The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-09-22
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From the American Courier
THE FOSTER BROTHERS
OR,
WRONG PREVENTED.
BY MRS. CAROLINE oRNE.
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It was three months from the com.
mencement Of her illness before Mrs
Dilling was atle to resume the perform.
ance of her domestic duties, and ther
she moved about the house as if she took
little interest in what she was doing
Every morning, when she dressed the
children, putting upon her own child
those garments of fine texture which
had been provided for Alfred Temple.
ton, who, in turn, was attired in the
cheap and homely clothing of his foster
brother, it seemed to her fresh con.
frmation of the guilt which she felt tina,
she daily incurred by yielding to her
husbands command.
Several weeks passed away, without
a word on the subject being exchanged
between her and Mr.. Dilling. He
evidently avoided making any allusion
to it, and she had not the courage to
force it upon his attention. Gradually,
however, his crime, by becoming more
familiar to his mind, appeared to lose
much of its enormity, and he did not,
as at first, shrink from alluding to what
he had done.
/" You are fool" said he, one day
to his wife, " to 60 moping round as you
do"
off what You have done," she re-
turned, "and which, to screen you from
the consequences, l am obliged to con-
ceal, only weighed half as heavily on you
as it does on me, you would write to
Mr.. Templeton, and confess all, before
you slept"
"I am not sorry for what I have
done. I had been pondcring upon the
matter before your illness, and if it was
so very wrong, as you appear to think it
to be, it isn't at all likely that there
would have been such capital chance
for me to put my plan into execution. F."
1t was an evil, not good power,
which urged you on"
"Well, good Or evil, it can't be help
ed now. At any rate, it will be bene-
fit to our boy. He was untitled, by the
accident he met with, for getting his
living, and 1 hadn't the means to give
him an education. The little Temple
ton is no better flesh and blood than he
/ is, and it won't hurt him any more tc
work"
"That may be, but it's no excuse for
depriving him of his rights. 1t would
be light task for me to work at the
meanest and hardest drudgery to get
bread for our child, compared with what
it is, to carry with me, day by day,
knowing it must always be so, my whole
life time, the burden of your guilt, which
is mine too, in one sense, as l am obliged
every day 1 live, to do something to help
carry out the fraud, if I would not see
you ruined"
"Perhaps it would be satisfaction
to you to see me punished, and to see
the poor crippled child not only become
beggar, but to have his fathers crime
thrown into his face, every day of his
life. If you think it would, tell all you
know-I am willing"
"How can you talk so' You know
that although you have often treated me
harshly, am willing to suffer much for
your sake, as well as for the poor inno-
cent child's. If you would only listen
to me, John, all the wrong might be
made right, even now"
How, pray ?"
Write another letter to Mr.. Tenn
pleton, and confess the truth. Tell him
how sorely tempted you were, but that
you have repented, and Pm sure that his
Joy will he such at finding that Alfred
Is unhurt, he will be willing to forgive
you, and not expose you.o
! " You are fool for thinking such a