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ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN. 339
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» Chapter Iv.
showed , and deeply was it tried . Soraetinies slie would profess gratitudeat otlier tirnes she was saucy and independent . At last ,
one morning , she was _missing . Again she was tracked out , and Mr . S exercised great benevolence in -watching over her . She
was placed first in lodgings , and supported there ; then in a Home , which she once left but returned to of her own accord , even begging
her friends , in her repenting mood , to cut her hair short that she might be like the other inmates of the asylum in which Christian
charity had placed her . It is , however , far easier to fall into sin than in our own strength
to retrace the path of virtue . Ineffectual were all the efforts made in Miss W 's behalf ; it seemed impossible to rescue her from
her weak vanity and love of admiration . We must draw a veil over the sequel : poor girl ! doubtless she is long since suffering
bitter remorse over the lost opportunities she refused to lay hold of whenpresented to her .
To . return to Anne , the same lady who had befriended her sister did not relax in exertions for her benefit . She provided her with
clothes il Societ for y for her the outfit Emp , and loyment collected of funds Women . I " then at Lang app ham lied to Place the .
, They awarded me £ 10 towards her passage , and the remaining money was made up by her relatives and friends to whom we
applied . The vessel did not sail for some weeks , and Anne remained tinder the Society ' s roof , going frequently to visit Mrs . , who
had undertaken the management of her preparations for departure . Although there was a little too much _indejDendence and frivolity
even in Anne ' s manner , which caused some queries to be made by strangers as to her steadinessI never had any cause to doubt her
sincerity , and must give her credit , for behaving remarkably well all the time she was under the Society ' s protection . I think I can
also safely assert that she had then a full sense of the narrow escape she had had , and was grateful to those who had rescued her from ,
her equivocal position , arid restored her to a place in society . On the appointed day for the vessel to sail she left ustaking with her
, letters of introduction to several parties residing in the colony whither she was bound . One family to whom Mrs . wrote ,
received her on her arrival into their house . The last I heard of her directly was a letter she sent by the pilot , thanking me once
more for what had been done for her , and promising to write on her arrival ; this she never didand we only heard through others that ,
after being about a twelvemonth , in the colony , she married , I believewell .
, I could have wished that her professions of gratitude had been proved of a more practical nature , by receiving from herself the news
of her arrival , sojourn in the country , and intended marriage . In attemptinghoweverto do goodone must be prepared to meet with
a large amount , of disappointment , , as regards the after experience of impulsive gratitude .
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Annals Of Needlewomen. 339
ANNALS OF NEEDLEWOMEN . 339
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/51/
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