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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Little Girl Who Was Taught by Experience, by 
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+Title: The Little Girl Who Was Taught by Experience
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+                                   THE
+                               LITTLE GIRL
+                                 WHO WAS
+                          TAUGHT BY EXPERIENCE.
+
+                              [Illustration]
+
+                                 BOSTON.
+                BOWLES AND DEARBORN, 72 WASHINGTON STREET.
+
+                     Isaac. R. Butts and Co. Printers.
+                                   1827.
+
+
+
+
+       District of Massachusetts, _to wit_:
+
+                                          _District Clerk's Office._
+
+Be it remembered, that on the nineteenth day of June, A.D. 1827, in the
+fifty-first year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
+_Bowles and Dearborn_ of the said district, have deposited in this
+office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors,
+in the words following, _to wit_: "THE LITTLE GIRL, WHO WAS TAUGHT BY
+EXPERIENCE."
+
+In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled,
+"An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of
+maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies,
+during the times therein mentioned," and also to an act entitled "An act
+supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of
+learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the
+authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein
+mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,
+engraving and etching historical and other prints."
+
+            JNO. W. DAVIS, _Clerk of the District of Massachusetts_.
+
+
+
+
+                                   THE
+                               LITTLE GIRL
+                                 WHO WAS
+                          TAUGHT BY EXPERIENCE.
+
+
+Little Lucy's mother had died when she was a very small child;--this was
+a great misfortune to Lucy, for her mother loved her very tenderly, and
+she would have taken the trouble to tell her what she did wrong, and
+when she _felt_ wrong, and would have taught her to correct all her
+faults; she would have taught her that happiness could not dwell in her
+heart, while she permitted wicked passions to rise up and grow strong
+there, any more than the beautiful flowers which she planted in her
+little garden-bed, could thrive and bloom when she allowed all the rank
+weeds which sprang up with them, to become strong and remain there to
+choke them: wicked passions like troublesome weeds, grow very fast, and
+they soon root out all the mild, gentle virtues which are just budding
+into beauty, if we do not take great pains to check them, and pluck them
+out of our hearts.
+
+Lucy's mother would have taught her all this, for she saw these evils
+were already springing up to destroy the lovely blossom of virtue in her
+young bosom; but she died, and Lucy was left to the care of a most
+indulgent father; he did not like to correct his little girl, for he
+only saw her when his busy day was over, and then he wished to gratify
+all her desires, to fondle over her and play with her and bless her
+while he thought of her dear mother whom he had lost; he did not see her
+faults the little time he was with her, the servants did not like to
+tell him of them, and poor Lucy was growing up a _vain_, selfish,
+self-willed, prying little girl, with an obstinate temper which could
+bear no contradiction.
+
+Lucy had a _pretty face_ and her father and the servants talked to her
+so much about it, that at last she really thought it was something good
+in her to be pretty, that she was in some way better because she was
+handsomer than other little girls; no kind friend ever said to Lucy,
+"that as she had not made her own face, she could not be more good for
+its being a pretty one; and that as she could not by any care keep it a
+moment, if it should please her heavenly Father to take it away, that it
+was very silly in her to be vain of it, and value it so much; but that
+she could do a great deal, to make herself good, and amiable, and
+obliging, and affectionate; and therefore she would be more dear to her
+friends and more happy in herself every time she even tried to correct a
+wrong feeling."
+
+It was a _sad_ thing that Lucy had no one to teach her all these things,
+for she might have learnt them easily then, and she was growing more
+selfish, and vain, and obstinate, and disobedient as she grew older, she
+thought a great deal about her dress, fine things to wear, and nice food
+to eat, and she liked to pry into things which did not concern her to
+know.
+
+Lucy had an aunt living in Boston, who was a sensible and a very
+kind-hearted woman. She heard that Lucy would become a disagreeable if
+not a wicked child, if some friend did not have compassion and try to
+save her from her growing faults. She kindly sent to Lucy's Father who
+lived in New York, and persuaded him to let his daughter come and pass
+one year with her; she had a little girl of her own about the same age
+as Lucy, who had been watched, and guarded, and taught by this kind
+mother, and she was now a lovely child, so good--obedient--and amiable,
+that every one who knew her, saw that she would grow up a blessing to
+her family and friends; her mother had early taught her, and made her
+feel from experience, that she was always happier when she governed her
+temper, corrected a fault, and thought more about making others happy
+than she did of pleasing herself; she told her that her heavenly Father
+always looked down with peculiar love upon her, when she resisted a
+wicked feeling or a selfish action, and sent his _best_ and sweetest
+reward of peace and joy into her heart, a reward he bestows only on
+goodness, but which is more delightful than any pleasure which the
+wicked can purchase. Now the little Emily had already learned to feel
+this delightful peace, and she would give up any thing to obtain it.
