The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-12-10
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and phd Lar n advance. October /, 1850.
Alice Weston.
1t was ten o'clock, yet Alice Weston still sat in
her little dressing room, her head resting on her
hand, and an ivory comb glistened amidst the
Ioos-ned tresses. fifty dollar bill Law on the
table, with which she intended to purchase win
ter bonnet and pelisse 1t had been bestowed that
morning by her father, and she would have no.
i'ced The reluctance with which it was granted
hqt she was absorbed by the attempt to decide
whether certain Edgar Morris would prefer
PINK or a white hat She was still busted with
,he important questlOn-hut in vain she ransaCked
her m-mOry for some remark which might furnish
a hunt Us to his taste. He never conversed on
such topics, and carefully avoided commencing
any style of dress. The longer she dwelt upon the
SUBJECT the more perpexed she became
An :! SAID she TO herself, s. ii is of little use to
st mere must be guided by my complexion. |
lhinH VIII get white one, with a very rich,
White leather, and the smallest of delicate flowers
ior the inside, such as | saw at Haten's
So ing she finished dressing, glanced con.
temptuousy at her last years bonnet as she nut il
On, thrust the bill into her purse, and took the way
20 the principal shops. She was still balancing
iNe merits OF silks and satius, pink and white
when she was stopped by crowd of people who
We're prevented from crossing the street by two
rhfaneled carriages. Her father was standing
near, but he did not observe her, for he was en-.
gagged in cnversatOn with his next door Deighbor
Mr.. Burton.
ALLOW me, said the latter gentleman, as an
nd ifendp 10 inquire the cause of your anxious and
harrassed look. We were boys together on tI74
banks Of the Merrlmack, yet while | remain com
ptrauycIy young, your eyes grow dim your hair
Whltens, and on your brow are wrinkles made bv
The unrest Of perpetual strugges''
Ay, my good friend, but my family is large and
our expenses great, For me, who inherit nothing,
toll is great"
My income is scarcely the hafof yours. vet NV
hours OF leisure are double those you allow your
sell. | have somewhat to spare, too if your capi-
tai and he hesltated lest he might give offence
! understand you, replied Mr. Weston 3" the
offer yol wish to make is generous, but such aid
do not need. Step hither," and he pointed to the
arched entrance Of the church behind, where we
shall not be overheard
Thus far Alice had listened with breathless eag-
erness. She must hear all, Her father might re-
IuSe her the communication he was about to make.
She thought she had right to know why he was
growing old before his time. She followed the
gentlemen, and stood unobserved beside them.
The death of my wife," said Mr. Weston
has impaired a degree of sacredness to the sub
lect Of which we were speaking, that has made me
shrink from conversIng upon it; but your kindness
TO me and mine has given you claim upon my
confidence | married, you know, the daughter
OF a wealthy man, frail and beautiful girl, sur
rounded by every luxury that money could pro-
cure. | was IN a prosperous business. A few
years of economy would have made me rich but
from that which she had been accustomed to- /
Struggled with every power, bent every energy to
the task OF supplying the means of lavish and
ostentatlous expenditure. Day and night were
alike consumed in the toll. Even upon the Sab
bath my spirit was in my counting room. Had my
wife been aware OF this, she would have insisted
upon retrenChment, but she had seen her father
thus engrOssed, thus carewOrn, and she regarded
my IaborIous life a necessity, without suspectng
whence the necessity arose After her death |
determined to reduce our expenses, but my children
have been brought up in luxury. They repined at
slight MISUNDERSTANDING wants, and feared
lest they might think me cold and stern"
You have misjudged,' said Mr.. Burton.
" Though they murmur at trifes, they will be ac-
tive, vigorous, happy, in great change. 1t will
give them work for the heart, for the hands"
Nay, my friend; my lot is fixed Be the toll
for me, the leisure for my family. cannot risk The
loss OF my only pleasure, that of seeing smiling
faces at my fresds."
The gentlemen parted leaving Alice over
whelmed by the discovery she had made--slowIy
she reraced her footsteps, fOrgelfu of her errand.
She re-entered her dressing room and gaZed re-.
gretluIly upon It's luxurious appointments. They
seemed 10 reprOach her with the hours taken from
il's highest duties and harterad for their peFisha.
hle splendor. She lad aside her purse, thankful
that lis contents remained untouched T.; then she
10 ked long and steadily upon the new position in
winch she was suddenly placed. Her needless
disregard of her father, who had INDUCED her ey-
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