Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-06-19
4 Narrative Of Real Life.
By MISS SEDGWICk.

81 am going round to Broad street TO
inquire of Ross, the glover. about little
Lucy Wendell"
"Lucv Wendell! Who is she p
"She is pretty little Dutch girl, who
lived opposite TO me, in that bit OF little
dwelling, that looks like crack or a seam
between the two houses, on each side of il.
She lived with her grand.pc.ents. natives
OF this city, and once proprietors Of many
a lot within it, but they had been outbar.
gained and cut wilted till they were re-
duced 10 this little tenement, some twenty
feet by fifteen. Their only surviving de-
scendant was my li,tl. friend Lucy. a
pretty, fair-sknned, fair haired, blue-eyed,
girl, of mos, modest, quiet, engaging de-
meanor. For many month alter we moved
TO State street, | knew nothing Of the iami.
Iy; bu, from such observation as :be eye
could take. neatness was the ruling pas
sion of this household. Their only servant,
Minerva, (lhe goddess Of wisdom should
have known bcrler.) used 10 scrub the house
weekly from garret to cellar their only
carpet was shook every Saturday; the
steps were secured daily, and never. in
my life, saw the old woman without dus-
ling cloth in her hand. Such war of ex-
termination did she carry on against the
in,ruding particles, that my friend E. used
10 say, it must be hard to think Of turning
TO dust Lucy had no visitors. no com.
panions and Of the only indulgence the
old people, which was sitting on The sloop,
every pleasant afternoon, according TO the
anc en-, Dutch custom, she never parfook.
She never wen, out, excepting on Sunday
10 church, and then she reminded me OF
one of those brighfn pretty flowers. that hang
on the cragged, bare stems Of the cactus.
pilied her, her spring Of life seemed pass.
ing away so drearily. My pity was mis-.
applied; and I felt it TO be So when looked
into her serene and sweet coun'enance,
and saw there the impress Of that happiness
which certainly Cows from duties religious.
Iy performed. 1t is a great matter, Grace,
10 have your desires bounded within your
station TO be satisfied with the quiet, un-
noticed performance Of The duties Pro:i-
dence has allotted to you, and no. to waste
your efforts or strength 10 seeking TO dc
good, or to OBTAIN pleasure. beyond your
sphere. This is true wisdom and this was
Lucy Wendeli's.
"At last,,here came TO Ibis obscure fam
iIy. what comes 10 all, death and its chan
res. The old man and his wife died with
, in few days of each other. Of the influen
"a that then ragged in the city. The hope
Of serving the pretty orphan induced me Il
90 TO the house. She received me CRATE
, fully and as an old friend and though w
, had never exchanged word together
there had been an interchange Of kim
looks and friendly nods-those !iii'e bu
mai,ies thai bind even strangers together
D On inquiry into her affairs, I found 'ha
), she was left almost penny less, but d'scree
and kind female friend had procured
;, place for her in Ross glove factory. Luc
+ was skilled in all the art and handicralt
!. the needle. Ross it seems is very thf
r wing tradesman ; and 10 warm recommer
IS da,ions Of Lucy's friend he had promise
yI,o board her in his own family. and allo'