+
+It was on her birthday morning, about a month after Lucy's arrival at
+her aunt's, that she received a very kind letter from her father
+enclosing two beautiful crown pieces which he said "he thought would be
+an acceptable present for herself and cousin, and he hoped this would
+make his little darlings happy." Lucy _did_ feel happy for one moment,
+and she looked at the pretty shining pieces again and again, then she
+began to feel dissatisfied, and went slowly and with a sullen
+countenance, into the parlour where Emily was finishing her work.
+
+"My father has sent me these two crown pieces," said she, "but he says I
+must give one of them to you, Emily, I'm sure I don't know what for;"
+and Lucy looked unhappy, and selfish, and sour, because she could not
+keep both the pieces which her father had sent, and no one who had seen
+Lucy then would have thought she could ever have a pretty face; the
+naughty temper in her heart, looked out at her eyes, her scowling brows,
+and her pouting lips, and made her quite disagreeable, as she threw down
+the piece of silver upon the table with a loud noise.
+
+"Oh how good your dear father is," said Emily, "what a beautiful bright
+piece it is--but do not give it to me, dear Lucy, if you don't wish to,"
+continued she, as she looked up at Lucy's unhappy face, "I should like
+to have it to be sure, because I am saving all my money for a particular
+purpose, 'tis to get poor nurse Hooper a new gown, mother says she has
+not been to meeting all this summer because she has had nothing decent
+and whole to wear, and she told me that if I would save all my money
+till I had enough I should have the pleasure of getting her one my own
+self; and I should be so delighted to see how happy she would look, for
+mother says all the pleasure nurse has is going to meeting; we you know
+go to dancing,--and learn music--and read entertaining books--and have a
+great many pleasures, but poor old nurse never leaves off hard work from
+morning to night, laboring with all her strength--only when as _she_
+calls it 'the blessed day of rest comes;'--how I should like to get her
+a nice new pretty gown, and see her walking along to meeting with it on,
+and her psalm book and fan wrapped up neatly in her clean checked
+handkerchief as she used to last year. But," added she, as she looked a
+_second_ time at Lucy's sour face, "not if you don't wish to give me the
+money Lucy."
+
+"But I must give it to you, I suppose, if I do not like to," said Lucy,
+"for papa will ask you when he comes next week what you did with it and
+all about it, and I know you will tell him, 'tis just like you."
+
+"If he asks me I must tell him, you know Lucy, I can't help it, can I;
+but if he does not ask me, I will not tell him any thing about it, if
+you don't wish me to."
+
+"Oh but I know he will ask you, so you may as well have it, and spend it
+too as foolishly as you choose; I know what I shall do with _mine_
+though, I will buy that pretty pair of silk slippers which I saw at Miss
+Rust's yesterday, and wished for so much, and I will wear them with my
+new silk frock with Barage trimmings, when we go next week to Brookline,
+for there I shall see that proud Miss Prince again, with all her fine
+clothes;--she thought nobody could dress as smart as she did, but I will
+show her that I can,"--and Lucy began to smile with pleasure at the
+thought of mortifying Miss Prince.
+
+"But I would not dress so much just to go out to Mrs. Russel's," said
+Emily, "we shall wish to walk out in the grounds, and you will be
+obliged to take so much care not to hurt your dress, you will not have
+half the pleasure; how can you jump about the grass, and gather
+flowers?"
+
+"I don't care for that," said Lucy, "I will wear the gown and the
+slippers too. Papa always lets me dress as I like. I shall take care
+enough."
+
+Emily did not say any thing more, but she ran away to show her mother
+her present, and to ask her if she would be so kind as to tell her what
+sort of a gown she should get for Nurse Hooper, and to count over all
+the silver pieces she hoarded in her purse. Her mother told her she was
+much pleased to find she remembered the poor friendless old woman, and
+that she should have the pleasure of getting the gown the next day,--and
+she said she would advise her all about it. Then her mother counted her
+money and found she would have some left after the gown was bought,
+which she could spend for herself. Emily said she would not determine
+what she should do with it then, but put it away till she wanted
+something very much. Her mother told her that was a very prudent and
+wise determination.
