The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-04-13
WOORD and MARRIED.

Mrs. CroftonI Mrs. Croftonl Fl ow odd
it appears to me to be called Crofton,
and Mrs. too, although am writing in
the splendid library, and my husband
has just left his morning kiss on my
lips. 1t was really wonderful the way
it all came about. 1t would certainly
never have happened but for my visit to
Mrs. Rehton. "I7H1 " '' '' ..'
LastautumnI I was invited with my pa
rents and my two sisters, to spend
couple Of weeks at Firgrove with the
Rentons Mamma refused at first to let
me go, because she thought that four
persons was enough for one party, but
Mrs. Renton wouldn't listed to her. She
said that apart from the pleasure Of Sec
ing me, she found me invaluable when
the house was full, because did thous.
and things for her convenience and the
pleasure of her guests, which servant
D couldn't do and no other visitor would
do; and that she should like to keep
me not only two weeks but two years.
My sisters had each aregular outfit
$ for the occasion, but mother said l
G needed nothing. l suppose she was
t right, for had a sprigged muslin for
h the warm days, made out of dress
which Josephine had worn the year be-
s fore, and for cold weather had green
. silk made out of one of Georgiana's.-
+. They were pieced a trife, to be sure, for
o they had originally been low in the
waist, and | wore nothing which didn't
d button to the throat; but l had good
o supply of crimped rufles to wear with
# them, and l thought then, and think
= still, that they were very pretty. '
of Mrs. Renton appeared delighted to
% see me, and although my sister smiled
J. at my credulity in thinking her sin
!, cere, my heart went out to meet her.-
G Perhaps she didn't mean it at all. but
g | imagined she did, and that put me at
If case at once. l still believe | was right,
for she gave me little room which had
,e belonged to her daughter Agnes, love-
# y child, who died when she was only
If ten years old. There was her portrait
is exquisitely painted, and with a heart
,e full oflovc looking out from the meek
n blue eyes, and voicing itself in the
IS curves Of the delicately moulded lips
There, too, her book -3ase-carvel no sc
% wood with glass door some Of the most
worn volumes of which were mature
,e enough for girls Of eighteen ThcrS,
At also, were her writing desk and her
# work basket, withthe needle in an un
i. finished leaf just as she left it. The
70 chamber. maid told me that l was the
,e first person who had occupied the cham
Der since Agnes died, and although
q felt a little awed, aud perhaps little
+, frighte ned, when | fist went into il
70 think its tranquil atmosphere and The
ID memories Of generosity aud solf.denia
= which thronged about the beautiful pic
ir ture helped me to bear patiently the an
- noyances which experienced during
We my stay. ..N "'.'o. '' '"
Is. For there were annoyances which
could not avoid, and which we're a
times hard to endure, although I ough
RI not to complain, since they occurred il
ial consequence Of the favor in which
as was held by those persons whom l ad
- nirsd and loved the most. The YER
first night after my arrival at FirgrOvt
Mrs. Renton came and sat by my bee
: For few moments she was silent, an
= | knew by her looks that it made he
Isorrowful to see me in Agnes place.
So | put my arms around her neck, an
asked her to let me be, so far as coult
~ a true, daughter of the house, and d.
as far as [ knew how, all that Agne
'st- WOulu 10 ~ sue was bncTe luSCeau VI III
/" Mrs. Renton did not answer i'm mediate
T. ly she wept silently, but l don't thin
there was any bitterness in her tears
By and by she kissed me without sayin
anything of Agnes. Instead of allud
ing to her, she told me that some Of he
guests were selfish and exacting, an
y manded more than their share Of after
in. ton; that others were feeble and had
i claim upon her, while she desired I
). keep a little time for Mr.. Renton, an
70 look after tho twins, Maggie and An
- ME. -"One day" she continued, "Ou
day, my dear, you viii know what a
these perplexities mean" I'D o.
laughed, and answered that shouI
never have house of my own, for
49, was SO snall aud dark ana awkwart
that mamma despaired Of seeing m
married, and was quite cOntented
remain papa's darling, for that was ii
,y. title he always gave me. .-,q4 pI.
IeSS.' Mrs. Renton replied pleasantly tb
' she knew very we'll from papa, how n