The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-08-28
ELLIN0R WILKINS
HIDDEN SECRET.

mouth prepared Tor whs,lins. Mr.. Nsss ennu.s
ued
'shs ia a, prasen, IN wliine enough " leave thAs
house. poo gil |; Is bat nstural Tut she nae -
power Ia the mstter, even we're tier. any 49,
course open 10 ie-. I csa only Say how gssns
kow ioh,red sLal .ssl b. ss iou- d VISIT - -
sud she ca, b. presALed upon teipay me q w.
Psrponage.'
"where sMr. Corbst ~ said Mis- Monro.
Ell do not krov. Alter breaking or his snge0.s
msns he wrote me long letssr-,xA isnAtcry, =
re called ]. treul7atory, as termed II. l vrO0
b'ct. cLrIlv enough. saving that rtvrewsd -
brrsknz "a of an intercourse vhica \hsd AWsyS
oeen p essant 20 mo but that be muA' be s.src
thst with my intimacy With re fsriNn pmW
Bank. wonldh both awkward and uApiesaa
" ali parn.s u he aud remained on our A,rev,oHe
, ,;. who is that going p.s the ~Aed0"'
ii inor riding ="
Nil. Monto went, " TIE window "Ysif\sS
haaAful u see her on horseback again. wy
only 'hs morning advised her TO have ride"
Poor Dixon h will suffer too. His legacy csS
no more te pnii than the others; ara 1t v mo-
many Young ladies' who will Be content 70 have
=" oid-fsshi ned agroon rsding are, them - EAs~
nor seems - he"
A. Son m M. Mes I'D lsn, MIS- Monro w.,
w her desk and wrote . long letter A. me TRIMS
she hai ut the cathedral Town o, last Chssscf.
where sle had spent some happy years OF her fcr-
uer li.. Her thoughts ~ zone back this eams
even while Nj. Ness hat been speaking 10. Il wea
there Ter fatlfr had lived aud U wns Alter k1D
death thst her cares IN search Of subsistence ~
treun. But the Iec,ectioIs Il tbs pesosful yeuO
sient there were stronger than the renefnbrspos
Of sorrow and are and, While Fillmore marrtAEe
had seemed rrohstle event she had made many
lite rLAn Of re,irning ~ her native place, ssS
obtaining wis, dsiy ,s.ot.ns shs could there n
with. AID the Fl eoostO whom she was now VT
|,had promised Der their sid. She thought &
~ E'iiaox hal 70 leave Ford bank some = .
distance might lie morv agreeable to her, and IN.
want on 10 plan that they should live together. u
po'sihe N her earnings aud the small iroDmo
that ~o..i Is, Fillmore. NE Nonro loved hsv
rnpil No d"s-ly that, her own pleasure only were
u be censu It'd, this proJeesci life would be more
agreeable " her than Il Nj. Wlkins's aCary had
set her IN Independents, wnh iiDor away uoA
her, married, aud with interests in which hsr Tor.
mer governeSs had bat little part.
As 400, .. Mr.. Ne.. hal let her yrnrr rang.
and s's-te Ell che ssfvan, who answered the bell by
her sudden ensrp derre 70 have tie horsse st tie
door ~ snn as possible. and TO tell Dixon toes
ready to 80 ONT with Ler
She felt that sne must speak him. and 10 lar
nervous state she wsntsi N b. ous On the tIea.
h'o'd coumon, whore no one could notice or re-
marx their talk. IL was long SINCE she had ridden.
and nnch wonder excited by tho sudden
movent IN kitchen and stsbs- yard But Diros
Nen' grsve'y about bis work Of preparation, ssy.
tae nothing.
