The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-24

] Nilltnm nilrcifd u fhhfilhhlr huHlinF~uli ~
/ The circumstance whenever 4 happeUfd ln
ha alluded to- while ~ the same time Size ~,
dulgrd u many - strong linl ~ ups'GTis aud
low bpru people while ~ tho presence Of
james bolton's inmlly especially The elder
/ children who heinF, pOnr things iu blessed
I ignuruuco ol their iuniBnlh oUgiui could OF
3 w tauily wonder al HEIR aunra yuhriueucn
Ihen Mrs. james was accused ly Mfs. VIII
liam OF being very dloi aud hat shr WIS pt
% lesr active urn dian her fislut i6-ipW uo
body could deny Fhr WRs iHir, plump
composed luuhius tame, WHO look lhr world
easily, trusted 90 WHsl, orW0ulen Ia darn her
stockings, aud Ia ser,nnrs 10 dross hor chll-
/ dren; uud ~ the uidsI ofn d1lnHslc lin-
/ bpl, which Mrs, William would have TALKED
and commanded into worse confusion ~ 40
llmn, might often be Hooh quietly l1uugiHg
upnn a snlJ, Wilh her mud Engaged Wiih
ilie lost new novel Iheu both James liul-
T Ton Hpd hiH lu,iy liked ." +ssFs HDFa Fl1H.F-
iuous lubc than Mrs, William approved Ui
were loud of high sUu-onod -'luiuteH,h'c, q s-!'
Mrs William chose Ia set them down ~
gluuOus,
Il really dread asking your brother 10 diu-
ucr, ny denr,' MIR. William would romnrG
'one hus 70 he 30 particular, rud mike ruch
Fuss
Now lLu truth was, lhnl some soup, good
Joint OF mtui mud pudding, would have
furnished quite u sufficient diuucr lor The oc-
cusion, aud all parties would have been tHt'
IsGrd; bat Mrs, Nyll,m Wadu her fatigue cv-
idrni, ne she snt down nI tiip head Of hrr wet.
furnished honrd. The children, ~ little chill
drcn, played together, l,ui, with the singular
instincts uichldfop soon irit Tie c0ldursH of
thcir parents extending To- llcmsolVcr. In
deed lleir mHninns did not spare their 90.
,ccti,es on curl o.i,.s,'s progeny before their
own, Mrs. Jnmcs pronounced Mr. WI
liam's iho ridcFt md most i0rwnrd hrnts Va
tie universe; Mrs. William thanked Heaven
her children were hottest aud Wdrpcudrni--
size would not have lhcnfru srtiul and de
c'iliul ~ their cousins for the world
A. the families grew up, mnllcw did not
mend, for the daughters Nlrs. jams had four
To Mrs Niiiiuui's twoD worr ns dign-ici'l Ia
the Inter ~ ever the mulhor Ind been.
,Eiapiy, Affected. mud nlliih aschiufcss'
Nfs. William Designated thrug 90 he sure
Whit better could bc expected from Iheif
bringing upi'
Now The four Misses Bolton were neither
better nor worse than tlr gtu,u4hty ofyouug
ladies; they were moderately Pp"d-loGkinF,
moderately Accomplished, reasonably iUnd .
.nf each ulucr aud delighted in gairiF, mid
dress, and hehuX. ilCTc Mrs W illilm had q
great liiumph; her Jane was decidedly bonu-
niul; her hlillirent pretly y extremely clover
the only blot in.hrr Wuthct's cl0 being, that .
-lio seemed 10 love her nunt, her uncle, hcr
cousins aud al lirf relations neat To- her own
parents with the most pctlrct aud ciIld'lihc 4
confidence; and they loved hor Mlllitenl
was ~ completely iHuii. PEE ~ over was
heroine Of rdmuuro. She seemed Ia lnvc
come iuio the world without spot IA "cr 4
mud where rldc or rfejt-lica could grow
loyiuE aer parents her brother "uG sNa'er ri' .
Ttcmely, yet WIN iuic CROUCH 10 rNtI-'ttt -'''-
all besides; lovely, happy, loving creature m
dec,N,UH hule Milly Bolton.
Jane, lIr elder sister, was even more bent
tilul; her mind was well cullNatcd' her lnan-
nors elegant; her nn,urc oNronlely at'"e'4ot'
ate. But she Inherited much OF her moth
er's prejudice aud pride, aud IN her TO- inml- Il
~ dislike did not seem likely to bc Joiloncd. n
Jane was exceedingly pol,tu TO h.r Cousins,
and was lN them ,rq0ted with polueucas ~
return; but liulc, loving Miliy WAS 'hcir Idol.
II their mother would have pcrmiIcd w. tiioA
~ ould huvc had her utpongri ihrni every day
aud all day long: hut Mrs William was al
WAYS ready with an excuse to prevent her
going amongst them; mud they delighted 10
Irarr their Uuut 10y showing her every posi-.
bile preference over.hcr own rc, Jane.
As ttg fHutTtirv advanced ~ age, new OPP
portunities for difference md mutual censurc
arose The four Misses Bolton Of the Pr
ory-l should hRye.r raid before that, some
years previously, Jnnes had purchased n
house and gnrden IN The outskirts of;he town
which bore Mat dignitird cpitlci, thou"h lbn
new tnnusiuu hull un he site oLnu Old mo-
nnstlc ruin, had rs much rcseW,iIaucu lo,a
priory ns a county lnil--.lhr lour Missrs Boil
ton were all ,lrcssy, SNOWY, girls, meiined 10
be gay. mud often us circumstances w0l'uG
permit cujoy u bali, cnrnplursd with PIC .
nir, and flirting lnerrr'y whc!'' opportunity
offered.
Mrs.Nillmtn dill not allow danSlers al her
house: aud whoui Young gentlemen came
there, il was not to SIT 10y her daughters
work. table or hang over their harp; they
came to dinner or tea, and snw the Young la
desc only in her presence. some girlS might {
have FELT this rs n resirnIut, hut Mrs William
daugtters did not JnuG~ bnd been 20 com
plciely irninGA1r I~fIer mothers way, ana SO
thoroughly inheriled her rriril tlnt shc would
have wished no other arrangement had
choice been allowed her; Slnd besides that {
MiAccnt would never have drenmpt ut u re-
irrIlious thought; her heart WINS so far Occur
MED nv an iiIlrunciuus love at her cousin /
Charles Boon, the eldest the Priory flock,
lint she cared very little ior,any other. Tier
cousin Sophia wns her chief friend, clrcum-
stance cuusing n good denl OF annoyance To
Mrs William, WHO, however. suovc to coun,
terpct the influence Of "thnt giddy sophia
hy kcepiug Milly us much ms possible away
and pt,y,, allowing her to Join ia tle parties
which included her cousins when she could
prcvent il. She SAW nothing OF mlly siuno.
cent attachment TO Charles, for Charles did
no, like his aunt, and seldom visited hcri hul
she was 10y 10 means blind 10 thai which heF
e.p.. =a,,- Ilsno, had formed suddenly and un-
expectodiy for Sophia. Henry had been Hh,
sent from home except At short n'rrV"'s''"u
having cau.,,teled his college course, came
home, ms II seemed 10 Mrs william, JUS, to
fall in love With Sophia, whom, Of all the four