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Show Electiatt0. ! A SKETCH FROM .LIFE. 1 1 large town nithntotHtt the county 1 Norfolk, England, there resided n mfd- dle-agcd msldcn lady, with whom I was intimately acquainted. She. was execcd-ingljtiWn execcd-ingljtiWn ui her person, nnd of very ec- 5 eentrio mnnncrf although kind-hearted and benevoleut to fnult. It was often a source of wonder to me how ho mnn-gea mnn-gea to keep tip so respectable jin appearance appear-ance with her jiarrow income. Slio rented rent-ed 4 small cottage, which wa$ neatly but jcantily furnished; kept no servant, and t "red as frugally as poasibrc. She was al-t al-t Vjt cheerful and happy., nnd evsr ready nd willinp; tony to tiio aid of the wretched and distressed; oni what bie could and uuJwvve outoriier very limited Jdeome, 'ly given to those who required it. iy a bitter cold night hare I k own her to leave her bed to' encounter disease ; W the hovels uf tho poor-, and she would i t etarn wet and shiveriti; to her own deso-iW deso-iW homo, with the bright tmillu of k-tie- Tolence ou htr li and bliwiugs. to Ood r On her tongue, that- Ho had been pleased gia her health and strength to admin. ! Utcr to the want of others Her time E was spept in iloing jsood; she teemed t poof agaiust all change of climate; often E nare I ,eeo ier comBR fr0J1, t)e cutt0gCi or the rtlck and miaeralde in fucIi weather M would make ore n the yard dog welcome to a seat on tho kitchen hearth. Albs Tliorne was, of course, of too little lit-tle consequence to Jjo notieed by the higher high-er classes who resided in isamo town; oo could poor, obscure old imud.cxXct tie patronage or the- high ones of the u? . l,at WM out of tho, question! "tiethershe felt her 6latcd i-s.itiott or not, she.gate no nigu; but Jield on the eu -tenor f her way until no event oi- C? , W1)rked a strapgo metamor-paesis metamor-paesis in ber hithcrto.lriendly iositton, ., J jiffti'UWng'tea vflihlicr crocevening,, when it letter trom lawyer brought .b'Uipfjstniair)rrcqncatig 6 ler tovmeet himiit mi "oiTieh Iw.-ibo city, of .Norwich on the foIlowIngaa'y;nhdIncloslngartvc-pound not fopiher 'cxpent- We, of-feoitr talked , over 'arid woiidtreil wlmt.Uif could twsibly portend) find she laughcd.hcartU ly nrlien,XBuggcsted,.thait,shb, must IiaVe fallcrt'hett tci, soma larie'proiicrtyand said jhft't sTiOjlmd .Hot fl ; .relation" tho notld tthq ' -was not'ns poor, if, not poorer, than lie'tself," , Jlovevtr,- tho hext morning abb; hired. . convcynhcQ " mid started on her journey,; quite an event in hef" ttncrot fnt lifcV riho;wa nUsen't two iayj, nnd tlicn returned with jlto wclpomo tidings tlml an old:.- tirietc, rthdra Bhe scarcely re. colctcdf Jrjd, who, had gono to India wlicit. ho was qnitd- n ehU; liad'.'thdrc jjlcdaiid Jcftjicr its. Ilia pnlxichild of;m faVoritOjSisterf tli.eniutiificciit Income of: 1.W0. pcr,nn'nn., 'flioxttlin: mauncr-in-w-hich iMsafhorno fold.me of thb,'ccY'' tamly imzde(J;moi;forrsueli o sa4don sbp from,,poTcrt to wcadK was sufllctent to tuvvevcfwhcluicdamuch itronger mloded pcrsonj J!, Of course Uio tiewif .eoon spread through' tho. town 'and BUrronflin neighborhood,-and neighborhood,-and the poor, friend lef old inatd rose 12.000 in the estimation of her; wealthy neighbors j. sha mujtiiow,na a matter of course, he taken, under tlieif august pat rouagej they.could offofd, now1 tqt overlook-fllUicrcCcciitric-Uiea,, It. wit