E RI I 'g-tftr..tfie,,tl:l::':-,:_:,', .D • .* ' E L E' S OST E'S •. • • ../12iD * lIQW THEY WERE ; ~tEAtOPE2'S~; ....If 'ever there wee eemel7,. little won an. it was 'Alen. Fairfiel), when the first .titneje r: tvplve heurs,she seated herself —been' — been'--1;& - Lrili and 1' testi f .eletArti, with :a positixeice . rtiiinty that . eirery thing was done; everything preparedter the ~. ' . . eventful;-morrliv:',:: • ~ ~, .„ --- ": - Ellen—no, letn -" ll'her Nellie at r ance, for \ thipt was her pet name,_st cline one ever said "Alteß,,after a . single-day4s t ecquaintance—Nellie ''. was now ( at honsekeeping; . it was. the first ChristinatiEve She had ever spent iii,ll - er own house, the first ChristmaS dinner site had. ever — . preparett-fot;-on-hereon -responsibility.-4-This \ . ,- - was beiegniarried inde d; atid there was that • husband fr of hers, sitting' n the , other side of, the. fire, reading "away "unconiCiouslx,As if ' . __there was nothing in it, as if' any onewas ' equal to such a task, as if Christmas puddings came - down frail henyen ready made, and , mince pies grew .iu the garden. Another time Nellie ,might have gone to him, coaxed the took out of httihands, insisted on his-tak ing - off those odious _spectacles4 and claimed . 'his Wttention, While she bewildered hisintt;l- - . Joet with en account of frightful. perils and -.. • narrow escapes which 1; 4 4e, - hefallen her' in tlie domistic arena. Not that he took in a s word of it all; he only understood that ho had a dear little wife, whose-fair :face, , upturneA itli animated - glances r _was..e pleasanter page to read than the rarest author on his well filled ' shelves, and _tompreliended 'that she .was a ... . - - •Id management, inns-. molded, did ° everything q___ _-y, and religi. li Abstained frorn_setting his books and papers to rights, •- - But Nellie was too 'dignified to chat to•night she felt that even .her htisband was unworthy a confidence -le 'could so littlenppreciate;- no one. but a woman.,could sympathise in oldthe. conflicts pond :triumphs of Wet day; many of 'them" , must die Unrecorded, but others to . —morrow would.phow what they were; and then --Carry and_Margaretffould be.there;`tkey were /not like Robert, they knew what it was! ` ghe . - lifid-a clear hnlf hour before the conch brotight them„.hofWit; and, as there. was nothing . more •to , be done,:sho seated hetitlf !Aviv° have and gradually, fell:into a znnSing review of the last two years Of her life, and the circumstances that had combined to fix her happy lot in that pleasant, simple home._ There' are few memories - that . are. riot sad ____ones; for a they'are of pyasant_ hours, those hours , tire 4 gone forever; .and if of. sorrow, there is a soar upon the. heart, which• burns afresh when touched.._._ • __ .. ' • • --- • ,• - " To "judger•Wilitielebir gathering'Wt ovhat . , smiling,.bre'w, by the gradual ,tlBiiing of lips generally parted,,as if the heart within Were ready to dieCloseitielf, the drooping of lashes .. on the round - rosy cheek; 'Nellie' . 8 theurox•ieo are - very sad ones indeed. We /ave a right to know them, Nellie—whatl,.are you thinking of? ' . .. The, old, old* herne, Where the first Was lisped at a mother's kiiem the dear s4 - et hallowed by.such sweet childish memories, 'semembered always in am.