Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-07-03

:" am disappointed, Lima" he said !;
sit is SO difficult to suit you with hus-
band +; you are easily suited with every
thing else"
q" Bat don't want a husband, Sir ?"
" There's no telling how soon you may,
Lima; l feel myself to be failing daily,
and when 1 am gone, my child, it will be
all poor Lloyd can do to take care of his
mother"
" Can / not help him? Am 1 not
stronger than Lloyd ? Would it not be
happiness enough to work for Lloyd, and
Loyd's mother ?" thought Paulina but
she hemmed, and coughed, and said
nothing.
It would be comfort to me-" con-
tinued the old man, "to see you settled in
a home Of your own before die" He
paused, but there was no reply. did
not say word when William Strong was
after you'll did not like the stock nor
when the young lawyer sent his fine
presents-as Lloyd said, she had more CAB
than wit; )" nor when poor Charles Nose
ly was, as it were, dying for you, for,
though his prospects were fine in Ohio, l
felt, and SO did Mrs. Barnard, and SO did
Lloyd, as if we could not have you go SO
far away from US but now, my child
the case is different. Mr.. Lovejoy has
one of the best estates in the country he
is none of your flighty, here to day and
gone tomorrow folks, but substantial
reliable person, and think, and Loyd
said" Here the brands fell apart
and, while Paulina was breathless to heal
what Lloyd said, the old colonel rose t,
adjust them.- He had broken the thread
and did not take it up in the right place
"As / was saying, my child" he resume,
"my life is very uncertain, and thinl
and Lloyd drinks
What Lloyd thought Paulina did nc
} learn, for at this moment the door opene,
and Lloyd entered.
Lloyd Barnard was of the Edwin o
Wilfred order one of those humble an
generous spirits that give all, neithe
asking nor expecting a return. Fl
, seemed born to steal quietly and alon
: through the shady paths of life. A ca;
: from carriage in his infancy had, with
r out producing any mutilation or visibl
, injury, given fatal shock to his const
tuition. He had no disease within tn
reach of art, but delicacy, fragilit
that rendered him incapable of continuoI
n exertion OR application of any sort.
merciful Providence provides compens
t tions, or, at least alleviations, for all IL
ills that flesh is heir to; and Lloyd Ba
! nard, in abundant leisure for readin
i which he passionately loved, in the ira
guilty of perfectly resigned tempe
j, and with an universal sympathy with {
that feel, enjoy, and suffer, had little re
% son to envy the active and prosperou
d who are bustling and struggling throue
st the chances and changes of this busy lii
His wants were few, aud easily supple
y by the result of the desultory emplo
ments he found in the village, in the
J. tervals of his attention to the post offic
ut As much of what we call virtue is CO
Of stitutional, so we suppose was Loy'
contentment if it was not virtue, it W
rs happiness, for, till of late, he had felt
er more anxiety for the future than natur
er commemorative birds and flowers.
"Ah, my son. said the old gentlemi
ed '.you have come just in the right time
ep but where is Lima gone %
She went out as came in, Sir, a
he I thought she looked as though she /
mt been weeping"
nd " Weeping !" echoed the colonel; G
re- "Weeping !" re-echoed the old lady; 6
nd "could we have hurt her feelings !'' asl
both in the same breath.
ID " Why, what in the world have ,
been saying TO her, mother ?"
nv Nothing, Loyd-nothing-nothinl
don't look SO scared. We were only
T postulating little, as it were, and L
NO ing her to accept Mr.. Lovejoy's offer
IRE Lloyd looked ten times paler t
tbe usual, and kept his eyes rivited on
mother, till she added, but somehow
get seems as if she could not in any way
to it."
rd! Thank God !" murmured L,
to fetching long breath. Both par'
get heard the unwonted exclamation, an
as both it was a revelation. The coli
to rose, and walked to the window,
though the blinds were closed, stood
air. gazing out, and the old lady jerked
sed knitting-needle from the sheath,
ho, rolled up her knitting work, though