St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-06-28

But, having been stripped Of his pos,
sessions during a great national con-
vulsion, had, with his young ami ac-
complishcd wife, and infant daughter,
sought a home in America. They
| both became successful teachers i'll
one of our northern cities ; but, not
being accustomed to such eXcrtOm
the health of both had given way
and, with little remnant of property
they at length removed to ncighhOr
ing village, with the hope of finding
in its purcr atmosphere the health and
strength that had stcalthiIy left them
Bat their will was not Gods will
Month after month they failed, and
year after year did the approaching
change become more certain. Thcil
little property wasted with their lives
and when Alathca was but sixteen
years of age, she found herself an or
phan, portionlcss, and with little
brother three years Of age clinging t.
her, atlirightcd at the sight Of the
dead, the open grave, and the anguisI
npOn his sisters face.
Over and over again did Alathca
count the few small pieces of gold she
had left after the last funeral cXpcn
scs We're paid ami, very minutcly
upon her fingers, did she calculate the
several necessary articles each piece
would buy. Carefully, with the tear.
falling fast upon them, did she fol,
them in piece of paper, and lay then
away in the bottom Of her trunk
| Only one did she reserve, which tho
| landlord changed for her. when ht
called that evening. TO see if she was
Going TO keen tine house. She askct
| him to lease her two of the rooms a
a less rent. which he AGREED TO do a.
his eve rested upon the coin in hcl
Ihand
Various WAYS were suggested t,
the mind of thc orrhan rirl. hv which
she mirht earn a liyinr for hcrscl
and hclulcss little brother. But bar
ricrs arose to each. Svmpathizinc
friends were in and out-somc won
dcring what in the world was goin2
to become Of hcr-some wishing, mos
earnestly. she had friends to 90 to
while "nthcr some" quictlv laid down
here and there, where NO eve but hers
would be likely to rest, something fol
present necessities.
The first great pressure of gricI
was still upon her heart, when the ia
thcrlcss and mothcrlcss Girl bent ovcl
her task-thc first labor life had eve,
pressed upon her. She had procure,
sewing from a store in the village
She had thought of teaching for whicI
she was fully competent, but the sac
effect that employment had had upor
her lost parents, deferred her. She
was quick with her needle, and viii
that she determined to sec what she
could do.
Ellis Edmunds, the proprietor Of the
store where Alathca had obtained hcI
work, was an unmarried man, though
he had worn for some years the mark,
of full manhood and, when she, il
person, had applied tohim for sewing
he readily handed TO her materials 70
clothing, forgetting, in his momcmtar,
admiration OF her beautiful lace, some
OF the directions necessary to accom-
pany them a eau was the result Q
tins oversight, and, ilndnG the yonn;
girl as sensible as she was beautiful
calls and errands were multiplied, un
I'll, at last, IT became almost dali,
occurrence Tor MI. hd'nuhuS 10 SCI
the orphan Glr'' pfoV'oe 'cf WIN en-
ployment' and attend to the supplying
Of her wants.
Aathea soon found that the rcsul
OF her greatest chor'S were ihSuiii
eicnt to provide food and clothing 10