-atmosphere of Spling; sunshine, and flowers;'darkened only bx the thought of death, when they who made it home were hidden from the -orphan's gaze in the totnl3 7 :the old, old home, when they part ' tit from it,neverttibehold it again, eat - kiwis itNaPgais' footsteps would wear oui the ' - traoks they had trodden, and. sweep, away irtices'iniiigled with their dearestlove. two-largo-tears-gathered-slowly an offering .on that happy evening to -the beloved dead, to the sacred past. ~ . Now comes .atfother.phase, a 'memory of one , mho wronged — rerT - y - woo — its - Itm • ~ ....... , , • , titnd flung it idly by; - the Warm., proud. !lush . - deli ;the tears, and a flush steals out from the ) .' • d yncest eyes: Nellie, the heart . that is so \ \4\b, angr ;still,-)s hardly healed-of its, love Wound! She •tlio the thoUghtus.she fled freln - hito;.-- - In faney-.5 e, leaves again . the weelthl lnc. there he hat crossed, her path' rejects depen -. • - detice on rich r,, Ilions, for liardef.dependence on a :grudging, poo oue; that Wa 0 s a bard triul, . Nellie, but it was brayely . borne, and_lt has' led thee here. These lung solitary waits of .. thine, • intended. to drive : away the bitter . ..._ thoughts that - thronged tlitt heart's Oil( chum-; Gera; how 'little could'st thou &caw', vil_i_en , • they,., Niiere . first crossed hys_ that '_s( age; - • :tho.ughtfullooking_ min, that he vould:be'rdl . to thae:bne day,.tlo-C,115014 of the 'past, the • object of the present, ihe guide of the future. • - - _.k.stratigo - thi4igito lifa, .Nellie; and it Tls well sotrietimes.for the prettiest and 'happiest:ere"), -- - to layrtt, - andirreinetriildir in the paint of 'a. Soft reliiti - hand, - and ponder on it as thou art (Wing now, those primroses did the mischief fik§e,l(that 'such thAvers . BO .(I,llltan themselves!) (lain% they . - --.ggow iia.Bitch naattitinable npot, that *lieu. I;ad criinbel up there; rho .eoultitifirltiet diirin'agafti,..hint was .obligedto aceepi, Ihe ,hiAvl.fcrolrc,l hy„ usT,Tligiy hat stsif thought, with and ap; Old gentleman it egnlti not Matter , and- se: sluieutriredliita-i f ty-iiiiii tqle, ~,sitle' that.,ll4; . and many OthAs day: when they thl,,Antil 40 6_ 4 faciricxed:iodonly that he :van not eniiiiil;aftell" . "ali, ikati 4 tictat • -. /.., walks wore'very lone.* r hen she did.not•hap . pen tepeet him. : , •.: ._. . . ~ liellie would have. repulied him "angrily, had .he...made-Apve- ; to-Lber- , .÷The-wouttda....*Ater: lipartypre top recent, end fanny's ideal- still 'too viiridly eligraied there, to be 'displaced Anickly, , and - by-sfroli a . umn, 'too, as Robert' Fairfield; ''bu , he Contrived to 'get - possession of everything else, if he had not lot , e; I . yopsn.' ed the'rich stores of his mind for hetAprove7.l ment;hi) won her confidence; her esteem, her friendship; and at last, when'she had accino panied his mother,4noh a . dear.nlil lady as she, was, io the lonely cottage - he. inhabited; and . saw how desolate jr looked. for want of a-wo man tell care of .it, and-set -it to rights, - pityfiliiiilie - d - - - the - business aitNellte - nitf,- -- fared itobert to .. aka -her -hand inLhis,' and premised at the altar to be atrue and : loving wife. . ' She had never once repetitpd of it. Busy, Merry little creature that she', was; she not only seemed to he making honyy all the day lOlig,Thei - al Wayti had' a-totort:i troy -han &far immediate consumption;-and the prettiest •.t -tagein the village had. beuonier, thanks to 1 r clever-bands, -- the neatest - and - mostiaideful:= ItOberi said so,_ and his-mother said so, and.so did-the--aeighbors, and .as-strangers always ,stood and peepod in as they passed' by it i 3 tu be presumed they were of the.sania opinion. .Nellie .had just reached this pleasant Sod euunnatien of '-leer' reverie, and had. regained the name bright glad look with Which she bad started on it, when wheels were heard."3t the g,ardpii 7 gate,a sure sign that the coach,was some in and : the sisters at hand. ' . , . ~ Nellie ran out in the dark, but Robert stay ed to-light - n candle. A :great con - fusion, a rush of cold air' from the frost, a smell of dump ntraw from .the ingg,agei an od - otof ftistian-trom the guard's cent, a general con fusion fr in every,one's talking at once, and chinkin ' money In unisoiii_and then' a sheerY' •lerry bristmas to you, sir.' Lieelth,ladies,' from the man, as- he drained the glass Nellie had filled for him, and lie was 'gene, the' oor . .. 