Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-06-16

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=: CHAPTER III IIrss q 3.ss.'tasl - .
Although now. SO perfectly the ave 81
ayarice, Richard Clinch had pne loyas s S
The heart that beat sosfeebl he brsas,
4 of fhissdrudge of fnananlon stss.
ceptible Of all the tend eA
1agesof eighteen he entered acouhting- house
in one Of our southern cities where his care
ful and frugal management, his industry
and keen observation, soon rendered him a
very great favorite with his employer
| When Richard became of age, he became
partner of the house, and now the desire
he had ever felt ofbecoming rich, seemed
in fair way Of being realized. Mr.. Whar-
ton had but one child, a daughter. Richard
saw her and loved her, but his love was not
returned-the affections of Theresa being
already fixed upon cousin, whose power
ty, however, formed an insuperable bar. in
the eyes of her father, to their union. On
the contrary, he encouraged the addresses
of Richard, and taking advantage of her
lovers absence, compelled his child to mar
Mr.. Wharton died, leaving all his property
to his son-in-law.
No sooner in possession Of his mistress
and the great wealth Of the father, than the
natural avaricious disposition Of Richard
Clinch daily increased, to which he gradu-
ally yielded more and more, until finally
all the better feelings Of his nature were
swallowed up in this one engrossing pas
sion. Distrusting the mutability oft trade, as
soon as practicable, he retired from bust
ness, and hiring a small house in the out
skirts Of the city, removed there with his
young and highly educated wife, who was
thenceforth to become his patient household
slave. Daily his wealth increased. His
acute judgment and prudence enabled him
to carry on extensive speculations which
never failed Of resulting to his advantage,
and every additional dollar that he boarded
away seemed to place another barrier be-
tween his gold craving heart and the ties
Of humanity.
Theresa was Of delicate constitution
had been brought up with the utmost tender
ness, totally unused to labor, but was now
compelled, by the unfeeling~naan to- whom
her mistaken father had giVea her, to per-
form the entire domestic duties, for Rich
ard would allow no other servant under his
roof Perhaps he still loved her-but she
,Oas his-and he loved his gold better! Two
years after their marriage, the unhappy
Theresa died in giving birth to daughter
For the sake of humanity, we must hope
some natural affection stirred the heart of
the mser at this event, but if so. the source
of feeling was soon choked and stiAed for
ever. He Immediately placed his child at
nurse in a remote country village, paying
mere triAe for her support, convincing
the woman 10 whose charge he abandoned
her, of his total inability to give more.
Poor little child! Thou daughter Of
wealth. To what misery and toll were
tiny young days doomed! She was not re-
ally unkind-but she was very poor, with
large family Of her own upon her hands.
Little Catharine was patient and willing,
and from morning until night she was
forced to labor far beyond her strength
She had reached her twelfth year, when
her cruel father came to the village and
took her away with him. Her father!-
How the heart Of the poor child swelled
with delight at that sacred name! How Of
ten she had envied the children of her
nurse, as they clung around the knees of
their father, and now hers had come for
her. But, alas! there was no tenderness
in that pitiless bosom for his offspring, and
the affections of little Catharine were chilled
and blighted in the bud. Richard Clinch
returned no more to his native city, but
with his daughter proceeded to New York.
He there placed his child at service, COM
pelling her to bring him every penny OF
her narrow wages, scarcely allowing her
sufficient to clothe herself with decency
Believing her father to be actually as poor
as he professed, Catharine cheerfully acce-
ded to his demands, and denied herself ev-
cry indulgence, that she mightsegiye her
hard earnings for his comfort 80 ~
Notwithstanding his harshness,. she loved
him. He was the only being on earth she
knew, with whom she could claim kindred
and the holy tie between father and chile
was to her sacred and lovely! Other affec
tlons became woven in the heart of Catha
rine. She married-but as her husband
was only a ship-carpenter, who had faller
in love with her pretty face and gentle
manners, Richard Clinch, forgetting tha
by his own deeds he had prevented hi
child from marrying suitably to her birth
forbade her, with the harshest invectives
from ever coming near him again. II
vain his child wept and implored; he wa
firm, and cast her from him forever, Thi
was a severe trial for Catharine, but finding
all attempts at reconciliation were only me
with renewed insult, she at length desisted
and, in the affection of her kind husband
and the endearments Of her little girl
strove to forget entirely the cruelty of he
parent How he subsisted she knew moi
S and many were her sleepless nights on hi
n account. She sometimes met him glidin
: through the streets, the very picture c
want, and often she loitered around hi
a miserable dwelling, to ascertain if he wa
n suffering either from sickness Of want.
l. Thus many years passed on. In tn
is meantime, her husband, David Brown. a
], honest industrious man, had made none