Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-31

previous day. Mis- llsr1 also recog-
nized Julia.
az owe you an al = she said, ''for
so interfering with shopping yester-
! day"
\ Julia begged her o mention it.
II had heard chs old friend, Miss
4 Sawtele was there, vent to, see her.
We were both alf at seeing each
other. 1t was lal he place for our
first meeting afle long separation,
which had brong 1|ny changes to us
4 both IT, was n0I 81 that. She forgot
4 her duties. -
! lia-raplia II SO colIld. ..havs.im-
agined anything * u. kind She would not
have interrupted them for moment.
) Il know it. | am sure you would not
willingly have given pain. She is a noble
girl, and l admire her independence in
taking a situation where she is constantly
exposed TO insult from the hearlless among
her old acquaintances. Her uncle wished
to adopt her after her fathers reverses;
but she said ii was better for herself 10 be-
independent, as she wished, il possible, TO
encourage others by her example. | al
ways thought her one OF the most culaiva
ted and lovely girls that | know. but did
not give her credit for 50 much dignity of
character"
at is a great and rare pleasure" CON
tinued Miss Willard, 10 find q person act
ing out her own convictions, and living
according to her ideal. There is 50 little
individuality among us Americans. We
dress, and furnish our houses, and lIye, in
a certain way. because our neigh bors do,
Without consul ting our own circumSian-
ces or even our own tastes. The English.
with whom l have lived the last year, err
perhaps on the other extreme; buJ IN so
doing. they show nc eas, u sell-respect
which Americans in general cannot
boast of"
Yet" said Julia, Gone does not like to
be entirely different from other people,
) We all judge of others by these outward
things"
II confess" replied Miss Willard,
| "tha my pride would take that direction.
When | see all those vul -,sr people striving
tn be ashlonable-lopkin9 as il they car
ried all their possessions on their backs-
having no higher aim than to have their
silks, ana tuIs, and laces rs expensive a.
} their neisE bors--I feel lice dressing in
serge and hair cloth My soul is sick of
. this vain ambition, this paltry vani'y, this
self indulgence and self-ssserrion. How
little they know OF the true value Of money
of Tire tr,ec mFaring al Efa.''
, julia made feeble assent. rather be-
/; wIdered by this new view of things Ske
I was enterin" into a sphere in which fur
capes Were not in the ascendant.
II am afraid that >ou will think me
very severe" continued Miss Willard,
with sweet smilr, but feel very deeply
on thus subject. On coming home and
Iookiu-: at things in the hight of grea
: sorrow, | long to b. preacher OF ialth. 1"
+ "Of iaith," echoed Julia.
, yes; of faith in something bier and
more satisfying than self and this CA ward
world; of faith in heavenly Father who
gives to each his peculiar 10 and his pc
cuiar duties Why not take cheeriully
what He gives us, without g!asping al
l what he gives to others? Why noI be
satisfied with His choices for them and
t Tor ourselves? We are spoilng the beauty
and variety of His plan by this rubbing
} down of our individual lille, and shaping
ourselves by others"
, And this is the visit for which sable
cape was 50 necessary
We will not say that Jula's feeling
s were not to be envied; or the first awaking
: OF the soul to It's own degradation iia own
1 wants, TO the consci usnesS of being so
= far OFT from what is most desirabe-surely
+ this is infinitely better than selt-compla-
+ cent blindness!
Here was lady, young md gifted with
all the means of self-enjoynent and self
nIi1nDaut h., .aDI1lI gIIr m
herself the admiring and envying eyes of
all the throng of fashion, yet spurniug
5 fashion and luxury beneath her feet. Sur-
row had added new weight to the injunc-
5 tons of her dying father, that she should
: spend the wealth he left her not for her
= self but for others. Her pure and simple
tastes were gratliied at little expense she
> shrank from everything which attracted
I spirit gave itself forth to cheer, to com
4 fort, and to help others. And when she
/ met this young girl in whom she knew
I that her brother felt deep interest, and
: saw with pain that the spoiler had entered
e her SOIL and was eating up its treasures,
J her heart warmed with ply and sorrow.
5 Her brother had spoken OF Julia as mod
it est ana unpretending; unlike most girls in
= her simple nauralness. Little did Julia
$ know the mischief that the cape and the
o desire for the cape had done Little did
= she think the first lime she wore 1t, when
o she entered the lecture room, Mr.. Viii
lard 8 com panion whispered to him as she
l., passed, eff had seen that cape yester-
day perhaps | should not have been 81
| enent to Mr. Lane when he came to beg
y a further extension of our firm. L am
y really So ry; thought he had more prin-
# cple, and that she had more sense"
After this George Willard avoided Julia
Il and for this even the fur cape WAS not
sufficient consolation.
! But the good work was begun. The
u cane had fallcd of us rreat nhiert-Ihf