Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-26

= l VII; - the best Of my knowledge and
belief sac is nv daughter -
Can you swear to Her dentity''
i can"
" lat j. he= ayo ,"
$40 ~as thirty years of 'yc IN tic .we,..
iisth ~ Of April"
- I ben did you last zee her
" t Ter CTH house a fortnight snce -
q" bta did ycu .cst see her pa, iaus ,o'N ID;
aie- ..:S r'
- ibr g!aiat;rf hesitstcd-a long Tap.. en-
ned me question was repestcd, AM m
swcr ri length was
on The fourteenth Of Mny. IL
- heh she Ws- Just :hrcn weeks old. a" add
eu Dur. Ienaeme.,," 5niLuea be, arm
lHS 70 US h"ye bro 80. this laly L. q "a
an ''al'v. = az T'tress aud such. I taiuL. -
l.. Inc PiS-ni-h ooansel hss uIeaded e. b.
g gently II hcLal; of the beresvei bu,LsII
VINO escaped the perils Of the sea- and r..urn-
ed only to sd his hrrrn E-Sala;e p. W.
~i'i picture - -, the i1D'.y 'y.c. dir
over her daily t., sevOting her best A. "A =,
the drufgery Of sordid poverty, saYlor..d o7l-y
by the hope VI her husbands rotarns w,
wIil paint che slow progress Of heart-s., < aess.
the wasting anguish Of hope deferred. a. tho
overwhelming agony which cSlne upor her
when her last hope was extinguished, az che
was compelled TO believe herself a wlaoWp
who can depict all this without awGhruiug in
your heart: the wsm0St sympathy for tho de-
serted wife, and the bitterest s,orn f-r t,s
mean, pitlful wretch, who could THIS trenp'e
on the heart of her whom b. hai sworn love
snd cherish We need not inquire Ia.p h's
motives for acting - base a art "hr.gerir
was love or gain, or licenticusLess. or s,If-in-
difference, 1t matters not; he Is 80 ,ile n
tni.S - be Judged by such laws ss c,ver,
men. Let US ASK the witne ss-sss now st,nds
before US with the frank, fearless brow y the
tTue-hoarted woman-let US ssE her which Of
,hese two has been her father"
" Turning to the lady, ia a tone Wins.
sweetness was in strange contrast With tbs
>corniul a. 1nt that had jus characterize his
words, he beSought her to relate brief, the
recollections Of her early life A slight ausb
passed over her proud and beautiful face as
she replied
Ny frSt rocOllections are of a small. III.
furnished apartment, which NV sister and
myself shared with my mother She used -
cary out every Saturday evening the work
whlch had occupied her during the week, and
bnng back employment for the following one
saving that TesrisOme visit 70 hoE elayloyer,
and her regular attendance at church she
never left the house. She often spoke of our
father, and Of his anticipated return but az
length she ceased to mention hun. though
observed she used 70 weep more frepuently
than ever. l then thought she went because
We were 80 poor, for il would sometimes han
pen that Cur only supper was \ bit Of dry
bread, and she was accustomed ~ saw by the
light Of the chips which she kindled to warm
her faL-ishing children, because she could not
atord to purchase a candle without depriving
us OF cur morning meal Such was our pow
eTiy when my mother contracted q second
marriage and the change to as was like
sudden entrance into Paradise. We found
home and father
She PAUSED.
me :: erred the plaintiff, as Le impatieutly
waved his hand fer her TO be silent
- The eyes Of the witness flashed Gre rs he
spoGr.
- You are not my father" exclaimed she.
veheInently. The law may doom You such.
b@t 1iSclain you utterly. What csil YOU
ny fsther you, who basely lett your wife 70
toll, and your children to beggsry? Never
never Behold there my father, " pointing to
the agltated defendant, there is the man
"no WATCHED over NY infsnoy-whO was the
sadrer of ny ctil1i-h spGrt5, enl the guardian
OF my inexperienced youth. There Is he who
claim' my affections AID shares my home;
there Is my JsEtdo'. For yonder selfish wretch,
L know him not The best years Vi lis life
IA, : bsea pct Il i1-!czS freS lom rrum sociaI
ties, let him seek elsewhere for the ,ompa.ion
Of his decrepitude, nor dare insult the a.ats 0.
my mother by claiming the dutie. Of kndred
from her 3ssc-ted chlIrcn.'
She drew her veil hastily around her as she
SPOKE, and giving her hand to Bur-, moved as
IL to witnd. 4w
"Hen' .emen," said Burr, "I have no N lrs
t. say. The words Of the law are czr.~ossed
In the book befJre you the voice cf truth YOU
have jGss hear from womsn's pure bps; il is
tor - 20 decide a,e riding 70 the req qUi:i LIS
of hatu and the decree Of jusLos
- need scarcely add that our decision -yas
such az 10 oysrwhelm the plaintiff with Hsu
meritcj shame"