The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-15

'"h' "e't "HN bSs Ho' WIZ iSttVIo VI y
rainy day, to read, | live those happy
days of you.hinl trust over again, and
try to forget her subsequent hl-treat-
mcnt Of ne
But wien see her again, and feel that
the love lavished upon her, rhe splendid
equipagc the ease she enjoys all might
have been mine had she not fched
them from me, | feel the old resent
ment bubbllng up from my heart, and l
can't-wel il is hard to forget
Ii N y be hard, my child, but you
can conquer such feelings, and when
you allow them to DIV II in your heart,
you do not forgive To remember, is to
cherish resentment, and to forgive you
NUT forget. Poor Clara is not happy
in the possession of her ill-gotter wealth;
by influencing your grandfather against
y u, and arttuIly esta hsbing herself in
his favor, she succeed, d in getting the
greater part of his property, instead OF
t. being qually divided between his
two daughters children, you would not
wish to occupy her place surely =
No certainly not, Aunt Esther, bur
as my mother was the youngest, and
grandpa's pet, should have probably
had much more than Clara, who's,
mother marri, d against her parents
wishes, and you know Clara never wa,
ii iavorite with grandpa, till she from
base motive, artfully insinuated hersel
into my place, from which | was thrust
by Misrepresentation, and cruel false
hood l would not have OBJECTED to ar
,qual division though, aud indeed
think | should have insisted upon it.
But could never have acted so treach
erous part az Clara did
Paulina the human heart is deceit.
iul above all things, and desperately
wicked you do not know what you
would have done, had you been tempted
AS she was Poor, misguided girl, she
was urged on by the evil counsel Of 9th
ers; she yielded to temptation. The
love of money is the root of all evil -
Il bas been snare to her, and now that
she repents, and seeks to make repara-
ton, why not pity her weakness, recev"
her acknowled gemcnts, and restore her
to ber former place in your affecti rs =
'Oh it is so hard my pride scorns
to receive from her hands that which a
grandfather deemed me unworthy Of
if the world could only know
And would you subject her to public
modification, would that sweet mor,eI
of revenge b. so sweet to your taste tina,
it would take away the bitterness OF
y ur draught of wrong? Oh, Paulina
| ear you ask too much. God does uol
r quire you to spread your sins before
the gaze of the world 4; you have only
SO g. to Him, in penitence and ask hi'
pardon, and no, for any worth or worth
iuess in you, but through His gr'a
mercy you are freely forgiven. Wha,
if your Heavenly Father should refuse
to blot out you transgressions from thu
book OF His remembrance Oh, Pau
lima! How can you offer up the prayer
Forgive us our tresspasses, as we for
give those who trcspass against US, Will
you cherish such . spirit; would 20,
have your rrayer answered =
'Oh, Aunt Esther you present i
in new light had not thought o
w,onging my cousin to such degree
really, feel that am quite to blame
Clara certainly does all IN her power t,
make amends | do not beli.ve sb,
could again be so tempted will trus
in her endcavors, and try to forget th,
past indeed | think | can forgive an,
forget, and love her as Of old, and ma,
she BE- leniept towards me, who hav,
been 80 cxactiug towards her.'
Aunt Esther laid her hand upon the
bright head Of her niece, and murmured
God help you,' in a voics choked with
emotion, aud for few moments ther,
was silence in the room Psulina hac
left her worsteds, and crept closer 1,
her aun,, laying her head upon h,r lap
aud the old lady had dropp"d her knit
ting, and fastened her eyes upon the liz
tie patch Of sunlight that lay upon tn,
Threshold OF the west door, where oil,
Malta lay stretched in luxurious repose
and dreamy flm crept over thoss tear