The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-09-10
ELLIN0R WILKINS
HIDDEu anCnE,

,h'''-- - VIA Mss Nonro could sss In ~.
though abe had put on her g.ssses viA ssr~sSN
an 4 uhen1 on ~ osssrve shs ,,,rr.S - ,s
MS color had cert-iuly de On. ND a. ~ 49, ~.
ward With outsre'chAd hand 1, NEE, = ~.
so,n, S ~ ws T..sS 3: sen: but on Tie sushS
esssiss ard when they 'ndsd \, ay, one aV.y ans.
INC recognized tha, they wsrs only taseie.s ~
ions.
She used 70 put the disappointment If her bop.
Gown 10 Bitnor's unvaried c~luiness OF tfsmean.e.
winch might Be taken for eoidnsss Of disposit,ou'
snd " nef 1esdy re'uaal 70 allow Miss nonr, -
inv"e Canon Livingstone 70 the small te.s thew
"S % IN NE n'oit o. occasiossiiy giving.
hot nc perseyere. "a his calls; stout onco Svsy,,
10 hisht bs cane. and would 81 an hour or NOR
COOKING covsriIy ct his watch, As h - Miss Noaro
sote ~my oossrsd 10 herpelt he did not 20 away
~ lss' because he wished 70 90 so. but bsrsnss -
ough,.
Sometimes F1inor was present. sons6. m~xh~
IN 'his isster case M.r Mouro thouUhs
~ 'uu ue..et sort OF wistiul watching ~ ths
NV WV, 'he Noise We. beard ou,Hde sns
t"m' ~ aWsv avoided any fe' rene 10 forrpsr
dsi NJ hsnley, AID that " "a n or, Iasry1 IN a
bad sgn.
CHAPTER XIII.
Acsr This long uniformity Of years without ALP
event closrly touching On Elinor's indiv ,dna lie.
WIN the one great exception VI Mr.. Corbet'S mar
rage, somsthins happened which much x6N4DA
her. Mr. Ness died suddenly at the parsou No and
Elii.sor learned u i.rst from Mr. Brown, . clerry-
Ian whose iivins as near Hsibley, who bad bssA
SEN fo' BY We parsonage servants IS 80. - they
discovered that u WAS not sleep but death thsO
made thcir master 80 late 81 rising
MI. Brown hsd ben sppo inted executor ty hla
late friend. and wrote to Ellinor THAI sfter few
icssces were paid, she was 70 have . Ws.;nscrea
IL the remainder o! the small property thae II
Sess had left, and that IL vould b necessary, -
the residuary legstee. 10 come TO Hanisy psrpon-
Axe o. soon - she could make IL co1venieul 70 d.
cne upon certain courses OF action with regard ~
books, etc.
EinoI shrsnk from this Journey. which her lJvs
and ouiy toward her dead friend rendered nscess1.
~. She har s.arcely leu East Chester sincs she
hIst arrived there, sixteen or seven,osn years ase
snd she was inorous about the very mode Of tssv.
cling ana then 70 90 back TO Harn.sy, which shs
thousht never 70 have seen again
bhe never spoke much about any feeling Of h0
own out Mss Nouro could always read hss
sAencc, and interpreted 10 INTO pretty juse ana
forebe words that ,fieruoon when Canon LIVING
stone called. She Asd TO talk abou. Elipor 70 him,
snd suspected that lie Liked 10 hear. She was al
most annoyed this LINE By Vie comfort he would
Keep giving her there WAS no irsster danger h
travelling BY railroad than By coach . httls cara
about certain things was roquired-that wac all
and the average numuer o! deaths by accidents %
bsr when people travelled BY coach, II you tuok ipsp
cous Iteration the far greater number q travaAarI
Yes returning to the deserted scenes II ous's
uth was'sry painful. ,.... Had Miss WiikiaA
made any provision for smother LADY 10 take b,
place &C. visitor 81 the s,hoof He believed IL Wss
her week
Miss Monro vas out o. ell patience q, his snaaD
CANNES and rsssonsnleness. Later IN ths<iay
sns became more Al peace With him, when - ~
csived kind lttc note from MIS- FORBES, . great
hi,nt OF hers, and mother u family she WAS nov
t.aching, saving that Canon Livingstone hnA
csied and told hsr thst Ellinor had 70 60 on .