'eluded; - and the -three , eistere stood 'to - flier again sfalr . 'alit first Alene t loi - :three. long .earyi the first time aitteevlßM bade* . adieu !their early h a . fib *ITI their • tti . e tb 5 , , • e, t r_eTe. 4 ' • ,The,memory-nomes--.Domes trNellie's henit, it riees in her voice; and Swims in her . bright.e)ies; biit 'she. foives it back with wordi and smiles of welcoine. - . . - - - -• ry, - how biro grown!' I can Bee dist, though yen!ro• [dee A - quieter,' tenderer greeting lorllargaret, who is already,aeated in the easy^ chair', close o the tire, with thitt-deei.,-cliiiitiyllebertiry ing.to get her out;of her wrapss-L-he does it too. Nellie,would never bare believed Jam capable of such a thing;' atuf,Nargarek's.rniet dyes raided , - to thank blizz;•she is too tired io spoilt: brit they seem friends already, that is pleasant! :Ntivr co-sea,..him — greet Carry: :he turas to her with frank kintlne7ss, a little awk• watt' perhaps,--but brcitherly too,.and imprints a paternal . kiss.on hereheek,_which Op accepts with a ceruxio - hauteur, for,"Carry perfers dis- taut homage. . he hue no time to think what she, feelki; , but los ok - rquiet e 743 . reniarka this, she doss reel buutething. . hate sonic tea,.ancrieito t.e.l„ is..quite clear, She is-so .pale and htti is . all this care for Margaret?. why do, their - voices : sink to• gentler; pore caressing tones, when speaking toiler, and their_actions shadow her.,J4lO:W Wl' another atmosphere than th4o(ordinarY.tif't*:;?: .„ . .11fargaret - T - Is an invalid,.. come never to . irti ow-the -',-blessed meaning- of - health- and strength; 'there'll no hopelbr-her, only along, lingering life of pain; perliapS; - , but this sad certainty, and the mystery- of her patient suf, tering, make her a holy thing to "those two kiodly natures. -.Robert has-taken' .off spectscles,und- forgotten, t6' replace, them in hii anxiety about her; and had. Nellie time, she suspects she should detect, tears-in those . eyes, so occupied with her inv;alid sister. But it is all bustle lquiet bustle though, - for: Nellie is never noisy) till Margaret hits had her.. ten, and is safely stowed..away.•in her, .warm room, too . weary to admire its - neat clepq. :nese, or to -say more than a faint 'God bless. you, darling,'. to her attentive sister.. And now :they', three " - drairiti their chairs roUnd the, fire, , and prepare,. as Nellie says, for it nice chat. - Who is:,to'hegin? Carry-sits on, one . side very Upright; • tired,•butiefueing to own .. iti th. nandsetne fee—a.shoWy...banutyi a fine b a ust, , sqick flashing eies,: wanting' eoftnetis it . , "may be. She .:.be s autifellY dressed also, for -site' lives • w itb.- the '•,wealthyrrelatives whop< Nellie. left.fer'selitudt}-and.a maiden auut; and her silk dress fists- .nicely„ and.. has , an evident self i consciousness of being - in- the riaw-est fash f ion., was not- 1646 s . sheneedlave l'g i lsed Tar At any as a travelling ant', p! . .;yiall7 • t..} • h o' r 114. 4.116). C Tt7H "ilia !S'. , AV.i4lr: - .:j 11U I.!: t^; rti t.g.31,%.R04, - '- Aito.ito-'4 y . • , or staikr, tint ';otills ".everything stuff, Ihateier. its taitttre.: 'Ent-when Carry bad mac eNte apology ; which: been on her mind carer since her, arrival and Robertimd beotl,her .!':' , "e pit,4 lt, and Ellen had •stnired!iit-httr_ , i fin o Mi, phleistttion, moue tciiinot ‘ordtarl atop:- Why didn't Robert begin?'