+
+The day at last came for their visit to Brookline, the carriage was
+ordered, and Emily came down with her plain Cambric slip and thick
+shoes, which looked very proper, and comfortable, and neat. But Lucy put
+on her trimmed silk dress, and the lilac satin slippers she had bought
+to wear with it.
+
+"Why my little girl," said her aunt, as she came into the room, "what
+could induce you to put on that rich silk to-day? you can have no
+enjoyment of play in such a dress, and those delicate slippers too,--you
+cannot _walk_ in them; remember we are going into the country, and shall
+wish to taste the sweet air of the fields, you had better run and
+change your dress now my love, there is quite time enough, and Emily
+will go and assist you."
+
+"O no, aunt," said Lucy, "I had rather not go at all, than do that, I
+shall take care, I am big enough to take care I hope;" and she again
+looked sullen and sour.
+
+"I shall not compel you my dear, most certainly, because that would not
+convince you that you are wrong, but I advise you once more to go and
+change your dress for a more proper one; I warn you that you will not
+have half the comfort, but a vast deal more trouble in going as you are;
+I wish indeed that you could believe, that I must know better than
+yourself about such things, because it might save you from much
+suffering, but if you prefer to learn by your own experience, you
+certainly shall;--experience is an excellent instructer, but we often
+pay very dearly for her lessons: well what do you say?"
+
+"I am not at all afraid," said Lucy, impatiently. "Papa always lets me
+dress as I like."
+
+"Let us go then," said her aunt.
+
+The day was balmy and mild as possible, and the ride to Brookline was
+without accident, and perfectly pleasant. Lucy forgot all that her aunt
+had said, she was thinking how all the company would admire her fine
+dress and how mortified, and vexed, and surprised, the proud Miss Prince
+would be. At last they reached the beautiful seat of Mrs. Russel, and
+were received most kindly by that excellent lady. But what can express
+Lucy's disappointment to find there was to be no one besides themselves,
+not even Miss Prince, whom she was so sure of meeting, and that after
+Mrs. Russel had permitted a smile of pity to pass over her face as she
+looked at her dress, there was no more notice taken of it in any way.
+
+Presently a walk in the garden was proposed, and they all proceeded to
+view the grounds. Emily went skipping about with a heart light with
+innocence and peace, smelling the sweet flowers, and eating the rich
+fruit which was ripening in profusion around her;--Lucy also took some
+fruit for she was very fond of it, and she thought she ate it very
+carefully; but presently she felt something wet upon her arm, and when
+she looked to see what it was, she found she had dropped some of the
+juice on the front part of her dress, which had already taken out the
+color in several places.
+
+Now this was her best and her favorite dress, it was a present from her
+father when she left New York to visit her aunt, and it was quite new.
+She felt very uncomfortable at this sad sight, and she already began to
+wish she had not put it on:--however she could do nothing to it, and she
+continued to walk slowly and carefully through the shrubs and flowers,
+until she saw the party all collected round a fish-pond at the bottom of
+the garden, viewing something very attentively.
+
+"O the beautiful gold fish," exclaimed Lucy, "I had quite forgotten to
+ask about them, I dare say they are in that pond, and I do long to see
+them," and away she ran with all her speed, thinking only of the pretty
+gold fish which Emily had told her about so often; but the wind filled
+out the light folds of her beautiful silk dress, and as she passed a
+turning in the walk, the trimming was caught by the briars of a
+rose-bush and torn almost entirely off, before she could stop herself.
+Lucy stood aghast at this sad rent! the delicate trimming was quite in
+tatters, and the thought of what her aunt had said to her (for she now
+remembered it every word) made her ashamed to look her in the face;
+however, she pinned it on as well as she could, and again she walked
+slowly and carefully, quite forgetting the gold fish and every thing but
+her misfortunes and her shame, and wishing she had not been so
+self-willed and perverse. But when little children will not be guided by
+the experience and judgment of their best and wisest friends, and will
+try for themselves, they often learn through much suffering and trouble,
+and pay dearly for the instruction which they might have had for
+nothing.
+
+While Lucy was thus sauntering along, one of Mrs. Russel's little girls
+came running up to her full of spirits. "Come with _us_ dear Lucy," said
+she, "we are going to the bottom of the pasture-field to look into Mr.
