The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-05-04

II she can find the widow. -
"Indeed! That's another matter alto
gether. promised to do something IN lhe
case. but | shall now decline. l couldn't
have believed such thing Of Mrs Harding!
But so it is, you never know people until
YOU find them out"
"No, indeed, Mrs. Johns. You never
spoke a truer word in your liie," replied
Mrs. Little, empha.ically.
On the day following, after seeing the
poor widow, ministering to some o! her I'M
eliate wants, and encouraging her to ex-
pect more substantial relief, Ms Harding
called, as she had promised to do, on Mrs.
Miller. A little TO her surprise, that lady
received her with unusal colln@ss; and yet,
plainly, with an effort to seem, friendly
"You have cal about the poor widow you
spoke of ycsterday?' sal Mrs. Miller
"Such is the object of my present visit. "
"What is her name?'
"Mrs. aiken"
"Where did you say she liYod?'
The answer was promptly given.
"Iye been thinking" said Mrs. Miller,
slightly coloring, and with some enbarras-
ment, "that | would call in and see this
poor woman myself,
81 wish you would" was the earnest re-
plv of Mrs. Harding. 81 am sure, lfyou do
50, all your sympaties wlIlOe excited IN her
favor"
As Mrs, Harding sail this she arose, and
with manner that showed her to be hurt,
as vel as mortified, bade Mrs. Miller for
NAL good morning, and retired. llerneXtcail
was upon Mrs. Johns. Much to her sur
prise, her reception he'e WAS quite as cold;
in fact, so cold, that she did not even refer
to the object Of her visit, and M"s. Johns
let her 90 away without calling attention to
| it herself. So affected was she by Tie SIN
/ oular, and to her Unaccountabe change IN
| the manner of these ladies', that Mrs. Hard
inc had no heart to call upon two others,
WHO had promised to do something for the
widow, but went home disappointed, sand
suffering from a troubled, and depresse
state OF leeing.
So far as worldly goods are concerned
Mrs. Harding could not boast Of very large
possessions. She was herself widow, anC
her income, while it suficed, with economy
to supply the moderate wants Of her family
left her but little for luxuries, the gratlica
ton of taste, or the pleasures of benevolcnce
Quick 10 feel the wants Of the needy, no in
stance Of destitu,ion came under her obSer
walton, that she did not make some effort to
wards procuring relief.
What now was to be done? She had ex
cited the sick woman's hopcs-haI promi
sed that her Immediate wants, and those 0
her children, should be supplied. From
her, own means, without Great selfdenial
his could not be Effected. True, Mrs 1Lu
Ter and Mrs. Johns had both promised t
call upon the poor widow, ami, in person
admins er relief Bat Mrs. Harding Iii
not place much reliance on this; for some
, t,inr in tle laarnrrof bo-h ladies imprcsse
her With lie idea, that their promise mere
X covered wish to rec.le from hcir frs
Benevolent intentions.
musincIy. And then she set herself car
| nesly to the work of deyIsing ways an
means Where there is viii there is
, wav. No saving was ever truer than TIL:
; It was perhaps week later that Mr.:
Little ca led again upon Mrs. Miller.
..Wbat Of Mrs Ilarding's poor widow?
f said the former, after some ii-natured gos
SIP about mutual friend.
ooh, declare! I've never thought Of th
woman since" replied Mrs. Miller, in a ton
Of self-conlcmnaion. "And l promise
Mrs. Harding that would sec her. | re
t ally blame myself"
"No great harm done, presume" sal
Mrs. LitiIe.
81 don't know that. I'm hardly prepare
to think as meanly of Mrs Harding as 70
do. At any rate, I'm going this day to rt
+ deem my promise"
What promise?"
."rhe promise made Mrs. Harding the
= | would see the woman she spoke OF, an
, relieve her, if in neel.'
you'll have all your trouble for notl
S inc"
' "No matter, I'll clear my conscience, an
a that is something. Come, won't you 2
: with me?"
Mrs. Little declined the invitation at frs
l.. but, strongly urged by Mrs Miller, she t
. naIly consented. So the Two ladies fortl
: with took their way towards the neighbo
S hood in which Mrs Harding had said Il
S needy woman lived. they were within
: few doors orthe house, which had been vcl
minutely described by Mrs. Harding, wht
o thew met Mrs. Johns.
/, "Ahp' said the latter with animatio
II .iust the person Of all others, l most wis
ed to see. How coull YOU, Mrs, Mile
5. so greatly wrong Mrs. Harding?"