The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-03-27
WESTERLY, R. l., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1856


might be seen making known his strange
news at the different places of resort in
the village, and inquring from all ir
such person as the little girl had de-
scribod the woman to be, had been seen
by any; but, to his chagrin and amaze
ment, no one could give him informa-
tiou--such person had evidently not
been there. lie next FASTENED to the
Justices. 1t was now evening, aud
Walter Pixley was informed that his
worship'very rarely transacted any busi-
ness after dinner, and that especially
he would not with Quaker Walter,
however, was not easily to be put by );
he felt his business was important, and
by help of a gratuity to the servant, he
gained admittance.
The justice was engaged over his
wine, and he received Walter Pexley
very graffly, and in the end threatened
him with a committal to Jail for his
pains. The poor Quaker had been in
Jail the whole Of the preceding winter,
and he remembered too wofully the her-
ror of that dungeon to bring upon him
self willingly second incarceration. -
1t was of no use seeking for help at the
hands of the justice therefore he urged
his business no further, and returned
quietly 20 his own house.
Agknss the viii, therefore, of the
elder Pxlcys, the child was established
with them and it was not long before
the father and mother as cordially adopt
ed it rs their little daughter had done
from the first beholding it, For who
knows argued the good Walter Pixlcy,
{ but the child may be designed for
some great work, and therefore removed
thus singularly from the ways of evil for
our teaching and bringing up Let US
not gainsay or counteract the ways Of
Providence This reasoning abundantly
Satisfied the pious minds Of the COED
Friends, and the little stranger was reg
ularly Installed a member of the family
by the kindred name of Mary.
At the time little Mary was first re-
ceived under this hospitable roof, she
might bs-about six months old, child
Of uncommon beauty nor, as the
months advanced into years, was the
promise OF her infancy disappointed. -
She was, in disposition and tone of
mind, the very reverse Of her grave and
gentle sister, as Martha was now consid-
cred she was bold and full of mirth !;
full of such unbroken buoyancy Of heart
as made the sober mother Pixlcy half
suspect that she must have come Of
some race of wild people. Certain it
was, the subdued and grave spirit Of the
tPixlcys never Influenced her aud as
Martha grew up into womanhood, and
the quietncss and sobrieiy of her young
er years matured into fixed principle,
she embraced with firm mind the pc
culiar tencts in which sho had been
brought up, and would have stood 10
the death for the maintenance of them.
Mary also advanced past the years Of
girlhood, bur still remained the gay,
glad, bold-spirited being that she had
ever been. She rcvered all the mem
bers of tho prosecuted body to whom
her friends belonged, and would have
suffered fcarlcssly for their sakcs still
their principles aud practices she never
would adopt. Her beautiful person
was adorned, as far as she had opportu-
nifty, in the prevailing fashion Of the
times and she often grievcd the sober
minds Of every member Of the family,
by caroling forth 'profanc songs as
mother Pixley called them; while how
she became acquainted with them re-
mained for ever mystery. Often did
the conscientious mind Of father Pixley
question with himself, whether it was
quite right to maintain so light maid
en- under his roof; but then the afec-
tionate being, who had no friends save
them in the world, had so entwined her
self round the hearts OF all the house
hold, that the good man banishcd the
idea as inhuman, and never ventured to
give it utterance. Martha and her
mother, meantime, strove to win over
this bright young creature to their own
views, aud for few moments she would
settle her beautiful face to a solemn ex-