+Barrel's beautiful garden, 'tis much handsomer than ours, and there is
+an opening in the fence so that we can see it all plainly through the
+cracks. There are a great _many_ images in the garden. In one place
+there is an old woman feeding chickens, and she is holding up her apron
+of corn so naturally, exactly as our Betsey does when she feeds our
+little ones; and her gown is pinned away behind her, and shews her
+quilted petticoat and she _does_ look _so_ funny; and then in another
+part of the garden, there is a man raking hay, he looks as natural as
+_life_--come--this way, my dear, there is Emily just jumping over the
+stone-wall."
+
+The pasture was very large. It was made perfectly dry by a ditch which
+was dug along on one side; this drained off all the water, so it was
+easy and dry walking. The girls went on jumping and springing, and Lucy
+once more forgot her troubles, and began to enjoy herself, while Emily
+felt _so_ innocent and happy, that she could not express her delight.
+They came at last to the opening in the fence which gave them a good
+view of this fine garden; the flower beds were all laid out in squares,
+and diamonds, and circles, which were all bordered with beautiful green
+box. And Lucy saw the old man with his rake, who looked exactly as if he
+could move and was just going to turn his hay; and she saw the droll
+looking old woman holding up her apron of corn; and they were very much
+amused, discovering new beauties in this garden for a long time, but at
+last they were startled by hearing the snorting of a horse very near to
+them. They had not seen that there was any horse in the pasture before,
+but when they looked up they saw Mr. Russel's great black horse
+galloping up to them, rearing and kicking up his hind feet in the air,
+while John the stable-boy was running after him with a halter to catch
+him.
+
+The little girls were very much frightened when they saw such a great
+loose horse so near to them, and they began to run towards the house as
+fast as their limbs would carry them, for they thought the black horse
+was close at their heels, and they did not stop to look behind them.
+Sarah Russel and Emily got on a great deal faster than Lucy, because her
+slippers were tight and her dress troublesome, but she used her utmost
+speed, and had nearly reached the stone wall over which the girls were
+jumping, when in attempting to leap across the ditch her foot slipped
+in, and down came poor Lucy flat upon her face. What a sad situation she
+was in! she had lost her shoe in the black muddy ditch,--her unfortunate
+silk frock was all covered with green slime, from the slippery grass on
+the banks,--she had hurt her ancle so badly she could scarcely
+stir,--and she expected every moment that the great black horse would be
+upon her, and trample her to death,--the other little girls thinking she
+had kept up with them had jumped over the wall and were gone out of
+sight and hearing, and she could not possibly get up alone.
+
+"Oh! dear, what shall I do?" cried Lucy, "will nobody come to save me."
+
+Now it happened that young Mr. Thomas Russel had come out to assist
+John in catching his horse, (because he was a frolicksome and
+troublesome horse to catch) and he was already so near that he heard
+Lucy's cries. He came to her, kindly took her up and quieted her fears,
+and showed her that the horse was a long way distant, and then he felt
+with his stick round in the ditch to find her beautiful lilac slipper.
+Alas! it was beautiful no longer; for when he fished it out of the muddy
+gutter on the end of his cane, it was so filled and covered with the
+filth that no color could be seen. Mr. Russel kindly carried her in his
+arms to the house, and then he took her slipper to the pump and pumped
+upon it till he got it clean enough to dry at the fire. An old shoe of
+Sarah Russel's was found for Lucy to put on, after her stockings and her
+clothes had been wiped, but it was much too large for her to walk in, if
+she had been in a condition to walk.
+
+While the rest of the party were enjoying the garden, the summer house,
+the shrubbery and the lawn, eating fruit and gathering flowers, poor
+Lucy, placed in a chair by a roasting kitchen fire to dry, her beautiful
+dress _tattered_ and _filthy_, her fine satin slippers quite and
+_entirely_ ruined, her face bruised, and her ancle lame, had time to
+feel all her folly and perverseness.
