The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-10-17

We are slaves to one another-wo
dare not take counsel Of our conscicn
ces and affections, but must needs
suffer popular prejudice and custom
to decide for us, aud at their bidding !
are sacrificing love aud friendship,
all Tho best hopes OF our lives We
do not ask what is right and best for
us, but what will folks say Of it. How
few dare to seek their own happiness
by the lights WHICH God has given
them7or have strength to defy the
false pride aud prejudice Of the world
and stand fast in thelilerty of Chris,
tiaus. Can anything be moro pi;ias
bio than the sight of so uauy who
should be ehoosers and creators unI
der God Of their own spheres Of uhl-
ity and happiness, sslf- degfaded into
mere slaves of propriety aud custom
their true natures unaevelopcd,
their acarts crampof aud shut pp,
each afraid Of his noighbor, aud bis
ucighbor Of him, living life of real-
| lity, decciving aud being deceived
aud forever walking in a vain show
Here, now, We have just left mar
ried couple who are happy because
they have taken counsel Of their hon,
est affections, rather than. the opin-
ions of the multitude, aud have dar-
cd to be true TO themselves in def
ance of impertineDt gossip. '.n
"You alude to young farmer Bar
net aud his wife, Tsupposo," " said |.
"Ycs, Twill give you their cases
as an illustration. Julia Atkins was
the daughter of Ensign Atkins, who
lived on the mill road, just above
Deacon Warmers. When she was ten
years old her mother died. and in a
few months afterwards her father
married Polly Virgins, the tailorcss,
a selfish, shrewd, managing woman
Julia, poor girl had hard time Of III
for the Ensign, although kind and
aflectionato man naturally, was too
weak and yielding. to interposc be-
tween her aud his strong minded and
sharp.tongued wife. She had one
friend however, who wasalways ready
to sympathizo with her. yRobert
Barnet was the son. of tho next door
neighbor, about ten years 'olderGt than
herself They had grown up togcth
cr as school companions and play
mates; aud oftOn IN my driSSs I S,qt
to meet them, coming home hand t'
hand from school, or from the woods
with berries and nuts, talkiug ans
laughing as if there was no. seoldini
stepmothers in tho world. ,... ao9n.
1t SO happened that when julia wa
in her 18th year, there eanre a fam
GUS writing master 70 Pecawid. II,
wass snowy, dashing fellow, with !
fashionable dress, q wicked eye, apt
4 tongue like the old scrpentslNher
tempting our grand mother, nJpli
was one of his scholars, aud perhap
the prettiest of them all. Tho rasco
singled her out from the first, and tn
better to accomplish his purpose, h,
left the tavern and>took lodging a
the Ensign's. Hc soon saw hoy
matters stood in tho family, and gov
L erncd himself accordingly takipg qs
d pecial pains TO conciliate the ruliu,
authority lThe Ehsignss w36 Hate
young Barnet, and wished to get ric
Of her dqpght9tini law, The writipi
master therefore had o fair, field, II,
flattered the poor girldby his ,attsn
tiohs, and praisedrhcr bebuty.g He
moral training had rot fitted her t
yNhstapG this ssductive influence; .,
I mothcr's love- with its quick, ,iustipct
i've sense OF dungor threateding il
object, ihterpOscd between her and tn
temPter, Her old friend and play
mste-he who could alone save he
had been rudcly repulsed from oth
house by her mothef.ip lawj and in
dignant and disgusted he retired ffou
all competition with his formiddbl
rival Thus abandoned to her own, UP
disciplined imagination, with tho in
expeiienco Of a'cMld and the passion
F Of a woman, she was deceived by falls
prolqpees, beRiAlrodi fascinated, an,
beguiled into 'sin. .airo7oo eiT .sa,
is the same old story Of woman
eQnGdeDce and man : duplioity, III
rascalls writing master, under pre-
tencc ofvisiting aineighhoring itnwE
J left hisolodgings and never returned
The last I hedfd'of him h6 was in
, Western oPsgitaptipFy 4 Poor JUL
driven inidisgEaes from her father
, house, at aast found, refuge init
J dwelling of an old woman Of no yer
: creditables characters There I iva
! called toCvisit her; and aishough no
I. unused 70 scenes Of Suffering and sol
row 4. had meyer before witnesse
= such an ltter,abapdonmest of grIe
shame and remorse. peAlas whhtsoi
row was like unto her sorrow 2 Tn
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