In The Meanwhile I Wrote To Moodie An Account Of
The Scene I Had Witnessed, And He Raised A Subscription Among The
Officers Of The Regiment For The Poor Lady And Her Children, Which
Amounted To Forty Dollars.
Emilia lost no time in making a full
report to her friends at P - -; and before a week passed away, Mrs.
N - - and her family were removed thither by several benevolent
individuals in the place.
A neat cottage was hired for her; and, to
the honour of Canada be it spoken, all who could afford a donation
gave cheerfully. Farmers left at her door, pork, beef, flour, and
potatoes; the storekeepers sent groceries and goods to make clothes
for the children; the shoemakers contributed boots for the boys;
while the ladies did all in their power to assist and comfort the
gentle creature thus thrown by Providence upon their bounty.
While Mrs. N - - remained at P - - she did not want for any comfort.
Her children were clothed and her rent paid by her benevolent
friends, and her house supplied with food and many comforts from the
same source. Respected and beloved by all who knew her, it would
have been well had she never left the quiet asylum where for several
years she enjoyed tranquillity and a respectable competence from her
school; but in an evil hour she followed her worthless husband to
the Southern States, and again suffered all the woes which
drunkenness inflicts upon the wives and children of its degraded
victims.
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