astQiushlng ;to sea with what rapidity fricitda nodroc quainjanqcs rosc-frp, riowthat slio needed neither riolfce.nor ossUlancc. , Th first tiling fleeted by Miss Tuorne was the-jmrclmsc of a pretty and Comfdrt-ato Comfdrt-ato house,, about a. mile out ofown, which the had.fnfriished with every convenience; con-venience; hlrcfl.n reapectablp man nrid liis wife, with thtir eldest daughter .f house-mad, house-mad, to lire with hrrj bought a neat llt-jle llt-jle cjirrlage jiiid tWo poui8j and settled down qaietly to the enjoyment .of the bright change in her, Itti.' She was, pf, cgitrte( ljeaUca "Wjlli ealler, w.h'oo ad-Tahctisho ad-Tahctisho mtjt with potittJieK, auif their coitgrftiutaiions with, kiudnew. Ahet a idiQrt pvrod liittl tlopstd, each lady re-, cdved a rsnl. left by iliss Tfiorne's foot' tivnii; on which was jjrfirted, in gold letters," "J2l2j,0O0 ii year?' Every oye Was at a josi to- know what this could -possibly uiCitiii and vnriuus wer U conjectures and consultntioiw upon tli6 mliject. At 1 last, one tady, lioldtr in her curiosity tbutil ; the ret, nrulerlnak xa stiIto the myterj 1 ' hy-catirtt flit Mis Tfcorne nnd tvqucstlligj ' mi ,'oxpJintatKiti, Mist Thorue's, answer ' si c'ha't.ic-li'i'iHUi if herself, that 1 ' .".Minima, 1 huvc unw' resided In thi I KHvit-lurii j'Tipd of fifteen cans; .during ' (fiat Vim-',' 1tF htKhfecti fim cjiw(jtiit Slrng-fgh-. r-hi.v'ffritu ffvcr'al times prostrated"; tliy.rtfy wtfire kkm', mid yet uo lady thttiight fu'a worthy or t;otijlii!; infdc'r my l-rqot "1 have: frequently tuilVrcd both frifin cold and hunger, -hut I reetlved from iliiifu'- lailieflr -neither ' iit-ip iioF'syiitpathy In the house Of Ood 1. might .have stood Ilia' whole service-, e.rfi J'oiif'rkudi would Imvo ofXertd ine' feat in their pews. Ilow'j is H, then, that my recent inheritance has; so changed. inel I am' not- aware.of It; mpelf; 1 .tin still, the plain old llmiilj anjl snVely -if, during fifteen year, tuy conduct has been tmch as not to merit the notice .now offered me,-1 cannot see' how n fortune, for-tune, unexpectedly posstssul, can have fo suddeuly rendered mcu lit object for your patronage I therefore cajne to the conclusion con-clusion that it was' on, my JBl'J.OOO a year you nil called, and not -On nie; tuy wealth rctuk-ned your call, nnd here tlieuiisouglit, nnwishetl-fur acquaintaiice must drop, fur it is not in pumpermg the rich utut tho great that irtjr wealth will be tiwl, but in teaching the ignorout, feeding tho hungry, clothing the staked, and visiting thtwidow and fiitlierlcss child. In the hovels of 1 tho iioor and wretched, at the bedsides of tlie sick and dying there's my placo for the remainder of my existence; and I bless my God that Ho bassoon (it to make ine the stewardess of such wealth, nnd I humbly pray, that I may not, at HU jmlgmcut seat, Imvo to answer for one jnkspent pound. I Imvo known what it is to c.at tho bitter bread of poverty too long- not to wjsh to relieve itj nnd may my future life be spent in unceasing-gratitude to the Giver of all goed, which can only ba'done by dispensing ivlth a liberal hand Ills boiintconjgift tome." And nobly did Miss Thorpe keep her word. Many farhi!ic3 are living in England Eng-land this day, who were snatched from utter rain; nnd owe their past nnd present prosperity to Mi-ss Thome's fortunate Inheritance In-heritance of 153,000 jcr annum, Cut- London I'ntBtyi. |