Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-11
CHAPTER VII.
THE ARrIFIcR OF THE DEMON rRIuMPHs OVER THF
FIRMNgss OF INNOCENCE.


THE ARriFicR OF THE DEMON rRluafhs OVER THE
fIRMNEss OF INNOCENCE
After Mrs. Bachelor and George had left Ida
10 berself once more the heroine became the
woman she seated herself and the tears
which had been nent mn now found vent A
thousand recollections burst upon her mind.
Scenes of gaity and happiness-destined for
others, but forbidden to her-painted by the
hand of fancy, passed before her vision.
The home of her childhood-though an
humble one-had its mark upon tile tablet OF
her memory But that home was no more
The grave OF father had been inolstened by
tear and strewed with flowers by a hand
that was now fettered. A mother-an only
parent livins--but where' All these ideas
came orowu''g upon her ih'hu "'e woman
p'euo'"''"'e'' anu "'' '''' upo" "'' A"oeS
a"" "op'.
"oh! muttered she, could | get but
lew lines conveyed to samuel irving, know
ne would come to my assistance-he would
not leave me in this place among such de-
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poor and unfortunate to redress their wrongs
May guardian angel hover over my poor
mother and protect her, even II IN 30 doing'
the emisarie of darkness.
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"ei "io"s' oo'''''u"i'y oeioie "oi
MY child you wrong me considerably"
said Mrs Bachelor with winning tone, 81
would rather be considered your friend and
protector, than the instrument ofyour wrong" :"
''What do hearl' sobbed the girl.
"The voice of one who would do anything
in her power to make you comfortable and
happy"
Zone, who would do anything in herpower
to make money-one who would destroy the
home of a widow and her child, and place that
child in the hands of the destroyer-one who
can smile at the corruption of innocence and
fall of virtue.i
"You wrong me my child" interrupted
Mrs. Bachelor, ,'you are entirly mistaken in
my intentions. My main object is always to
reclaim those who are about to fall into the
hands of villany-to give encouragement to
the weak and rresolute and to support in the
hour Of trial those who would otherwise fall
into the snares of the vicious"
"Artful disembler," exclaimed Ida, show
dare you stand up before one you have SC
grossly wronged, and assert such wholesale
libels on your past conduct"
"Miss, condemn not until you are fully ac-
quainted with the motives that have actuated
me in all my transactions towards you, and
doubt not after you are made acquainted with
the facts, you will not have so bad an opinion
of one who has done everything in her power
TO place you in a condition to smile at misfor-
tune"
''What mean you-enperturable wretch, with
the honied tongue of q siren Come you here
with the mask of deception branded upon
your brow, to drive the last dagger into the
bosom of one already writhing in the expir-
ing throes of mental agony occasioned by