The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-12-04
WHOLE NUMBER 29O

, the old squire being all the while as
tender to her as her father.
when they got to the fine old hall
which they did towards eveniug-tbe
old squire left the dear young lady VII
Mrs. Ramble, and went into the parlor
where the wounded gentleman was lying
on couch.
MY dear boy, ,'ho says, 'I've brought
you nurse
Have you ? replied the other, in-
differently.
AS you seem careless about her, my
boy, III bring her in, and let her speak
for herself So he returns, and takes
in Rose, looking, as the old butler told
Broom, most lovely. The wounded
gentleman did not see her till she was
close beside his couch, and, STOPPING,
whispered Charles Then in minute
be started, and looked and saw her, and
understood all, and gathered her to him
as we'll as his fcebleness would let him.
MY love- he said, when he had
called her hundred other loving
names, Il have but one arm, now
The one gone my country had; the
other is yours, to gather you in, to shield
you by-if so you whl.'
OF course, Miss Margaret, the dear
child did not say no; but, kneeling and
kissing him again, wept like babe.
She shall be yours, and in the morns
ing, dear boy says Squire Wooton, Il
have arranged everything. You shall
be carried to church, and Hopton shall
marry you. In the meanwhile talk ii
over
For a whole hour the squire leaves;
aud when he goes in again, there be tie
dear child kneeling by the couch, just
as be had left her.
Come, my DEAR he says to her, I
must now consign you to Mrs. Ramble.
In the morning, when we have made
you little wife, you shall begin your
duty of nursing as fast as you please
but not till then.'
So just as Squire Wooton said, he
did. Mrs. Ramble took care of the
young lady, and got her dress ready;
and in the morning-that is, yeasterday
morning Captain Wooton and sh,
were married AS soon as tho matter
wur over, the squire left them, and went
off to the town with Mr.. Hopton, taking
with him the great hamper which you
got last night, and which Mrs. Ramble
and Rose had packed. Old Cask, the
butler, wur the one that gave it Broom,
and paid the carriage, and told him just
all Pm telling you; and which old
Broom told me and my master last
night
Margaret says but little she is too
moved with what she hears.
When they have brcakfasted, the SIS
ters rise, and put on the best their scanty
wardrobes allow but this made to look
better than it is by snowy laces and
other namelcss attributes Of gentle
women. Then Eleanor goes down into
the best parlor, where her spider-legged
sofa is wheeled and Margaret, though
feeling i'll and weary, finds up linen and
other things for the dinner-table, and
helps Mary to prepare the best chamber
for Rose and her soldicr-husband. But
Mary, the kindest of humble friends,
will not let her do much but makes her
20 down into the paror, and rest there
by the brightest Of hearths, when che
has dressed up bowls, vases, and ohina..
plates, with holly, chrysanthemums, suA
other flowers just gashercd from ~
garden.
Now, dear missis,' says the kind
creature, don't worry bit about the
dinner, or the coming company; bus
leave oil to me. You know know your
ways, and how things are to be served.
And there amt much to do. Nothing
but the goose and vegetables to cook,
and the pudding to warm
So by the blazing 6ro-burning 80
brightly because Of the frosty air-with
the pleasant wintry sun beaming through
the three lattice windows, with pyracan-
I, thus and holly, fsathered with snow,
dipping outside the paucs; with bloom
log flowers within-with hearts at ease,