Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-10-14
A SKETCH IN REAL LIFE.
WRITTEN o II SONS or TBMPfFArCE
or BATON ROUGE

1t wa on n plea si MT day in Fl6ra's FL
vofite month, that little Alice Fospl left
her lovely home with a basket of flowers
to dispose Off the tov n.
Though earth was bright and beautiful,
terminated nature robed in smiles and
lovelinPss, the cir bland, and the witeking
strains Of the mock bird h6ated away on
zrphyr's f0lie wing, yet the big fears
trembIed IN her blue Eyes, and her sweet
young face wore the blight Of sorrow, fOt
she was tho hap'ess offspring of ADVERSE
ty-the child Of want Her father bad
onco moved in tho golden pathway Of en-
terprisn and honorable ambition, and as
piFrd to gather The proud chaplets from the
sum nit Ut r]tninehGe, but alas the spark
ling social glass, loo frequently INDUCED In,
alIured him from The temple Of wisdom.
plirloiHed from him, the intrinsic gems of
perseverance,, decision and energy, and ut
last led hin away 10 reyel IN the halls Of
dissipation, and kngel al The base shrine
Of intemberBnee. Her Fearless mother,
whose highly cultivated mind rendered her
an ornament to The refined circles ofsocle~
ty with a breaking hea1t-thought III frst,
'to lie down and die. but as she gazed
on her lovely children, cher 1ewels," she
Eelt that for them she could bear all that
cruel destiny might inflict, md calmly
bowed with christian humility to the mys-
teriots dispersations Of an 0ver.fulinp
Proyidence,-while the rainbow beams Of
hope brightly hickered above the dark
clouds oI despair, which mantled the hori.
zon Of life, revealing in The sunny future
hidden mine Of happiness for her. With
the Nvails Of her need q she supplied The
pressing wants of her family, till the ruth
less breath ofdiseass entered her humble
dwelling, and desiitut:on spread its sable
pail around, dissolving the gay breast. work
Of her I'd nj bliss. II was ut this Crisis,
when MS her last resource for procuring the
means for purchasing medicines for her
sweet suffering child, she pulled he cher
ished blossoms which blooned in lovely
beauty over tho broken easement, and bur
ried her little daughter away with the frail
ira ffic. As Alice passed along. her atten-
ton was attracted bya rosy group Of laugh.
ing school girls assembling 10 celebrate
their annual festival the birth night Of their
fairy queen. Their gay attire and happy
voices at first caused her TO pause, but re-
membering her mothers fond kiss and
nournful accent as she babe her not delay,
she fastened onward, found a purchaser for
her sweet bouquets, yet wept bitterly as she
parted with them for long che had watched
their unfolding charms-obtaincd the re-
quired medicines, and returned 10 her des-
olate home, and anxious mother. When
evenings earliest star trenibled from ifs
dark hiding place 10 glitter on the brow of
night, Alice sought her lone rustic couch,
and forgot in the blissful r~everies of sleep
the weretchedness around. Bright were
her dreams and she slumbered Til morn
ing's lurid beams ~gladdened earth and
and the artless voice of her younger
aroused her by exclaiming, dear Al.
ice, do wake up, we are so happy, little
brother is better, mama is crying and
.aughing-papa is here too, and has got
'uch a pretty blue ribbon on his coat, and
he is so kind, he kissed me and called me
MS dear little girl, besides he has been to
market and brought home a basket full Of
Juch nice thingsl o dear sister we shall
have all we want to eat A twelve month
las fled away on radiant wings, the gay
spring has again woven her vermiel
vreaths, and the songs Of her birds fiji the
'ales with melody. Alice resides with
Ter loved parents in a neat little cottage,
,ver whose white easement choice vines
decked with flowers, yielding their
wealth of fragrance. It's Mays bright
anniversary, and Alice is crowned regent
" her classmates, and presides the gayest
# the happy. Her fond parents are there,
5azing on her with pride, admiration and
owe, her noble father still proudly wearing
he bright blue badge which raised him
ON degraded misery TO honor and happi-
less. d.. Ell. M. !,
STEAMBOAT BURNT AND Loss OF LIFE.
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