+
+"If," said she to herself, "I had not been so self-willed and so very
+silly as to put on this silk dress, any other, even my best muslin,
+might have been washed and repaired, and if I had only worn my thick,
+easy shoes, I should not have slipped at all; and if I had slipped, any
+other shoes but _these_ might have been made tolerably clean again; but
+now my beautiful silver crown might as well have been thrown into the
+sea, for it is _all_ gone and has only purchased pain and disgrace. O
+how ashamed I shall feel to look at aunt and Emily, for they both told
+me almost exactly how it would be if I would wear this improper dress,
+though aunt did not know that I wanted to wear it just to vex that proud
+Miss Prince; and after all she was not here to see it, and will only
+rejoice to hear of my mortification and disgrace. I dare say that Emily
+is as clean and as nice as she was when she came, at least she don't
+feel so sore, and so dirty, and wet, and uncomfortable as I do, nor so
+much ashamed."
+
+Lucy shed most bitter tears. She had not the consolation under all these
+accidents, of feeling that she had had good or innocent motives for
+wishing to wear the improper dress, and that her friends would pity her;
+and again she wept over her vanity, her wilfulness, her envy, and
+malice.
+
+At last she heard the happy party returning to the house full of mirth
+and gaiety, and as they entered she heard Emily say, "I have looked all
+round for Lucy, I wonder where she has hidden herself; I suppose she has
+found something new and delightful in this charming place, but she will
+soon be here now, because the sun is almost down--our _happy day_ is
+ended, for mother has ordered the carriage to be ready as soon as tea is
+over," and she came bounding into the house rosy and smiling with
+innocent delight; but her countenance became sad as she caught sight of
+Lucy through the open door, sobbing at the kitchen fire, in the
+deplorable condition which we have described her.
+
+Emily was immediately at her side, trying with kind words and an
+affectionate manner, to sooth and comfort her. She was too good-natured
+to tell Lucy that she suffered for her own faults, she was too kind
+_once_ to say to her "I _told_ you so, I _knew_ you would be sorry,
+_now_ don't you wish you had done as _I_ advised you?"--Emily did not
+say any thing like this; but she looked kindly at her, took hold of her
+hand, and wiped her eyes, and said, "come, never mind it now dear Lucy,
+but think of all the pleasures we have had, and what a pleasant ride
+home we shall have in the moon-shine--and besides, I dare say we shall
+be able to mend the trimming, I will help you, and see if we can't get
+out these spots with Cologne water, and some of mother's patent soap,
+which is made on _purpose_ to take out spots from silk; come, never
+mind, accidents will happen, and I am so thankful that the horse did not
+kick you, how frightened we were when he looked so wild."
+
+Thus Emily kindly tried to divert poor Lucy till supper was ready. Now
+Lucy had thought a great deal about the nice supper, and the good things
+which she expected to see on the table, but she had cried till her
+stomach was sick, and her appetite quite gone; she could not taste any
+of the delicacies on which she had depended so much, and besides, she
+did not wish to show herself before her aunt and Mrs. Russel in such a
+condition, so she crept into the carriage which had been drawn up to the
+door, and waited there till her aunt and cousin were ready.
+
+Lucy's aunt had been told before she reached the house of what had
+happened, by Mr. Thomas Russel, who had gone out to meet her; but, as he
+told her that Lucy was not so much hurt as she was mortified and
+frightened, she spared her the pain of seeing her before company, and
+even after she was in the carriage, and had begun their ride home, this
+kind aunt said nothing about the accident; for she thought it best to
+let Lucy reflect in silence upon the events of the day, that the
+_lessons of experience_ for which she had paid so very dearly, might
+induce her to correct those faults from which all her sufferings
+proceeded.
+
+When they arrived at home, and were all collected in the parlour, Lucy's
+aunt desired to look at the bruises, and as she kindly bound them up,
+said to her,--"You have had your first lesson of experience my dear
+little girl to-day; it has indeed been a hard one, and I dare say will
+be long remembered; you were much frightened, much bruised, much
+disappointed, and very much mortified. I am sure I am _sorry_ for your
+sufferings, but if you will let them convince you, that
+pride--malice--selfishness--wilfulness--and obstinacy, are all faults
+which will make you suffer more and more as long as you keep them, you
+may _yet_ bless this day, as I shall most certainly, as the most
+fortunate of your life, and worth a _purse full_ of such pieces as that
+which you have so foolishly thrown away. You start, my little girl, but
+I assure you that all these dreadful faults were in your heart when you
+determined to use your father's present as you did, and kept to that
+determination; for I heard all your conversation with Emily on the day
+it was received.
