Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-12-26
CHARLES ELLEsTON.

& hiti7t ItaFf ilts PiHCe hi~lIEh J ca
boar thnir marked neglect and open tarnf
" no Iorref,' said Charles EIli ton; aud h,
lolt the richly furnished p]arl0trr, where
with snnte fashionable quests, sat Mrs
Merton mud her two eldest daughters, nnt
went forth into tho garien.- Yes | mrtaI
% 90 he continued; no one cares for me:
and why should they-6r tho pennilaa= he.
ing, whose very origin IL unknown 7 Alas
how hnrd it is TO be- thus cast upon tho
world lficndIoss, and beloved by nome
J Monochrome 7 aud he buried his face in
his hands, overcome with the intensity Of
his feelings,
None Charles p said Il clgar. s~iIvnry
voice behind him, and Il hand was gently
laid on his shoulder. He started; and,
turning round, said.--
Yes, yes, Helen; pqrl9n me; ] spoke I'M.
thinkingly. You still love inc 2 he added,
inquiringlys
j do Charles; and my hther-"
Yes, your father, my noble bonefactor,
Helen-he still loves me-
'TTen why leave az, Charles r she said,
in a tender tone.
because, Helen, YOU Enow that | have
already been the cause ofmttch discussion
IN your amily-God forbid that / should
be so any longer And besides, Helen,
you know what treatment | have received
from your mother and sisters. | have borne
IT long, out Of respect 10 your father and
love 10 you, but | can bear it no moro. /
viii go forth into the world In hopes of
building up a fortune; and say, Helen, fl |
should be successful, aud return, will
yol-'
4 viii love you STILL she said, interrupt.
ing him. "Ohl will always love YOU,
Cltarlcs.'
Farewell 7 said he; and, inprinting q
kiss upon her rosy lips, he tore himself a
way. In another hour be had quilted that
house where be had spent so many happy
days with Eielen.
Charles Flliston was d dependent on The
bounty Of Mr.. Morton. lie had found him
one day, when about four years old, van
dufin2 about tho streets Of the city-a lost
child. He kind Y took him home, and used
every oniaaYorr TO discover his parents;
but aII to no purpose. At last, fnding bis
inquiries were useless, no reared and eda.
Gated him Us his own. Unlike her hr1s.
band, Hrs. Merton was Of d proud, %aristo-
spirit, and could not beur one whose
birth was so uncertain rs that Of yuune FL
leston.-jhe had diHjI5ed some Of this epi-
rit into her eldest daughters; but Helen, the :
youngest, like her father, possessed o gentle
and kind heart and looked only with com. t
and love upon the poor, though no.
bic, youth. He was nDw about seventeen =
years Of Hee, and the insults that were heap. +,
ed upon him were felt severely. Il is true /,
when Mr.. Merton was present, none dared ;
h show the least disrcspecl to him; but this =
only served to make him feet it more nCute =
y in his absence. Il was on this very men.
Toned evening that h new insult Ind been +"
t, him, and no determined not to- :
another day where he was e&posed. 10 ;
hem. Nor wouId Il il have caused him one
Of ,cgrtt, had it not been or Mr..
md ~l'elen; but, however dear they =
we're to him, he resolved to Ieave them. y
4e left, TOO, without forming Mr.. Mer- :"
for he well knew he would insist on q
is staying; and he would not be the author "'
f djscord in that family whore dweIt the =
My two on ea tn that he yUuid al his -
lends. T.,
II was near tho close Of u s1nmc day q
iat u steamboat touched the wharf Of one =
f our southern cities: and Gotn itg crowded u
scks poured Il stream of weary travellers, ~
tger once again to set foot upon the land. -
nong the last WHO stepped on shore was ~
tall youth, with d valige in his hand, who 81
aIkcd slowly from tho Ianding, and bent ~
3 way toward the shipping warehouses ''
ong the whar's. lie was In search Of ~
nployment; but, alas! he was d stranger, ~
I'd had no recommendations. With u -
iectcd mion and sorFowful step, he was ~
,0rt giving mp all hopes, when he came =.
n large warehouse which he had not be-. 9''
&c entered. II walked into the counting. r''
Use, where 5at q gentleman apparently ~,
out forty years Of age. 70 the youths fnI
1uiry whether he was the head Of the -
adjustment, be replied in the affirmative. ~,
DO yotl want n lad to assist in Your ~.
re ? | have no recommendation to offer ~
Il, SIR he continued, modsstly. 4 have 80,
t arrived in the stca ub0at from the ~
rth, and have neither friends nor money. ".
even buy a lodging for the night, par
/ seeing that the merchant looked incrc.
.ousIy ut him, he could contain himself no ~
ger, but said, irpplodngIY, OIL sir, do 49,
refr5c 2 and the tears tricklcd down his ~
,cks.
The merchant, touched by bis g.icc and a ..,
by the opeDncss of his manner, "r.1
a moment, but finally took hin p. !
} his house. A few days proved the
h Of the youths story, and be was en- rs,
we'd at once by his new bcncfactor. In &C.
course 0 ftimc, he rose, by degrees. I'm. ~ :,
Ic became head clerk III the establish. =" y
Mt of Mr.. Thompson. He also, by biz ;,,
iablcncss, became the favourifc Of the a.
lltby family Of his employer, with whom ". :,
still resided. All loved him; and he H.
I'd them in rcturn-as father, mother, -
sister. For, although Charles (f0r it .po'
Charles Elliston) thought that Emma wy
was almost as beautiful as his ecu
l Helen, yet be remained aithf1lto the ,o,I
and could but think of the former az '" : I.
ster. ~
i've years had rolled by, and he bad :,
/, become proprietor Of the large esta- orot
hment which he had entered as an err -
! boy, Mr.. Thompson having retired csii,
business. One eveHing he was sit ~
in familiar conversation with the fani- .
when Mrs. Tompson, after looking 4,
at Charles for some time, re al :
ked how much Emma and he resem- !.
III IL, and
- $"'u - "lsOa,i'' ! n"Fg oRe' usual
Oh they were really brother and sister. hoc.z
lost Charles-poor little fellow - peioI