Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-06-21
Atisrellaueous.
HENRY AND CAROLINE,
OR FILIAL LOVE REWARDED.


OR FILIAL LOVE REWARDED.
" You are too parsimonious, Henry said
MIR. ID. to one of his clerks, as they were tegeth-
er in the counting house one morning: "give
me leave to say that you do not dress sufficiently
genteel to appear as a clerk in fashionable
store.' Henry's face was suffused with deep
blush and in spite of his endeavors to suppress
it, tear trembled on his manly cheek. "Did
not well know that your salery was sufficient
to provide more genteel habiliments," continued
Mr., D., 81 should increase it,
"My salary is sufficient, sir" replied Henry,
in voice choked with emotion, but with that
proud independence of feeling which poverty
had not been able to divest him of. His employ
er noticed his agitation and Immediately chang
ed the subject
Mr. d. was man of immense wealth and
ample benevoence; he was widower and had
but one child, a daughter who was the pride OF
his declining years. She was not as beautiful
as an venus, or as perfect as angel; but the
goodness, the innocence, the intelligence Of her
mind shone in her countenance, and you had
but to become acquainted with, to love her,
Such was Caroline Delaney, when Henry first
became an inmate of her fathers house. No
wonder that he soon worshiped at her shrine
no wonder that he soon loved her with deep
and devoted attention, and reader, had you
known him, you would not have wondered that
that love was soon returned, for their souls were
congenial; they were cast in virtues purest
lnould-and although their tongues never gave
utterance to what their hearts felt. yet the Ian
guage of their eyes was too plain to be misun-
derstood. Henry was the very soul Of honor;
and although he perceived with pleasure that
Caroline was not altogether Indifferent to him,
he felt as though he must control the passion
that glowed in his bosom. must not endeav-
or to win her young and thoughtless heart,
thought he-I am pennyless, and cannot expect
her father would consent to our union-he has
ever treated me with kindness and will not be
ungrateful. Thus he reasoned, and thus hero
ically endeavored to subdue what he consid red
an ill-fated passion. Caroline had many suit
ors, and some who were fully worthy of her /;
but she refused all their overtures with gentle
and decided frmness. Her father wondered at
her conduct, yet could not thwart her inclina-
ton.
He was in the decline of life and wished to
see her happily settled ere he quilted this state
of existence. 1t was not long ere he suspected
that young Henry was the cause Of her indiffer-
ence to others tho evident pleasure she took
in hearing him praised the blush that over
spread their cheeks when their eyes met, all
served to convince the old gentleman, who had
not forgotten that he was once young himself,
that they felt more than common interest in
each others welfare. He forebore making any
remarks on the subject but was not as disploas
ed at the suppostion, as the pennyless Henry
would have imagined
Henry had been about year in his employ.
Delaney knew nothing of his family; but his
strict integrity, his irreproachable morals, his
pleasing names, all conspred to make him es
teemed He was proud of Henry and wished
him to appear in Dress as well as manners, as
respectable as any one. He had often wondered
at the scantiness eff his wardrobe, for although
he dressed with the most scrupulous regard tc
neatness, his clothes were almost threadbare.-
} Mr. D. did not wislnst think 1t precssdsd from
: a niggardly disposition, and he determined tt
> broach the subject, and if possible ascertain tn
real cause-this he did in the manner before re
lated.
. Soon after this conversation took place, Mr.
! D. left home on business. As Q was returning
and riding through beautiful little village, h
, alghted at the door Of beautiful little cottag
and requested drink. The mistress, with aI
ease and politeness that convinced him that sh
+ had seen better days, invited him to enter. H
, accepted the invitation-and here a scene o
poverty and neatncss presented itself. such as h
never before witnessed. The furniture, whicl
consisted of nothing more than what was neces
srry, was exquisitly clean. so that it gave charm
to poverty and cast an air Of comfort all around
A venerable looking old man, who had not seem
cd to notice the entrance Of Mr.. d, , sat leanin
Q on his staff; his clothes were clean and whole
! but so patched, that he could scarce have tol
9 which had been the original piece.
"This is your father, | presume" said MI
o D. addressing the mistress Of the house.
n " He is, sir
" He seems to be quito aged.''
8 lie is in his eighty-third year he hos SUI
: vived all bis children except myself"
r You have once seen better days"
!, 81 have-my husband was wealthy; bu
If false friends ruined him--he endorsed lare
If notes which stripped us of nearly all our proI
e erty, and one misfortune followed another unit
t. we ewcro reduced to complete poverty. My hui