New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-02
Chapter H.

Six months after the last scene Of the
former chapter the quiet, hOme-like man
sion of the Fosters was brilliantly lighted
up; every tree and shrub fickered with
various cOlored lights; the hall and porches
were dazzling, while the spacious parlors
were mellowed and soft in their light, and
quiet was the group of loving friends
within them awaiting the appearance of the
bridal party.
Nellie, the beloved Of all, was that night
to wed her life to that of Edward Lott, the
most distinguished young lawyer then at
the Mississippi bar After his marriage
he was to return to the Crescent
city, and open his theatre Of action
In his native place; he no longer feared the
talent accumulated in the first city of the
South. In the course of society Nellie Lott
never forgot in its intoxicatiOn the true
mission of woman, that is, to help the poor,
lift up the broken hearted, and reach out o
helping hand to the penitent sinner. And
while her home was the nucleus around
which her heart ever chung, she was to be
found part of each day in the humble
abodes of the poor and suffering ones Of our
city. Let us enter with her into yon shan
ty-nay, almost howell. She picks her way
to the side of the rough bed through litter
and dirt, and though she raises her skirts
from contact with it, no look of disgust
painfully reminds the sufferer of the differ
ence between them. Nellie watches the
invalid closely for few moments, then
busies herself with attending to her suffer
ings; and lastly, with the aid Of a brisk
servant, perfect cleanliness is soon
restored. What magic there is in
the hand Of true, earnest, gen
tie woman. A few days suficed to en-
list Nellie's heart in this case above all 9th.
ers, for the invalid was an educated woman,
and had a little son whose mind was very
bright, although the little frame was stinted
aud shrunken from neglect and want.
Then there was fixed hardness and Bit
terness against life which betokeued years
of disappointment and suffering that went
straight to the heart Of Nellie Lott, and
made her resolve 70 spare no EFFORT to
smooth life for her, and soften her tFied
spirit, and by kindness and appreciation to
win her back to the gentleness Of trusting
womanhood. Because her own life was
cast amid purling streams and fowery
banks, Nellie Lott forgot not al the suffer
ing which 50 often makes human life
wretched. Her mind often turAed back to
the hour when she lay an orphan babe In
the garden of the wealthy stranger, and as
she reads over the touching appeal
traced By the cold hand Of her
dying mother to save her darling babe from
the severe routine Of q lie in an Asylum,
and from the abundance Of their wealth 10
az the helpless one for Independence and
usefulness, she felt that there was strong
link between her and the suffering ones Of
earth, and ferventiy thanked God that he
had given her means 70 relieve such S'rhen,
too, there were times when this Suffering
woman bore aresamblance to some face she
had formerly known, and though she oonld
not recall that face, ahe felt that the re-
ssmhlance WAS allied 10 some conpaninn Of
her girlhood, and this too Stimulated her
interest IN the suffering woman, By tbs
inn dsy the patient had 50 far recovered a.
TO be sitting np, and IS Nellie Lott turned
from her door she had aucoesdea in traelmg
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