Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-03-12
Selected Gales.
From Meals Saturday Gazette.
THE QUAKERESS.
BYA LADY or PHILADELPHIA.

"Marry but for lovc-but be sure ihot
lowest that which ls lovcly."-UWiam Penn
believe me, my dear child. II has not bcer
wiihnui due dclbcraiIon. aud an earnest de-
sire to be guided Alright, That have come IL
ihs decision. Both thy mother and myself
since Edward Nurlon's proposal, have deep
ly weighed The matter. and would now al
icciionntcy advise thee to refuse him a
once"
"But what are the objections, dearest
father? lis character and family are unes
crp,mnnble. Hast thou heard aught TO hl'
di-ndvantage"
Nothing, my child The alliance is one
which many worldly minded parent would
consider greatly desirable. But listen to my
reasons. Thou hast been brought up in the
world. It is true, hut carefully guarded from
IT'S many temptations. away from its gaetlcs
aud wees. Now let me imagine thee, for n
u,"n,ant. Edward Nonon's wife, thrown into
fashionable life, surrounded by circle total.
ly different from thy former friends, taken IN.
10 scenes of dissipation and folly, which il
has been our constant care To warn thee
gaInsi. ihIs new mode of life may charm
for little while; but oh my beloved chIid
IL will as surely turn To gall aud bitterness to
one who has ever ben taught To consider
The straight aud narrow path, The only way
Ia liic eternal for MS bread cas-, upon ,he
waters ,crurneih after many days so will the
lessons taught in early infancy. learned at
thy mothers knee, come back with trninld
force when some OF carlll's many sorrows
shall have wei !hcd upon thy heart
The only answer OF the maiden were the
silent tears that fell heavily upon her folded
hands. Bu, II is time we made the reader
better acquainted with the persons we have
introduced merely as thee und thou
Andrew Taylor was retired Quaker mer-
chant-a man universally esteemed, and by
those who knew him. beloved. His daugh-
ter Annie was beautiful in face aud form,
und though she possessed none Of the showy
accomplishments of the day, her mind was
stored with that sort Of knowlcdge which so
amply repnys the toll Of acquiring. Her
dress was rather the result of an admirable
taste. which cschewed the minglipg Of gay
cOlors, than any restriction on the part of her
parents; and altogether, Annie Taylor was
as fair a specimen of young Qua keress as
our Quaker city would afford. Edward Nor
ton tor we will proceed at once with our
characier) was the son of wealthy and FASH
Ionable parents, near ncighbors to the Tay-
lors, but as different from them as possible.
We have said they were wealthy; that H.,
The word thought them so-but The world
was sadly mistaken. Mr.. Norton Was still
~ BUSINESS, living up Ia every cent he could
accumulate, and intended his children should
make brilliant matches, to keep up the op'
pearance he had been striving nj all his life,
Edward was the eldest sou, giItcG with a
handsome face and winning manners; but
there WAS q want OF stability about hlm-ln
fnct, an utter want of character. There are
SAID lo be sins of omission as well as com.
mission /; and his were certainly OF the former
kind. lie never went to church on the Sab
bath day, though he never dlssIpalcd on that
day. lie never thought of giving aims to
the poor though he would do nothing to OPP
press them and such was the man now
woolng Anne Taylor. 1t may be asked,
how came he so far out OF his sphere as TO
visit the Quaker mnlden--bul his father had
long had au.rye to Friend Taylor's wealth
aud his only chhd, while hl4 more sensible
mother had rnSInualrd that Miss Taylor
would make II prudent wife, aud not ruin her
husband by extravaganza. Perhaps Edward
himself was not untouched by the Seauiy of
aud obtained an introduction. aud by his gen.
he manners, soon became II iavurI,e with The
whole family. When. however, he proUosed
for his daughter. Mr. Taylor found many aud
great objections 10 The match. His chIld had
been trained 10 the Quaker faith, and although
no blgot, he could not bear that she should
marry one who had no faith NJ all. IIo had 4
also anxiously strIven To keep her out of the
vortex of gay lIic, into which she would IN.
rvllably be plugged # she married Nortun.-
The result of these deliberations has been
gwen ~ the commencement OF our story
Oar young heroine, however, had become
attached to her lover, aud was not
quite :" willing to obey her parents wishes
~ this ~ she should have been on all for
in"r occasions she could not see The danger
her father predicted. Edward had told her
she should always live as she had done, aud
never 60 Ia any of those gay places If she
lid not wish 1t that he liked the simplicity
VI her dress a thousand times better than the
yaudy butterflies around them that her
manner of speaking was tho sweetest IN the I.
world, "lhce aud thou" brng literally the
anguagc oi love. Finding their chlld's hap.
'Incss really concerned, her parents yielded
reluctant consent. aud the young couple
commenced lite ~rh brilliant prospects,
hough with many nnNIhuS tnrcbudings on
hc part of Mr.. AID Mrs. Taylor. Shortly
itcr llr'it m,rt'ag". party was formed for
he Olcra, aud Mr. Marion wished his y,,ung
'ilc {" attend. hui was totally unptcpared
~ her earnest refusal. d. not ask me To
20 ihrrr. dear Edward. have always been
'ught Ia consider It wrong, and an Idle way
spending tune
That Is merely the fmce of educa,ion.-
10 you expect 10 be moped up all your life,
ecanso your parents happened to be purI-
ms ~
= do not consider it being mopcd TO stay
way frum such places besides, Edward,
,rr promised me I should never b. taken
~ where that did not think II right 10 go
'As you please, madam. answered her hus-
aud, with imitation. doubt not ! eau find