Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-13
rATE Observation-Disclosures IoWA DECEMBER ls. 1856.

sGsio, ose eomettme9 Ie0e0oofeo tooH CteT
more familiar oLes have FADED from the |
tsbie,s a memory. AMI thus II Wss That
The dreams e Sarsh Poseivsl on the ere'
night OF her city life were haun,ed oy
,i-ion Of grseef' 6xare, ~i'h euris Of fsir |
hair, eiinEins 10 the q vt OF sinking ver
sel-snd thus hat Ross Neville, captain OF
The coed ship ..Sa W Rqaau,s Wondered =
l,stienow o, d then, a. he " iked toward.
b hotel, IL ever in his LIE he should mel
the yoSua gull he had bsfr,ended, aE.in.
The hour, uud.s the sh.lie vt whose
reoe these fist dream. OF S,rah Peteivs'
we've d, canned WIS 4 humble cue enough
II wa sm al woo.~a teHsmsnt. on hT.
row ard dirty street, o~0ed aud ihhaoised
BY q elesn,y oil SEQ en- woman, who had
been servsul in the house Il Mr.. Richard
Re civ.l- father, In her younger =. Sue
was greatly r, joiced a the young siis M
expected advent, and hustled around 10
uake her guest eospferiabl~, ta'ktsE oil The
while e NJ. Richard aud Mr. Frsns. in
way that brought tears 10 he' II teGer's eye
/, see ned - strAsxe 10 hear tn's woman,
toiisring OIL the verge OF the grave, - INK
l,,,le are. do Is Of the boyi.h days It tue
two b,cihsrs who had soue before he ! and
S.rsh's hesrt warmed towards her - she
,oIl how brave, aud yeoeros', aud i@paisne
beT Q &u tatbcs WIS ~ utS ySS'he
"A.. Richard was mere quiet and eau
tiou.. asa Mr.. FrAnk fore.e r TO d.sgrsce,"
said the old lady. warmly; ''but for oil that
lie had smile that wuulddo your heart good
q 81 q wy wth him that would charm .
bud from 4 tree
"Mrs. Bryce, do I look like my faths'9"
| asked Sarah, suddenly.
Tue good woman turned and looked II
her quietly with her clear, gray eyes.
"Ns, TIA - she said, shaking her head and
| favoring her spe CHI with = strong rsninis-
cence Ct her n /. i've dialect, I'VE have blink
- your &c, like b N, but your face Is like
your nilh,r's, my BARN"
did you know my mother ?" asked Sa-
rah, eagerly.
Nj. Bryce. face grew serious.
"Yes, l knew her, She was grand
lady"
Engli n, was she not ?''
| s.un the mothers side she was, but BY
the father she Came OF ~ good Scotch blood
as ever crossed the DO der"
Mrs. Bry ce," SAID Sarah, tho.gh'fuliv,
"do you 'hI..k my mother ever loved my
father? Mrs. PercIvai tod me she did not ;
but then she never saw her. You knew her
well; nGw tell n- what you think about II )"
Tue &c. Of the Sc vtchwoman flushed VI
wildly.
Mrs. P.rcival! What could she tell
YOU ~ she exclaimed ang i'y. "A"d ye,
what could she not! B i'm, there rs more
ed of. Little would that woman have
dreamed OF setd'ng you 10 M, il she had
known What | know"
Tell me-"
"Promisc me first that you will not speak
of it 10 her ill the time comes. 1 will tell
you thti.'
Yes, PROMISE" said Sarah, impatient
ly; land arn nrve- gong 10 her again, so
Il can rake no d ference"
well, my burn, that wcman loved your
father once he tev.r Snew ito one
krew 1t but q c,nfdehii Il se' want OF hers,
who was prlvy 10 the plot. But Mr.. Frank
never cared for her And when he wen, 10
Europe 81. married Mr.. X chard out of
nure vexatIon. When the news came OF
Mr.. FrAnk's marII ,ge, she WIS IN drea l.
iui way, Your mother, my barn, was Of
oil high family, and a wealthy one. They
were all a CRY " en- she married Your 9TH
er; bu; when SHE left h m all va, gwen.
