The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-03-11

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CHAPTER FOURTH.
Void is ambition. cold is vanity.
Aud wealth an empty glitter without love.
MY child, my lost darling" said the
stranger. AN your fathers my heart
tells me that have found you at last.
But come to my arms my daughter" SAID
he, drawing her head down upon his
breast. Katy came willingly, for she felt
that she had 1T last found her father.
eAnd now, dear father said she, after
they had spent long time in explaining
that which my readers already know.
" come with me and see my cousin Mabrl.
She was to have been my teacher, but
now you will take me with you, will you
mott"
"Yes, my daughter ] have returned
rich. am favored with an abundance Of
this worlds goods, and to have you with
me and to CRAFTY your every wish, shall
be my chief delight
"But here we are, at the house, and
here il uncle and Mabel coming with their
welcome. Oil ! am so very happy, dear
cousin, j, seems as though my spirit would
take wings and ny away beyond those
lovely clouds said Katy, as she ran TO
her cousin and threw her arms around
her neck.
All you are very joyous. and well
yoi may be- said NJ del, . for you have
this day found father. What weeping.
dear Katy Let me kiss away these
tears, and come, present me TO Your new
found father, for see that you resemble
each other very much"
"My dear father, allow me to present
you my cousin Mabel And the words
must have sounded strangely sweet, com
ing from her lips, for the proud man
stopped and kissed his daughters fore
head almost reverently, and then gave a
like welcome greeting to his ecc.
But, my readers, why need | longer
linger over this meeting. Belmont had
since the death Of his wife, spent much Of
his life in Kansas, striving amidst its cx.
citements to forget his bereavement lie
occasionally visited distant cities, and here
he was courted and admired by the gay
and fashionable. But he could not SO fan
forget the young and glad-hcarted being
that, for few brief years, he had called
/ his wife. and the little child that he sup
posed to be lying beneath the broad bu'
OCEANS waters, as TO take to lis hear
another, and so lie had lived this royint
life, always wishing, but never finding th'
chosen spot for Happiness, until he me
Earnest Du and, who was almost nsta1l
" seized with the conviction that lie wa
the father Of Katy. lie sought and OBJ
tanned an introduction, and soon conyic
ton deepened into certainty. As h
learned his history, he spoke TO him Q
Katy, and gradually The truth forced it
SILT upon his mind that hc was not clii !
less. His child had been sayel. Takini
Durand with him, he determined TO serl
her. After some difficulty, he traced he
to her unclr's in Vermont.
Belmont now determined TO place hi
daughter at school, where she soon ~
celled in all those graceful and ladyiik
accomplishments which tend to make III
desirable as we'll as agreeable. Fror
school / e took her 70 his home in the tr
mountain city, where lie had fitted up
elegant mansion. and here she will presld
with dignity. She has grown very beat
,ifuI a. she advanced to womanhood, an
| very stately, TOO still she was not att
grlhrr unlike the Daring Katy Of oil
/, that upon the rocky shores Of Maine So
prised her friends with her madcap freak
Alfred Austin has found his way 10 II
4 home Of Belmont, and ruHior Eays lie
soon TO become an iA.nais ~ that home
: AMI, readers, may ~ well tell you tb
: Mr. Belmont says he had rather gain
/" son than lose a daughter.
o Mr.. Horton aud his Mabel still live
II their old home. Mabel is the same ga
d hearted girl that We first met. wishing I