The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-08

:, DdrIOFS, the W6ll-ullGQ
i broad stairways, and the
Y luXuries of her English
o that al her cheerful ways
y words were Only-tO vi
e phraSe-make believe.
o Well, if they weres saw
person able to do up thatfkind of .tsfil
: to such perfection as she did. 81
D quite imposed upon her father; he b
, Iieved at last that his failure had bee
I Il blessing to her, and that its i'll col
sequences had passed harmlessly OY
4 her rad. l knew better than tina
but then, as she said, she was your
{ and strong, and hoped she would I
t strong enough to bear the burden 81
t had taken upon herself.
As to Mr.. Harrison, he sank into
kind of lethargy for while, and the
l he suddenly awOke to the fact that
: was necessary that he should make a
effort. One morning after breakfas
he said: q am going out, Lucy,
look for a situation. l might take
clerks situation for while, until some
Ahingf Rtter offered"
- Sh6sAniled brightly, and told hiT
that she was very glad, and that n
doubt that it would be q stepping-stOn
to something better, and her dear ia
ther would be prospered in the futur
as he had been III the past.
And then, when the door ciased
she had removed the things
breakfast-table, and put thG ls=zs
lOr in order, and had given heal
/ ton to all the matters belonging
little hOuAchOld, she drew her
stand up tOt the fire, and SOW
/ very steadily ;<and as
ticed that her face
( eXpressiOn-a lOOk
The brightness had
and she was paIe and
/ looked dark and q
though l chirped
strains, at its cOncl
melancholy and hom
pleasant feeling, Lean
At one o'clock Mr..
home in a despOnding
- You see, my deagSS
ness is unsettled at pT
are discharging theirN
of taking Il new one
bring letf' Naf introdus
many diff :ulties1in
gers are looked
our chances
don't know
" Well,
- You wi
J'he
mount
"It :
doubt
be SO, and as a.
take my dinner i
She brOughjAjer5Ndifh
tanned him while the. .pWGs
bic; but he told her very
mornings adventures he
he thought he would rest; q
ing a silk handkerchief or
he was soon, in his dreams
O. 4 prosperous business. anu
of his own, heavily, Laden wiz
dancing o. - the blue
to foreign ports, ire they
leave their wares, ;f1d then hurry
with the merchants gold.
Well, somebody has said
" dreams are but echoes Of our wa g
thOughts.D These dreams were 10
certainly likely to be realized, and ~
HarrisOn's thoughts before he went 10
sleep could hardly have been of such a
character as to justify them and as to
Lucy, | don't think that if her thoughts
WereGechoed to her in her dreams, they
would have given her any pleasure at
all, for she had Il faculty Of trying to
look ahead on the sea of life, and, Just
then looking, she couldn't see anything
but breakers and as those breakers
were heavy and rough, and beat against
a rocky coast, the dim. uncertain light
that struggled across the waste ofSwa-
ters from the lighthouse, gaves s.hut
little comfort; for il c"lE~seTvS1755 to
show her the dangers or the coast, and
that coast was oNerty-withOHt point
ing out the means by which she might
eEcaDp from if (
= - [ must see what can do, - she said,
las she stopped sewing for Il few min
utes, and looked at the fire. Our
money is nearly all gone, and if
Should sell my watch, and the few arti-
cles of jewClTy have, the little SHOULD
get for them would soon go, too. We
must find the means to live ;" and then
she sighed. " l might get a situation
as daily gOvernness, or give music lesT
sons:U and then she read carefully
through the long columns of advertise
ments i'll one of the daily papers, anda
after cutting out two or three Of them
and putting them in her purse, she
sewed OH steadily till the light began
to fade in the west, and then she light
ed a lamp, and stirred up the hre to
make the room look cheerful ana plea
SAINT, and her father awOkei quite re-
freshed with his nan, and they had tea.
\ stranger looking in uponA them
would have thought hat they5were
very happy-the old man and his
daughter-that thev were in what is
called middIing circumstances, and
that they hadn't either of them sin
gle thought of care to sadden their
lives. In fact they locke / so cheerful,
that | was ALMOST deceived myself A;
and as they seemed determined to
make the best of every thing, L assisted
them to my utmOst ability by singing,
with great power. my sweetest stains,
and filling the room with melody, that,
in my humble opinion, rIvaIled- any
Opera-EngliSh or Italian. 1--gs--N -
Then morning the merchant went
out again, and Lucy prepared to follow
his example. AS I had determined al
ways to be with her, l quietly climbed
into her watch~pOcket, and we set of
very comfortably together. She walk
ed long way, and then rang The door
bell of handsome villa in a retired
street. -
After waiting a few minutes III an
elegantly furnished parlOr, a lady en-
tered, dressed i'll a flowing white wrap
per, from which fiOated a quantity of
trimmings of lace and and ribbons ;
"ud, locking languidly at her 9yOung
visitor for n few seconds, said ;" All l
suppose you have come after the nur-
sery maids place? 1t was filled TO my
satisfaction yesterday. l don't think
YOU would have suited in any case
Lucy, very much surprised and dis
tressed by her reception, said she must
have been mistaken iii the number OF
the house; the xsituation she was APP
plying for was that of governess." -
/" Governess All! yes; l do want
Il gOverness; but, really" observed the
lady, - should not have supposed
that YOU were fitted for that from yOuI
appearance. l require Il great deal
from my gOVernesS; my daughters are
almost Young ladies. They have some
knowledge Of music, and French, and