Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-02-08

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charity at my feet in the cold streets. A stran.
ger would not have recognised her now. Tht
color was fast returning to her cheeks. her dark
and thoughtful eyes sparkled with yiyaclty
and sweet smile ornamen.ed her lovely eoun-
tenanee.
We'll, Nora, (her name was Norat you
seem to have quiet comfortable home now,
and your little brothers too, they have impru-
we'd wonderfully within the last fortnight.'-
Tears for moment, glistened in her large
piercing eyes as they besmed with gratitude on
me.
Indeed. sir. we are very happy said she
and owe all, even our lives to you
Not So Nora, said l, thank Heaven rather
than Inc. for it was an all ruling providence
that conducted you to me. and am only an
unworthy agent of that kind Heaven. But nv
good girl, you have promised to tell me your
history, will you do so tonight have on
ly heard sufficient to know how worthy you
are, and that you suffered much.
4 have tried very hard, Sir, to forget my
past history, but would do any thing in my
power to please you, and as it is your wish, l
will tell you all of my life, can remember.
was born in Dublin, in which city my IA
ther, Hecter Neill, was a lawyer of eminence,
but having been induced by an emigrating par
ty to America, to join them, he arranged his
business and with my mother and myself, aud
the twins, then infants, he came to this coun
try. We arrived in this city about Eve years
since, the very day was twelve years old.
For more than two years we lived happily
and in comfort, when the demon of intemper.
ance seduced my dear father into his embrace
and for many months we were miserable indeed
At length my poor father sickened and died
leaving us buta small sum, with which to pro
cure the neccessaries Of life. My mother i'm
mediately took the cheapest lodgings she could
I obtain, proposing to economise in such man
ner as To be able to support ourselves, and sent
! the boys to school, but alas, in her endeavor'
TO earn a livelihood, she oVer-tasked he
strength and become sick-then followed
| time of want and deprivation, shudder to re
member At last my dear mother died, ant
was conveyed to the silent grave
Here Nora paused chOaking with emotion
= she buried her face in her hands, aud wept.-
l took the hand of the sobbEg girl, and otferst
! her such consolation as my mind afforded, and
assured her that neither she nor the children
> should again want father or home. The con
; ca ion of her tale is one of too much wretched
ness and suffering to bear writing She told O
her constant yet fruitless endeavors to procur,
employment Of her removal from one place tt
, another, each one more more miserable thai
the former of her prayers for charity whicl
which were answered by The sensual villain Il
( whom it was made by the most debasing pro
: poSals which were Indignantly rejected.
leave the reader to realize the degree @
: suffering that Nora Nel must have exper
: enced up to the time of her release from tn
miserable cellar IN the Five Points. Nora wa
i, handsome, and Nora was pure too as the driv
i en- snow. u hat an admiral soul that youn
girl possessed, to resist all temptation to sin,
: the vile connection ber poverty drew aroun
j her, preferring even starvation to dishon or.
u had said she to me. tie night | met you
Z most craEed with the cold and hunger that
: suffered, determined at last to submit to an
) degradation to supply the dear children, ono
more with food, and then to destroy my lii
which was almost insuppor:able. But said 81
looking up into my face, her own radiant wit
gratitude, Heaven sent me to one of its al
a gels. stood abashed before her, knowing m
s own unworthiness.
J Ny greatest pleasure, for months that follow
ed, was to pass my evenings with Nora, ,readin
> and conversing with her. l was agreeably SUI
}, prised to find included into her mind, high an
g correct principles, and also to know that he
I, education was Of no mean character. By cor
st an t communication with her, found THAI he
II mind like her person, was pure and beatifu
J and that both had already acquired an unusu'
IS degree of perfection, notwithstanding he
o youth and the hsrdships she had been sui
d jected to.
had with their sisters consent, conducte
l. the brothers to an academy at no grea distanc
% from the city, where Nora and myself often vii
:. tied them, well satisfied of the motherly car
lie of the matrou who had them in charge, | ha
D. induced Nora after much persuasion to tax
ID lessons in music, but only through the argu
= ment, that by so doing, she would enable hel
l. self to become teacher, and thus acquire
ne profitable means support; for although sh
1T was perfectly frank with me, in relation to ev
ry matter, yet she feared there was an impr
IL priety in her receiving SO much at my hand
el- She soon performed upon the fine instrume