Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-11-10

which shone over its aWakenlng-the stars o
sflove's heayen-had suddenly darkened and gon
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this it was indeed beautiful 70 see Isabe
Fat home. There she seemed to live many live
| in one.a She asuperintended all domestic affair
land household arra1ige u it'll admirable cour
age and Judgment. Her father never missed any
fof his accustomed comforts and her brother anl
sister were ever neatly dressed, and well taugh
and controlled slss-ij h ssstss'9 2S1S ..df
But on the baby she lavished most of her atten
ttion and loving care. She took him to her owl
fbed-shes dressed and bathed, and fed him, ant
carried him with herain all her walks and rides.-
And she was soon richly rewarded by seeing little
Eddie become from an extremely small fragile
infant, well sized blooming boy, not stout ol
Remarkably vigorous indeed, but quite healthfu
and .aetives The child was passonately fond o
his s"mamma,', as he was trught to call Isabel
Though rather imperious) andsrebellous towards
others, he yielded to, a word from. her, at any
time, At evening she would summon him ,tfron from
the widest play, to prepare him for his bath ana
bed and afterward he would twine his little arms
about her neck, and cover ,;her cheeks, lips ano
forehead with his good night kisses and then drooI
his sunny head on her shoulder and fall asleep
often with one Of her glossy ringlets twined about
his small rosy fingers. AT the break of day, the
little fellow would be awake--striding over pool
Isabel she. Yaialy stroye, for one hours brie
delicious dpze--pulling at her long black eyelash
es, and peeping under the drowsy lids, or shout
ing into her half dreaming ear his yociferous
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And Frank and Emma found ever in their sister
mother ready sympathy patient. sweetness, ane
the most afectionate counsel. They were never
left to fee, the crushing, neglect the Loneliness
and desolaton Of sorphanage; and they Were hap
py and afectionate in return. for all dear Isabels
goodness and faithfulness. Yet they were never
taught to forget their mother, gone from them
Q speak Of her always with sorrow and solemn
ty, Her name was often on their youngg young lips, and
her memory kept green and glowing in their ten
der hearts, her grave in the garden, ,harbor-What
dear familiar place There sprang the first vi
olets Of spring-there blowed the last pale chrys-
5anthemums of Autumn-there sweet Sabbath
hymns and prayers We're repeated by childish vol
ces, which struggled up through tears--there,
morning after morning, were reverentially laid
bright fragrant wrelth5 which kept quite fresh
.Gllfar into the hot summer day, on that shaded
.nlound-and there innumerable times, was the
beloved name kissed in sorrowful emo ion, by
those warm lips, which half shrank as they touch
ed the cold marble, 50 like her.lips when she had
last kissed them. .sas.s q s..s:s fsssz=9r ~ n
Thus, pissed two years over the bereayed fami
Iy--ever Judge Allston, grown cheerful man,
though one; still marked by great reserve of man
ner--oYer his noble daughter, Isabel happy in
the perfect performance of her whole duty-and
ever the children, the good and beautiful children
whom an angel mother might have smiled upon
from heaven, asa 4 sz,fsf ..7sg.-.l > l.s.s .s5s.
-. 1t happened that this third summer of his wild
owhood, Judge Allston spent more time than ev-
er at the, city Of T777-- >; the county seat, and
the place where lay most of his professional du-
ties. BUTT was rumored that there was an unusu-
al attraction in that town, one apart from and in
dependent Of the claims Of business and the pur-
suits of ambition, It was said that the thought
ful and dignifed Judge had been sometimes seen
walking and riding, with tall and slender woman "a
in deep mourning, w y npg, probably widow, but still
young and beautiful. E~..9z,.,x s..(.--..s..s..
At length an officious family friend came to Is
abel, and informed her, without much delicacy or
lodution Of the prevalent rumors; thus Civ
ing her the first inkling of the state Of affairs
which must have a serious bearing on her own
welfare and happiness-her, first intimation that
She might soon be called upon to resign her place
I 70 stranger-a step-I mother This had been hel
secret fear Z. To guard against the necessity oi
this, she had struggled with grief and WEAKNESS
and manifold discoslragements, and labored I'M
complainfngiy, and prayed without ceasing for pa.
tience and strength. . %saFs2 ES4 <. 7As7z7s .7'''
Pale and still listened Isabel, while her zeal.
| GUS friend went on, warming momently with her
| subject commenting severely on the heartless
Vaccinations Of the widow, who, though only {
poor music teacher, had set herself, with her CO
quettish arts, to ensnare man of the wealth anc
station and gear Of Judge Al1ston. Isabel was
silent, but she writhed at the thought Of her faith
er, With al his intellect and knowledge. Of The
world, becoming the dupe Of a vain, designing
woman When her visitor had left, Isabel flew
to her own room, flung herself into a chair, ane
covering her face with her hands, wept as She
had not wept since the first dark days Of her sor
row. Isabel had grown up with deep, peculiar
prejudice against step-mothers, probably from
| knowing that the childhood and girlhood of he
own idolizeds mother had been cruelty, darkenes
and saddened by harshness and injustice of
/ step-mother; and now there was bitterness ant
pain in the thought that those dear children, TO
sshe cared little for herself, must be subjecte'
to the s'iron rules of an sunloving and alel
Heart heart 'A4- e7as 's'a 7'ss'' -@' +" 'sss' - H''F
But she soon resolutely Gained down the tn
multi Iof feeling, she would fain keep her troub
le while there sti remained