The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-04-21

and almos. devoured it with caresses.-
AS she arose aud approached be- husband
she said
Dear George, with all the misery
which you say is around it, it would be
wrong to 20 to this bali"
No, my dear be replied, smilingly, as
'he PLACID his hand on her hair, and
smoothed it DOWN. No. Many, it is right
e, snd PIoT"r mat YOU should pa,ronize it,.
ihe charity Is ostentatious, ii is true. but
1t will do good. There will be thousands
There who, perhaps, will not give \
thought beyond Cher selfish selves; but
nevertheless good will come Of il. MANY
a naked one will be clothed. and bunrrv
sIomachs be made 10 rtjorcc in ,conse-
quence; but charity should no. stop Al
The door of the Academy of Music. Go
on with your Preparations and | will
gladly accompany you thereon one con d..
dl'i"n, however"
Name 1t, George said his wife, as she
pressed her lips to bis cheek. Il will do
anything YOU lid me-
Then come with me and I will show
you pictures Of poverty, that YOU never
read of in newspaper or book. Descrip
ton takes in all such casas before stern
reality. One may read affecting tales of
distress and our humanity be appealed to
while we sit coz,ly in our own warm
house, with everything we can ask for AZ
HAND -atIa '@ur hearts may swell with
sympathy for those who are An hungered.
s,hrst or naked; but when we throw
aside that which We have read, we forget
The scene We have been ponderinp, and
lock up our treasures. Our selishness.
Mary, which is an excellent sentiment
when properly directed, forbids our ex
tending that reiei (Which, in holier mo
ments, we feel should be offered to the
really needy. Society is artrfciai-un-
sound to the core-ese we would not see
wealth garnered to superfuily on the one
hand, and gaunt want, naked and shiv-
ering on the other; but until that han.
pier day arrives when the lahorer shall
be considered. in the fullest scene WORTHY
OF hire 1t is our duty to 60 forth and re
lIeve those from whom we have gathered
our means-not, am afraid. by toll hon.
est and hard, but 10y asystem Of chichauce
Y which society jus,ities, and pronouuces
lawful. Put on your hat and shawl, nv
sweet
The joyous smile left the fair face Of
the young wife as she listened TO | er hus
band. Never before had he spoken to
her in such tones. In bis love she had
forgotten that there WAS such social dis.
e.se AS poverty. lie had, indeed, read
ot misery, but it had never awakened feel
ings OF emotion in her gentle breast. It
must not be understood that she was le
void OF these. From her childhood sL.
had been carefully nurtur.d bv tbos. who
loved her, and when at length she lief,
her native home, with many lingering
regret, 1t vas only to step into one equal
y, splendid IN decoration and appliance
Like Thousands, she knew no, OF the ma
ny sisters around her who struggled daily.
hourly, for bare pittance. Strange
wesrlet, pallid faces She had me, occa.
slonaIly IN the broad streets fragile forms
whom she dlstinctively felt were indrtfer
emily dressed, crossed her path, and her
sympatlles wet out TO them; but she
had never bern brought into actual con
tact with the demon Poverty, and there
lore knew little Of the sad havoc it was
making IN human souls. Her husband
had awakened new thoughts IN her; and
IN the sunny picture Of her life she for the
hrst time saw clouds, dark, dismal, threat.
ening clouds-at first on the horlzon.-
Rapidly .hey approached the zenith, and
ere the last word died OF her ear she
stood, in scene Of horror which her viyed
Imagination had summoned before her
mental vislon.
Taxing her child in her arms she press.
ed 1t closely 10 her bosom and kissed /.
passionateiy-hslt in terror, for the thought
that poverty nigh, overtske that helpless
babe, entered her heart as # pierced bv a
shaft Of steel had not her husband, who
watched her movements, approached and
spoken soothingly, cheerfu!Iy to her, she
would have gone in Mysteries. His voice
stayed, however, the violence of her new
grief, and as shs threw herself with her
little one in bis arms, she sobbed like
child.
Soon, however, she was restored TO
tranquility. RobIng herself, she went
forth into The cheerful street, snd for the
first sine in her young life, on an errsnd
Of mercy.
How bravely the husband bore I'D his
yet trembling wife, MS he sought to re-.
heve her overcharged heart, and bring
her to that scene Of tranquility which
hitherto had never been disturbed Grad
ually scene Of pleasure stole over as she
began to experience the GOOD she might
be Instrumental in doing--the happiness
long lost, she might restore to the aching
bosom-the sunshine of love she might
bring with her where hope had long been
forgotten.
Many was by nature heroine, and
now did she feel how thoughtIess she had
been, mentally resolved to help her hns
band IN his good works, Which, AS they
passed on, lie informed her he at times
engaged in.