Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-10-26
PARIS. ME-.
Nj | sc L. l. l. A n Y.
From Arthur. Home MsgaIiae.
POOR COUSIN EUNICE.


evening In November A fire had been
made up in the dining room. and hts vile
and two oldest daughters. Harriet aud Liz.
zie, were sitting IN it. genial glow when he
entered and joinsd the circle iha, opened to
receive him.
"From Ilelen7"
"NO. Helen is dead"
dead"
There was surprise, bu, no sorrow IN the
voices that uttered and echoed the word
Dead"
"lc- she died last Monday"
"who Is the letter irom--Eunicc % ask
cd Mrs. Gregory.
"No, 1t i from Judge llelmboi."
"Ah! How came he to wrlts2 ?"
81 don't know
"whA, does he say2"
"Ils SIMPLY mentions the fact that Helen
died on las, Monday. and was inferred on
wednesday, and that Eunicc IL. for the
present. at his house"
AT his house," There was tone oisur.
. pri-o in the voice OF Mrs. Gregory.
"Yes."
II. she going to stay thcrc?"
IL infer not. Had any such arrange
meut been made. OF in contemplation. the
judge would have aid 80. She i, there on.
~ temporarily. infcr-that is, until We
send for her"
go dear pa you won; do that" .ard
Harriet. vi,ibly disturbed at thi. suggestion.
1--WE don't want her hcrc. allci Liza.
ale the second daughter.
1--WE ran't have her. ail Mrs. Gregory
positively.
"She has no other relatives living" r..
marked Mr. Gregory. "ani /, will no, look
well for u. to turn away from the poor or.
phan. We cinuo, wholly disregard ap-
pcaanccs. She is now at judge lIem.
bold'.. and !, j, cyiicn, that the judge, out
OF respect to Us, took interest enough in
Euuicc to give her a homo until We could
max, arrangements 70 receive her"
"I wish he hadn't melllci himself in the
affair" remarked Mr.. Gregory, in no am.
liable tone Of voice. "Eunicc !. nothing t.
Us"
"Shci your brother. child, " said her
husband. with enough Of rcbukc in hi.
voice to indicate hi, better feeling. on the
suhj,c, about which they were talking in
such a hcar'loss manner.
"N1 matter When he married Helen
Iced. he puts distance between Us thA, wa,
never diminished and when he Jici held
bis widow AZ \ stranger.
Mr. GREGORY did no, answer to This. lie
had kinder heart, aud it had bcen warm
ing toward the mo,herlos' sirl ever since
III, reception Of Judge IIrlmholI'- letter
The brother of Mr.. Gregory had married,
in the view orthat lady. socially below his
family position. and n she was simply a
woman Of tho world, she never gave his wife
couutenance or favor. liz death occurred
some years before the period a, which our
story commence and now. by the death II
hi. widow. their only child, daughter in
her eighteenth wear. was left alone in the
world, and pennile.s No wonder that a
woman like Mr., Gregory should feel wor.
risd a, the circumstance. IfJudre Holm.
hold had not received Eanirc into his fami.
", nor written TO her husband giving in.
formation Of the sister in.lhw's death the
ease would have prsscnted better aspect.
some provision might have been made for
the girl IN her native place, hu, now, re.
SPEC, for the good opinion Of Judge Helm.
bold and the circle in which be novel. DO.
manded Of them such q recognition of Eu.
nice as would place her SIDE hy side with
their own daughters. In other words she
must be taken into the family.
Mr. Gregory answered the Judge. letter,
and enclosed one Tor Eunicc, IN which he
offered her home. The letter % Eunicc
was brief. hot Kind and sincere. In the
course Of n week there came reply from
the girl. thanking Ne Gregory Tor III. ten.
der Of home. AMI saying that she would
be in Boston within a fortnight. She asked
to b. lovingly remembered to her aun, and
cousins, adding that II would have been
grateful 10 her feelings to have received a
letter from one Of them.
"lIarriet. 4" said Mr. Gregory. "you must
write to your cousin. IL isn't kind ="
Indeed, pa. YOU must excuse me-" an.
swercd the young lady, in cold proud
manner. 81 have nothing to say"
"You could s,y a kind word to the moth
srless girl. Think Of her lonely, 'orrowIul
condition. !, should hll your heart with
tenderness and pity"
Bu, Mr. Gregory could make no impres.
sion on the proud, unieeling girl, who was
wholly influenced by her mothers estimate
Of the ease.
At the end Of fortnight Eunlce arrived.
Mr.. Gregory met her at the railway station.
lie had not seen her for five years. but rec
ognircd her in moment by the large. dark,
chestnut brown eyes which be had thought
50 beautiful in her mother Her reception,
when no presen,ei her at home, was not
cordial. The aun, and cousins scarcely
yeiled their reluctance at receiving her with
decen, pOliteness. They pushed her away
from them to the utmost distance in their
power, and she moved back, ins,inctiyely,
a, the pressure. and stood aiar of-no, in
,-c,t .,,b,o;..ior to Ler fate. nor in nr,ud