Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-26
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EY GRACE GREENWOOD.

Ny READER | have sat some minutes with
~ pen suspended in the air above my paper
have been debating delicate point-I am
il position. Iou will perhaps recol'ect that
.re Of Fanny ForeSter's exquisite sketches was
sr'icd Lucy Dutton."
Nov it happens that the real name of the
heroine Of the " over true tale" which | am
about to do myself the honor of relating to
sou. was no other than Lucy Dutton. Shall
rob her of her birth r;ght-compel her to
wear Hammc de cHerrc because my sister au-
,-lrc>S gave the uame to one of her ideal
.-eaiionS Shall sacrifice truth to delica-
q That's the question. " No :" You said
ID did YOU sot ! Then Lucy, Lucy Dutton,
=. i be-
some forty years since. in the interior of my
/ 4,aer of our heroine, an honest and reSpecta-
L farmer lie had but two childreu-Lucy,
| sroble girl of nineteen, aud Ellen a year or
/ .z0 Younger The first named was winnngly,
/ -t4er than Strikingly beautiful Under man
| e., observable for its seriousness. and nun
| sa serenity, were concealed an impaSSioaed
-.c-r. and heart of the deepest capacity for
1 l- She WAS remarkable from her earliest
i .iao1d for voice of thrilling aud haunting
4 =-a.>>.
E"eu Durtou was The brilliant antipode of
b, sister - bora beauty" whose pero-ative
4 or,,iacS> was to have her irresponsible own
az. ln all things and at all times An indul-
?, father a weak mother, and an idoi.Zng
'=- who bud u"rOnsriou>v contributed to
ruin of her nature not at first remarkable
S,'--u-th or generosity.
Where. in all Gods creatures, is heartleSs-
-2s 20 seemingly unuatural-;> ScifshueSS so
stable a. in a beautiful woman
-ary possessed fine intellect. and as her
-r, we're we'll read New EngIauderS, she
g.. -er SISTER We're far better educated than
-' -ir,, Of her station in that then half set
=. PORTION Of the country Ia those DAYS
AL! engaged in school-teach.u- from the hon,
Ran. pleasure which it afforded rather than
"a -ece>>ity. Thus, few monthS previous
lie commencement Of our sketch Lucy Dut-
N e., for the first time her fire->ide circle, to
.,- charge OF a school some twenty miles from
T. native town
p some while her letters home were ex-
'a>'e only of the happy conten'ment which
@a- from the consciousness of active useful
y, oi receiving while imparting good. But
~ there came change then were those
@,ls for home characterized ny htful gaity
7-reary sadness indefnable hopes and fears
r-H! striving for supremacy in the writer
y s.a-d little heart Lucy loved, but scarce
.kgowIedged it 10 herself, while she knew
o ila; she vas loved ; so for time, that
z -rtal second birth of woman'S nature was
IA warm sunrise struggling with the cold
W -,> @! the morBiRg.
y set one day brought letter which could
4 soon be forgotten in the house of the alb
" and a letter traced by hand that trem-
,s- q u sympathy with heart tumuitGouS With
y. .aaSs Lucy had been wooed aud won,
Z. Sc bat waited for her parents approval
g choice. to become the betrothed of young
~ W, man of excellent family aud
- sing in the town where she had been
- as. The father aud mother accorded
sanction with many blessings. and Lucy's
Is. e,ie7 promised a speedy visit from the
I, such natures aS Lucy'S, what an absorb
- - .'l yet what revealing of self is a first
5a what proiigality of giving, what
~--'ca.Aa,e wealth Of receiving-what a
@I up is there OF the deep waters of the
-.. --4 bow utayen deScends in a sudden star
= OF life. Ii there is a season when al
E a2T look with intense and fearful inter
% r9A Der mortal sister. It's when she be-
=. -t-c. pass from its bud like innocence