. beginr: 'pita .lO,Tyking through' those dread, ful.;.speetaelesof• his at' the fffe,, thinking:ab72 stracely, when he• Ought to be talking instead; one ; cf his funny.stories now. ould set them - .11-4-i--h - e-siotikl-ifut tell it—' . • Rad Nellie Written a description of. Robert ',at that.montent, , and Carry. atitttlier; holy difr • iferent. they wduld have been! l havc;2•said; 'that it *as, the cleareetclijadest ' face in the' Worldt.that the,speciacieti concealed the mildest Moist beaming eyes, ;bat ever a litolted - Ahroygh;, that `tile. scanty hairs his: nearly head, "covered the most clevey,-sonitible brain: 'And .Carry Windt! - Hifi itild l W Hl4Tritrif : - * -111f. t -iriii i -cieic • -iird:' fashioned-looking:husband:-poor- Nellie got! • • But The• - evetitug thtit'promised to be so cheerful vrtis..going•.by, and -they were all speaking in monosyllables. Nellie made" a dash: she began upon - 'their childish , days.— 13iirry - 10 \ it drop; she had a bad memory, and wasn't sentimental, She said: Nellie talked of the town slip lived in; Carry grCw comteunica tive on* the score .of society, gossip, and , the' showed great signe of weari- neseland looked wishfully at his bo,oks, , - Nellie had wide a 'great_ effort, forced hini . into the . conversation,,, and at last : into ono of his best.stories. But. alas! just 'at the very hest. part,. where the . interest was-greatest, c'erry gave most evidet4 signs of being bored; Robert saw them-not, brit deliberately pursued his way; Carry yiiwned • 'heltioditer hail - . - - If he would but talk a little faster, and notlaugh arhisid:fairly off, .•Poor . • • • • . • _ Nellie was_ greatly - troubled; 'Were it:possible to hurry•him, or too interested; she „hogs hie. pardon ju tna he tenches t ,every - pOint of the wholematter, and asks-what time itre;Tar - She .really thinks she must go to bed. Robert,nk whit disconsorted ; answers. her quedlitins; but Nellie blusbes - f4iVaid, to; Land Au i sbids Carry. up otairs to ber room. Tho vi"siov's rooni, • a ilroiiil' inttice casentsiut i ,Jilf. . ovorgtoiVrt in Ou'intitorlimety scented frovvtric with clittfOttl.fire piotuT " 44144 11 . - an , A ! 1 Ent 3fr covered bed,' itit.essenceti - ototennneos,: anit viting comfort." , , - Outiithvowilteraelfintg - nn easy pad yatpas ngaitl. . -.Hon - do . you oontrive'le -- breark - Nellie - , In these i rtonts?' Vell - r - dirstrwifyricof? 'They are so IoW, they quite suffoCate Nellie ha¢ never found it-out.' , You .eccustonied to such grand doing you sees Carry.' • , 'How could you leave the town fer , such place its this, Nellie, is,what puzzlCs,me; Alain to' hx• Yourself in 'it by marrying! Why did you not till I was settled? anti then you could have come to me, I would have found you - setup 'one worth throwing yoursel away Cot.' —The worda_ iuiplied_something_flistastefu about Robert, and Nellie colored violently, 'I, am spite happy, [Carry,' oho said, 'I do not wish to ohange any lot.' Qt happy Notisenne,' said Carry, 'do_ you mean, to pursuade me that any (Me can'be huppy without so,iety,.mewed up the _whole! day long in smull rooms, with a ;husbanin Wiectacles, who tells Mug stories and laughs „ .at his own jokes ?' 4 0h, Carry, he is the_ heet—' , . dear, , l don't say he isn't, for I'm sure he g,pil that; but pu can't.dcez, sure, it's no' disgrace to Lim, that_he does si is .Pry prosy, an ar spec `Never raind,'Wheu , he is kind' and , good,' said ,Nellie. I ~ . 