The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-01-25

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cannot help it
and thus it is with nearly all our acquain-
tances-is it not, my giil 2 asked the mother.
her eyes filling. 'Old as am, and much as l
have said to you to bear bIavely on, there are
times when my own heart bleeds within me.
Not that care for the loss of such acquaintan-
ces, but the motive, as it exists in society, pains
me. That one should so far forget his duty to
himself and his Maker as thus to bow to wealth,
is painful, painful indeed. As for the effect
it has on my personal feelings, l care not q
straw l even rejoice that this poverty has
come upon us. Ought we not to do so my
Kate, VIXEN it has saved you from the arms Of
one who bowed to your wealth alone? For
this we can never be too thankful
'Ay, mother, know it feel it. Hence
forth l will Danish all feelings Of love for him,
and place pity in their stead
And, my daughter, that Is right. Pity should
be the uppermost feeling cherished for those
who err thus. Their own hearts may not be
so much in the wrong, after all. lis educa-
ton and false yiewsin society which have made
it. Heaven speed the day when it will no lon
Ger be thus-when every one can say from the
heart, with a gifted and pure spirit which has
gone where distinctions came not,
al would never knecl at gilded shrine,
To worship the idol-gold,
l would never fetter this heart Of mine,
As thing for fortune sold.
But I'd bow to the light that God has given,
The nobler light OF mind;
The only light, save that of Heaven,
That should frec-wil homage find"
amen feryently responded the husband
who had entered unperceived, But have
good news for YOU. Mrs. Dean, the lady whom
YOU met at the springs last year, called on me
this forenoon, and seemed just Ike herself
She regretted the misfortune which had befal-
len me, and wished to sec my wife and daugh-
ter | asked her to call. She very readily
and happily consented, so you may expect her
this afternoon
you did right to invite her. replied the
wife In her we shall find a friend. She
will more than compensate for those we have
lost, for she comes to us in misfortune's hour.
Such a one is a friend indeed
sAnd ! shall love her so muchp exclaimed
Kate, literally dancing with JOY. Oh mother,
and the tears prevented her saying more.
Mrs. Dean was from Philadelphia. She had
met and loved the Eldons the year previous,
while on visit to the springs. She was now
on another tour, and stopping few days in
New York-the home Of the Eldons-she had
heard of their miSiortunes, and its causes.
MIR Eldon had been engaged largely in the
mercantile line. In his partner he had placed
implicit confidence. He had betrayed it-pro-
we'd himself in every respect dishonest man,
and fed
Hrs Dean was true woman. She could
appreciate worth even beneath the garb of
poverty. She had sought them out and her
visit was the consequence. They met as friends
meet; although they had spent but little time
together, there was a congeniality of taste and
feeling which soon natures into friendship.
Such hearts need not yefrs TO cement them.
Her husband and two children accompanied
her-a son of twenty-one, and daughter OF
eighteen. They were introduced to Kate, and
following the example of their parents, an in
timacy soon sprang up among them. Kate
was invited, and accepted the invitation to
make the tour of New-Iampshire with them
for the purpose ofvisiting the lake and White
Hills During her absence, and when it was
known that she was travelling with the wealthy
hrs Dean and family, many were the bows &
smiles her mother received from those who,
though recently so cold and scornful, could now
inquire, with ali apparent tenderness, for her
daughter. There were a few friends who had
remained firm through all. With these Mrs.
Eldon could mingle tears Of gratitude. To all
others she gave i calmly polite though formal
answer, which, though it could not offend,
checked their heartless inquiries She could
not encourage them. If all in society would
do this, what change would be wrought; for,
we're not deception encouraged, how could 1t
exist lis often society itself which makes
the victim it ensnares When will II be 9TH
erwise? Surely, not till all learn to deal truth
fully. Heaven speed the dayl