Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-29

bad the power OF bringing down misfortune
both on man and on beast
Hertha turned away from this region and
this people with a shudder, aud again she
was waited over the earth but this time
toward the warm countries Of the South
She saw sky different to the cold sky
of the north; more beautiful, more luxu-
RANT earth, a1luant with flowers and fruits
The air was delicious, as Kindness itself
fountains leapt upward; music filed the air
-everypA wing seemed to be gushing over
with life and its enjoyment.
She found herself in q large garden near
large city
Oh thought Hertba, here human be-
ings must be Free good, and happy; here ]
shall be able to meet with freedom for my
self and my imprisoned sisters.'
Scarcely had she so thought, when some
solemn and magisterial looking persons ap-
preached her and said
You are talking about freedom you
are suspicious person; what are you do
ing here p
She replied I seek for freedom for my
self and my sisters'
The official gentlemen looked at one
another aud laughed, as If they would say,
She is out of her mind
And they said again to her, What is it
that you wish for p
She repl ed in the same words as before.
Are you rich 2 they asked
NO. she replied; my soul and my will
are my only wealth.
Then you are simpleton,' said they /;
get married il you can, if not, SO into a
convent
No. replied ITertha, 4 win live and la
Dor in freedom and innocence for the OBJ
ject after which my soul longs
No freedom is innocent,' said they, at
least among women Au old sin lies against
yonr sex. Aud 10 any case, you are a dan
gerous person, because you talk about free
dom. and you come from country where
freedom in tue old times struck deep root
and grew to a large tree, as it is said, and
where the women, moIe than once, have
fought for the freedom Of their country /;
therefore you cannot be left at liberty here.
oh thought Hertha, they do not know
how little the women of my country can be
called Free But she said nothing, because
she would not cast slur ON tho laws Of her
own laud.
All at once she now heard great cry Z:
'To the convent to the dungeon, with the
fool, with the enthusiast for liberty =
And crowd of men dressed in black
seized upon her, and hurried her forward To-
ward large gloomy building with small
grated windows. Fear and anger gave heI
strength; she wrested herself out of theiI
. hands, and fed. Again the fire in heI
heart famed aloft and bore her away anC
away, until she heard no longer the threat
euing dcrisive cry. a.M
She now paused and looking around saw
that she had reached alarge city, the smoke
Of which was seen ascending from a dis
tance Wearied, she sat down upon 9
stone, but she felt herself SO solitary, SC
forlorn, so depressed because of the hard
ness of man, and because of the cure which
rested upon her sex, That she began to weeI
bitterly.
With that splendidIy brilliant cloud
came floating from the near outskirts OF the
: city, and settled down upon the earth close
to the spot where Hertha sat. 1t was a'
if WOMEN of auttering gauze, spangled witt
silver and gold; lovely young girls stepped
forth from its brilliant depths, in airy at
tire, with eyes that sparkled with joy, anC
garlands on their heads. They approached
her and said:
why do you weepP
Hertha replied: i weep because there
lies a curse upon me and my sex, which
banishes us from free labor and from joy.
The girls laughed and said oh, wha
curse ?-what banishment? Don't troubl,
yourself about what the ill-tempered say
Only be right merry and gay, and then y0r
may be as free as you will. You are toe
young and handsome to cry away life
Come along with us and do as We do. W.
will receive yoH into our company
= And what is it that you do? And
what are you |? asked Hertha with beat
= ing heart, half facinated by the appearance
aud the conversation of the girls, and hall
frightened by a something which she saw
: in them, but to which she could not give q
, name.
The young women laughed, looked at one
another, and replied
we are called ladies of pleasure be
cause we live for pleasure alone We play
with the hearts of men, and we rule them
If they are sometimes cruel to us in theiI
/, sport, We can be reyenged on them. And
! if we can once succeed in getting them into
! our net, there is no escape for them all thelr
4 days We ensnare and laugh at those who
!! fancy themselves our masters
I And what is the object of all this, ant
, for what do you live p asked Hertha ono,
more
= The girls laughed and answered wv,
g live for the moment. We ask for nothing
e more than to enjoy the day as it passes, ant
y to amnse ourselves in the best way possible
e We are the freess creatures in the world
J. We live freely, OF. at other peoples expense
r in all countries. We follow no laws bu
3 our own fancy; we obey the voice Of nc
duty We take husbands and then leave
: them, just as it pleases us. We might have
children like other women, but We do not
y bind ourselves like other women TO SIT and
e slave for them; we merely look after ouI
s own pleasures 7 - ''
J. 'You might have children, and yet vii
:. not take care of theml said Hertha, as
d tonisbcd. Who then does take charge 0
vour little children 2 tif., a.