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ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN. 225
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• Chapter Iii. Poyebty Is, At All Times,...
of town to visit her daughter in W—shire , to help to take care of thought the children the change during * most her confinement desirable for . her I rej . oiced Other to cases hear of thi interest s , as I
soon occupied my mind , and for a long time I heard nothing whateven ever of longer my friend when . a It letter must from have Mrs been . D full three reminded months me later of , her or
existence . , She wrote to say she had returned to London , to renew her thanks for the interest I had taken in her , and to send me , as a
token of gratitude , a present of work she had had done while in the country . She told me she grieved much , that she could not
return to work with us as before ; for , independent of the little additional comforts her _earnings had secured , the occupation had
been a great relief to her mind . But her friends did not like the Ide threatened a of her to going withdraw to work the little at a hel charita they ble allowed institution her , if and she had did
p so again . She hoped , therefore , that I should understand the reason , and not take offence— -what could she do ?
To feel vexed with the old lady was quite out of the question ; pride it was of onl this y another world , arrow and the in unjust the quiver stigma of attached with experience to honest of hand the labor false the .
jscant Evidentl y charit y the y that friends had , who occasionall had eked y reached out her grud when ging living alone and unknownhad had their pride aroused at the idea of strangers
liberality having access or , to lected her , and _diity questioning so they at her once as to took their measures want to of
prevent the reflections neg on them , that might possibly thus have occurredMrsD therefore left our Homemuch regretted by
mof . its inmates . . From time to time I , hear of herand I believe any she is sometimes visited by some of those who , became
now interested and in then her . history I trust , and sincerel who still that render her own her friends a little assistance also have y
been more forward to provide comforts for her , those comforts so and married necessary her husb daug to and hter declining . wished I hop years e her such . to an I leave heard arrang London a ement rumor , and may latel live eventuall y near that y her her be
_carried out . who Mrs have . D passed is throug only one h the out Society of many ' s doors such broken having -down "been way directed farers
to its shelter as a temporary refuge from pressing , need . The few benefits she received were nothoweverentirely unreciprocated , for
she has left a bright and _j ) leasant , memory , in her track . There are lessonstooto be gathered from a retrospect of every
individual life that , comes , beneath our notice—lessons of precept , examp The le bli , and ht warning of the . old fady's earthly prospects , whilst appapoor
g proper taint rentl y y of on prospective putting the pinnacle 1 our arrangement trust of prosj in riches ) of erit such y , , teaches and worldl also us y goods the indeed necessit as the may y uncer of fall a -
Annals Of Needlewomen. 225
ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN . 225
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/9/
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