True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-10
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.. .. From Graham's Magazine.
.a TWO PICTURES.
A TALE OF NEW YORK ARIsT0CRACY.
BY CAROLINE II BUTLER.

i...'. BY CAROLINE II BUTLER.
Nature that made the ivy.leaf and lily
Not ofone warp and woof hath made US all
WILLIS
How bright the dew drop trembling on
the hall-opened rose buds--how graceful
the bend Of the lily, as the morning wind
steals its fragrant brealh--and how mer-
ry the trill Of the robin swinging from the
cherry-tree bough, making his dainty
fare from the. ripe, clustering fruit But
not half SO bright the dew drops as The
eyes of sweet Lizzie Moore, nor SO grace
full and white the bending lily as her own
swan like neck, or the notes Of yon airy
songster as musical as the voice oi dear
LIZZIE, bounding across tie Iawn--cheeks
glowing-.ringle's dancng---and liule
feet Sklmming like butterflies the dewy
grass. ..
I" Mother--dear molher--Helen--such
news--such news A letter from-O |
am almost out of hreath--lhere mother,
do rcad--a letter lIOm--IrOm Cousin
Ida -.
"From Cousin Ida !" exclaimed Helen,
dropping the dasher back into the rich
yellow buttermlk, " from Cousin Ida -
what for-what does sae say :"
%, only think she is coming here"
returned Lizzie, coming to
Coming here ! almost screamed He,
len, elapping her hands, % how glad |
amn
Mrs. Moore finished reading the joyful
letter, and with a smile Of pleasure sa d,
as she returned it 10 Lizzie
Indeed | ann very glad. Dear Ida!
she will be stranger among u.s."
"A month only think, a whole month.
cried Lizzie, o what good times we will
have y
q, Only a month = interrupted Helen
but when will she be here :"
Mex, week, repliedHlrs. Moore. Go
and answer your cousins letter, Lzze,
aud will add few lines To assure her
how welcome she will be-"
Mrs. Moore and The mother Of Ida
Taylor were sisters. They were the
daughters Of a respectable farmer, resi-
ding in beautiful inland village. Their
father was man of liberal views, and oil
well cultivated mind and their mother al
that ,notller should be. AS IA matter OF
course, therefore, the education Of the
two girls was the best the country cou d
aford--thejr tastes and minds constantly
improving from the small but well seIec
ted library of their falheEt while tIeil
skill in, ltousewifefy was Such as cid
credit to their excel ent mother, and lheiI
own industry. Early in life each had
married the man other choice. Rober
Moore, the husband OF the eldest, was
also farmer, and upon the death Of hi;
wife's father, which happened soon after
their marriage, the young couple had rea
dily aeceded 10 The request of the widow
and removed from their own neat little
cottage to the noble old homestead
Here they still dwelt-and across the
very lawn where her mother had sported
when a child, did our lille Lizzie first in
trude SO unceremoniously upon the notice
Of the reader, :. ~. - ... .-'
William Taylor, the husband Of the
younger sister, was at the time Of hi;
marriage thrifty shop Keeper in the vii
lage, industrious, and ambitious of gain
Tired at length Of The slow accumulation
of dollars and cents, with the whispering
Of avarice prompting him on, Taylor re-
solved 70 quit the peaceful village wi!icl
offered so little to support his craving
desires, and remove to the city Of New
York, the El Dorado of his Imagination
And thus The two sisters, with whom {
day bad never yet passed without the
kiss Of sisterly lovs-sswhose hopes ant
fears, Joys and sorrows, had, ever beer
mutual, were now separated-'he one
left to all the peaceful pure enjoymenls o.
country life the other to mingle in the
giddy vortex Of the city. The minutif
'ofTaylor's city career is an every day
story. He grew rich, and with riches
pride and ambition were made the house
p hold gods and the hears Of both hus
band and wife from that lime had but lii
tie in common with their early relatives
and friends /; ibe one, absorbed ever in III,
busy rush of Wall and Pearl slreels--th,
oiher, The prey of fashion, and Of th'
hundred dear friends whom The magic
spell Of gold called around her. y.
,,., y is true, letters, messages, OF some
triaing gift, had. been occasionally inter
changed between the sisters, yet they
had never met since their first separation
and their children had grown up as stran
gers. With the parents The season o
youth had passed away. and their fee
already pressing upon Iife's decliyity lea,
ding lo the grave, when the anticipated
visit Of her dear niece Ida broke like q
sunbeam upon the affectiona,e heart o
Mrs. Moore.