie
aud daughter siaing alone III The pailor.
: IL her own room" returned MIS-. Ell
wood, indldeTenlly. Z" Sue seems to like
To bs elcne."
Mr. Eisood looked at his wife for a few
moments, steatily, untiI her eyes lelI be.
meath bls geze.
F" Has che been do~n since che Gas 6rsl
shos up into Ter roonii' he ssked.
NO. gss replied.
Has she been invited down." conlin
ued Mr., EIwoot.
"IuviIed down, l. sue so much Of
lady as 10 require 10 be invited 10 do this
aDd that ard the ether I If so, she viii |
get precious lte inyitiug here. Ii she |
wished 10 loln The family she had sense e.
noogh TO do SOL suppose, however, ste
preferred being Oloae.
MIR. Egood turned away 10 grief and ,
anger, aud wen, up 10 Mays room. lie
tapped lightly upon tue door, which was
opvned 10 few moments by his niece, on I
whose sad face he saw too plainly the marks !,
Of weepins.
Come, Mary" he said kindly, "you
must lotu Us ~ the patlof didn't expect |
10 tild you shut w III your room when !
came haaIe iron The store. Take my arm |,
aud let US 60 down"
Mary took her uucp'> arm ard descend
ed to The pslot. Mis-. E,wood forced her
cuuu.cuauce tu!o a smle, aud said some
ding sbaut Mary making q nun OF het'
self! CiatIuda lned 10 he pleasant and
k,ud. Bu, all was forced work, aad Mary
was not deceived by IL. Her heart was So
. iul that she could answer only with diff.
/ Gully The questions asked BY her aunt and
uncIc, zad le' deeply relieved when the tea
bell tUug.
A day, week, a monlh, e year went
by, and Mary Fielding felt no more at
nome IN her unele'S house than she did the
first hour she entered il. Her aunt was
cold and polite 10 her, aud repulsed every
offer that Mary made to reader her some
service 10 tue family. CIarInda treated her
as though they had nothing 10 common.-
Sue rarely introduced her 10 her young
ireuds, aud never asked her to 20 out with
her. All their intercourse cons sled Of com
mon place remarks, on susj5cls IN witch
uot'HCi XIV dul pulhCGiaE lutSitst' AIcdI
meul like this Mary would no, have endur-
ed Tor week had II not been for her IN.
Gle, He was sincere and kind, and panied,
she could easily see, at the conduct Of his
"ife and daughter, To leave his house she
knew would deeply grieyo him, end she
preferred, at least for time, to bear all
rather than wound his feelings. The young
er chsd,en Of the family loved her leuder.
ly; tor she speut most Of her time with
them and wns their companion and Irleud
q" Cousin Mary was ever Oh ,Leir tongues
sometimes much 10 the annoyance Of Airs
Ewood aud CIarinda.
"Who Is this Cousin Mary that | hear
SO much about !" asked young man who
was sitting in the parlor ole afternoon with
Clarinda. A little eifl had just come IN
} with beautiful little bead.busket' 10 her
hand, and when asked by the young mar
. where she got it, replied cousin Mary
T made il for me-"
"She's distant relative Of fathers,
. replied Clariuda, ind tferently =" All he