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    TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT CHAT*WOMEN. 191

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    Chapter I. My Experiences Of The Class.

    was told slie had been the best servant in a country town , and I thought her one of the most attractive persons winter I had ever seen .

    punctuall I engaged She was y , her as I the , may and clock for say , a struck a whole perfect seven year servant , , twice wet or , a and dry week , thoroug came hl or Elizabeth y summer satisfied . ,

    even Elizabeth my mother needed , who no instruction never interfered . During , frankly the time acknowled she was ging with that us she exhibited the most singular fondness for a little orphan girl , that

    who was staying at our house , and though we felt surprised Elizabeth of children , whose we rather home was encouraged with elderl the y little people one , should ' s regard be so for fond our

    , charwoman , because it seemed to make both so happy . fixed At for last her Elizabeth wedding told and us we , with rejoiced many in blushes her prospects , that a while time was

    regretting in her new our home loss . and According , to utter to promise astonishment , I went a to lovel see little Elizabeth irl , my y g

    of four years old , , and the bride ' s very image , was lying on the Elizabeth bridegroom said ' s lap " asleep She is . mine In . answer I always to my thoug inquiring ht you g knew lance , , miss poor

    husband but I see gave now her , you a did kind not look . " , The and g , irl bending 's face down was crimson , kissed , the but little her ,

    and sleeper I then gave , she my asked offering me towards to and the look new home -stairs into in Elizabeth order to ' s hand lain . , upexp

    It was the old tale . Her go beauty had attracted one above her , who was that little irl ' s father . Butpoor thing ! she had nobly and

    g , receive honestly aid labore from d him to retrieve who had the tempted past , her and , from refusing the ri even ght path to see , had or

    worked " She day had b never y day intended for bread to . deceive us" she said ; " she thought

    , every one knew . " She always believed that we did not wish to notice it at all , and of course she would not speak of her poor _childs

    Her husband had always known of its existence , and I fancy had ; wooed her through the child , by continually showing kindness ,

    to it . What a tale it was ! And so hard to believe , for there was a ,

    purity of manner and propriety of speech about Elizabeth rarely ta be met with . Poor irl ! Her one fall into the moral slough hadl

    _niade her dread and g hate the very approach to it , and I thanked God that she had found strength to rise and stand .

    How easy it became to comprehend why she had lavished so , much regard on our little han guest . It had been in Elizabeth ' s ,

    eyes the representative of orp her own absent baby , the recipient of a mother ' s arning love . I felt—how could I help it?—a great

    esteem for ye this young woman , who , without in any way defending what -was wrong , had struggled to regain the right path , and to

    win back not only the world's good opinion , but her own self _* respect . I ought also to have said that her child's father was dead

    when she became a wife .

    Two Chapters About Chat*Women. 191

    TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT CHAT * WOMEN . 191

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 191, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/47/