The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-09
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. SATURDAY., FEBRUARY 0. lsel

was taking tea with her one evening,
when q letter from d lawyer was brought
Eby the postman, requesting her 10 meet
him at his Office in the city Of Norwich on
| the following day and inclosing fiye.pound
note for her expenses We, % course,
talked over ard wondered what this could
4 possibly portend; aud she laughed hearth
Ely when 4 snggcsted that she must have
fallen heir 70 some largeproperty and said
/ that t'shes had not a relation the world
! who was not as poor if not poorer, than
herself However, the next morning
she hired q conveyance and started on
her journey. quite. an event lii her unefrnt.
ttul life. She was absent two DAYS. and
then returned with tho welcome titiinss
Ithat an old uncle, whom she scarcely re.
collected, and who had gone 20 India
when she was quite a child; bad there.
died and left her; rs the only child or a
| tarofitc sister, the inunifcent income Of
4 Sc, 600 per anuum. The calm manner
in which Miss Thorne told me ofthis, Ger.
tainly puzzled me, for such d Sudden step
from poverty 10 wealth was sufficient To.
Ehayeoferwhclnred amucli stronger minded
person. ....: \: Fl: .-
Ofcourse the news soon spread through
the town and surrounding neighboFhoed,
and tile poor, friendlcss old maid. rose
Gl2,000 in the estimation a her wealthy
Fneighbors; she must now, as . matter Of
course, be taken under tlieir august pat.
.ronage;; they could afford now To overlook
all her eccentrtciiies, Itwas astonishing
Ito see with what rapidity friends aud ac.I
Iquaintances rose up, now that she needed
ineither notice nor assistance. ... ...@ B
The FIRST thing effected BY Miss Thornp1
was the purchase Of q pretty and comfort
able house, about d mile out Of town,
| which she had furnished with every con
yenience; hired . respectable man and his
wife, with their eldest daughter as house
] maid, to live with her; bought a neat lit
tile cllrriage and two ponies; and settled
I down qaietiy.!to the enjoyment OF the
/ bright ctlange in her lie. She was, OF
/ course, besiegea with callers, whose at.
vabccs she met With potifenessi aud their.
I congratulations with kindness. After d
I short period had elapsed, each lady re-.
ceived card left BY Miss ThorHe's foot.
man, ON which was printed, in gold letters,
tEt2, 900 . year. Every one was at u
7 loss 10, know what this could possibly
ilncanI aud various werg the eoHlecturcs
and consultations upon the suhject At
! last, one lady, holder in her curiosity than
, the rest, undertook 10 solve the mystery
by caiItas On Miss ThoFne and requesting
an explanation. Miss Th0rue's, answer
wns ~ .eh0ract nrfatjc al herself. that ]
give Is in lrct ex,tct WORDS :. r. =. =
r.. /" A,tdUi0,I have uaw resided In this
T! ttewF 'tlr i llerip,l a: sfgcea years; during
tilat tina ttfR ha4 tetii pie cul,vtant strug-
: she. ! b&rc Ggen sergfat tffpes Frustrated
. ty lrfy severe sickness, ana yet no lady
/ thought lao worthy of coming under my
root ! have frequently. suffered both
from ce|l and hnnger, but / received from
! these taliics neithrr. help nor sympathy
! In the ,honse Of God ! might have stood
| the whole service, ere your friends would
! have offered me a seat in their pcws. How
lis il, thea, that my rpceHt inheritance has
/ so changed me2 L aai not aware Of ii
mySelf;:l an still the plain old maid; and
surely II, during fifteen years, my conduct.
has been such as moi to merit The uotice
now offered me, | cannot see how n for
tune unexpectedly possessed, can have SO
suddenly rendered ME lit object for your
patronage. | therefore came to the con-
clisien that it was. on MY Eli, 900 a year
you oil called, aud not on me; my wealth
returned your call, and here the ulIsought,
funwshea,fUr acquaintance must drop, for
: il is not in paHpering the rich and the
great that my wealth will be used, but in
teaching the ignorant, feeding the hungry,
clothing the naked, aud visiting the widow
! and futhericSs child In the novels Of
! rho poor and wrctched, at the bedsides
Of the sick and dyiug--therc's my place
for the remainder of my existence; and
| bless my God that lie has seen CT to
make nc the stewartless Of such wealth,
and / bumbly pray that j may not, at
His judgment seat, have TO answer for
one misspent pound, have known what
/ il is TO eat the bitter bread Of poverty too
long not to wish to relieve il; and may
my future life be spent in uneeasing graft.
/ tude 10 the GiVer Of all coed, which can
only be done by dispensing with liberal
hand His bouateous gift to mcp - =
t And nohly did Miss Thorne keep her
word. Many families are living In Eng
land this day, who were snatched from
inter ruin, aud owe their past and present
prosperity to Miss Thorne's fortunate in.
Iheritanee Of el2, 600 per: anmm, -C@-
/ London FrOtdtgPc. T.. F.. a. =. =. r.. g..