Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-18

MORAL COURAGE.
BY ALICE B. NEAL.
Concluded.

Mrs. HIPS dainty caps and bonnets, some star
ting when they saw her thus, and others assu-
ming a cold unconsclousness that they had ev-
er met her under other circumstances. For
her story was well known and had been talked
over and wondered at, and she had been ridi-
culed and misinterpreted in various WAYS, for
amusement of those who had once called them
selves her friends. They could not be openly
insulting, when they looked in her calm, self
respectful face, while making their idle COM
ments on the novelty or grace OF the fashion
she was recommending to them She returned
the distant bows vouchsafed to her as coldly as
} they were given, and felt her native dignity
increased by every rudeness size experienced.
And who would dare TO say that she was not
the equal of those giddy creatures, reared in
expensive idleness, without an aspiration above
dress and fashion, or dream of life's respon>
sibiity? They were clothed, and warmed, and
fed without thought on their indebtedness to
the parent who was toilng with anxiety, if not
with labor Of hands, for their enjoyment they
were blind to the beauty of unseltishness, and
deaf TO the claims of the suffering and needy
upon the income they recklessly sqnandered -
And Lucy knew all this; and the contempt of
such as these could do no more than call flush
to her brow.
Sometimes she would turn quickly TO answer
a familiar voice asking, "What did YOU say
was the price of this ~ and an involuntary
sH''e OF recognition would ior moment play
upon her lips, to fade as quickly; aud again
she could scarcely conceal her contempt, as
"o 0,'o VIZ o m '""teu "P'" MIS- Du'.o"
parties, or an introduction to her set, would in
quire, with drawling, pa.ronzng tone, "Ah,
how is your mamma, my dear! Where has
s"I u',ieu ,' ne'set !,
soa,'oJ ,H n,ar,;na,si, I.y ''T."e' '"a' ,au
''.u 10Y u'e" !" o'oee, anu hu
W, Ita'.'a WV" ,.'o ''''"e oonve'sat'o"' a,'u
"a.o"."e VI. '0''CT C r T'e'o VI ','"ry ""o,' sue
never suspected OF hypochsy before, ana ASIDE
'ne eluerlng f,ooonS ana s''ks she had oeen
su''ou"ueu "''',' "anh'ul 10 MIS- M! lor ca'-
n"e he' away 10 '"Ne '."e auuress OF some OF
toe customers. AS she oent over the desk, tut
n'u from group 'hal had last entered tamil
lar name 'e'' upon hef ear making her hand
trtlno'e 50 .'lat tle ''hes were scarcely legIole,
"n,'e F"e '.S'enec sPe' oouno. ,,,
Is tue, sd'u one VI 'leIl, gayIy J. had
~ ~; u".1.. =, 'a" Is, a. "'uo" ."'N v 40 o,eah'"s
"'I engagement u'u last yea'' wash ne
v'e ~ o'.o' ~ p'o''uG 'o' d.! 'n'' ''''>
n ~ 1' Ivy
a,,,1 ~, '' ""e' "e ossvu d''u
' I'' hn Wy NT "o"u' ';' Te' u"o'Ia %
TO-, r,tn 'I' rV"s,' 'saoV. @ o"''
nIl'',, ,ho,n - I' "no ne' '"'''e' WV" e'e"
| hat ever oecdte Oh her one was re-
nucea 10 eoVerhess, or something OF that sor',
WASH sue
Oh, worse than that why I've certayn
oeeh 'o.u ''dt sue one oI MIS- IllIla sewing
e'rs' ferhaps sfe MADE inns bonnet! VINO
put ao"ut James h'len
Oh' oh'y hes engaged again 10 Florence
r'sne'-'he que mar, II you pIease-and ooth
iamll'es are del'ghted' It's splendid match
!" every way anu expect 'l'ev W'Il nave su-
peru "euu'ng' I never cou'I see Tor my part
"ow nc Ga'e 10 iancY Lucy burton, -,
Nor l-"nat loVely coIor that RIBBON is !
e"e'' nc was M"I o'o"en hearted met
, ,'eui ,oee'ne' !" "a'""t street yeS'e'day'
""e" "e' '1''e' I''"n T." IT SWEET !-Tuu W
""' 'o'u 'o has o'ue'eu u'a''oiluS iol "euu'19
Prese"t:
t a,'' "'''' ''o"s"' 'ne sPcaAer' "ef Oedu'llu'
"'0''"
u, CuI,eu' Hhe lne archer DOW,
i, 0 '''0" '0''
VIC e"et' VI ''''' 'o'e eo'''P uPo'l 'ne o'Ject VI
'he'f coihmeh's, VINO rose, and then sat down
b-'as ,,,,n ,,a,, hol "I W." ne. "e'''o''"H
Then she f,isbsd hsr tu,;os ho.U ,'0.' ,ao e.,
iaI IT, 'o'i
a,,,o. t' ."N "?'ue "'e oe""'''u'
10 hor hoarn o',as "Il ,'a hro - 'e '"'e''"es1
n.i, in bor bosr W, ba mne eh "I'' pay oI
t,nno ,ho fr., ao', t '""" o"v i'u sune'eu
e,,; ;"o 'a lt ae"y " sepa'a''o'' II was
a so r"1 d' for rI IL ''0"'eu 0" anu she
Wa 81 unp'ePa'eu 'or 1t!
mt in tho vav - hoo ari , a'oavs, s''e was
,nh;oh nHho,s !; $500 we e'd","e eos>'P
Mas" un,'o.h e u" eu'e"' III certain sec'',
havc tnow,n !, anJ h., y VIC ""o eou'u
,ho n.'n "f Ia' an', ps 'aoII agreement the
,,',nad ho,,' Sa',s .'"en "au never oeen men
senara,on !, ,"eni s'noe lne Gay OF thelr
mi'h, ha"a o'''y "a.u'a,' on'y wna' she
tines tho, .narnlon W. u ~ ne'se'i many
tor aII9 .nd ,n, . ,i' Ii "al was lie 10 her' al
man, honad os e a;s;, Wv "ess ior mo
Il,nl,,,, ia, a1o,h p'' a'u was hafo 10
a,tan,in ,,'i, ,a ~ '1o'i cIaneu tne phu
how o,."'''"' VII" ""'" lie 'lau once surrounded
d.. ~, oo. - ,, =,
sba bsd o,,naa eem ~ m'ly o,p sue cohllde what
until some t,vo mon,hs af,o. -. - Au,'on hnow !.
of the marrairc cangbr ber o,o ndo. ;,'