'No rnore — tintn,ho ought to be, with a youtigl pretty wife like yfin, Mollie dear; . but still I do maintain that vatinglit to havemarried bet-. ter, Fancy thg E r ifti that Would bo -made, of him if lie Were_hitratlitcetrat N. in our set!--,. It would, be impcissitile: But there, , don't be angry, it's•no iiiatatking now, it's done;, You must come •ivithotit him—say you want change of . air, and leave him At home. I shall' sxpe,ct, you very stion, ; taY ieu; for PL. expecting te be married; 'jr.,rig wheu I've' a house of -my own, I Lope 'eften to have my sisters with . _ me.' . forgot everything el6o'• in her, joy the news. ' • . - • 61)04 Cairy, are you really engaged ? Oh, tell nie.ahUht 4 - . •really aui; and who to, of all the men in the inrhl 14eill i e:41ionk her head . Sovell.' • (z 7 :: b!tek,'wib.l . throbbih 6- 4 ar,t ! what Lace iou to tio witlr.this 'yraich, buck,: but blood ! tladslioald ae:ver be; Ord fir : thu blusbing cheek.. SboOhl. Robert Fair. li`eld's wife Stitrit thu,6,..ltt yt !male connected 7 , 1 jlll-1 . 2d , ,t , !) , 10 , 1zin:ti Avi.. tEarit i f ,g? • • unipitlint 6'i :ttsure bhn.: 4 ,,,- d: her .eyes I;).its . :,,,..ii , ~ '.••.. - " .lil oltanibe ,. matried early In the: summer , , we, htt:iu.oh(i.ein pittil houtte.-and when I return,: shall,-tekin.furnishing.l...--_LL.::, .2 ' ..: .. ... . .c.'o l ithen.folloWes a fiat of thiv furniture, '-nse. ~ ful it . nd. aiiiiiinental, which would he absolutely necessary; the: eatalogue as unheeded by ',Nellie tltough..she. scented ta listen attentively,- 1 hut Carrie was startled whe',she rose at length and patting' hersttrms around her sister'e neck, fti-d- i Lw9-: tit-a -a hertrq-alek-so -.. ... .. 1 , God bless you, dear r Carry, and him too ;. hOpe'y.ou wilrfie verY,.iery.happy.' . . _ Not another word spake poor ti;at night in any mertal . ear; but 'when, some lours afterwards her husband - 4re%! aside, the cur-, tain and !pelted on the sleeping, face of . his young wife, lie feund ihwas flushed as with_ unquiet siumber'audlthe long lashes that rest ed:on it wet With recent tears. --- TheyTillifirdit — *lra that certainly every_ one. seemed merry. There was Old Mrs. Fair field, With her quiet, dignified ways, making her look reropected;":e,ven Carry was,awed into -trying to win a - golden opinien, from l:;er.— Theyewas Margaret, se delighted with every thing around her,spraielng their country fair and habits at. every turn; never, tired or hear ihg,h.ow all looked insummer,and what were the pleasures.'they'tasted then. • :Robert, .too, continued_to keep.',clear of all long steries, do 'lroted himself chiefly to 'Margaret, and.renoun- ced spectacles for the day. • Why be ever wore them no one can understand. it;ivtit-not—for the tiake'of looking profesaional, for he was men Of small but indemdent foitune;.norbe, cause he was near sighted,•or.bto weak', eyes -no, but ho bad formed' OW, babit, and though ho could see much better without them -not oven Nellie's coaxing. could procure more than lone day's intermisidon •Of the odious , I"Ofir marriage is not quito so muo i to tape ter' to me as it. was inat•night, Nellieranid ,Carry, smiling archly; wheu . they fottUd _ . selves alomyagnin. ' , !' Nally triumpliaUtly; 'you bin :to do hini justico,theu 1 'Do %you juatioe, Yo": 44 . 3l :Cis#P hypoeyite.f.•• hoil'over, -you, .tnigh _Veen tauo4._ sear :juts' •Etilrfie)d oreourse.' isfeu, l =esid-Nelliti - . — Nlbyrr -- -' 'Oh ! said Coriy, 'you are : quite IT7z itierloi:you , and Robeit to uny thing of: the 'My dear Corm!, fahl_Nollto,. with—wounded amnieluent, 'ldra...tairfaeld liVes on an ainu - i , 7 ty that, dies with ter.' . . . •Then. I am more •In the dark than ever,' ---~. said Carry. She stood looking musingly 'at thefire a few momenta, 'But there, gO tobed, Nellie,- do,' she ed- - ded, giving her a cold-kiss ; after - a you're, just ra‘ , Ai. wife for . that dear, slow old Robert:of yours. Good niglif, - Nellie; good niglft.' Nellie:bad a puzzled look-on her, face.'When room;_itlya'sut ns bright_aracheerl. ful now as on Christmas eve. •:• ...