The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
VOL 3L---No HOLE NO 1854 } .. . sa'si+s

hank Totes ciasped lightly in her hands.
TO think she murmured. 4 have sixty
tdoiiars-aIi my own, and earned It. Iwho
am not yet sixteen and can get back that
breochs that preeions brooch of mammais i
aondsrhow much # viii be The jeweller
only gave me thirty dollars for it. and Of course
ltherell be enough left, of this 60 get me new
dress. pair of shoes and % collar These
will last me till next term. Oh, / am so glad
90 glad can get the brooch back. who
would not have sold it for ANYTHING in
the world. .5ut 70 get mamma, dear NAM
ma. buried respectfully. Oh. it is the 6rst
Cbrissmas si1ce--here5the girl gave way ;;sthe
Hight faded from her face as the shadows Of
memory rashed oserits 5 she7 7barstiafo tears.
and sat down on low cricket before the FIRE.
and sobhed ss the lonely and living sob for
the dead. sees "a ssaz.sniszzs lsas = fa tR
Ghristiana Lvnde had neither father nor
mother, brother nor sister, The few years of
her lie were thicklg, motiled with shadows.
although few words will tell her history.
Her father. who was Clergyman. died som
EI
after her birth. Her mother was a gentle.
sensitive Asoman. from an OLD. bat decayed
English family. who bad come TO America to
repair their fortunes. Mrs. Lyndes husband
left her no property. and her own barely man
aged to support her and her child. as the lady
became an invalid soon after her husbands
death. She had never been accustomed to the
practice of economy, and habit and her failing
health rendered the luxuries Of life necessities
with her. So year By ear her small fortune
disappeared, and at length. with The remnants
lit. she retired TO the village of PentonVille.
as all her immediate relations were dead. and
Eshs needed country air and qnist. Here she
resided eral years. failing slowly, but still
supeririending tbe education of her daughter
The last year of her life. her faculties became
parah zed, and the entire care of the house
hold devolved upon her daughter, whose mind
was thus. stimulated to precooious activity
They were Obliged to dispense with their only
domestic, and at last Chris,iana was forced 10
dispose of portion Of their furniture to pro
cure her mothers medicine, and tile few deli
|cacles which tempted her failing appetite.
With rare discretion, for one so young. the
child of fifteen concealed their Strengthened
circumstances from the mother, who little i'm
agined. as she lay 10 the bedroom of her small
cottage. that the parior and chamber were
stripped of their furniture. ItiEl}t
At last the end came. and the gentle, long.
suffering invalid reused. for brief interval.
to the full possession of her faculties. gave
fher1child some advice respecting her course in
future, and then blessing the broken-hearted
girl. The life of Mrs Lynde went slowly down
the, solemn arches OF the river Deaih- Chris.
tiana Lrnde woke up from the FIRST paralysis
induced BY the loss of her mother, to find that
immediate action on her part would alone Sc
cure her mother from charitable bnrial. from
which the soul oflthe proud, sensitive girl
Ens,srly revolted. They had bat few aeariaint
snces IN ahe village ofGPenfonyiIle. and al
though these .werevery kind in rendering her
any DeighborIy Offices, still she could not en-
dure the thought of applying to them for
means to defray S,he expenses of her mothers
funeral
There was but one resource left her moth
er had veluahle brooch. the sole relic of her
better days which Mrs. Lsnde had greatly
PRICED because it belonged to her mother and
both ladies had worn it at their bridals It
cost Chrisliana great effort to part with this.
brooch. SO precious because Of its associations.
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but there wastno alternative She prevailed
upon a neighbor to take her to Boston, the
morning after her mothers death. disposed OF
tie brooch for forty dollars. afser receiving
promise from the jeweler that she should have
it Tor sixty, if she cnlled for tzwittin four
months. x = S@ @ Z
This money, with that neighborly assistance
which country people usually render each
other in times of trouble. defray ed the ex
penses of the quiet funeral. Then Ghristiana
Lynde bestirred herself, for she had the hard
problem for the young and tender to solve
that probienSwhich Carlyle says, lis the trst
Of all philosopby-the keeping of soul and
body together Persistent energy is sure to
triumph sooner or later. and in short time
the young girl obtained the situation Of Dis
trict school teacher. insthe village of Penton
vile, and her first term closed the week before
Christmas. %A8 k9AzA 8asSA
The young teacher was still sitting with her
head bowed on her hands, before the fire,
when there was u loud shout at the door, and
lhen five noisy. bright-faced boys and girls
fbrokeint the room. and the little silent zig
ure in the corner of the room lsprang up and
put on smiles again at the joy of the children;
smiles partly assumed, partly real, for Chris
iiana was very young, and those who suffer
early have great recnperative power. So the
lchildren gathered round her with noisy. glee
Ifnlshouts. and held up their toys for her to
examine, and the oldest boy. James Pricer,
placed in her band small. but very pretty
carved Workshop, neatly finished with needles
and tape, thimble and thread, saying with q
smile and blush.
Please maam, mother says its your merry
Christmas from all US children
Z Then the glad tears leaped up to the little
teachers eyes as she took the gift. and felt
that she. too, orphaned though she was, was
not, among all God 8 creatures, desoiate.
"A little mof,sin the center. Matte there
now the orange buds are just right. Oh, ,dons
they look exquisit =
Don't they, though and the two fairyou 6
bfidesmaids stepped back. and surveyed, with
looks of instense admiration, the blusliug girl
who was TO take upon herself: in about two