Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-09-13
SIOUX CITY, IOWA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1862.
"You have . kind heart, sir, and l
thank you for your kindness"

"You have kind heart, sir, and
thank you for your kindness"
Just then her daughter came home.
i" It is Ellen," said Susan, "my eldes
child. She is working in straw factory
and gets good wages" ta-
"But fear, Ellen, you are fatigued to
day = .a#. s4.. 50.
ssOh, no, upther!" And she bowed
eourteously to me- "OnIy little hun
gry:"
The little one that opened the door fo,
me jumped up immediately sDd spread E
ceant tn on the table.
Susa, requested me to stay and pav.aks
Of their humble dinner, to which assent
ed. A plate Of potatoes bread and tea
were ALL but to me it was luxurious din
ner, for ate with those loved.
Ellen was slight darh'eyed girl, moi
beautiful, but intelligent and pleasing, ard
was delighted with my intended heiress
An hour soon passed Ellen went to
the factory, and drawing my chair closer
to my sister took her hand in mine, and
looking her steadily in the face, said
Susie, why did you not mary the Pres
ident7" (for you see | could not keep the
cat in the bag any longer.)
Her first impulse had been to raise up
in anger She 10 oked me steadily in the
face and grew deadly pale l feared she
would faint, and cried:
Susie, don't! 1t is your brother,
Harry
1t was useless; there she lay in my
b.I,,1nss child opI litIin All
crying:
"Oh, mother mother You have killed
my mother!'
'"No such thing said l, as dashed a
cup OF water in her face. BY any by all
was right again. Susan was satisfied that
was her brother. | told my whim of
wishing to remain unknown to Jack and
his wife. whom had not as yet seen and
told Sue to get ready to move, and asked
where should find Peter. She told me
that he was porter-managing to exist,
and that was all Ono of those unfortu.
nate step sons of fortune with whom moth
ing prospers, but honest and respectable
withal. His wife could scarcely tolerate
her own husband, aud would have died
with notification, if Peter, in his coarse
sniia al nl~thns, had dared tn escort her as
a sister
was sick Of these fol DC rol airs-,nis
aping of aristocracy, and became more
anxious than ever to put damper on
their conceit | wished Susan good by,
for little while, and went toward the
business part of the city. Who should
brush against but the identical man was
seeking. recognized him at once and
called out:
"Halloo, Peter' stop; can't You old
boy 2" laughed till the tears ran down
my cheeks at his looks of astonishment.-
At last he slowly calculated:
" Are you Harry, or are you not ?"
"The veritable o.e," said |.
Why it was pleasant, this morning
Peter 5 heart was in the right place We
went into porter house, and had good
talk together-settled all our plans-then
separated; Peter to give warning TO his
employer, and go in search of dwelling.
This was soon found, aud an upholsterer
dispatched to furnish it. My next step
was to procure equippage and horses. A
week WAS sufficient to put my establish
ment in complete order, and then sending
for my sister and neices, installed Susan
as the mistress of the mansion.
l. was now time to call on Jack. He
was no. at home, but his wife was. She
received me very ceremoniously and beck
oned me to a chair. Heiress was written
on every muscle of her countenance One
look of those bold eyes and rigid mouth
was enough for me to know what poor
sister must have suffered from her AFRO.
gance. She grew a1able however, when
presented her with a fan made from the
teeth Of an elephant. and inla!d with ru-
bies end turquoise.
Wishing to probe her heart little
asked if Mrs. Clelland was living i'll New
York.
Drawing herself up. she said:
l cant inform you where the person
you speak of lives. In marrying Mr..
Chandler | did not marry his rela''aas.--
These could not raise to my levs.
g But she is not very poor?" Pcr-ts.a1
in saying. s-
"Sir, am not acquainted with ths ,ta.e
of her circumstances.
"Ah, madam" l playfully rejoined,
" you will not confess your good acts. !
am sure she is indebted to you for every
comfort
"Obligs me, Mr. Sampson, by dropping
the conversation"
begged thousand parions, and then
went on to say that had determined to
settle in New York, and had already taken
a house, and would issue, under her pat
ronage, cards, on the fourteenth, for
large ball and supper. She consented
very eraciously to invite the elite. So
ended my visit
The slave Of the magic lamp is money
The evening OF the ball arrived-my
sister wore white dress, woven with
golden violets, bird Of paradise plume
gracefully arrayed in her soft fine hair
An aigrette Of diamonds fastened it firm
ly-thst | attached to the plume with my
own hands. Though over forty years of
age, she still was lovely woman. But
Ellen was perfect gem, so graceful and
self possessed in her simple white dress
and oriental pearls. And there was little
fairy Mary, too, dancing about with delight.
was happy man not the less, that had
the power to humble The pride o! tina. hard
woman