Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-11-28
DEATH AT Tue TOILET.


er; I ecill go TO Mrs. BIS party
TO night, IL I die for it-that's all
I'll goi You know as well as dc
that Mr.. T will call for me at s
O'Clock this evening, and he's going
to leave Town to- morrow, so up &C
to dress"
annette, why wilt you be 80 ob
stinate You know how poorly
you have been all the week {; and
DR.. L-says that late hours are
the worst thing In the world fol
you"
"Pshaw, motherl nonsense, non
sense"
"Be persuaded for once, my
daughter. I beg of you Oh, dear,
dear, what o night it is, too-it
pours rain like pitchtorks, and blows
4 perfect hurricane You'll get
wet, v child, and catch cold, you
may rely upon it. Come now,
won't you stop at home With me to-
night, daughter ? o yes, do be
good and stay!
'pI have lots Of nights to be
home with you, and I'll go to Mrs.
B-'s party tonight if it rains
cats and dogs along with pitch
forks"
Such were, very nearly, the ~ordt
and such was the manner, in which
Miss A. D. expressed her de-
termination to act iu de6ance OF
her too indulgent parents wishes
and entreaties.
She was the only child Of her
widowed mother, and had but a
few weeks before completed her
twentieth year, with yet-uOtwith-
standing her many vain endeavcrs--
no other prospect before her but
that of single blessedness-
Certainly, the twentieth year may
be generally considered the time OF
life when female beauty Uegins to
blossom into real loyeliness, il the
former years have been occupied in
acquiring useful knowledge and the
principles Of Christian duty. Bat
when the seeds of vanity, folly and
deceit are sown in the nursery, SnI
Eourished at home and at school by
fiirtations, useless visits and the
immortal current iiteratUpe Of the
age, the essence OF a girls youth,
never guarded by modesty, may be
properly expected to vanish with
Der teens. Although belonging to
Il respectable family, and by nature
endowed withEa rich fund Of intel-
lcctual ability, weaker, more
frivolous and cOnceited creature
than Miss A. D it would be
,yely hard to find. She was the tor
ment of The ncrveless parent, and
the nuisance Of acquaintances.
Her mothers circumstances were
very strained, sufficing barely to
enable them to maintain a position
IN what is called respectable socie-
" nevertheless, this young wo-
man continued, by come means or
other, to crafty her perchant for
dress, and gadded about here, and
there. and everywhere the most
gaudily attired young person in the
neighborhood, Though far from
having pretty tace or fair figure,
FOR she was both STOPPED and bOnsY,
vet she believed herself handsome
and 10y vulgar, tiippant forward
ness, especially when mixed in con-
panY, extorted such attentions, as
persuaded her that others thought
sl,e was good looking.
For two years she had heen an &C.
casloual patient of mine. The settled
paIlor, the tallowyness Of her COM
,lexlon, conjointly with other SYM
toms, evidenced the existance Of
stomach and liver complaint {; and
The last visit | paid her was in con-
$, quence of frequent sensations of
oppression and pain in the chest,
which plainly indicated some or
gani, disease of the heart.
saw enough to warrant zoe in
warning her mother OF the possibili-
" of her daughters sudden death
from this cause, and the imminent
,eril which she exnosed herself to
t,y dancing, late hours, &C., hut
Mrs. D-'S remOnstrances, gen.
tie AMI affectlonate as they were
always, were thrown away upon her
neadstrong daughter.
It was striking six By the clock
in the Methodist Church. when Miss
A. D, humming the words of a
oopular song, lighted her lamp and
withdrew to her room to dress. In
a few moments she called Sarah,
the hired gill, and gave her sound
raking for not having starched and
ironed some article Of dress that
she had intended to put on that
evening.