qtise sure that Aiss Aonro's compAnionship upA
AZ would be great comfort 70 ooth AiAa that sAo
could perfectly be set a, liberty for . fortnight cy
so, Tor 1t would fa In admirably with he iS,:s thsS
nj mt. "A.
vssd sss-ai- this spring SO = months .'aittsy
would SUIT taetn nov even b-t,ct .nan later on"
Now wss his gong siisis,. 70 Mr.. for1es -
whom che should herself scarcely have hksd -
name u, the act ofa coed thoughtful man, or a .
lover 2 questioned Ma. Monrc; but she could ups
anewcr her own inquiry. and he'd TO 10 very e11aA
iui ior me dsed wnhoh Accounting 10. The NJ.
ives
A coach met IRE train at = ssation abort .sn NIL.
from Hauley, AND Dixon Was ~ see nm ~herv ~
coach stopped, ready 70 receive them.
The old man was almost in teAru ~ the dghs q
them again in The old familiar place. He had pua
on his Sunday clothes T. do them honor and, -
conceal he aS tatlon he kept up coptiouuad bs,sas
about their luggage. the ind gnst on Of the inn ~
srs.who we't Of Later gensrston, ne wosld wb0A
Is himself to the Parsonage, though no c7oke down
from Tat one or twice On the way, aibS lad 1,
stand aud rest, lis ladies' waiting by his sidp and
making remarks on the alterations Of houses aud
the places OF trees. ia order 20 give him ample
hnio to recrat husef. Ter ,here was no one -
wst Tor them and give them welcome to the pnr.
sonage, which WAS TO DO their temporary home.
Tac respectful servants, IN deep mourning. had
oil prepared, and gave Elllror . note from III,
Brown, saying thai be puIposely refrAinsd nEvA
disturbing them that day sfssr ther long touYnsy,
but would call on the morrow, and tell them Of 4.
srrsngernsnts be had thought OF making, alWvH
subject TO Miss W lkinss approval
These were simple enough. certain legal forms u
he gone thorough, Any selections from books or fur.
nure TO be made, and the rest to be sold by aut.
lion ~ speedily o. might be, the ccss,or 70 Tn
living might wish u have repairs and sltsrstiopS
Effected in the cd Parsonage
For some days T. iaor employed hsrseirtn bust
ness N the house never going out except to church
Mss Monrc. on the contrary, stroued shout syerN
w.ere noticing ell the sltsrausns 10 % sce and ~
pc, which were never inprov. rnents in her ouin,
ieh. f.l.ihor hsd plenty OF callers her tsnansA
MI and Mrs. Osesld stone, among oteers h M
excrplinS In rare eSses-most OF them bslopxsd N
humble nc..-she declined 80 see every one e Ill.
t1i business enough on her hsnds sixsssa ysass
m.E.s srsss dfersnee 10 any set u people TIE
o aequaitsness OF her fsthers IL his better dsys
were most 81 dead Or removed; thsrs were on>
Or two Remaining, aud these E!ltnor received ons
or two more, old aud ,ansl, confined 70 thai
houses, size planned 10 AL upon bstors having
usmley
Every evening, when D xon bad done ID, vu>
st IT, osbsldlatone's, lie csus up To the PArsonAgA
ostensibly 10 hep hsr 10 moving packing bookH
but really because Nese two clung " eacn okhey-
were bound 70 each other By bond mover " b
spoken oil out.
j. was understood between them tha, once besus,
i linor !e.t she should 80 and see the old place
| ord Bank. Not ~ 20 into the house, though NJ
And Mrs. Osbsdis.oEs had begged Der 70 name
aor own time Tor reysiting i wusn they and thsts
~muy would be sbsent but TO 80 all The Rarye,a
Ind grounds once NOR; . solemn, miserable VIM
which, because o. the very misery Il involved, An
pesrsd 70 ELMER 10 b. gu imperative duty
Dixon and she taxed together a. she Sal maxim
, catalogue oae evening IN tue Old low browed n
brAry the cAsemI ns " do w VEN Chen ina, a..