Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-05-04
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"a sT3aH ~ 1.-TWO CHAPTERS.
az CA-sIELA EOULEIE.
CHAPTER l.
CCoa:c!ssdedl


Winter hsd gives place to spring; bat
though the f<9st.no longer bleached the pave
Inent, or crisaed= the moisture, and though the
sun seemed ::straggling to warm the atmos-
pheTe, there =aya. a cold wind which would
have rendered warm garments very accePta-
I BILE, and which &eT through the thin shawl
/ of young girl. Sas she stood at the corner of
4 street talkiag 70 4 friend few years older
/ than herself : Tie latter appeared more a IA
vorite Of fort1ne shan poor Mary, for she was
the shverinn gin. Now n[kiDnnires can az
ford to dress,in rusty black, and q great many
OF the sternCc scE are either careless to SLOW
enliness abort their equipments, OF disfgure
/ themselves lfy horrible taste; but it may be
taken as a general Tula, subject to but few ex-
cePtloRs, thaz Wsmen--especialiy young and
pretty ones, itresB IS well as their means viii
/ permit. Heace he warmer, richer clothing
OF Mary's coznpalion proclaimed her better OF
In the world:
at must come to that or worse,'' said Ma
/ r. with sh,,ddar. and the tears stood in her
eyes, which shone with that strange CLASSY
ustre, that ofsen ccoTs.p anies, perhaps reveals,
! intense menEal s1.Ieriag. after all as you
say" she co.atiDsIed, lit would not be a false
| character, f5f Rever wronged one of a far
things worta in@my life. Fit could be man
aged-if I could bus ret place"
''Oh, il can * managed never fear.-Do
| you suppose:lhatI could not act the fine lady,
! when / hayGacted 1T real theatre for three
| seasons, and>dore much harder things | can
| tell you. ] 3ont sly but what | shall expect
/ you to DO mzl good tIrn some Of these DAYS,
/ If I should giant i.
/ What caa ] ever do for you,' exclaimed
| Mary-''yoI: who are $50 much above me -
| Poor MARI! how 63dly had her heart been
warped by tasnpiations how sadly must her
! seltresPect gave bean lowered before she
could have famed such an estimate Of her
/ sell-f4llen : fr.ling us she already was -
Perhaps It v:-sTe best not % enquire what were
/ the probable. services of this unprincipled
woman expected in return for giving the false
character.-E$ isha-diT to be supposed that
she had sought the ACQUAINTANCE Of the friend
/ less girl without some. selfish plan or motive.
/ They stood cllkiaga few minutes longer, and
then walked away in different directions the
elder with TIE ccufdc1t air Of one who had
carried herself successfully through many
schemes Of seceptions the other, trembling
and abashed,at the FIRST breaking down Of the
barriers Of lnte:rrity. Oh! We thoughtess
women in y%ur homes Of ease-ye, whose
! breath can gave or tale away IeputatiOn-be
merciful in f:onr.iudghent Of her, and pause
well, ere, OH soI*e similar occasion, you drive
| 4 helpless female to desperation.
ca il was pieiful,
1ar = whole city full,
! I:s5isqE she lad none
! Mary hadno fongeItho means of returning
to her famil$ in Wiltshire; she was already
reduced to poverty sad extremity, and had
/ that very msEniIsg conveyed her warm cloak
/ TO the safe keeping OF the pawnbroker. Be
/ sides how c,suldshe have borne to go as dis
I graced pauTer among the large poor family to
which she Belonged, among those who had
/ looked with-.suca prlpe upon their ''sister N
| service In I<ond9n 90
And vet, notwithstanding the many griefs
and the gaUslt CURE # absolute want which
loomcd upo6 her and. gas drawing nearer, she
I had refUse,S Gssislah.e only the day before
from her ':yolhg mister" whom she had
CHANGED to Eeat in tie street, and who had
accosted hes apparently with much sympa-
thy. Fronc:him she had learned that Hrs.
1 Dixon was Is inlplaca6le as ever; yet, though
ne pressed silver, and even gold upon her,
let rs be Thankful she was still hedged round
by the feelI..gs Of de}icacy and feminine pro-
priety, whi.h forbade her accepting from ''an
admirer." :.Surely the woTld-hardened temp
tiers do not always know the dreadful work
they are ab@ut.
'sIf you gslease, ma'an, do you know Of 3
place u was the enquiry Of Mary about an
hour after she parted with her new acquaint-
ance She.had entered a respectable looking
bakers shoA, ID ous Of the great thorough
fares. :.
..What s.1.rt i place a. said the mistress,
a good-temHerei, goo3-lOOking young woman,
s of seven cT. eigslt-and-twenty. who was just
then sweeping She counter with hard brush,
with great EctiEity. Mary, by the way, had
observed asa glance, that the shop and coun-
, ter, and hand brush, and all apPurtenances
were, whg.t e%e-y lhing in bakers shop
should be, .exq1iste'y clean and neat; and
q, 4k, I. IL
5 and ligh'-oeIorsd eo,ton dress, was a pattern
of neatneSs.
Il could take hsusemaid's place ma am, .
: replied Mary, or servant of all-work in a
! small family
"Lor. Ivcnder if you would suit Us q
/ said Mrs. Allen, the bakers wife; s.we sen
= of our servants in great huff, last night, and