Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-08-01

Thy hovsl, Its deep gloom, Ia sounds of strife
and blnsphetny. Ths squalidneaa and dc.
prayity ofthe children, all these | enienvor.
10 poftrny 10 the life, md woll | sncrerdad
for my ltsteners, gnze was still bent on M
with m expression Of deep interest. | ~
lArgel IN particular, upon The disposition
md propenaitieH 0f0nr oftbnt polluted ftmi.
", n little eifl, whose really hraitiftt fsatu
res often thought strange should be dnfken.
ed by anger, OF that a9en pretty lips zitour
ever give UItefnnce to such language, MS !
hud heatd from them.@=roor thing, II was
not wonderful Tint ahp should be tbs rrrn
itre she was-~no other form ii language
had ever saluted her rnr@=ihe sunlight ola
mothers love hnd never slrown guiding
gems In her pathway. but | did moi dwell
upon this, ! was to paint. a night scene,
with points visible only ~ intefvals. by the
crimson blaze Of q volcanic light, The Ore III
passion l-and | did it.-And now como the
closing scene. All II was n terrible one
and she saw it all, for she bent nearer, and
seemed scarcely to breathe. The old man
stretched out there on the filthy floor, a darl
Ft'fH'A VI Hifill iHifiIlH AAbill MS tiiFAtfi IFtlF
trickling along the uneven floor. until ii
came 10 the body orthe little girl arleep on
the rough boards, and then creeping around
her head aud under her mock, saturatinR
her tangled masses 6fhair, the mother, ropa.
sd 10 pbfenzy by int0Hieetion, holding the
dripping razor over tbs %liteless form Of her
husband. Oh II chilled his blood, M It
had my ~
The coach stopped, down went tho steps
with - CHATTER, and In d moment more my
fair companion stood on the steps Of the no.
tel, assisted there In cold silence by her
companion, who seemed affected by my res.
cithl, gloomy, md absent, After seeing her
baggage safely deposited md bowling slight.
ly 10 mo, he turned 10 "Safth,'' aud In n
low tone said "Good day Miss WilIett."
Then | knew that the litlc gid oftho Gotta
70 wns before mg. ttttUw ruttA EHt+-tt II ettttle
within INC M | thought Of the deep heart
wound | had unwittihgly Inflicted. | could
not a~pologtze=-fOr how coold ono be sin.
cerc, who would pour into tho ears Of 81
stranger the poison If an evil w0rdl Tho
poor girl gazed after him whom she had be-.
lievcd nm %unchanRing friend, until be disnp.
peared in $ho Distance, then turning to me-
Iined her tear dripping Rshes-and that
lool-l sos II n0w-epealiuq Of great
hope withered-of budding Joys e~one=sto
retirn-ncverl IL spoke n sid, eloquent
repfoach, and | knew, aa she turned from
INC, thai her sun o Iighi had been qtenched
in dark dospnir, suddenly and forever They
told me, che had been taken by IL minister
Of Il town near, and that wher time had
rendered faint the dafk outlines 6f her early
lifs in The minds cfall, n stranger ofbrilliant
talents, but Of proud spirits had won her
love, nnd | knew The rest.
VIM became Of hcr 7 Why, years aG
ter, when the dealism Of youth had been
exchanged for The reality Of tnanbood-whch
I bad been appointed to I'LL the nagigtrhte's
chair, they brought u troop Of sqtalid wrct.
ches before me ON charge Of common va.
prancy, and when three or four Ind been
disposed Of, one being called upon f0r her
defence, arose, and bending over the rail.
ing, stretched forth her thin, attennatef
hands towards me. OH they NIL did, nm
plead for liberty, but she did not plead, she
badc ms look upon her, starving, dying@-l
looked, and belicld the frircrman's daigh-
ter