Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-21

have inquired into the merits of the case
for many young creature is driven into
the downward path, who might easily
been savsd.r ~E
The kind hearted man NEXT nroceed 70
the hotel, and, with Quaker simplicity of
speech inquired for Henry Stuart The
servant said his lordship had not vet
risen, "a Tel him my business is of inn
portanc6 sod Friend Hopper. The
servant soon returned, and conducted
him to the chamber. The nobleman an.
peared surprised that stranger in the
plain Quaker costume, should intrude
upon, his luxurious privacy. Wien he
heard bis errand, he biushed deenlv and
frankly admitted the truth Of the girls
statement. HIS benevolent visitor tool,
the opportunity to "bea. a testimony"
against the selfshness and sin of nrofl;.
gacy. He did it in such q kind and
fatherly manner, that the young mans
heart was touched. lie excused himself
by saying that he would not have tam.
pered with the girl if he had known her
to be virtuOus. "I have done many
wrong things" said he, ebut. thank
God, no betrayal of confiding innocence
weighs on my conscience. have ALWAYS
esteemed it as the basest act of which
man is capable" The imprisonment OF
the poor girl, and the foriorn situation
in which she had been found, distressed
him greatly. : When Friend Hopper rep.
resented that fhe silk had been stolen
for his sake, that the girl had thereby
lost profitable employment, and was
obliged to return to her distant home TO
avoid the danger of exposure, he took
out hfty-dollar note, and offered to az
her expenses.
Nay, said Isaac. thou art q very
rich man, presume. | see in thy hand
a large roll 1of such notes. She is the
laughter of poor widow, and thou hast
been the means of doing her great IN
jury. Give me another"
Lord Henry handed him another fifty.
dollar note, and smiled as he said. "You
understand your business well, But Won
acted nobly,, and reverence you for it.
If you ever visit England, come to see
me. I will give you cordial welcome,
and treat you like a nobleman,"
Farewell, friend, replied the Quaker.
Though much to blame in this affair,
thou hast behaved nobly. Mayest thou
be blessed in domestic life, and trifle no
more with the feelings of poor girls; not
even with those whom others have be.
trayed and deserted"
When the girl was arrested, she had
sufficient presence of mind to assume a
false name, and by that means her true
name had been kept out of the newspa-
pers. 81 did this," said she, "for nv
poor mother sake" With the money
given by Lord Stuart the silk was paid
for, and she was sent home to her mother
well provided with clothing. Her name
and place of residence forever remained
a secret in the breast of her benafactor.
Years after these events transpired, a
lady called at Friend Hopper's house, and
asked to see him. When he entered the
room, he found handsomely dressed
young matron, with blooming boy OF five
or six years old. She rose quickly to
meet him, and her voice choked as she
said, "Friend Hopper, do you know me?'
He replied that he did not She fixed
her fearful eyes earnestly upon him, and
said, ,"'yOu once helped me when in great
distress" But the good missionary had
helped too many in distress to be able to
recollect her without more precise infor-
nation. With a tremulouS voice she bade
her son 60 into the next room for few
minutes; then dropping on her knees she
hid her face in his lap, and sobbed out, L
am the girl who stole the silk. Oh,
where should l now be if it had not been
for you 2" .-..
When her emotion was somewhat
Gained, she told him that she had mar
ried highly respectable man, Senator
of his native State. Being on visit in
Friend Hopper's vicinity, she had again
and again passed his dwelling, looking
wislfully at the windows to catch sight
of him; but when she attempted to enter,
her courage failed.
= But must return home tomorrow,
said she, land | could not go away with
out once more seeing and thanking him
who saved me from ruin" She recalled
her little boy, and said to him, - Look at
him and remember him well; for be was
the best friend your mother ever had"
With an earnest invitation to visit her
happy home, and a fervent "God bless
you :" she babe her benefactor farewell.