! Tne matter was hu .h.d up, aud after hi,
deeth she married again"
Isle did not love him then 2" sail Sarah,
! sltly. She had been accustomed 10 invest
/ mi. unseen I'M Their " i'h every possible per-
lection And TO be 10 d that size was cold
/ an false, and h-ariiess, was a better sting
',Lov.i' So d the Seo'chwotnan, with a
bitter emf ha-,>. "My balin il was more
! thnA luve-it was iiolstry, d SINFUL
snppos-. lie Was ten years younger than
! she, bur no ole would have dreamed Il 10
have SEEN them nge'her ! saws them thu e.
ur four times n Paris aud once III ondnr.
II was before you were born, YOU know"
Yes; but II she loved him so, how could
she leave him If ate loved him, how
c, uld she give me up? / was tut a little
! chld-so tile as only 10 have faint mem
/ ory If her when she went away
"My BARN, there are some wrongs that
" i'll make a proud woman turn against the
inuorent child she has borne" SAID the cid
woman, soieun,y. II wondered greatly n
il myself, but | cannot now. NJ. Richards
wife, or rather Janet, her conf ieLt,a!y ser.
want, played he, bfTt W !. Shewd tall
lady like giri, well furnished With money
q d Fl &c cio,he-. She brgan ny sending
anonymous letters TO Mrs. Frank, who
WON'T not show them IL her husband. lf
,he b ID done that all migi have been we'll
Hut she only brooded over ia III; and when
Janet came TO see her with li;tle babe in
h-r arms, aud told h r it VA HI, BARN, II
was enough. All the love she had tst for
hun 5 elnrd changed 10 hat. She l-fr you
both, with bitter vow tks, she would lev
rr See YOU again. Aud so she has kept il,
ard Mrs. R,chard'- plan has succeeded"
/ S,rah listen, d In silence to this strange
story.
but how did YOU know all this. Mrs.
! Br,c-?' she asked. after moments pause
VAS nn the continent wIih q lady, aud
{ cat "a no, ,s,Ir N h
alt that, knew Jane. She u,ed ia my arms
. year ago, and told the all"
| You were friend Of hers, them"
The features Il the Scotchwoman work ed
CO vu'sivrly,a .he answered, with burst
OF honest grief
she W, s my ain hairn-- my ain deal
BARN! ami Woe be TO them ;has led the
,,uir Iassie as raw ~
The young g,ri was shocked at the efiec
Of hrr ctreiess question.
"Dol'i weep so, NJ $. Bryce" she said
soo'hingiy; an, sorry to have panied you
500
There am better now" said the wo-
man, wiping her eye>, ami smiling steadily
II, is better for her that she has gone
There is no one in that other country to ieat
her int" wru,-puir lammie But | vii
never forget or forgive those who dill this
wrong ~ SHE added with 4 vehenence thai
sparkled in her usually placid eyes like FIRE
"Imnst find my mother" murmured Sd
rah. laying her head down or the pillow
from which she had lifted il in the heat o.
the c ,nversation. '.She will love me wher
he knows all, and need some one 10 care
tor me. Mrs. Bryce tell me her raaidei
name"
'.M,rgaret Clanmoran, my BARN"
s.M,rsaret- Margaret--i it is a beautiful
name wished they had called me So"
~ am SIRE your own name Is bonn,
enough" said Mrs. Bryce, kindly. Nov
shut your eyes my BARN. aud go to sleep
ken well l shall love you for the sake Q
yuir m,l,er, Who was 80 kind 10 l'uir Jahe
IN spite OF the way in which she came &
her"
With kind good night that might almos
. have beeu mpth-r's, 20 low and gehtl
wa it, Mrs. Bryce left the young gill to he
J rest.