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During the late festive season, when those
who thought at ell, reflected th 4: eighteen hun,
diet ana forty y.three years sgo thai religion Of
The heart, bringing peace and good Vii oi. c.rih
came to soften the rigor OF The religion OF form
little gir, not SIX years sid, had been observed
eY a lonely LADY, citing day after day en- the
step ci door opposite to her house. It seemed
10 belong 70 nobody; but, at certain hour, there
twas, wrapped in an old shawl, crouched on the
cold stone, and rocking itself pensiyely back.
wards and forwards, more ike an ailing old NO.
man than child Other children played around
il, but this melancholy little being mingled not
in their sports, but sat silently and solitary.


Som afterwards it was seen to peep about the
area of the lady's house, and looked wistfully at
the kitchen wiadows. The lady, who was kind
10 children, thinking that the little girl might be
tying to attract her notice. opened the door sud-
denly, and offered it some gingerbread. When
the door opened there was strange, eager ex-
pression in the chilo's eyes; but when she cav
the lady she looked scared and Disappointed


The kind voice and manner soon reassured the
startled child, who thankfully took the Offering,
broke it up into little bits in her hand and car
rled it TO the doorstep opposite whe.e she again
took up her station Another child, seeing the
gingerbread came up to the solitary infant, who
gave the new conner some, and, by gestures, the
lady saw that she was informing the other child
whence the gift came. After waiting consid-
ereble time wihou: eating her gingerbread the
poor little girl rose dejectedly and went away,
still locking back at the house.


A day or two afterwards, the same child was
seen lingering about the pavement near the area,
and holding out bit Of sugar candy in It's tiny
fin gers through the rails.


The lady, who thought that the child was come
10 offer it out Of gratitude for the gingerbread,
went down into the area; and as soon as She ap-
peared, the child ran away. Soon again, how
ever, the child was az lis old station, the door
step opposite. The lady had mentioned this to
her only female servant as very odd, but received
no observation in reply.


Cnc morning the door was opened to receive a
piece OF furniture, and the same child again sud-
denly appeared, and advanced steallhily towards
tho door. The lady, who was near, said, " see
youn' when the child Immediately retrca!cd to
doorstep.


This is very extraordinary" said the lady to
her servant; &c [ cannot make out what that
child wants"


MADAM" SAID the servant, bursting into tears,
{" it is my child"


"Your child. But 60, bring her in. Where
does she live ln


"Wi.h my sister, and she goes to school.
have told ker never TO come here but the poor
thing ,0ill come every bit of play. she gets.
That day you thought she was offering you come
sugar candy, had been 10 the school and given
her q penny when school was over she came to
give NE Bit OF the sugar candy she had bought.
Oh, ma'dm, have mercy-forgive me! Do not
send me away.


Tha lady, who had known adversely, and was
not one OF those rigidly righteous people who for
ge. the first principle lnculcated by the divine
Author of The Chrlstian creed, looked grave, 1t Is
true, but did rot shrink from the lcwly sinner as
ii she mad the plague, although she had become a
mother before she had been made d wife, by the
gay cavalier whC had deceived end fnrsaken her.
Nor did she turn her out upon lie wide world, IN
the virtucus s;ernness of her Indignation. To the
great horror Of soma of her nejghbors, she told
ber servant that her child might come 10 see icr
every Sunday, beginning with the next. When
the child, who was no longer the mop!ng creature
which it had been before it was admitted to the
mother, heard ah;s, she immediately and anzi,us.
ly inquired, How many days and nights Is 1t 10
Sunday?


Some may sneer at this to me there is some.
thEE panlei!y sllectihg III lAe qoiet' 81 oo-
rneanor Of this offspring of Shame, tinidly watch
ing to obtain t. glimpse of her who had borne 1t,
at an age when happier children are never with
cut those greatest Of enjoyments, the caresses OF
mother Think of the misery Of the poor child,
driven from the marc instinct of longing for Its
parent, to the stcid demeanor of age, whilst the
other merry little ones were sporting around it
Think what she must have suffered, as she gazed,
day after day. at the ffowning door, that shut out
more than all the worlds yalue to her. Think Of
the suffering mother, dresding to lose, with her
place and character, the means Of supporting her
haplcss, prematurely old infant. Oh, man, man,
thou hast much TO answer for.


AN ELEGANT DEsIGN.-While Washington,
after serving his country faithfully for years. liv-
ed IN retirement at Mount Vernon, Mrs. Won
Berschel, an intimate friend OF the family, pre-.
scnted Mrs Washington on her illustrious hus-
bands birth day with an elegant fancy piece, de-
signed and executed by herself. The bust of the
hero was well painted, and the likeness tolerably
well preserved. Near it were the Three Sisters,
one of whom appeared TO be occupied in spinning
the thread OF his life-the second in winding it
and the third was withheld by the strong arm OF
the Genius of the Immortality from applying to
:. A. c.ol ebaors ,.,b;le Fame from her rdaman