Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-13

struck seven.
And you who needed not the Pleadings of
misery-who turned deaf ear to the prayer of
perishing want-go to your luxurious homes =
HUG closer the phantom-We alth-and invent
new schemes Of enjoyment Poor fools you
have yet to learn the only true happiness wealth
can besow. You have yet to learn how much
sweeier it is to give than to receive, and to dis
cover that light upon your hearth stone a rose
upon your pillow, is the blessing of the poor and
needy. Let my position be poverty, and. my
cup be ofsorrow, but never, oh, Father Of Heaven
give me riches and stony heart
CHAPTER II.
Really, Mr. Wilson, if Fanny was a daughter
of mine, should begin to look little after her
proceedings. 1t is now better than month
since have observed any great change in her
Instead of looming from school at the regular hour,
she barely manages TO get in before you come
home to your supper. Now | should put stop
to this night-waking; depend upon it, when
children turn out bad, the parents are always
bamed-but, thank fortune, she is not my child
Bad whoever said our Fanny would turn
out bad sweet-tempered, obedienient, merry
hearted child
Merry, indeed Why tell you, Mr.. Wilson,
she has grown morose, positively morose, and all
within month or so. | asked her the other
day to 60 a shopping with me, and she refused
because she had an engagement chit chat
like her have an engagement indeed =
She might have an appointment with some
of her school friends, you know my dear; | do
not see anything so very improper in that
Well, see something very improper and
very mysterious in her behavior, for often sur
prise her in. tears, Mr.. Wilson, in tears What
can child like her have to cry about? And
besides, although you suppIy her 50 Literally with
money, her dress is positively shabby
why, what do you suppose she does with
her money p
That is the question yentured to take the
rcry great liberty of asking her why she did
not buy scmfaand She replied partly, that she
could make better use of her money
Depend upon it, Mr.. Wilson, you had better
look after that child
4 will--my poor Fanny, fear you have been
ne elected too long
The lady pursed up her mouth and proceeded
with her knitting, while Mr.. Wilson endeayored
to forget .hs wlfe's unhappy temper in the col
umns of newspaper During the discussion
the object of it was alone in her chamber, with
er she had stolen, as was her nightly practice
to think over The affairs of her uew-made friends
and invent means of making them more comfor-
table. Fanny Wilson was changed--a months
companionship with sorrow and sckness--the
Responsibility she had taken upon herself in the
support OF this interesting family had turned her
from a thoughtless child into a noblemnded
generous woman Her studies were hurried over
with ieyerish haste, and every shilling Of her
fathers liberal allowance boarded with miser's
care, shat she might, at the first opportunity,
convey it to the Grpmes Almost they lived up
on her bounty, for although Frederick had
searched the city for employment, he was toe
much of gentleman in appearance TO suit any
but those situations which require good recon-.
mendations. In one or two instances, where he
had been employed in mental Offices, he was dis
missed because he had tainted under the unusua
fatigue Fanny Wilson, as yet, knew not the
history of her friends, for they never alluded tc
their past lives in her presence. She only knew
that Fredercks native place was Scotland
though he had resided in England since child
and as she had often heard her father speak q
:. having passed year in the former place before
his marriage, she had many times resolved tc
beg his assistance for the emgrants, but was
often deferred by the fear, as much of her dread
fu step-mother as of her father. Mr.. Wilson
was not harsh man, but his whole heart wa,
immersed in the cares of business ard he rank.
ed among the merchant princes Of New York
His kindly sympathies, however, were never ap
peaIed to in vain and if Fanny had kown hel
father better, she might have prodered her reques
without fear.
Alas how often is it the case that fathers o.
families are deyotng every hour of their time
and every energy of their minds, to accumulate
wealth for their children, while these very chill
dren are suffering from neglect for want Of pater-
nal guidance and advice. The mother, it may
be, delicate in health and inert in mind, or as in
the present instance, harsh aud incongenial-
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are, how hard is the at0dssiSted effort to prun6
the evil weeds and nurse the good in the mind.
Of children
We left Fanny alone in her room, contrlyng
to raise more money for the Grpmes-the rent
Of their rooms must be procured that week, for
though the wealthy can afford to owe, the miser-
able poor must pay their dues al once. She un.
locked a drawer, and took therelrom small and
elegantly jeweled watch, the parting gih of her
mother 1t had never been worn since the death
of that lady, but her father had promised she
should wear it on her sixteenth birth day, with {
chain of sufficient elegance to correspond, which
he would then purchase for her Fanny stood
before her mothers portrait, and gazed wistfuy
into those mild eyes. Were you but here, my
own dear mother, cried she, bursting into tears,
{ | would indeed have friend to help me, but
now know not what to do. The sale of the
watch IvOnld HMM tyeh1o tho amount renuirad