+
+"_Pride_ and _malice_, my dear Lucy," continued her aunt, "induced you
+to desire to dress yourself so richly, to astonish your friends, and to
+mortify (as you thought it would) the proud Miss Prince. Selfishness
+made you unwilling to part with the piece which was in fact sent to
+Emily, and did in no way belong to you. Wilfulness united to make you
+resist her advice, when she told you (and from her own experience) that
+you would be sorry if you dressed in this manner; and lastly, obstinacy
+made you feel that you 'would rather stay at home' than give up to my
+wishes and recommendation:--let _to-day's_ experience be sufficient for
+you, and I shall truly love you; go now, my dear, to bed."
+
+Lucy, however, was more mortified and angry than repentant; she had
+thought so little about correcting her faults, and submitting to the
+government of older and wiser people, that she had a great deal more to
+suffer before she could resolutely set about becoming docile, obedient,
+humble, and submissive; she had never restrained her inclination, or
+controlled any of her desires or passions, and knew very little about
+self government; for no one had taught her till she came to her aunt's,
+that she ought to do so.
+
+Emily's mother had done as she said she would, for she always kept her
+word in every thing. She had advised her about the gown she was to get
+for poor Nurse Hooper, the day after she had received her crown piece;
+she had done more than she had promised; she had cut and fitted the
+gown, and shewed Emily just how to make it all herself, so that she had
+double pleasure in giving it to her. It was now done and folded neatly,
+and Emily went with her mother to carry that, and some other little
+comforts, to the poor woman.
+
+Emily's delight was full and _complete_, when she witnessed the
+brightened eyes and grateful countenance of Nurse Hooper, and heard her
+say, that, "now again she should be able to hear her dear minister, and
+to thank her heavenly Father for all his mercies to her, in the Lord's
+own blessed house;" and when on the following Sabbath, Emily stood at
+her mother's window, and saw the good woman walking to meeting, exactly
+as she had pictured her, with her psalm book and her fan nicely folded
+in her handkerchief, and looking so peaceful and happy, Emily thought
+she felt more pleasure than she had expected, and would not have
+exchanged her feelings, for any thing which could have been offered her.
+
+Time passed on, and the adventures we have related were over and nearly
+forgotten. Lucy sometimes thought of her faults, and of the lessons
+which had been given her; she sometimes thought she would try more to
+correct them, to be more amiable, and good; and when she saw how happy
+Emily always appeared, and how much she was beloved, she wished she too
+had learned to control herself, and resist temptation, that _she_ might
+be as happy; but she did nothing in earnest, and when temptations came,
+she did not try at all. Her aunt, however, continued to take the kindest
+care of her, she watched for every opportunity to instruct and amend
+her, and she hoped that her heart was a little less selfish, her temper
+a little more restrained, and that she began to have more fear of doing
+wrong, to remember more constantly that the eye of God was ever upon
+her, even when she was alone and in thick darkness, and could see not
+only what she did do, but what she even wished to do in her mind.
+
+One morning a few months after their ride to Brookline, while Lucy was
+sitting in her chamber opposite to the open door, putting together a
+dissected map which her father had just sent to her, she saw her aunt
+come up stairs and go into her own room, with a little package in her
+hand, wrapped in white paper and tied with twine. Lucy supposed that it
+had come from New York with her map, and she felt very curious to know
+what it could be, that her aunt had folded up so neatly in white paper.
+She immediately thought that her aunt had received some pretty present
+from New York, and she watched her to see if she opened the paper, and
+what she did with it, and saw that she went to her closet, stood up in a
+chair, and reaching to the highest shelf of her closet, opened a small
+trunk, and put the parcel into it; then she went to her bureau drawer,
+opened that, and laid something in, shut the drawer and left the
+chamber.
+
+All this puzzled Lucy exceedingly; so she determined to ask her aunt as
+she went down stairs, what was in the paper, though she ought to have
+known it was impertinent to question her aunt about a thing which did
+not at all concern herself, and that she ought to restrain her
+curiosity.
+
+"Did you get that little bundle from New York, aunt?" said Lucy.
+
+"No, my dear," replied her aunt.
+
+"What was in it, aunt?" continued the inquisitive little girl.
+
+"It is nothing which it concerns you in the least to know, my dear,"
+said her aunt; "nothing that would please you, or interest you in any
+way; you should be less curious."
