The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-17
CHAPYER VIII

The WldOWer came home, but the young
bride of his youthful choice slept in foreign
land And his two little motherless daugh-
ters, Mary and Lizzy returned to the home
Of their infancy and they ran about from
place to place, and visited again each well
remembered spot-the old tree round which
they had played with their nurse, and I'M
der which their dear mamma used to tell
them little stories They wept to think that
81 i was no longer with Them. and the avi-,
airy in the garcen---the birds We're all gone,
and the wires out Of THEN place an broken.
And the little summer house in the corner, at
the eud of the old walk, with its pretty paint
ed glass windows, but now locked up-the
mistress oft had now gone to rest.
allow glad am that the little Fortescues
are come" said Jane to her mother one
day.
ut is not likely, my dear, that you will
see so much of them as you used to do
answered her mother; they have their gov
erucss now, and their aunt, whom | do not
know as well rs their poor mother"
The truth was that Mrs, Saunders saw at
a glance that she would not get on as well
with Miss Fortescue who joined her broth
er in England, and partly volunteered, and
partly was asked to look after his two little
girls. Ii.
Aunt Bidz-for such was the name she
reioiced in, Bridget being a family name of
the Fortescues-Aunt BiClz was much older
than her brother, and had always been ac-
customed to advise and dictate to him; and
in this case the reins of government were
given up without a struggle. so poor Mrs.
Saunders after all her trouble, had nothing
right at the Abbey. This would not doand
that was dirty, and this room was badly set
tied. and those chairs were covered, and this
sofa ought to be uncovered, and these cur
tains must be taken down. and that otto
man placed in the corner. So Mrs. Saunders
retreated as soon as possible. She had been
caught by the family on their arrival actu-
ally in the house, settling it for them, and
Miss Fortescue found fault before her as if
she had been paid house keeper
4 am only the agents wife, said Mrs
Saunders to herself and took her leave as
soon as she could, determined to pay only the
usual visit of ceremony, and leave Miss
Fortescue where she was.
But the children Mary and Lizzie, they
were glad to see her, aud kissed her and
hung on her, and asked her when she would
come again, and how was Jane and Charles
and Robert, who were at school in En-
Gland.
"Cone here, NV dears." said Miss Forteg-
cue. in siIverv tore, do not annoy Mrs
Sanders"
.sYou are not ooin,r.n said MIR. Fortescue
rousing from a sort Of letbaro.v. as she wish
ed him good bve. How Is Sannders? Come
over and dine with tls some day Poor Fan
nv IS gone. thought
And the husband wept for his departed
wife.
He rot up early In the lnorning-there was
no danger of disturbing her as he left her
side-and wandered over the place The lit-
tie birds sang happy. around him, and seem
ed to mock hisIgrief with their iov. And
there was the I6adv walk, hung over with
oId trees. where tbev used to walk up and
down: and there was the rustic seat, where,
twelve years before, they had sat together:
and the silent language of the eyes came in
| to being in sweet words and the long cher
ish6d thoughts came forth, and his youth