Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-08

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lIase sever from sss An
ssfshay u0sinea pu.slh lhes. s7s nose NJ
somewhat ,ia nigh, me lips: evenly oenpe
land1closlng naturally swers not aull Q
bright ln color, and the chm, which did no
Iproject, had sui certainlook Of decision
supposed 70 be incompatible, with femlnin
beauty. her han, tastened by slngl
brad at The back Of the head, was soft bu
alslncllneo i 70 curl. In SIZE she was slight
/ ~ beyond the medium height, and OF a.
agreeable roundnsss .af outline, but an Al
j and look SO enl'fe elys. unsuggestive OF tn
lascinations ~ ana cogneteries oil hers sex, tina
o. sixteen see es mig h nave been supposed I
ioe Tory torlty dn looks ,and manner except tina
mo nspertt1es existed IN either.
= ne maosheEs lifted her eyes from tn
threaa she " as twlstlng, and looked SOME
isw hat I'M emil upon the face OF her daughter
+ sesW hnt Is lit, mother!" said the latter
E&who was aware Of The severe scrutiny sh,
vas under going:
80. was thinking, Margaret, and wonder
Ing y syou, knew how very ugly you are
and H you did know, whether you woult
lselbad about il
- Not in the least, mother.
4slV ell, that is 50 strange; you are very
sd 100, Margaret, and bad tempered
81 I'm sorry, mother, responded ths
girl, without lifting her eyes or moving /
muscle.
sW 81, 2 continued the mother. "Wher
| was nj your age, should have been mat
enough bad anybody told me was ugly
been cslled handsome, and people admired
You " ~
lha, is true-l was alauays callee
handsome Imlght have had three or foul
others a, The lime chose your lalher.o
b Margaret was silent, and SO was The
"leo@ 5 waeel awhue, ano then the wheel
ano ne tongue wen. on aea'ni Tor the old
..,u 3 ,.s a..,elsa n'u eaoSns glimpse o. .ne
and r. l',ssa. s. ..esd..s - a
1 ,ha ~, Gs'e , III ~ uuer'pso-aye' iuve' ,..
'"e oi''s "n' tug; June " woman ihes
.n anu nv" % '''t ,; .ne S'sloh 'aoeo' she ,efheo
'"1 N, '""ee' nse;y onoe '''s''e, Us Il lo'' ~
'"nu 'i,,n ~ '"' o'i''" VI 'se' ahu s'1''' "Ao
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us'e,' A's S'iel'eo sou mower ''ao
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na. ~ 80 0ly y, = Wy
s,ns,ss @ - ~ ,.h ~ ,sap ,.hs alia iH Wv '.'',s
;nors5 ,,,s nj i,bf nrda,;, ,.as =, -
1l,5sssa,,iit1IashSd ssI5a liyaa a. wanld h. -
made soma pefaIi ,iarri+, o., % and sbnl5
mon lfaye beeIi io1iline here day in md A. :
nnfs, ksas als7.ijilijE a'is lllgl ESS.pE}ass
/ a'fois tifnaa oro,rrat s;absd aa ~ III IL, :
.f,ds;,, i,
R,,s sx;ll ,sJ5s,,,t IL xnn ,ao,he.
~ il, s, IL &; p
s,o en,o,sehE IA, a. :bo,b - '' -
. Us, can, amin s., d ddh r. ,oo,ha. 81 -. .naa
- III, ~ q, ~ 'a''''s' = spuA laou,
10 sIeH how 5ka he o;rl - iha bnok loved bar
o,d fa,her mud s,a;d hv hin, ,,,,a, -, :.
old and blind. iust ms Cordelia would h,v.
siaid by me. -. -. -. g.
There WIS ,eors on M.raars,,, Ia -,
thai hat she could hardly see her needle, md
she whispered W ssfe iSSf
And Just ISL as sfls;, | viii 90, dear snotber.
"but Then Cordelia was SO beautltul, and
her voice SO low Just . hike the girls in
the book. ! never could cal, her Deley,
somehow though often call you Peggy
butihen you are not at 5all like Cordelia.'
Margaret sewed on. and The wheel was
silent ugafn; for the phantom,s of buried
affection came 10 the minds eve Of the
,wiooW-she was a gaiin loyii,u,e, and beloved
listening 10 The bird ZONES of her iovef,
and 3butthese recede, ! gain. she IS old
and widowed, and her shivered hands hardly
hold the ashes of the past. The wheel
goes its weary round. The thread gathers
.Ipon ,he spindle. but the fiax upon iha
distaff is wellsnieh spent. Such is life.
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