Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-12-04

acquainted with Anne Bremen. VI course
you will wan, to know a great many things
about her, and will do my best TO afford
you satisfaction.
can not tell you whether her eyes were
black, blue. or grey whether she was OF a
dark OF light complexion. People differ
so much - to what and who may be call.
ed beautiful, that shall lot undertake &c
express any opinion in regard 10 this mat
ter, so far as Annie is concerned. Those
who knew her best said that she was beau
,iful-very beautiful; but they were he'
very Partial friends. Ofone ,hingI am GER
,ain-she was good and if beauty anc
goodness are synonymous terms, (which
some will deny,) then she was beautiful
She was good-sbe was sincere Christ,
,ian-ibe highest form Of goodness in ,hi.
world. Like her father, she was accounted
something Of an oddity, but no, by those
who were we'll acquainted with her. Thai
she should move in the spheres Of the mil
lionaires and half mllionaires. and ye1
manifest anything like Christian charac'
ter, would by some be accounted sufficient.
Iy odd without anything else 10 add TO it,
One who well knew human nature, once
said, that they who had riches entered the
kingdom Of God "hardIy." But Annie
had entered it, and thus fulfilled those 9TH
er words which fell from the same lips ,,ha.
"with God all things are possible" That
she should be no slave Of fashion, that she
should dare to dress to suit herself, that
she should look lar beyond the circle in
which her fathers wealth had placed her,
out into the wide world, and in the mids,
Of her own plenty 10 think Of others pow
erty; in short, that she should be really
sensible. serious minded irl,may be regar.
ded as thing that one does not see every
day. II is true, she went out into fash.
ionable society; she mingled with the gay
crowd that assembled in the halls Of wealth;
but there were also the poor and The needy,
who, as often as they thought Of her, (and
that was not seldom,) exclaimed, "Ble IS
her kind soul ~ She might be seen al
most daily to enter the dwelling poverty,
and dispense kind words and smiles. worth
far more, after all, than the silver and gold
which she always carried with her-and
all this without os,en,ation. Her father,
who had some idea Of her habits in connec.
ton with these matters, was we'll content.
ed to let her become his almoner, as he
said to himself. He gave her mos, freely
all that she asked Of him, without SO much
as single question as 10 the use TO be
made Of it. There seemed 10 be taci:
understanding between them, in regard 10
this.
Annie possessed mind well cultivated.
She had read much, and thought much !;
and though not learned, she was intelligent,
and 10 company might usually be found, as
a sort Of natural attraction, IN conversation
with the most in.ellgen; gentlemen pres
ent.
Annie had arrived at the mature age OF
(do not start, reader :. twenty.seven, and
was yet in stale Of single blessedness.
Somehow or other, she had not even fallen
in love, as yet. "Had she no offers ~
Wha, simplepues,ion! DID you ever
know half million Of dollars 10 60 beg.
ging! Offers! yes, scores Of them. 1,
may be accounted as one of her oddities,
but whenever the subject happened to be
touched upon by her Ialher. Annie would
say that she wanted some one who could
love her for herself, and she must have the
assurance Of this-and how could she, in
her present position How could she
know positively ,ha, herself was sought,
and not the estate TO which she was sole
heiressl If she could only be divested Of
everything but wha, she was in herself if
she could actually te poor-ah she often
tho't thus. Ii you please 10 call this mere
whim. so be il. i, kept her single till her
twenty-eighth year. The old gentleman did
not urge the matter very strongly. as may
be we'll supposed. A father is not likely,
in his circumstances, to drive his daughter
into matrimony. unless she wishes to en-.
ter it herself Thus matters stood, when
Annie was led TO form and to execute hat
will appear very strange resolution but
she was resolute girl. We must now go
back six years.
One dark, rainy morning in November.
as our old friend was looking composedIy
at the cheerful FIRE in the gra,e OF his
coun,ing-room. and really indulging in
some serious reflections on the past and
the future-the far future. too gentle.
man presented himself and inquired for
Mr. Bremen. The old man uttered not a
word, bu, merely bowed. There was tina.
in his looks which said, IL am he."
The stranger might have been some