Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-02

nocent children, with the name of thief
burning in her soul and brow.
| Sinking at last upon a friendly foot
step, she burst into tears, the first that
had relieved her overcharged heart since
! the opening act of this dreadful scene,
and these were wrung from her eyes by
the thought, tender thought of that dar-
ling boy, who at this hour had so often
sunk to his nightly rest folded in her
arms, with a lisping prayer upon his pure
lips. o, that she could print upon them
one parting kiss-that she might bestow
upon them, those dear little girls one
loving glance.
i 81 shall never see them more" broke
from her lips, and she leaned her cold
cheek against the scarcely colder marble.
"What is the matter, my poor child?
sounded in her ears. She started with
profound astonishment. Could these
kindly words be addressed TO her, gull
ty outcast, a homeless wanderer? A fe-
male from was bending over her, and
t winning smile beamed from a face that
once might have been handsome, though
now faded and worn. Won by the gem
tie words of the stranger, and that pecu-
liarly fascinating smile, and so much in
; need of human sympathy, Agnes quick
f ly unfolded the story of her disgrace,
$ and implored her for a nights shelter
the deeping gloom sending a thousand
: nameless terrors to her young mind.
e With excessive cordiality and kind
ness, the stranger assured Agnes of an
: entire welcome in her home, and taking
| her by the hand conducted her across the
e street and paused before stately dwell
2 ing. A sudden blaze of light flashed
: out upon the darkness, and those fatal
doors that are never repassed by the pure
S and innocent, closed heavily upon anoth-
d er victim Within those crime stained
walls of death there were smotheret
sobs, choked sighs and frantic prayers
unheard by all save God and the angles
There were silks and satins, gold anG
costly gems, to adorn a fair form, bu
there was also ghastly memory, and Z
fearful heaviness and anguish of soul
that " follows fast the deeds of i'll p
- will not trace her, DOWN. word oa,rr,sn
it was fightfully rapid. She was here
at the first meeting held in this hall, anC
listened with so much attention Will,
tears flooded her pale cheeks, that l ad
dressed a few words to her lost condition
:, which elicted the foregoing story, cor
) cluded by her in perfect abandonment Q
grief and despair.
Three months later. Reader, wilt lool
-. with me upon another picture 1t j
= not one of sorrow and shame, but radian
with hope and peace. We pass dow
one of our prominent business street
and pause before the fanciful window G
a miIIiner's shop. Are you a lady, yo
will be struck with the elegant taste dis
played in the artistic blending OF color.
- and the exquisite finish Of the hats an
:. other ornamental articles with which
is crowded, The " trimmer" of the c:
tablishment sits in yonder pleasant roor
-. twisting some delicate ribbons into grace
!, ful knots she is somewhat pale, an
sd the footprints Of past wrongs and Ut
m forgotten trials yet linger upon the trutl
90 full countenaEce, but there is 4 purife
=, and elevated expression in that HEAVIER
- seeking eye silently pleading for mere
a. and victory. Ii is Agnes Raymond th
= first fruits of the mission at the Blac
: Seap 1t was entered upon with man
"A a doubt and sinking fear, but God wi
- permits his sun to rise out upon tt
just and the unjust, saw fit to crow
-as with his blessing.
"a The words Of a mercifuI Savior wei
70 breathed into the ear Of the SHINING b
re- repentant Magdalene; Neither do
nix condemn thee, 90 in peace, sin no more
mt and she gladly arose from the depths
degradation, and returned to the walks
he a virtuous life, tbro' that door open'
de wide by Him who trod Calvary 5 rugg'
,es mount and expired upon the cross f
the chief Of sinners" as well as {
7 you and me God forbid that she shou
! be hurled back into the awful gulf fro
IA which she is but just rescued, by Il
soulless cruelty Of a cold look, crus
- ing sneer or the blighting whisper Of b
branded fame.