The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-30

. rvervwhere. l misdirected q letter
weet for the first time in my life.
~ :, : commit 4 murder Tomorrow:
Hal. here, may kill himself. We shali
then have added our mites 70 the annual u
n' 80 should like to see the statistics Of
+hoaoht and emotion: How far could
thov he carried. l wonder? I thought,
Yesterday, that I had found curious aS"n
and unique study-s phenomenal . cnar.
acter-but / dare say that close statlstics
wonld Give US class of the same kind
a. many in Cincinnati, so many IN New
York. in London, or Paris
"Who is your study-your phenome'
"Oh, only my washerwoman. she IS
an odd specimen an ancient game w4o
has heen yery handsome, and very rich:
! hol;eve. she comes after my solled
linen like a queen entering a penance-
oo,I IN a chapel, and bears it away with
tho air of Pharoah's daughter carrying
Va :" She has seen better days. them"
"Yes but is too proud to whine about
= .. learned Yesterday that she has
dauchter whom she supports IN com. !
fort # not elegance, by her labor I'll
:" Nice kind of daughter to live on
%' "That Is the odd part of it. The
mother keeps her in profound ignorance
nf har condition. The daughter is living
Nth a distant relative, and the old lady
oniv visits her once month, when, OF
conrse she is great lady again. She
has trumped up some plausible story Oh
!. q small income, suppose; ana so goes
, on. wearing herself out, that miss may
wear out silks and laces.' "'.
Self-den;al is virtue rare enough
. to be worthy of cultivation @j .t
ayes; l am obliged by my cons c'ence
to pay high prices for my washing, ous
; It IS not self-denial, think, so mucn as
pride. The ancient dame is too prou ~
to let even her daughter know how poor
a cha il. She doesn't mind me, because
y am stranger; and, she thinks ! know
noth;no about her. Her assumed name
:, and double-veil worn in the street are
disguise enough 49, -. .Ic,--. !. :,
The result Of this conversation was
N general desire, on cur part, to ASSIST the
cid, ladv in her labor-which. though
imposed by pride only, had, neverthe
~ less something Of nobility about it. !
k. agreed to employ her during my brle
i. stav, and Hal wished to 90 50 perma
ii nently. Max gave her our address, AM
r. when she came Hal recognized MRS
Bland. ,..,.t, .lls
, : A mistake in the character OF a lawye
she had trusted had been tatal 10 ne
rst fortune. Farms, houses, and, finally
ce money had been swallowed up IN lay
ed anti. to 90 into the pocket Of her Alto
= new. Reduced to poverty, she had SCI
Tor Flora to visit her relatives in Cincinnati
- without informing her of the truth. In
village where she had been So artist
at, cratic was no place to live in when 81
~ was penniless; so she soon 1ollo y
81 a Flora to town, and actually began,'i
fiftv.aye, to work for her bread n1',. !,
NJ The lesson was q terrible one, ana Il
~, anolopy she made to Hal when ne to
her WHO he was and the circumstanc
vas of their last meeting, was euro
mi compromise between conscience 81 !!
tho DIGNITY. He had not forgotten the
Md tere,t that Flora had taken in him, n
,alf that which she had aroused; and
hat only wished for an opportunity to sn q
har Mrs. Bland that there was dlgn
TX. which coarse garments and un " 'li'
~" tual pursuits could not tarnish. 49,
~. The family with whom Flora Nv
~ ~ was one of the most respectable in Y
~. .uo c;nnati :. but it was not very difficult
NOV No." Hal. well-to-do; and cultivated as
' ""'. was, to become acquainted with !, the 9
he Flora remembered him-she oiusl
ph; when she heard his name ORG
SON. ened up and became vivacious vines
,oa chatted with him of their first meeh
that and conversations. In short, 1ey
, Sa came intimate, far more intimate y
'II at first, and Mrs. Bland ceased to
,een washing, while g. new suit was opeDl
mi, ' in her behalf by Hal for the recover!
o ars II I might 20 on and tell further Diet
vedp of this singular episode, OF the suc'
they Of tne lawsuit ahS sno H." ~ ,o; sf.a
iohal old laay 1learnsa ll ~ . ~. N
10 , ot finish my writing and prepare i q
i, ! morrow's Journey, . trip to Clnclnr
!: ,,.,h ~ whittier I am invited to attend :. ,
W. W. ding. The invitation terminates u
'a.nt any up. S.-Flora, who is looking
= "n w. nv shoulder, sends her regards,
-. saws: Tell him he must come.
s : ~. warn you not to refuse that mane
su.y and remain, as ever, ETC., , s,.l y
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