Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-02-08
Rates of Adxartising:
I. Yet charity, with Mr..

and charitable heart. Yet charity, with Mr..
Melville, seems to be given power.
''9ut was going TO give you the history of
the picture. The author himself is the hero
He is not yet forty; yet sorrow, more than
time, has silvered his hair and marked his
brow. He has been married; but wife and
child are now no more. He has been crushed
to earth by the worlds coldness, and non-ap-
probation Of his talents and his works. He
could not thus endure il, and fed from it
And this presents the lonely seclusion, where
for long years, he lived, wasting, as he says,
his time and his gifts. But they were only
maturing there. And he has brought forth
from the mines..o earth, treasures thatwill new
or die; monument to his immortality. Oh
how, he said, he hated and scorned the orld
This fair stranger came 10 him from heaven,
he almost thinks, and told him of his waste of
sirne, of his selfish indulgence, of his duties,
obligations, and the end x his being-to do
good-,o live for others. Tn.s awoke his
slumbeTing conscience, aroused his oueroies.
snd he is row an eminent artist and celeu-ated
author
1t is needless to say that Lillias recognized
and herself. 1t was magic picture, ably ex-
ecuted, and with frame Of fTetted silver
And beneath the figure of the lady, Lillias had
sketched with pencil the lines she had found
left in the strangers cell.
Ere another year, Mr.. ST. Lucas was laid
in the grave. lie had been slowly and sure
ly declining some months. The cankering
cause was the expenditure of his son, or, "a
ther, that sons wife abroad. His death was
universally lamented bat the remark was
made, ale has left his widow and Lillias
! III easy circumstances.'' But this was not
] true. Every cent ofhis property would scarce
/ ly cover his debts. Mrs. st. Lucas staggered
/ beneath the blow Of her kind companion's death;
but this knowledge brought an additional pang.
+ She had been accustomed to every luxury and
indulgence, and could she Struggle with pow
/ eTty What the law would have allowed her
she generously gave up, till every creditorwas
/ paid. But nothing was left. 1t was hard
/ trial to leave for ever her loved, love-lighted
home. But that must be sold. And now was
the noble woman's character Of isillias reveal
ed. She arranged ali; and the bereaved wild
ON had only to thank God for lending her such
J a treasure. She would hire a little cottage
/ somewhere, LiIlias said, and she could earn
enough for their sapport, thanks 30 the ever
kind friends thathad given her so many accom-
fpishments. She could DO all kinds of fancy
+ and plain work, could net, embroider, or teach
music, drawing, painting, and other branches
Of education; ard she would find employment
enough. She did. and her young heart was
/ little lightened Of it's burden.
One request Of Mrs. ST. Lucas she earnest
ly made, that neither Luis nor Rose should BE-
informed Of their poverty. 1t Itwould, she said,
but cause unnecessary pain; and while she
could earn their support, she would accept of
no assistance. Louis, certainly, could not
have afforded any.
Scarcely had he received the intelligence of
his fathers death, before bis wife died. Ex-
citement and dissipation had done their work
in a few brief years. Yet he made no men
ton of returning home. lie only wrote that
/ his health was severely suffering. Not yet
could he revisit the sweet scenes Of his child
hood, Of his manhood-nqt yet. His marriage
/ had been an unhappy one, and bitterly did he
repent the step he had taken. Yet ever-ever
did he treat his heartless, selfish wife with the
utmost attention. What else could be expect
ed ofhim
The plans Of Lillias were carried into exe-
cution. A cottage was rented few miles Fl ON
their former splendid dwelling,and thithee she
and Mrs. Lucas repaired. The health of the
latter was very poor; she could i'll support her
/ trials. And to think, too, that Liilias should
/ toll FOR her. They could have had home
with Rose: Lillias had claims there, ba, re-
! fused to test them. By teaching and needle
work, she obtained sum sufficient for their
/ diminished wants; and she felt serenity she
had not before known. 1t was the bliss of
I usefulness, Of doing good. Yes, and then.
I besides, that precious mother shared her boun-
/ ty. And many prayer went up to Heaven.
+ from the very midst of poverty, for the Lily Of
Newport. " ould they not be heard
! 4 year went by-some monthe more, when
stranger waited on the lonely cottagers. He
was the executor Of Lord Lilburn' s w i'll lately
1 deceased. Lord Leburn was the brother Of
( Lord Claremont's mother,and having no chill
dren, buqueathed large portion of his vast
amount Of property to LiIlias, who reiojced
/ that she could give Mrs. ST. Lucas such a
home as she had been accustomed to. All
+ that had once been theirs was purcha sed back;
{ houses, and lands, and all; and blessed day
was It for the stricken widow, when she again
+ found herself in her former beautiful home.-
And Lillias, too, was grateful; but thought
dimmed the brightness Of every joy.
+ A few more months, and Louis wrote that
he was coming home. His health was slow
ly declining, and he wished to return to the
home Of his childhood-to die, he thought;
but he did not fear that. Again was Mrs ST.
Lucas entreated MOTTO speak Of their change of
fortune, and again promised Luis might feel