St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19

The days Of my boyhood were just
ending, when new inmate was ad-
dcd to our family one whose coming
seemed, at first, matter of little i'm
poGtancc u poor cousin Helen
Grey. She was niece Of my fathers,
the child Of his favoritc sister, and
both parents having died suddenly,
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Mr.. Mcpherson, the friend at whose
house my aunt died, determined to
consign her To my fathers protection.
He suddenly appeared, one bright
Summer evening, at our door, accom-
panied by Helen. If a mctCoric stone
had fallen in our midst, We could not
have been more surprised than at this
arrival. We had not even heard Of
Aunt Grcy's death, and my mother
was thoroughly put ont" to use a
very common expression, though not
very elegant phrase, TO find another
member suddenly added to her family,
without having the slightest warning
OF such m impending event. Under
such circumstances, however, it was
impossible to refuse to receive Helen,
especially, as my father, who seldom
intcrlcrcd in family matters, but whose
will was law, when he chose to exert
it, intimatcd, very decidedly, that Hell
en- was to be received and treated as
child Of the house.
Helen was dressed in the deepest
mourning, ana a shade of sorrow in
the expression Of her countcnancc
showed that she had recently passed
through severe allliction but though
under temporary cloud, it was easy
to see that she had naturally one Of
the brightest Of faces, and her clear,
dark blue eyes rested upon us all with
/ the most undoubting confidence yet
there was not the least forwardncss
about her, but something SO irrcsisti-
bly, attractive and coniiling, that
could see, as she drew her chair closer
to my mother, as if rejoicing to be
under her wing, that my mothers
tones grew kinder, and her look soft
cncd. | watched these indications Of
my mothers feelings, for my interest
wdS awakened for my orphan cousin,
though | did not think of admiriug
hnr % NV r,othor h,i assuroI mo in
4 few minutes after her arrival. that
she had no pretensjons TO beauty, and
had no air about her,
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