• a ll wiz . , slow old• murmured Nellie as she laid per band' on the handle of the par ler door,'‘after nil I niny as Well go to'bea at once, I dare , say ho dosen'.t cart; for u goattip;' and softly withdrawing it, she wept up stairs ' ~ -- Look.to it, Robert; fora man With' speotn ea,.ymt are slow .indeed if You cannot see that_ttrere is..a.veil waving between Yout—holirt been•worn.for Shan , to l dr6i,inntl the tibebrful yoke tt ncli,an' J effort to catnelstraight from the - heart; lOok - to it:;. dear slow. old Robert; or throwaway_.your specta l: cies, and live in-blindness everßore. ' Cary was gone to,see a. poor ? i ol,ative who bad been protectress; Robert was• spending ati hour'witlt hiS mother, as hie cur• tom_ TAR eve>{y morning._:_Nfiliio brou \ ght her work, an erahroidexed collar that. Carry^bad designed for her, and eat dOwn beside the' sofa op which Margaret lay reading." The. bOok was laid :asideher irister's_fireit_atternpt at, convorsa don . - 'lY,el,l;.Pekgie dear you. haven ' t told,n(O bow yourliho Robert ?' There MB 110 for:it;' help likings° hind 4 ato4geadle a . mien ?,' dOn't find hlio very old-fashioned then?' ' • 'I like o).l , :rashioneti (110 we iiet yeaterdny. that there wore no songs, , no. books. no tlowerai liko.ortl-fnehiOntid _ 'Aud.p you, then thinlcßobert old-ffqhiou- y V ,• ed r. strapge'ppliha to . 4 . . pplito . him I hardly' know,: What doei3 it mean • ' 'Why that he. i's:scr pr0ey..,6,40, odd, not like ibb - yotingiaicit of the present day.'•, • - .. 4 .110 bo called chic of theta; ,Sear Nellie; . \.so that Fnrit - E3Oilig. As to his hi.ing -" ' "• 1 , • t:1 1 1 •',,' .; to.r.!•v I f,fll , ~. ; „ ;. 111 11;;22.7 1 :037'; • EMS . . 1 661f,-. and In.ifi .B 9o l l if)ll l ,Ptatrd, 1 944 4gmßiPg This' liseenere, 'that , thexshoulstbe•ihe last to ' ~.. find thrn iiio ,- ; k ~ A ,, ,,' ;44 ,!, t.: h. , :.' .. .. •,:. ' 'One mbre_ipiehOcip i 'f: ellg; cidl"paiii:d6ie. : We uld , yen hav_b•Mai‘i 19_1? - ertgbitfield r had-!-- - be : ashed you?' - -: -. : :;..L , 'No; Nellio,' ', :,.., I ";+')';... : :', ~ " • .. , .eth ! there . yiiU 4 o - 0;;; - *Iiif# 1 '? 4 44 -t '',: ',. ; : +Because, dear t .ihere will out?, ifikolily,',one . -:. to whom .1 . ,--ever *Quid.; . htivii,:-I,, , yeii,",'' nii4_, - sWered.Margeiret, ii;tieilyi:tl,io),:fglillr:o,l4l4no- *. ' - - "T'ltireateltlicrinuttil!.-0 4 ttbitittp --- ' -- _ • suppress. -, _.. • ,-.,..-- - .....i - - 7 : .- .. . , -.. Nellie , kilused, her caressingly.. ' 'forgive - my teasing pil:ii,liith cp , icstionsi,_stio said, but Carry has' put these things ; into my head- I =Blls does. net 'like B,obert. You. see . .. Mr., 77 --:',,, I mean the.youn g-Inan she is 01 . 3; igaged to, is auch:a.fiee handsome . fellow, she, cannot help comparing her lot withlimine i— and, thiq'she pitied , me, buried, as she' says,.. ` _ _iiiithiit country; and leading'such 'is 'humdrum life _________ • 'Laugh ; at her far her pity, yOudon't need•it, and if is-- any consolation to you, I assure you, were I compelled to choose be tween the - tvro - gentlemen, you would-he'-the . loser, not Carry.' • .4h I you would take'mi Robe rt, thetr,...414 yot Charles Sewell is very, hundso_kie add,Oxi- . _ •Grantedrbiit I profei 'Robert's .a;pressire .: '. face - and genuine kiadnesig.'. i‘i. 