The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-08
An Old WoMaN,s STORY.

-. ~ icse~s story for CAamesys s.syv !.
$500 vhich he calls aronnd ao s.'s,ss ~ k.s
asss s. nklss long ; Sssore he arrives a
~ IN c wsien r. writes his communication s.a
- 80 ysSs nsrins with an account Oh nis
crssstne % the continent 70 uasr , i - and
Rasay q III 's road on foot, with knapsack on
49, y undertakes the tour OF kuFope. he
s~sS~ ssrsspurg one hot and dusty Gay, ana
from over fatigue Is s,sa 1 81 $3.50 bnrins
~ fslasss he b kindly tended BY Sister OF
Syharity When he recoyers ne mas himsei
short 81 CASH and desires to replentsh his
pocksts. The sister direcss nam y moI VA
ana emaciated he repairs to tbs residence OF
that rentieman. He found him walking In his
beautiful garden, smoking his pipe. Inc
banker seeing the feeble condlnoh ., n,o s tart.
able dwelling, where he was refreshed VIII
cordial andintroduced to the banker mothrI,
s.ninety years old" The old lady IS yer.
much s.sen with ,ns v,sa'1 H ans aside
he u very we'll bred.) "Ah, yon should n ,,a,
seen me in my young days, she Tna
ayou would have said to me fne tn INN au are
Young men said to me, .Mademoiseile you i u,e
: rosr and 4 pearl., All, they were very poii'e
than! Bat am now an old woman, -.
am ninety. am no use TO any one us. 49,
little boy, Fritz. fnow seventy y lam sones
Fritz fthe bowl leaves the guest 10 Teeo.ui
h,s .,~snrth and goes 10 attend TO some bust
meas matters Our author observes portral.
Of the old lady, ,.S when This Is s,sTins 70 the
venerable dame, and then she rewards MIN
with a story Of her young days. This we
COPY:
w,man,s stupid story; perhaps 1t would not
interest him." Ya
Hfndeed madame am all anxiety. nope
madames great Kindness Will not disappoih'
swell sir as YOU SO much wish. you snail
herr I was born in this town, and have always
iiysd in il: 1 wa, married 10 q towusman, and
osr. NV am Fritz was burn. hope l shall die
/, N and h. buried with my friends. M father
was very resuec able man. and a member oil
the town.council l remember, child, ms
y..in0 q, the marie in his scarlet gowDaii trim'
med with fur a nd wearing his fine gold cnaih. he
,ras a great linen weaver and used 10 employ
whole FAMILIES and was thought 10 be a. rlch
man. People In those days were more prudent
than they are now, sir. My father used MN,
self 10 work at the loom. and my mother Wouiu
go abou, the house from morning till night,
Without thinking of fine cloths or company
exeent on SUNDAYS and holidays, when she
went abroad with my father. l was the
Youngest of their children, and was born
when they were elderly people, so / was q
great darijnp the others had all died, except
one son who was wears older than /. MY
brother was at the same trade with my father;
but he was n wild. thoughtiess fellow, and got
amongst n fine CAV set who taught him to look
down mon his business and his home ne
wouId absent himself for weeks together, and
then come back suikily refusing TO say word
Of exnIanation. NV parents tried all methods
with him. but anger or kindness was Just the
samp and we lived in perpetual misery and
fear: indeed, am sure that his wicked, reckless
Conduct. broke my poor mothers heart, for she
took to her bed and died without any par ticn-
lar complaint What with her loss. and AL
bert,s disobedience my father was great
deal broken and was obliged to neglect his af-
rair che fal int although
he ALWAYS kept up the credit of his ances tors !;
and the neighbors would sooner have trusted
to him than TO bank full of money. He
dotted on me notwithst landing / was but q sill
ly girl. with my head stuffed full OF my own
beauty and all my loyers-for l was very
handsome sir, They used to say / was the
prettiest maid in all Strasbourg; and when
any new officer came to the garrison, they al
ways made some excuse to come to the house
to see me- l did not care for any of them !;
but used to like to see their fine coats come
down the street. and to hear the iingling of
their spurs on the pavement, because of our
neighbor opposite the notarys son, who had
been nv playfelIow, and who used, knew, to
sit behind the BIZ nd at his desk, watching every
one that came in and out. When we were
children, the neghbors said that we should
one day be- married but grew up, he
became shy, and used TO laugh at him. so
that we we've not very good friends, and liked
to tease him better than anything else IN the
world. was now young woman, but very
thoughtless and gay, and still loved my faith
er dearly and tried to make him forget his
trouble about Albert, who was just as bad rs
ever.
~ was sitting one day at the open window,
singing at my work. just to veX Carl, when
my Iathef came In, LOOKING SO sorroWIui, that
knew directly something was The matter
Elizabeth my cnlid, SAID he, I'VE are rum
ed-our good name Is gone, and we snail he a
by-word ana disgrace In the place where we
were born. 1t Is Wei that your poor mother
old not i've 10 see inns DAY" III Is no good Tor
Ohiy say that my wicked Dr9ther ma Drought
tAis new sorrow upon me lie hao Deeh going
on In desperate way OF extraVagahce ior a !
IohE uihe anu taking advantage OF my iateI
age "hu weakness III every way, put ne m.iu
. 9one 81 oiu 9 ueeu as ms u1 h ,. e
why .. II was tiiis, slr Wy iatnei hda l"iee
SUN VI money oeiohsihs 10 MS sulia Ia ms
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one wouid believe said nv rather from the Z
state of his own affairs. thar he did not know
ali abont IL from the dr,t We'll sir we cried /
aud talked and ,honyht NJ avarvihing. hui q
the only hone we cnuld fix ON WAS ,bat
n sister ,f nv fathers who wa" .. r,ch
w;dow living m Par,s might lend il 70 ns
for he s.Le nf The f,mIlv W. nans 'T m
knew much ahnur her hut il was Ibe ,asI ! r
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