The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-03-18

and she clasped her own darling closer to her
heart, and Mrs. Castle was sacred in her eyes
from having known the joys of maternity
and the great grief of such parting.
The deepest expression of sorrow she had
ever been heard to utter at the loss of her
mother was after the birth of her child:
IF my mother could only have lived to
see him."
| So Mrs. Catsle came every day and admir-
ed kitty's child, and kitty's husband in re-
turn admir;ng Mrs. Castle; SO did Kitty in
feebler fashion, and it turned out mutual
admiration affair.
I When the lovely summer evenings came,
and Kitty watched her husband and Mrs.
Castle as they rode away together, she often
wished that she could accompany them, and
when the prolonged twilight disappeared in
to darkness. and the moon rose up and cast
dark shadows over the fair scene, it seemed
as if these shadows deepened and heightened
until they stretched over Kitty herself, for
occasionally heavily drawn sign escaped her;
she thought the time long until they return
ed. She moved restlessly about, leaned on
the little gate, and gazed wistfully down the
road to catch the first sight of their return.
She saw over the way Thomas Mansby,
the carpenter. and his wife and child. sitting
in their doorway, or sometimes he drew the
child in a little basket carriage about the gar
den, and the proud mother walked beside
them looking SO contented that Kitty half
enviei them, she scarce k1ew why, only il
was so dull to be ALWAYS Acknowledgements
! ed herself the next moment for lngratltude
when she looked at Ter own lovely boy
I" For have not everything TO make me per
fec,ly happy" she would ask thousand
times when she felt herself missing the per-
feet bliss to which she as often declared her
self entitled from her numerous possessions
! Wha, Kitty could not or wculi not see
was plain enough to others-how her hus-
Land was infatuated by Mrs. Castle; and one
good natured gossip thought it her duty TO
enlish,en the young wife, and made an es-
pecial visit for that purpose, but with smai. re-
ward for her charitable purpose. Whether she
; succeeded or not she never knew; FOR Kitty
suddenly grew so stiff and naughty she was
obliged to pause midway III one of her insinu-
atoms in regard to- Mrs. Castle.
But she must someway have become WISER
in the mystic lore of love; for her cheeks
became paler, and her sunny Smiles were less
frequent. and when sue bent over her darling
Willie. tears often mingled with The f@rvent
sses she pressed upon his h.""- iu; sis
uttered 10 complaint or reproach, though Sne
could no, fail TO perceive that Frederick was
cold and absent, tina. his caresses for herself
and child were fewer.
ONLY once. when he remarked, quite IN
feelingly, that she was getting thin and pale
and loosing all her good looks, she burst IN
to tears and left the room. Declded!y the
most iniudicious thing she could have done
under the circumstances; .ur Fred thought
she was growing peevish and contl asted her
pale. sad face, so seldom lifted to his now,
with the cid look of contiding, fond love,
with Mrs. Castles sprightly. beamins coun-
tenance, always lit with smiles at his ap-
. proach.
> He whs,lel one of Mrs. Castles songs
!. and Jrummsd cn the table for 4 while. then
, went cut of the hovse Poor Kitty. it was
sad morning for her. She !elt she was
losing he. husbands admiration aid affection
5 and could not tel! why. She grew sadtel
, and sadder. She would not cherish jealous
: thoughts. though thy would in;rude some,
+ times. and behaved ike an angel 10 Mrs
t Castle.
r So the summer ard autumn passed away
, One evening Frederick had just returned al
: ter all absence of some weeks: the interval
: had been long and dreary one to nifty
His absences were frequent and prolonged
/, now. She had s,riven 10 find in his shcrt
= cold Ietters-short and cold under preteno,
of pressing duties-the love that was burn
f ing at her own heart. Alas, She felt that !
: was not there, and the consciousness hat
: made her footsteps almost heavy, and iht
5 BRIGHT. glad smile had vanished trem he
t pale, sad face.
Y Blu, when ne returned her heart had bound
ed joyousiy oIce more, and she had gTeete.
him so tenderly that he could not but return
!. something Of the warmth and affection tha
r welcomed him back. But there was no 10
Q ken of love and remembrance for either wifi
+ or child
a Kittys unselfish heart would not have de
a manded aught for herself, but she woult
have been satisfied and happy had there beer
f even trihing gift for her boy. Oaly tina
d morning she had watched the return of Thorn
J. as Mansby, and the exultant pride of th'
4 mother as she strove to teach the boy t
blow the little gaudy trumpet his father
g hand had bestowed. Kitty had bitterly fel
e the contrast: it was not that she coveted gift
but she did crave the love that brought t.
0 Thomas Mansby's wife and child these it'll
e tokens of fond remembrance.
e Kitty had spread the tea-tabie with NOR
j. than ordinary care to please her husband
j. taste, and returned to the parlor to call him
/, He had fallen asleep. She bent over him ant