'l...Nellie kissed . her again, eke,' felt happi teit and conted Due's' mote; and: iing aside her embwidery .drew out a poe et hapd+ kerchief of Robert's that *mail . chemiribik ,nod -si•oriccd hie initial, in_lherovrn_hair.--- Margaret smiled„,ijuietly, and• resumed her It is the middleofJune,,and a bright suta tner day,—not your modprn : iutoraere, but an old-one, Sula r as our ancestors bislied iu; there garden; June scouts pouring in window, and—filling the - cheerful rocm4 - ivith fr t,eitgrai3ce; : and,. -hotter. flit:m.4l, June shine's on the onnny &Col _of Robert's little 'wife as She stands, he§isle bliOtt a plain cotton dress, reaching up the_ nanit- t ho is bartmerfpg into the wa11.7 -- • Therasre geniaLbeneficont..spirits 'abroad =this, worntpg, tan - certainty, and their influence -ia eeen - ilid:. fel C.-every w heri3 ; - ibere- -isn't,. :a--; --- . liwnlhiw autmg round , the cittien't- - - . -:- .. ,coneciousof it, there - isn't - _ - _ars:itirritifte 'dancing anio - tigthe leaves, or dashing in at f ,th e -- w itrasiflio - NallielreitraTcorleZ - that-v::= 7 - isn't full of the joyona certainty as \ it can I be,. ' 1 :,.. .the brawling brook in the - meadow beside the 1 .house is singing the 1311111 M thing: and the flaw -ere nod their—heeds -and 1 drin'isi-witli-evidencconvicti but:what:bas all 'this to do with iv newli, white-washed room, a new cheerful paper, a hustrand nailing curtains, and a _little wife handling them with nails ?,. A great deal, as ,-you will see MI The.sis. months that hind - pissed have not "gane**)thout leaving-some token of their presence attd. effects. If Robert were compell ed-aMak,e a ct nfession; though thumb screws and the — ruck wouldn't induce • him to do it; he w&uld own:Abet the visitor . bad, not left his home such a happy. one ae they Lad fotttd it r.apil that every - time - a — letter ,ry's hand=writing, 'there was the' renewal of • the old.straugeness in bkellies tone and manner• Shadew 'on her face _that used net to be?' seen there - once; that, very often, when hie speotnete - ErWere bent on his boils, life eyes were looking over them, trying to ,find out What,' eomething-was—alLto net And Neil,: lie, oh: hers would, ho hard - confessions, too, di'.euvieti;.-leplings when "eho rend' - of Carry's gaiety, ma„Car - iy.'a lover, and Carry's pres enTs ; — of - yearßiugs Voter:us of the neivest — shirpo — v ere — at:tit" he of ttenipts .- 4 ;Italian sou - nuts, instead of,..tbe ,simple:oidtiongs Robert !eyed. — A si(inern -- coatesahurrindeed - , - isieltioi - and i o,..e:Yeu try :veil. blush to make even tO;pIV. _ Bit had been even-woriii than this since when". Carry wymnarried and in truth-. the account of titp-ivadtling ; suchlt wedding,ao-,. it was, nught"Wellittrit - Nellie's 'simple: - h - eadi -- and .make herimart disCootortt for-a month of ....terwa6is; Audit' the truth-must be told, the ; 4 urewus smulier, the garden emptier; and Rebores atorieflefiger tharribcy had ever been -- before.. I,t I Was well Carry botild, not marry Again just yet., ire noto bad come' fioln, Margo- . rot; announcing that the- aged -- relative whom she' had liitlicitoiesided' was nolmore; .•/ • • add sliglad written to Cigry, ilSkidl3 frula her the asyludt Ai: needed. r , , was.da,tural, tbr Carry'shu — sbnud - wsi a rich toad ? arid, In lter , large establishment a 'nook could wiry ho . fOund for. her sick cis-_ • , . • But r Ctirry , olindreplipd - thal•VOrlinbbandilo - •witrdt,or ifiunet.ho would be happy to:4110w 110.4 • B,uut, which .§lle-.conhtfati with.:Aoedlo work.. • .., . . , I ilts 'reply rencilted ,I) . y ' ent 1F Jn Itor N-.e.t;41:,r Yi j ui s tlt: t . . MMMIMM liE II =A DM
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