Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-29

Injustice" H1
| Gamma says that you called her proud
vain, ill-tempered girl"
elbow wrong for any one SO to change
the meaning of light and, almost thought
less remark do not wonder that Anna
was hurt, | only regret that she did not
meet my effort to reconcile the difficulty.
Had she done so, all would have been
quickly forgiven and forgotten"
"No doubt OF that. ! blame her most"
81 must see her tonight" said Alice.
'It is too late now" 80.
"No. / must see her before entering
the parlors below, and mingling with the
gay company there assembling. have
suffered myself to feel Indifferent about the
matter, knowing that had wiliully done
her no injury, and believing that all would,
in due time, come right. To-day | thought
more seriously about it, and would have
called upon her, could possibly have done
so. Being prevented in this, determined
to meet her here, and have all reconciled
before joining in the social pleasures of the
evening. But she will not come-and all
on this account ! must see her at once.
Your house is only IN the next block. |
will run around there alone"
81 will go with you," said Aunt Helen.
"Oh no! Let me go alone. 1t will
look better, think" ......
And Alice putting on her cloak and
hood, went out quickly.
Anna, after her aunt had left for the par
ty at Mrs. Merrll's, sat down in the parlor
alone, and tried TO read. But the pages OF
the book she bent over had no power TO ab-
sorb her attention. There was an evil
spirit OF angry resentment in her heart, and
that controlled her thoughts. Oh how
unhappy she felt. There were particular
reasons why she wished TO go to this party;
and her disappointment was therefore the
greater. As she sat and unused over this
all absorbing theme, she more than half-re-
GREETED having permitted herself to notice
what had been said of her. She remem-
bered having spoken quite as consciously
Of Alice and Jane; and that, too, to the
very person who had repeated the offensive
language she had used respecting her,
All at once, it flashed through her mind
that this person might first have told what
she said, and this provoked them 10 speak
against her. The thought made her cheek
burn. An old adage touching news car
riers came into her mind and gave force to
this suggestion.
"Oh dear'' she said aloud, shutting her
book, and leaning her head back against
the great rocking chair in which she was
sitting. "How careful of our words we
should be. l wish Hetty Blake had kept
what she heard TO herself No doubt in
the world she made it sound ten times
worse in repeating it to me. And its more
than likely she told them something that !
had said IN the first place. She's not over
particular. Its lesson to me-"
And Anna continued to rock herself, and
TO feel very unhappy. Her cheeks burned
as if she were sitting before large fire, and
her head, beside aching slightly, felt IS il
bound around with tight band. There
was heavy weight upon her bosom; SO
heavy that she breathed oppreSsively.
She had closed her eyes, and was so alb
sorbed in her own thoughts that she did not
hear the bell ring, nor notice that the SER
want went to the door and admitted some
one. The sound of iootstep in the room
aroused her, and she opened her eyes and
looked up with a startled air. Alice May
was standing before her. For moment or
two she doubted whether she were not in
dream. But all doubt quickly vanished,
for Alice, approaching and extending her
hand, said, while pleasant smile lit up her
face:
Gamma, will you forgive any wrong |
have done you, and be reconciled %
Such an overture cams ust in the right
moment. .... ..
Anna gave her hand, and tried to an
swer. But her quiyrring lips refused to
utter the words she wished to speak. Lean
ing her head upon the bosom of Alice, she
stood for few moments, her whole frame
agitated, and then yielding a passionate
gush of tears, she wept herself into calm
ness.
Half an hour afterwards, Anna entered
the crowded parlors OF Mrs Merrill, arm in
arm, with Alice. Hetty Blake saw this
with surprise, and so did some others who
had heard of the misunderstanding. But
Anna felt too happy to think of the past
Her only wish was 10 cover it with the
mantle of forgetfulness. Her only wonder
was how she could ever have felt such Bit
ter resentment towards one for whom she
now felt a real affection.
1t is dangerous thing to admit into the
heart feeling of resentment. Once re-
ceived as a guest, it brings many compan-
ions of a like character, and they get such
entire possession that it is hard TO cast them
out. In most cases, those who admit this
guest, are led to do greater wrong than
they have received and change from the
really aggrieved into those who give cause
of offence. The true way is TO seek recon-
ciliation Immediately. There is no better
precept in matters of this kind than, "Let
not the sun go down on your wrath" In
nine cases out of ten, il will be found, on
examination, that there is no cause for an
ger except an imaginary one and that the
btterest modification might he saved by a
little selEpossession and salutary seli-re-
stralnt. jIs H.lr.