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what Ne did there was never exactly
Known, bat In little while Ia sas ranersd
that the suit vas vithdraun, and, cone
speins. Lucy Raid vas 20 be married 10 Still
nan Wheeler And 90 it Was. Ose bright
Harea day she vent Into she old church
ysodsr, sad gave herself to hin
He vas good-looking man. bat not over
smart. the asishbors whispered and ] al
way. thosshti. vas his money moro than
anything elsa that kept bin up
But Justin Grandma Deans-vhat be-
came Of Jastinf
There - . dark lock about the whole
natter. Lucy wss made the victim Of some
tsrrihle faisekOsd Bevsr blamed her IN.
thsr. Tor the thoaght Of losing the OLD hoias-
stead seemed eonpletely TO sAattes him.
4 ealy know that Squire Wheeler and bis
san we're at the bottom Of Il. and that Laey
keid went 10 the altar believing thai Justin
heep had been false 20 her
Dear me how dreadful Did be ever
come hack =
les, the next May. Lucy had been .
wife two months. Justin bad not beard of
hsr marriage She uas At home, visiting
her f.;asr. Whse she ae, hin At the door,
soc tell down Ike one saddsa stricken With
a 81
But he carried her into the house, aud
there they learned all Both bad been de.
esiSei
Ia vas terrible scene tia, old from, room
witnessed Justin suore q terrible oath Of
Vengeance and twas NJ, ,ill, with elasped
hands aud streaming eyes, the yeang wife
kEee;sd to the DOLLY man she bad ever loved,
asd pleaded fOT the life Of her husband, that
be PrOmised for her cake to spare him.
But frSa the day Of Jastin's visit, LnsV
Wheeler WAS a changed woman. All the
light and gladness Of Der being seemed dead
Ia her, and she moved about her house. pale
aad quict, With a look Of patient suffering
u her Snss Lusny eyes, that made ny hear;
ache 70 behold
.And her husband Did she ever tell
him What she bad learuedp
X think not His father aud Lucy's
died in less than two years after the mar.
rage The Squire was much less wealthy
than people supposed The next spring
Lncy aud her husband removed vest, and
soashsw people Lost sight Of them
And Jassinf'
'Tsa know the rest, my child. He ko-
came moody, unhappy man: asking no
sympathy aad giving none Blu, he Vas
aisays smart a. bargain. and in few
years he laid up enough to buy out Deacon
Piatfs tasm, when bis sou moved to the
south
'EvsE since be has sdael acres 70 his
lands. and hundreds 20 the banks; bat. for
al that, he's man soured toward all his
r1ee--s man Who vas ssvsr knosn 20 give
. httls child smile or q beggar crust Of
bread have sometimes thought his heart
vas like great desert, without q tree TO
shade OF . stream to gladden. 10 And We.
u bore bright blossom once and believe
me, children, for it IL the word Of an old
woman, who has seen ana kueSn much Of
the Ways Of man. IL i 90 always. Toe hear.
zAy be . great wilderness, bar a. sozas Of rs
Sy-Oays fAsys has .-ToEn f0t0-Y'
Cora and l looked at each other and At
Uncss Charlie. Just then Amt Myra
came in She bad been out. aud had nos
heard 81 Grandma Deans visit
But Cora stole up 70 her uncle, add, wind
ing her arm about bis neck, whispered, Il
shali bslisSe IL always, Uaele Charlie. nov
hzY- heard that story about Farmer Keep.
itst fsa's q : tkzEs1rs ~ tAs sctk&ssHess II
srsyy Asgyt
IL sas q saltry August day 10 The sum-
msr passed - Meadoubrook The wind.
lou aud slamberous as the hush Of moth
sr's voice At BightfAll, erspt up through the
corn, aud dosn ahSsE she rye aad wheat.
solts, that lay like broad. green folds About
the dwelling % Farmer Keep There vas
no P0sm Of aoFsrs written about the front
yara 10 grscsful, hsF@oniEiug touches Of
creeping viae or waving eartairs about the
old Esd homestead aud Jet IL had a quist,
saestsfltial, matter offset pby siognony, that
somehow made kS@e fselisg about your
bssst
think IL mast have teen this uneon.
ssisss fcsli7z which decided the course u
the siri, she stood ~ The psiat where the
tSo reads divsrEsd, and gsEsd uistfslly
Shouts her that nAsrBsaa
Shs sssmsd very tired, and her ssaras
stSaw-bOahst sad talieo dress ssFs covered
vita dust IL yOa bad booked IN Der face
yea would Dot have forgetsca H. II eoala
rot haSs seen more thaH fstsen summers
IL vas very pale aud I've sweet, sad bcsaty
made zoe think % nothiBg boa forest Soc
srs dFeuehad sItk ssBmsF rains Her eyes
usrs u that deep moist blue, that tolls oat
AtrN- $500 - " - FlA ettAaas 80 q
bee bps ripe and fell a. msa4sz strawber.
res, BAD tnat touching sorroufaIhess sbsut
tasm Shieh tells you slVsys the heart 10.
heath Is fall a tears
Ths girls hand elaspei tightly tho little
boys b hsr side TIE rssssn blaass bstue
them uould have told yoa 81 cucs tbsv
brother aad SISTER, BAT BIS life frirs u 3
have covered msFs thaa q thire< q coo
fas hi,is' ftllos's large 80 q 1000 40
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