+
+"I wish I could see it, though," said Lucy to herself, as her aunt left
+her, "I don't doubt papa has sent something pretty, and I think she
+might have shewn it to me. I can't think what it can be; it was such a
+nice little package, all tied up in white paper; I wonder if it was not
+a pair of new ear rings. I _heard_ her say she needed a new set; I do
+_wish_ I could see them."
+
+She continued to allow her curiosity to puzzle over the little white
+bundle, instead of trying to forget it, till her map no longer pleased
+her in the least; so she left it on the table, and sauntered into her
+aunt's room, and would not attempt to conquer her idle curiosity, but
+kept wondering, and wishing to know what was in the paper, that her aunt
+had taken so much trouble to put up so high and so secretly. It came
+into her head that she might get up into the same chair and look into
+the trunk! She saw her aunt walking at the very bottom of the garden,
+and thought she would never know any thing about it.
+
+Now when this thought first came into Lucy's mind, she knew it was a
+wicked thought, and she did not intend at first to do so very wrong a
+thing; but she let it remain in her mind, and thought how easily she
+might do it if she pleased, till after thinking, and thinking, she
+determined just to try if she could reach the trunk by standing up in
+the chair, as her aunt had done; so she crept softly to the closet,
+placed the chair and got up into it, but she was not tall enough to
+reach the trunk; so she looked about to see what there was to put into
+the chair, and make it high enough, and she saw the little cricket on
+which she had been sitting to play with her map; so she brought that
+and placed it on the chair, and then she found herself quite tall
+enough, for she could reach the shelf with ease; she put out her hand
+tremblingly, for Lucy's conscience told her plainly that she _was doing
+very, very wrong_, and the thought made her tremble very much, but she
+put out her hand and tried to open the trunk. It was locked.
+
+"Now I do know, almost, that it was something very important, since aunt
+has taken such particular pains to hide it away, and very likely it is
+something for me too, that papa has sent me, and she won't let me even
+see it," said Lucy; "I wonder if it was not the very key to this little
+trunk, that she put into her bureau drawer. I saw her go there after she
+left the closet. If it was the key, 'tis easy enough to get it, the
+_bureau_ is not high, I shall not hurt the bundle just to look at it,
+and I don't mean to touch it; besides, she ought to have shown it to me,
+if my papa sent it to her."
+
+Lucy crept down carefully from the chair and stood before the
+bureau--she stopped there--for something said to her that "she was
+sinning;" but she did not turn resolutely away and busy herself about
+something else--she did not fly from temptation--but kept thinking that
+she might easily enough open the drawer, and see if it really was the
+key which her aunt had put there; till at last she said to herself,
+"there is no harm in just seeing if the key is in here, I am not obliged
+to touch it."
+
+She gently opened the drawer; the little key lay down in front, so that
+she could reach it without opening the drawer any wider. She stood
+looking awhile--and then this temptation also was too strong; she
+slipped in her hand and took up the key to see if it was the very same;
+having it in her hand she no longer hesitated, but once more got upon
+the chair and put the key into the lock--she turned it--the trunk was
+opened--and Lucy saw the little package tied up in its white paper,
+laying in one corner.
+
+O, why did not she then stop and sin no more. Alas! when we go so far
+wrong it is hard to find the right path back; every step we take renders
+return more difficult. Lucy had now gone so far out of the path of duty,
+that she no more thought of any thing but satisfying her curiosity. She
+took up the parcel, and untied the string; but what can express her
+great disappointment when she found it contained--only a little white
+sugar, as she thought it was. Lucy loved sugar, and had often taken a
+little pinch from the sugar dish on the table, and as she had untied the
+paper, thought she would just taste a little before she did it up again;
+she took a pinch of the sugar and was beginning to fold up the paper.
+
+But all this had taken much more time than Lucy had expected; and before
+she could get it folded up, as she had found it, she heard her aunt on
+the stairs. And now that the poor girl was likely to be _caught_ doing
+this naughty thing, she felt _all at once_ how _very_ bad it was; she
+was _dreadfully_ frightened at the thought of her aunt's finding her in
+such a guilty situation, and she tried to jump down quickly, but in
+doing so, her sleeve caught in the fatal key, pulled over the trunk with
+all its contents upon her; the cricket was unsteady in the chair, it
+was jostled by her agitation, and Lucy, the cricket, and the trunk, all
+came together upon the floor with a loud noise.--Her aunt was just then
+at the door; she was greatly alarmed by the crash, but her fright was
+intolerable when she entered the chamber; the first glance told her what
+had happened.
