Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-10-20
IRAsBURGH VERMONT FRIDAY. OCTOBER 90 1865


to be poor-to pinch and save-and
know a bad year for crops or aspell
of sickness would swallow all. He
loves her and he'll be good to her !;
and she can go to her meeting and
he to his
'The'll have thy way at last said
father. But | had rather see her
marry some young friend with one
COW and two or three acres. | mis-
doubt the ways of worlds folk
But his voice was mild aud | knew
he had yielded. AS for the Squire
himscll-a handsome, burly, red fac
ed gentleman, with loud voice.
he rode over one morning to see IA
tlcr. Mother went into Che sitting
room, and was to stayin the dairy !;
but how could |, when / knew my
fate hung in the balance? | crept
into the entry and listened, stopping
my mouth with m y apron lest |
should cry out. l heard the Squire
first.
MY boy has set his heart on your
girl he said. He might find a rich
er mate but he couldn't find pretti-
er ora better. If you will say yes
neighbor Fanthorne, l will and his
mother. Sabrina's to b married
soon, and we shall want a daughter
at the Hail..
Father said not a word for a
while. He folded his hands and sat
looking at the floor. At last he
said, Have your own way Eunico,
she's a girl
Oh, but it's sweet to have the first
love crowned by a parents blessing.
Well, well, with joy comes sorrow.
A month after that day Wills moth
er died. She dropped from her
chair at the dinner-table, and when
the servant had sped across the coun-
try and back with the doctor she
was dead. | wept as l stood near
the grave and saw Willie dressed for
the first time in his mourning, and |
had more reason to weep than |
knew; for Sabrina Haslet was mis-
tress, at the Hall, and all along in
secret she had set her heart against
her brothers match with me.
AS soon as she could she began to
GH the house with oouPeny yo,.ng
ladies nearly all; handsome, fashion
able, dressed in fnery and jewels;
and Will must play the part of host
and make them welcome. He told
me so. "Though I'd rather be with
my Quaker beauty by the river side"
he said: "But Sabrina wants COM
pany to keep her spirits up"
l had a guess that she hoped to
wean him from me but | never told
him so. True love needs no chain,
thought, and for a while he was
my own Willie all the same. But
at last there came to the Hall the
lady of all-Miss Dor
cas- Oakley. She staid a long, long
while; and there was dancing in the
evenings and riding all day; and she
rode beautifully, and always with
Willie. | thought to myself, over
aud over again, "Does she know it
is my love she rides away with as
though he were hcrs?'
Then the jealousy began to grow
in my heart, and | was not the same
Girl at times. Yet all the while
he told me that it was fashion and
courtesy, aad kept me quiet while
he was by. He would have had
me at the Hall often also, but Sa-
brina sent no message. She was
the mistress of the house, and |
would not 90 there without her in
vitation. So l pined aud grew thin,
and mother thought me i'll. So |
was, but ofheart, not of body. And
when she talked Of my wedding-day
my blood would boil, and I'd say,
between my clenched teeth,
"No-I'll marry no one who weds
me because he's bound to me, and
not from love- p
One night | stood by the garden
palings and looked at the stars, and
as | stood there a woman in a hood
cane over the fields and stood be-
side me. 1t was Miss Sabrina Has
let. l started, as if had been shot;
and she took off her hood, for it
was warm, and looked hard at me.
aWhas kind of girl are you ?"
said she.
"What kind of a one are you ?"
said 1. "Not a civil one, to speak
that way"
Said she: "What l want to know
is this-Are you the person to hold
my brother to a foolish bond, or to
let him free when he begins to strug-
gle. You caught him cleverly; and
though his heart has slipped through
your fingers yeu may be mistress OF
the Hall yet | suppose. Will you y
aWith his heart gone from mel? l
cried. "Has he told youit is gone ?"
aHe'd die first" said Miss Sa-