The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-09

plan. for ihs NHntc he sarpossd.
however that neutan,lc nias,ieu
might be obtained
Your teihcr', husjuras VA, a good
one bclosc. Mr Suihcrlahl Why
not take b, ,n,o yuur own hand.
We need no, rrpcsi iothtr the con
,ersaiuu q iha, evening Arthur found
that hy .ome means he had obtained
the goodwill Of sympsihisrue and
able friend and amer the interview
which was prolonged 20 = late hour
the Young man ,uierrj ihe r,.om shcre
h,s sister was waiting for him Yea more
hopeful frame Of mind than he had en-.
loycd since h,s return home
a few weeks passed away, and then
il became known that Arthur Su'her
laud had entered on the business which
his G,hcr had relIpqai.hcj, with all the
advantage Of an enlarged ard profitable
ior,ign trade which Lc had been the
means Of opening Tie made DO my..
terry Of tbs fact That tho unsolicited ne.
sisiauco of Mr. Smith had enabled him
TO inke THIS steps ard when this WAS
explained all wonder CEASED, ior tho
large. hearted, open. handed, bot somo.
times eccentric libcrality Of hat gentle
man was no secret. Nevertheless there
was mystery, which tor months alcr
remained unclearcd and We hasten on
to It's disclosure, leaving 1t TO the imn-
gination of those readers Who think that
story OF Ups and downs is by no means
complete Il !, does not cnd in wedding
TO guess for themselves how Arthur
SUNDERLAND woocd aud finally won the
lady of his choice.
There was wedding. then ?
Yes. very quiet. modest anal. -
deed, ma'am not NJ all such one q.
you would approve, IL you were in any
way given TO romantic musings But
there was wedding and that is some.
thing and a frw wedding visits we're
paid and in due timo returned.
You never snw Mrs. Smith before,
do YOU say Mr. Sunderland Z
1t was in Mr., Smiths drawing. room
that Ibis fragment Of couycrsniion oc-
CARED.
Never before she did u. the honor TO
call, the other day Never at least
that can remember
Look again, Mr. Sutherland, are YOU
quite sure, And this eirl'-layine hi.
hand on hi. eldest daughter -'have you
never seen her before =
Arthur was puzzled by the tone Of
the speaker, but he repeated the as.ur-
ance that if he ever had the pleasure,
his memory played him falsely.
Perhaps, you viii refresh our friend.
memory, Edith said Mr. Smith to hi.
wife.
do you remember asked the lady.
in soft, gentle voice, "a dreadful storm
on july night, many years ago and
travelling from London on the coach.
and "A poor young woman, lightly clad.
with an infant ia her arms, n fellow pss.
senger.
Yes, yes, ] certainly remember that
--all that said Arthur. eagerly. for the
truth AT once flashed on his mind
And that poor woman's foolish n.
larm E? and the hnrshness of the sfner.
proprietor, who would have turned her
out Of the coach and how Il was be-
did It no,F
And that young womau's husband.
Nj. Sutherland continued Mr. Smith.
who told you that lac would find means
Of repaying the kindness which was
shown without expectation of reward or
ibanksY Have sou never happened 10
meet hin Ia your trayelsi Tell him.
Edith, what you know about IT,
j am that poor woman, said Edith.
il was even so3 the seed Of ltrls
kindness, sown years before had sprane
up and borne this foodly fruit The
bread east upon the waters had returned
alier many days.