+
+"O, my poor child," said she, "have you _tasted it_," for the paper of
+sugar lay scattered all around the floor. Lucy was in such pain she
+could not answer, but the sugar on her mouth spoke for her,--"Oh run,
+run quickly for the Doctor," said her aunt, "she has tasted the
+arsenic!--she is poisoned!"
+
+The servant who had been alarmed at the noise, and was with her in the
+chamber, went instantly for the Doctor. Poor Lucy, though she was
+suffering dreadfully from a broken leg, heard all her aunt had said,
+and she was certain she had spoke the truth, her countenance was so full
+of pity and of fright; she well knew what she suffered on her account.
+Lucy thought she must surely die, and to die in the very moment when she
+was sinning so sadly, to die in consequence of her own wicked conduct,
+to die in such agonies and convulsions as this poison produces--how
+shocking! she was already in so much distress from her broken leg, that
+it was exceedingly difficult to get her on the bed. No one who has not
+been so unfortunate as to break a bone, can tell how very painful it is.
+
+At last the Doctor came; but before he could set the bone and relieve
+the distress in which poor Lucy lay, he said "he must give her most
+disagreeable medicines, for he feared he might already be too late." No
+one could tell how much or how little she had taken of the arsenic,
+because it was all spilled from the paper and mixed with other things;
+so the Doctor gave her the most powerful emetics. Fortunately for Lucy
+she had spilled the most of the poison as she carried it to her mouth
+and had but tasted it, so that the immediate attention prevented her
+suffering so much from that as was expected; but the fright and the pain
+she endured, and the quantities of medicine she took, all united to
+confine her a long time, and made her suffer prodigiously. Lucy remained
+some months very feeble; she lost much of the beauty which she had
+prized so highly. She was but the shadow of herself. The hours of
+penitence and sorrow she had passed--the tears of grief which had flowed
+for her many transgressions during this long confinement had reduced
+her strength, but they purified her heart, her repentance was sincere
+and her amendment sure, because she was now in earnest.
+
+One day while her affectionate aunt was sitting beside her, Lucy looked
+into her mild, patient, and benevolent face, bent over her in tenderness
+and pity; and her little heart which had been almost bursting with its
+load of grief, could no longer contain its emotion. "Oh, my dear,
+_kind_, forgiving aunt," said she, "I do hope this last dreadful lesson
+of experience will make me a better girl. I would not learn from you,
+though you talked to me so very kindly and so often too. Nor when I
+suffered so much from my foolish and wicked conduct about the dress,
+that disagreeable day at Brookline. You shewed me then as clear as day,
+the lesson my heavenly Father was teaching me, by all the bad accidents
+I met with and all the shame I felt; but I soon forgot all that--though
+you told me that if I did not correct my faults with a little suffering,
+something worse would be sent to me. And now my great sins have brought
+this great punishment. Oh my dear aunt," continued Lucy, sobbing with
+deep repentance, "tell me, shall I forget this too?--shall I forget how
+patiently you have watched by me all through my sickness, and how kindly
+you have spoken to me, just as if I had not brought it all on
+myself--and though I have often, very often been cross to Emily, and
+never liked to share any of my good things with her, she has left all
+her companions, and all her plays and pleasures to come and sit up in
+this dark, dull room, to amuse me and wait upon me--shall I--can I
+forget all this as I did the other things?"
+
+"No my dear, penitent girl," said her aunt, kissing her affectionately,
+"you have indeed paid most dearly, (as I have feared you would) for your
+instruction. I rejoice to see that you are determined to improve by
+these painful lessons, they will not I am sure be lost upon you; God has
+mercifully spared your life. When I think of your dreadful fall, and all
+the circumstances of that sad day, I am truly astonished that you have
+lived through them all, that your neck as well as your limbs was not
+broken; and when I remember the chance there was of your taking so much
+of that horrible poison into your stomach, as would have rendered all
+medicines useless, I shudder at the thought; you have felt the danger,
+and have suffered much pain--you know your own faults have caused it
+all--you say you repent, and if you do so sincerely you will amend."
+
+"Oh, I do, I do repent," sobbed Lucy.
+
+"Then be comforted my love--you will amend, and be forgiven, I am
+certain, and we shall all have reason to rejoice with you, and bless
+these distressing but most useful lessons of _experience_.
+
+
+
+
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