The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-04-28

young, so delicate, 30 spirtuelle, SO inexperi-
enced Rosalie, there is q kindness that Is
cruel, and that is what you have been show
ing poor Robert all this time. And there is
a cruelty that is kind and that is what you
must show him now"
@Mamma, if you think it wrong, will never
ride with him again"
aAnd avoid him as much as possible, Ro-
sale" go.
q Indeed | will, mamma Poor Robert!"
uFudpel It will not hurt him. The flame
without fuel will soon expire harmlessly."
Bv this time the young girl had quite recoy-
cred from her fatigue, and she arose and left
the room, TO prepare her Strawberries, she said.
She passed into pleasant back room con-
uected with the pantry and dining-room, but
opening upon the garden, and devoted to GER
tain light dessert preparations, such as the
shelling of peas, stoning of cherries, &C. II
was cool apartment, with bare white-oak
fioor, and many doors and windows open, and
looking out upon the pleasant garden, with its
budding spring flowers-its roses, hyacinths,
and daffodils-and upon the orchard, with its
peach trees and cherry trees covered with
pink and with white blossoms-and further of,
upon the green and dewy wheat field, lying in
fertile dales between gray and messy rocks
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looking out upon fresh, verdant, rural scene
Rosalie sat down in the midst of the room, with
basket Of fresh strawberries on her right
hand, an empty basket to receive the caps on
her left and cut-glass dish on her lap. Ro-
sale chose to do this She had decided
attraction to these little graceful domestic avo-
cations; and as her nimble fingers capped the
strawberries and dropped berries in the dish
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sing some lively rural glee; and while she was
busily engaged, singing and Gaping, she
CHANGED to look up and saw Mark Sutherland
approaching the house from the garden. He
met her chance glance, and smiled to see her
30 busy and merry She was in merry mood
or she would not have felt free to say to him
what she did.
Come in. Mr.. Sutherland have got some
thing for you, very nice!"
Mark came in, and she said" Make bowl
Of your joined hands, now, and here !"
She poured into his hands some fine large
strawberries, adding
"These are the first fruits of the season, Mr.
Sutherland, and we offer them to you"
"Let me first merit them, by helping you,"
said Mark.
"Will you help me?"
Certainly that is, if ! am not intruding
on some housekeeping sanctuary"
"Oh no. this room Is open and common to
the whole family and our vsiters why, it is
the pleasantest room in the house, only as it is
near the pantry and dining room, and opens
upon the kitchen garden, we prepare our fruit
and sometimes pick over our vegetables here"
Mr. Sutherland drew chair on the other
side of the strawberry basket and went to
work-nobody could tell why-actuated by
some whim no doubt. After little desultory
conversation MIR. Sutherland said
81 believe, dear Rosalie, that owe this stu
alton to your friendly remembrance, and have
been. waiting some hours for an opportunity of
expressing my thanks -
Rosalie's face flushed to the temples.
al am deeply obliged and grateful to my
fair patroness"
The blush deepened crimsonng her face.
She waved her hand shortly deprecatingly,
impatiently; she began" Mr. Sutherland -
and stopped, as it were, choked.
Miss Vivian, are you so unwilling to receive
my Acknowledgements? Then must my graft
tude be silent, but not the less deep"
Again she essayed to speak, and the words
came vehementy impetuously-
81 had no agency in procuring this situa-
ton for you, Mr.. Sutherland. How could you
think for a moment that or any one else could
presume to 'patronize you in such manner
How could you suppose for an instant, that !,
or any one else that knew you, could deem this
position fit and proper one for you? No !!
could have dared to interfere, it would have
been to prevent your coming here"
There was tone of honest, earnest indig-
nation in her voice, looks, and manner, that
utterly astounded Mark Sutherland. Could
it be that she thought him unworthy of the
position? No; he dismissed that surmise at
once, and answered quietly
81 confess you surprise me, Rosalie IL not
the vocation of teacher really honorable, if
conventionally humble ?D
at is greater, higher, more difficult more
responsible than any other, except that Of the
preacher Of the Gospel ~ answered the girl,
earnestly.
"What is the matter, then-am unfit for
it?n
eyes, you are totally unfit for it,"
"Why!" smiled Mark "has my education
been neglected.
81 know that you are distinguished elias
steal and mathematical scholar, Mr.. Suther-
land and for any other branch of knowledge
quite fitted to take Professors chair; but
to be teacher Of youth requires other and
rarer qualifications, which you have not"
ITO WITT" inquired Mark, much amused
with his young mentor.
ITO wit then: first, you should have nat
ural vocation for teaching and consequently
the love of it, which you have not; great deal
Of affection for children, which you have not
much patience, perseverance,, frmness, social
humility, some Of which qualities you have,
and others you have noto
Z" / am tempted to ask you to specify which
| have and which have not, but will not"
thought you were going to anep glori-
Gus career for yourself and achieve q great
name.n
In what manner iD
81 thought you were going to be states
man"
"a latoyer child"
"Why are you here, then, Mr. Sutherland
Why are you not a lawyer Z"
"Rosalie, made an effort, many an effort
to get admitted to practice at the bar of S..
| had thought myself well qualified, for | had
studied legal science with what you call an at
traction-a vocation for the profession. For
several years past.I had read law CON amore
yet, through the want Of familiarity with the
technicalities of practice, failed TO get admit
ted as q practitioner before the COURT
"Then would have gone into some lawyers
Office, and assisted him as copyist for nothing,
until ! had acquired an intimacy with those
Grabbed technicalities Ii seems TO me like
such very trivial matter for on impodiment.
Why, there is your uncle, who isno lawyer, but
who can draw up right legal and binding
document with rs many 'whereases' and
'aioresaids as ever made composition unin-
telligibleD
my dear Resale, that would have been
very small beginning
"'Despise not the day of small things, said
the wise man. And at least the LAWYERS Office
would have been in tho way Of your genius ;
and to have entered it in the capacity OF copy.
Int would have been much better than To have
turned into this by-path, which is utterly OPP
posed TO it,"