Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-01-26
WHOLE NUMBER lO7.

spectacle. Do not kind reader associate
the establishment of the brave little Jen-
ME with the RESTRAINTS in the cities o,
/ the present time, where all sorts or men
enter at all hours Of the day and night,
and indulge in all sorts Of sensualities.
Hers was nothing Of this kind, but a
nice genteel eating house where both
sexes met, and partoOk Of refreshments,
in preference to eating in the miserable
lodgings they occupied. It was just the
kind Of a house that was then needed,
and was to the more refined seekers Of
gold, in that day, a "God send".
Jennie5 letters to her friends were an
swered sooner than she anticipated.
Her Uncle wrote kindly expressing deep
regret at not having sufficient money
Just then by hilaD to send, but added,
that as soon as he possibly could he
would, assist in defraying the expenses
Of the journey home. Jennie sighed as
she folded the old mans letter, to think
how long a time must elapse necessarily
before she could again see his honest
face. Poor child. she did not dream of
the trying ordeal through which she was
still destined to pass!
The vessel upon which Doctor CIai-
borne sailed was wrecked, and his name
was amongst those reported lost. For
days and nights Jennie abandoned her
self to the widest grief, and would
perhaps have beceme a prey to melan-
choly, if the saddened face Of her child
had not diverted her mind from her
own troubles. Paul Claiborne was a re-
markable boy, and inherited his moth
ers peculiar beauty. He was that char
aeter Of child that it is impossible to
pass without pausing to take a second
glance. His conversation was singular
~ interesting, perhaps from the fact
that he had never held intercourse with
other children, and Jennie in her lonely
condition had made a companion ofhim
and In this way. Paul had acquired a
ha0lt OF using words, and expressions
above his years. It was a rare thing for
a customer to take a meal in Mrs. Clai-
borne's resteraunt without holding a
eOlloquy with Paul.
Jennie did not know the powerful
hold her child asserted over her affee-
uons until she saw the rosy cheek grow
ing wan, and the brightness Of the low
ing eyes waxing dim. Paul could not
bear to see hismOther's passionate grief.
and the effect Of it soon began to tell M
on his physique, as have indicated.
Alarmed for the safety of her Iifes idol.
now dearer than ever, the young moth /
en-, in a great degree lost sight Of self. i
She had this bright, and beautiful child |
to live for and heneeforth her aim would !
be to accumulate means sufficient to
rear, and educate him, and perhaDs If
she eXerted herself to the utmost OF her
capacity, make him independent. So
with this impetus the brave little wo-
man worked on INCREASINGLY, and before
two years had elapsed had the satisfae-
lion Of seeing her efforts crowned with
success. She sold her little sbop and
bought one of the best houses, nearer
he center Of the ely. Her new dwell
ng she fitted up with taste and neatness. Il
After a while such was her increase in
business that she was enabled to hire /
servants who attended to ]
customers, thereby shielding her from q
he rude gaze Of strangers, as all were
more or less struck by her extraordinary {
'eauty. She had the good sense to see Il
bat there was a visible improvement }
'Oing on in the city, and that if she ad-
Lered to business there was nothing TO
revent her from becoming very veal b
by. Therefore she abandoned all idea o
freturing to the States until she had
equired sufficient money to make her L
rich. There was no av- a
rice connected with this desire. She g
7as working for the future good Of her v
hid, and that alone, her heart was a
uried with her husband, and her life p
-as now centered in the one object II
auI. She wrote to her Uncle declining Il
is assistance, assuring him Of the GER t,
Unity Of her business, and her intention a
returning to the States as soon as she Il
1uld realize enough to educate her boy, a
nd live with ease.
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