White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

feelings, and you see what fine scrapt
she got us all into for my part, an
respectable-I don't have any feelings
you never see me Star-gazing. reading
newspapers, and blubbering about my feel
irgs. 1t is all of a piece you will nsvel
come to any decent end, till you quit thest
things"
Emily rebelled not; day after day she
received these insulting insinuations and
coarse seedlings, with a sweet, unruflsd
temper, almost angelic, thinking it q
great luxury to weep few moments by
herself.
The only pleasant recollectiOnS she had
were connected with her mother, and a
long separation, instead of dimming their
brightness, rendered them clearer and
sweeter.
One condition of being received by her
aunt, was promise on the part of Emil
ly's mother not to visit her often, but to
send her clothing. When therefore, the
desolate child occasionally received pres
ents from her mother, she attached to them
love, a sacredness, which could belong
to nothing else, and which were always
the occasion Of renewed seedlings from
her hard hearted relatives.
To her little cousins, Emily had been a
devoted sister. She had watched over
them with the untiring assiduity of a
mother, and submitted to their whims
with the obedience of slave. Though
weary of her life, and ignorant of any
other, she constantly longed for an exist
ence of which she dreamed, but of which
she could speak to no one about her.
On the morning following the evening
conversation of the relatives of Emily,
Mrs. Marble was more than usually exact
ing, apparently fearful of not reaping ev.
cry possible advantage from the child,
while she did remain.
Calling her at length, she said, 'fYou
are going away from us, to earn your own
living" r.. F..
Emily had approached her aunt When
summoned, and anticipating some fresh
commission for the kitchen, stood with
her arms folded naturally, her eyes cast
down, and her countenaace pale, serious
and subdued, as usual. When she heard
the sentence uttered by Mrs. Marble, she
slowly raised her eyelids, and fixing her
large, liquid eyes upon her, while a sweet
and inexPlicable smile stole gradually
over her features, replied, in tone slight
ly animated: "Going away, Aunt? Do
you really mean that l am going to leave
you ?"
This was spoken with such deep, real,
undisguissd satisfaction, that Mrs. Mar
6le's temper few up in an instant, and
seizing the child roughly by the arm, ex-
claimed, $50 you are glad to leave us,
Miss, are you ?-glad to leave this nice,
respectable home. where you have every
thing comfortable, and that, too. without
ever earning cent in return ? You'll
sing another song, / reckon, before the
year is out, when you find yourself in
some dark kitchen, working like slave,
from morning till night"
"That is no more than do here" pa
tiently replied Emily, apparently a lit
tie emboldened by her anticipated depar-
ture.
"The impudent huzzy! !" exclaimed
the now enrsged woman, giving her an
extra shake; cater all we have done for
her-kept her eight years like lady, and
now she is glad to 60 away and be ser
want. Welt is all we can expect from
such people. Perhaps, Miss, you will
have the goodness to tell me what You
expect to do, when you go away from this
excellent home 90
"You say that I am going to be SER
want, and as that is what l have always
been, / trust / understand what my duties
will be, only hope that no one will
scoId me as you do"
"Gracious Heaven worse and worse
Do you call this scolding-this interest
that 1 take in your welfare ! 1 trust you
will some day know, by experience, what
real scolding is-yes, l hope you will feel
it. You will find it as much more severe
than my kind remarks, as the roaring Of
a lion is heavier than the crying of an in
FAINT. 1 scold you. indeed %
Then think God will let me de-"
submissively and mournfully replied the
stricken girl.
"And now you must blasphemously
talk of dying that solemn and mysteri-
Gus event named by your impious tongue!
you die Why, you have never been
ACKNOWLEDGMENT sancti6ed-never con-
verted. There, now, if ever there was
such heathenish child related to . re-
spectacle family When you are gone,
who do you think will keep yoH from sin,
as ] have done %
81 do not know, bat / think God will. |
often feel as if his arms were about me.
and voice whispering to me, that /
should be relieved from this oppression,
If aE good p
"And 90 you have told all the neigh
bors that you are oppressed, and treated
like q servant, have you ?"
"Oh, no how could /, when you have
forbidden me to speak to any Of them =?
Besides, have forgiven you"
"You talk Of forgiveness You an
unrsgenerated child . vile sinner %
"Not vile, ms'am, !" interrupted Emily,
an expression of conscious purity Anima-
ting her countenance, mot vile Oh,
mol / have always pure and sweet
thoughts, and I do not wish you any
evil. though Jon have never been kind to |
me-"
The enrsged woman could endure these
simple truths no longer. but with her