The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-16
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cheek, sma her breast with the iondes' 'eh-
sierness ..n tronhic Mary darling;
n ou narf Aver vet" said she. I've been
bu' a. here 10 save Won from doing great STU
~ d" ", Vas God. himself, Mary. I've had |,
horne in upon my mtnd All his"t " e0''0 A'
.eak YOU by 4 sh pool" -,. So,
Mary said nothing for several minutes, p"'
.,,Y,sf in a gush of tears, she burst our
.a,h Alice, whaG shall / do-what snau
,iol You'd better have iet me sO, ,oxri"
l.een living like a stone at the bottom nov h,t
NAV. Mary: your poor body Wonin, o"s
.,o, ygonld haS been standing atore the ''i0"'
% GODS justice ,os Miss Tim
Il don't think he'd be rs mar" -
HE Alice III / was -. aud then
thinking Mary somewhat qH,srr' ~
10 saw. "You'N 20 home no" ~" .rysn.,r. And
~Na no: | daren't, Alice-l daieh rem :, ,o,1cas
nv, So, ..,,Ynstanccs, or the consequences
NJ bar r9lataity cverpowerea i'ei '.ad hnr az
and with vehement cries, sile sni,ad thai she
-, g. rsrare Alice was so eNciteu nc 80, Sno
tot'a 70 ~ -, mother until she was close
w ~, The old wom..n had heiIu hci
,sait1,g departure had dressed nei su.' al f
fnIinwef her out into The heids. ooihe w 80
r. mad heard Mary's agoniZeo VOICE. wv;
en- i',e9 Alice but little Mary was the iuoi
,"5 darling of her mothers heart ana "hen
~ s1,, the strange. unnatural striie, she
stood Tor "A moment partiyIea, p"' -'' i-''N
bern with her, and was sun. ,, .,oa
:. W. viii take her home, mother" said Aice'
quietly, .,,.,..,or homo 70 he sure-
take her home, Come, Mary gear, Gu hnr arm
an, he good" And Mrs ward fu' hei 81 ="
roun3 her waist and lifted her up. r.,
Ion mother mother! I'm NOT worth II ,--.,, ~
mt ty1rIh n" sobbed Mary, drawing herseh
away. .,, ,,ucb bnt thou
mr. mr. IIary an thee must come WI my
mother an thy sister, lei what WIN i. - ~
pened ther / say nought, only thee must eoliie
home" ,,, ,,o 10 hraa,,
III, hs,-tsnd shame Alice aiore everybody!
wish were dead--l wish We're dead
"tlearts take deal o, breaAlhs, nlais M M
has their HELM / the Lord Almighty was MTs.
Wards answer: and then she said 10 Ailce,
with an Involuntary sigh, Take hotd OF hef,
and let Us get her home.
In WAS 4 miserable walk. Mary cried hys-
terical!y and twice again made her insane FL
forts 10 get back TO Ash-pool. III was some
hing. indeed 10 thank God for aioud, as Mrs
Ward did when they had her safe in The house
plaas and the door locked. They put her into
ihe great chair that had been her father S, ana
Alice kiudied the fire, while her mother SAT
still and soothed the unhappy girl as Wen Us
she might. But Mary was not III conditioh
10 listen or profit much. She was sensible mat
they whom she had most dreaded 10 see had
taken her 10 their hearts and had not re-
preached her; bat she was sensible, also, mat
She was IL wicked girl, who had brought shame
and troubles on all belonging To her, and tnat
her own sorrows were lust begun. Miss Tim
bic had made her understand mat TOO dls-
tiucily ever to be efIaced from her memory -
Neither Mrs Ward nor Alice asked a single
G;irstiyu. though what had happened came
Ipou them like a thunder clap: for the present
they were only intent upon getting Mary
quoted and put to rest. This was not easy of
plishment; she rejected food, and de-
clared she would starye herself TO death-she
would not live to be a disgrace to everybody
who loved her-if she Were in her grave they
would forgive and forget her by-and-by.
Hush Mary. darling. don't talk like that
SAID Alice: "if God forgiyes thee, surely thy
mother an thy sister can"
Miss Tmble said you couldn't and that the
best thing l could do would be to die out of
the way.