They rode pretty hard I'LL they reached MonkSs
| Wesh sir or Sven niles away nom Hamlcv.
y lInor had previously determined thai bore shs
would talk over the psn M. Ness had propU1u4
" nsr with DIXON, and he seemed 70 ndss.ssn1
her yithou any words pssiug between ,hexa-
Wien she rsined In lie rode up Ia her. and -
| the gaze Of her sAd eyes WITH sympstheile, wiss~
sicrcr.
n ,on".sd she. '.hsy s-yI must leave rorA
Bsuk"
Twas sirued on II. frcm al I've hesred sAy =
| ,h" town s.ncs be masters death"
''Then you've heard then Won know-shsi papa
has len hardly Any 1nry NJ poor, dear Dxon,
YOU ~onr hsve your l,gs'y, and never 'hough' OF
! that before"
Viewer heed. never leed" said he, eagerly ~
couldn't have t,iiched 1t II u had bren snaSe, ~
kue Ak 4 could has neefnsi too HUA-"
money be- WAN going tn say. but he stopped In tuna,
sns guessed thr meaning though NOS the word -
| would have used
"No. nok that" said abe Ibis vii VAS daaaA
y.as t..oTe. But oh, Dixon wis, muEt dol
They vii! maxi me leave Ford Bank, zee. Ixnns
| tne trustees have ~. u already"
"but voU'l have the rent QUA. reckon ~ sab ID
he suIYously. "r,e many q time hesrsd 'em ssy
| ~ Il ~ set cd Oh the nAsus first, and than -
you"
ION yes, 10 i. no. that but, YOU know. undsg
| "Ay :" said he, heavily. Its been oiten timss
On my mind, waking sni think there's ns'er .
| niyut ~ 1 doi,'t dream oft"
| bat how can leave ~ Elinor cried. "They
| NAV do hundred th.ncs-may III; up the Ghrub-
| bery-ch ID Son. | feel ~ IT IL sure 70 10
found out. On Dixon, can not boar any mass
blame Oh paps it VIII al me anu such drs>A-
| rIl thin. too"
DiIon'' fac fell into IN. limos 81 hshtus, psn
That u hat alvs, assumed Of We year, wh.nsvv
| lie wss rhinking oi re Wondering any thing.
| Ihcy n4ust nt',r ha' reason to spesk III II -
| dead, that's Tor eersil," sAid he The wilkins
have l-cn respc 'tod IA Hamley all my hfsAsms.
| sad all my fathers he ore inc. snd-suraly, Mn.
| there's ways and means Of tying tenants W. fYrA
alterations 10th III the touss aud out If it. md ~
beg the tr,istssr, o. whatever they Ia callah 70 u
| very rsrtA ulnr, II was you, and not have . thu
| toi'hed ether IN tie house, OF the gsrdsnsw or
I meadows. or tie sstlcs. think W. y word
yo1. they'd maybe keep me on y tho stsblsA g.,
! could look after thinys . bit and shs Dsy =
| Judgment vii. come ~ last whom all our apardnp
| " II to made known wloli our having the troohAo
| aud the shame o. telling 'em. I'm getnnS rsythaD
| trel o this word, Mes ELinor"
| ''Dort tsl. So" said Elnor. enderly ~
| know how ssd 1t IL but, oh remsuil,cr how
| shsl want friend, vhcu you're gupe 70 ofvins
, m. ~ you hhSs dou" to-day You're nos tsehas
4 III, ID Ion. Or" v0uy' she continued, anxtoosiy
! NO, I'm hearty enough, and likely ior q 6,>.
tscventrs, when thcy disd. Irs only my haars =
I is YOURS I'll he b. uni. And it's . oomSnt Z :,
| bolh il serve him ~ dead by any caro- 4
! ours, Tor lie were .srh . bright hsnisore iad,
! with such = CHEEKY ace An never shsuid hsvs
\ known shame"
They rode on without m.ph nor speaking
| Elmer was lcutly planning for DIXON. and he,
| not caring to ooS forward 60 the :utIrs, " a
hriurng mp before tis fancy the time thirty y-s q
! sgo. when he had hrsI entereI the elder Mr. WI
! kn's service ~ stsblo-sd, and pretty Molly. the
s,ul.eiy-maid. wss ris isi delight. Pretty Molly
| isy burned in Hsmley chuIch- yard, and few hvina
ercept Dixon could lave gone Straight u hsI
1 grave.
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