The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-07-21

to rent small room in the city to shelter
them from the inclemencies of the weather,
now growing rigorous.
AS Mrs. Mansfield and Rachel were des-
titute of means, with which to procure the
necessaries of life, and not being able to get
sufficient needle work to purchase them,
they were compelled to sell their furniture.
Piece after piece was sold, either to pay
rent or buy bread, until only one bed, few
pieces of kitchen ware and table furniture
were left to this once happy family. The
last quarters rent was nearly due; they had
no fuel and but little meat and meal in the
house, and the mother and daughter looked
painfully at each other, las if each was ready TO
enquire of the other "what more can we
sell?" The money changer was surroun-
ded by plenty; his mansions rose upon the
front of whole square in the great city; he
had sold the Mansfield Cottage but few
days before to stranger for six thousand
dollars, and had purchased the very proper
ty in which Mrs NJ and Rachel were living;
though neither Grayson nor Mrs. Mansfield
were aware that they should again be thrown
together even in business way When he
had purchased the property in wich she was
living he had taking the rents also, and of
course Mrs. Mansfield was now his tenant
In looking over his list of tenants he saw
the name Mansfield" but as it was IA
miliar name paid no attention to it. Mr..
Grayson was, however, with all his wealth,
indebted to q certain commission house in
New Orleans, nearly one hundred thousand
dollars, and it may be this made him some
what more rigid in his business transactions.
He had received from this house shipments
to large amount, which had been used in
rearing the fine structures that we have be-
fore alluded to. a.
1t was dark evening in December, ant
the snow falling fast, while Rachel, the once
lovely and healthy child of Richard Mans
field, lay shivering with cold on the only bee
in the rented room occupied by her mother
and self The pale face showed how deep.
ly she had suffered from the pestilential fever
then praying ON her system. She looked
wishfully at the door for the appearance o
her mother who had gone to the drug store
for medicine, and to beg for little fuel tc
warm the apartment in which her sick child
lay. A long and bitter sigh escaped thelips
of Rachel as she looked at the door and saw
her mother did not come. She felt herself
sinking, and knew that it was merely for the
want of proper care and diet she must die;
and she exclaimed as her father had, ooh!
that William were here" But how could
she hope for the return of her brother, who
had not leen heard from in six years.
Twas at best faint hope that still bound
him to the memories of the mo- her and sis.
ter
A step was heard upon the door sill ant
the sick girl turned her eyes to see if hel
mother and only friend had returned will
the medicine to afford relief TO her aching
head, and fuel to warm her shivering frame
1t was not her mother, but the tlckering
light disclosed the face of Grayson, the
"money CHANGER whom she immediately
recognised, and she grew faint as the rec
collection of the past rushed over her te
vered brain; cold hearted man as he was
the money changer almost shrunk back wher
he saw the pale face of Rachel, and recog-
missed her as the daughter of Richard Mans
field the owner of the mortgaged cottage
He asked for her mother, and being told b,
the trembling girl whittier she had gone, ant
that she would soon be in, be sat down ant
began to stir the dying embers in the CRATE
Mrs. Mansfield had just left the drug stor
when she met man and asked him to Civ
her a few dimes to buy q little fuel to warn
the room in which her sick daughte
was laying almost destitute Of clothe.
to keep her warm. The man gave he
dollar and said he would give her anoth
or on the next evening at the same place an'
time. She hurried home to tel Rachel G
her good fortune. But how soon were he
hopes to be banished, when she entered tn
room. AS soon as she reached it she wa
met by Grayson who demanded therent 70
the last quarter. The poor woman told hin
it was not in her power to pay it, as she hat
but one dollar in the world, which had JUS
been given Der by stranger to buy fuel t
keep them warm. He than demanded that
for some moments she refused to give
to him, but Rachel begged her mother t
give it up, as she might live without it.
"Mrs. Mansfield" said Gayson after h
had taken her last dollar, elf you do nc
pay the remainder tomorrow night you wi
be turned out, for lam tired furnishing hous
es for nothing. I shall call tomorrow even
ing; so be prepared to pay me" and he let
the house. The mother and daughter botl
wept bitterly at the loss of the dollar, for
was cold night and with it fuel might b
procured to warm them.
The next night she went to where tn
man had given her the dollar tn
evening before. She found him waiting ft
her, and she told him how she had lost h
former donation. The man made no repl,
but gave her another, and she started home
When she arrived she found Grayson WI
had come to put his threat into execution
} The stranger had followed to her door an
was standing against it listing to the hars
t words of the money changer as he ordere
!, Mrs. Mansfield to Immediately leave til
house and seek shelter somewhere else.-
The poor, faint girl yainly begged to be a
lowed TO stay wdays longer till she cou
walk to some other house.
&C.," said the unfeeling wretch, "to
$ Hospital. You are not so sick as you pr
tend to be-"