Miss Timble has not had the same tempta-
tons fro the flesh an the devil as thee, Mary,
or she'd know better than to speak like that
Ii Thee sins no more, thy mothers heart will
never turn against thee; we maun't try to be
more Just than God, Alice. Thee has been very
wrong. but thee belongs to us, Mary, II thee
had leen ten times as wrong; ha' no right
an no desire to cut thee off. Alice, sup o. hot
lei would do all o. US good. Maryll drink
out q my cup.
And when the tea was made, Mary was pre-
vailed on TO put her trembling lips to 1t ana
drink and then she let herself be taken up
stairs. undressed, and laid on the pea Wituon s :
any resistance only now and then she looked
&0nderingly in her mothers face, as IL what
was passing bewildered her, and every few
minutes convulsive hit OF sobs ana lears
Alice busted herself in folding up her sisters
clothes and when that was done she stood by
the bed foot looking pityingiy AT bialy, uiul
her mo ther spoke. $50 thee 70 my peu, Aiee,
III sleep with thy sister to-nignt, ior me less
she gets talking the better. DO hiioe wen
away and shut the door.
Bnt Mary could not sleep, ana before the
1nnrniny she had confessed herself TO her mo-
therher love and her w rat wit5o ,,ti some
1raaty that Mary would tell the name OF him
who had deceived her but at las, having ex-
acted promise of silence from from her niolher,
> M Wa I'd offer the lamentable discovery OF
~ 4ariing,s frailty, and when she heard the
naias Of the rector's son, she only sighed, and
said " Who could nave nave, 'n a,r,n,r IL .,,o
1o1 day rs. Ward had this severity to suffer
So WAS alone in the house-place about noon,
Alice and Mary being together up stalrs, when
sha sa " the erect, solemn Inquire OF the rector
,I,,,r aver the fields. She did not meet him
a.arential iy at the gate, as her custom was, but
A., him knock at the door, and then silently adj
oi,,a,i him The rector was not an unkind
.,,.,, nj heart, but he was rather magisteral in
L. ,ffice, he was more priest than pastor and
he was neither by nature or habit used to
.ander dealing with the bruised sinners of his
aock Mrs, Ward cOlored painfully as he
,,,a,aphorlcally put her into the witness box
..Mrs Ward, is this true that l hear about
Mary--her misconduct - said he as if he
were reassured of his answer
L WrOng-uO1np
Iascelles, AS you very well know but Mary S
WV child and will say this for her-she' s
+ more 10 he pitied than blamed, and him that
deceiyed her is the greater sinner o. the two, s.
TenIied Mrs. Ward, firmly. lie had better
Knowledge o. what's good an what's bad than
she had, am it was a very poor thing o. him to
ruiu her that loved him. My girls not vain
.,r mean minded like some, an her undoinp
xro,lld never ba come about had she moi been
twer-p ersuaGed through the tenderness of hei
poor heart
{. Really, Mrs. Ward, you make n confusion
between right and wrong that surprises me
thought that gen, of all people. would have
vent your daughter better!'' said the rector
Mrs Ward might have asked him why he hat
not kept his son better, but she refrained her
self and held her peace, " For a girl so Young
ard who had every attention from nv wife a
The school. she must have a very deprayed dis
position indeed TO have done as she has. -
aNo, Mr.. Lasceiles, Mary's not deprayed.
returned Mrs. Ward, Indignantly; ashe ha
been led away. and there's no telling what sh
might become if we flung her out from anon,
us like bad weed But God made me he
mother, and let who will east stones an har,
words ut her or ME, shall stand up for he
an shield her as long as / live"
Would II not be we'll TO remove her from
the neighborhood, at least for a time +" sug
gested the rector such bad example to tn
other young women of the parish
ssNc. sir; l will not send my Mary ava,
from her mother and sister," was the resolut
answer; ''as for her being a bad example. i
seems TO me she'll be sad warning rather, t.
her old !ake-tellows. The poor thing will b
punished enough by the cold looks o. one an
another, an the sorrow o. bringing into III
world babe without any o. the love an prid
that helps us women through, without Allie
an me turning our backs on her. She'll sta
WI ae, sir, and we shall do what we can 1
comfort her."
II avn sorry TO find you of this way of think
ing, Mrs. Ward; if such early wickedness
not 10 be discouraged, don't know what w
shall Come 10 by -and.by ~
'.aIary ii have enough TO bear, sir, neve