New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-02

welcome with ihnmbIe courtesy. He told them
the purpose of his errand, and spoke wlth ORA il
matte pathos Of the life and crnclllXlOn OF OuI
Saviour. They listened with Tapt attention anu
evident wonder to the ministers SOY; gnu h
uttered the most artess astOnishDGid az uHe
tragic sacrifice Which he depicted. lie Was ~
his turn, amazed at tue RECEPTION giren roS w
ing the extent Of their previous knowledge Oh
the mission OF ChTlst. l. Ill.,. clo,1d
we poor creatures know anything OF T'iI K;n 10
going on in the world! What cOnld k'hR
George and Mr.. Pitt bc thinking about 10 alloW s
such dreadful thing To happen no ono ever
comes here to tell us any news! ILL.,.
GNcwsr exclaimed the mlhlstCT MIaO
| | have been telling you Occutreu elShV-Vl nun
| bred years ago" r Al.
marry Immediately relaxed VI. cXplc sslon Oh
painful sympathy ana gVmg Icon pi as if
| her mind was released from weight OF anxiety,
| she remarked in q tone of bland ana urOanS
consolation. LOr, sir Us you say It. happeneu
| 80 long ago, let us hope It Ism c truc 1850
Could the simplicity Of Ignorance taKc HloIe
| battling and embarrassing shape to the puIpoSe
! and intelligence Of an Instructor
Within q hundred miles q Temarkahle
conversion was wrought 10y bright ana Dcau-
tiful child OF about hve years OF aEC, mn' ,i Luz
mother of this daI ling, was strict Incthoulc'u
| Iodv. who entertained extreme views respecting
| the severe observance oil the Sabuath. Any
| thing like mundane enjoyment on that hOly uay
| was Considered proclamation, and consequently
the little daughter was no: allowed on Huhoiys -
! to amuse herself with her doll. DevOut lessons
and solemn duties we're the gloomy OldCr OF tIe
Gav. Int even this stern Odisciplinc could not
repTess the childish instincts or dlm the
brightness of the lively child ; she SIMPLY ana
giavely acQuicsCed in gllm fatt WhIel sle ~
gaydcd as inevitable and nscTutaDlC. L unCi''dhh
0s the first dav Of the week came round, the doll
o,I ali -onhQruqIIa were regularly kuIItu-
dcfed and decor Ously hidden away IN drawer
In due course of time there arrived IN the iamhyA
real live baby, which certainly occupied as hGcp
of its mothers attention on sundays as OH oileL
DAYS of the week. The little heroine ot our
story intently observed the treatment Whci the
infant experienced, and she was naturally puZ-
zled by the inCOngluiiy 80 manifest p,tNtcn
the nursing indulgence taken DY hcr hiolIlcI oH
Sundays, and the alitl-matcIn'u peuahVc IAe-
scTibld for herself.
After matureiy considering the situation nm
Ger all its asTects cur bright little l0@iCan
daltad at the conclusion that she Was ire victim
Of an arbitrary and inconsistent dlspchSatlGn' :
so she boldly determined to assert hSr ilSn,S
aud expose the anomaly which she had d!sc0V-
cred accordingly she eXpostu!ated Will ETr
mother III this innocent, but unanSWclapic
style -" Mamma, why don't YOU PM your con
away III the drawer on Sundaysf Inns mo"r
of areumcnlative appeal was too conclusive ana
embarrassing tO be answered or rcsiSied; ana
am happy to be able To record thai on sllDSc-
ouent Sundays the doll was couGdcd to the
affectiOuate arms Of our tIiGmpnaht niue
casiIlst.
| was only ten years of age when went to
live under the care of my relatives at Great
Cotwyn. One fine Gay an aunt ut mime lhVHcI
me TO accompany her to Gail upon Miss Dale, OF
Gurlcy, who, | was told was an Invalid. Ac-
curdingly we Wen. Pr tty Walk OF ABOUT wv
miles across the fields, and whcn We arrived az
our destination, We were ushelcd into the bed
room of the yOang lady.
There. on luxurious feather bed. lay a
beautiful and interesting Glrl, certainly nos
looking particularly intirm; n collect as VI
Vidlv as IL had behCld them yesterday, her
smooth, rich auburn hair, peeping out from nm
der a fashionable and attractive lace cap, her
fine. delicatrly shared nose, her pretty. 6iGc
eyes her pale complexion, her soft ana slightly
attenuated hand and | well remember the
tones of her gentle winsome voice.
All the appointments OF her, room were
charmingy In keeping with the lovely person.
whom | Immediately began secretly TO com
passionate. noticed that flowers decorated
every convenient spot, and that the shcets, cur
tains, aud pillOwcaSes, were as white " as me
driven SNOW" Such whlttn .SS OF llncn cOlld
Ouly be produced and seen in The ncaIcst OF coun-
try abodcS. Young as was, felt my SYM
pathies touched 10y the tender ana beWlicllhg
invalid whom | gaZcd at with hoyish adnl'ra-
tjon. Nv aunt was su,pciously rctIcent respect
ing the 1naady from winch lie young iafy was
sunnoqcd to be suffering, but it vas disclosed to
me some time after my visit
Miss Dale had formed an impIUdcnt attach
ment to a handsome cOaChnan Ill neigiDol-
iug titled family; the intimacy was nr0mblttd
The girl immediately took to her bed, ami
vowed that she would never leave her room
till she was allowed TO marry the mAh o1 hrr
choice Seven long years she spent ID thlS Oh
stin1tp and voluntary imprisonment. SIlc 0cci-
nicI her time in reading and writing, i'll plain
and ornamental neodle-WOrk, ara especially ID
making herself look fascinating 10y III" most
| scrupulous regard for simple personal GdOln-
| menI The fact that her Lair was auburn ought
not to excite any suspicion OF her moral quail
| ties, as fortunately she lived I'D the good ola
| DAYS before il popular novelist taught that an
burn hair betOkened i'll Its pOsSess0r llyciy IN
| cllnatiOn to violate the dccalOgue. MY nero
| inc was kind and VirtuOus, and / believe bcr
only fault or mistake was this one OF detcrlnlli-
| ing to have her own way in her love aiialiS TO
| keep Ter VOW, and to set her poor Old pima IA
| ther at defiance.
At last her father died, and then-what do
you imagine she didf You VIII never guess
| rightly, so will tell you. She rose from her
| bed left her room, and actually marrIcd-nOt
| the man for whose sake she had undergone
such a long course of penance aud elf-lncaIcc-
ration, but-sOmeOne else, n pupil on her
| years afteTWard.
The strange love affairs Of Great COtwyn
| were not always conducted in tins comic fash
ion. was cOeliizant of dismal tragedy which
| happened Ill tins nelghD0rhnOu, auO WHICH L
| will narrato briefly and literally:
Squire Helwortly, who farlned his own estate
ans hunted in sc2rlct," was n wdowcr with
several children HIS daughter, MaFy, was Il
fine, we'll grown, powerful gnl, and as accom-,
plished as good county bEardi,nssGtiGoi
NAV the Battle of Prague" effectively, and beat
her brother ut a hurdIerace; she could jump as
nimbly rs kangaroo. She was Il favOlite with
men, but not with her own sex; she was retl,,
| q unH Golf -WillpU- and tnCIp Ntlk q look OIL
| mournfllucss combined With determination in
her eve, and a firm expression about her chin,
| which made n careful observer apprehensiyc
that Ter future career would be marked by
some bitter and uncommon experiences Attei
leaving school in tic hey day of youth ard