The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-10-19
BlDDEfoRD, NIB, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1866.

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and always with Willy thought TO- my
sslfs over and over aSnin, % b. : a
,.Docs she know it To-, my loss sho ridcs
away with ss though lie, were hers2"
Then the jealousy begsp to grow 10 my
heart. and ! was not the same gih at times.
Vet all Tho while he told me that Il WINS
fashion and courtesy. and; keps mo quiet
while he was by, 'Hs would have had mo
at the Hall also, bak.Ssbnna sent no mes.
sage. She wns the Inistress,of the house,
and would not 80 there, without bss invi.
taiion. so pined and grew thin,. and
mother thought mo III. 30 ! wss, but Of
heart, not of body. And when she talked
af my wedding.day iny blood would boil,
and I'd say between my clenched teeth,
"No,-l'll marry no one who weds me
because hes bound,o me, and not from
love ~
One night stood tiy tho gnrtien-palings
awornan in hood came over the fields and
startcd ~ if ] had boon shot stso took
of her hood, forit was warm, and looked
hsrd ut me. ln'
"wha. kind Of ! girl arc you'" said
|sbe. s-.sIa.,y..... - - .
||I'TSaWho, kind Of. gid Gro your" said, !.
sno. civil one, to speak in that way"
|, nj Said she s.What ! want TO know is
ihis--Are You the person TO hold my broth
eftp d ,f6olish bond, or to let him free when
he begins to struggle. You caught him
clcyerly :. and though his heart has slipped
through yo,,r6ngers you may bsH mistress
Of tho Hall yet, lsuppose. viii you Z" y
@With his heart gone from me ~ ]
cried. .Has he told yotii ] h!.gonc r.,
1Herl die frvt," said Miss Sahrins.
| :. His honor would not Yet hin, break troih
with ypu. Hut ace how no loves Miss
Dorcos Oakley, and sAs II a match for him
in rank and wealth and beauty. t.People
are milking Of Il and plying him.'''' .'s. ,,'.
They shall pity him no more" ] said.
"Nhat IL the Hall to mo? il was my
Willie's love ! cared for Tell him he 10
Free"
"You must tell him yourself, Ahe said.
"lf you carc to see him happy open bis
cage = and she tied on her hood and sped
away. .. 9.
That night there went note to Willy:
sMAsrxa WILLIAM HisLri I've thought long, long
while that the bond between ~ was best broken. feel
sur of now II will he bster that We should Dot meet
again and In this serd yoa hack your rtns. May
| wish sign myself HASsAH fASrHoss
This I wrote with hean torn and rent
as never flesh could be (; and, though he
camo to the farm would not see him and
all was over between us. .........
! wanted only to hear that ho was be.
trothcd to Miss Dorcas Oakley. Instead Of
that, heard, week after, that he had left
the country. Whore he had gone and
why, no one knew. Wien ] fek sure that
Miss Dorcas Oakley could bc nothing to
him, or at least they were not to bo mar
ried, NY heart srnole me lit,ls. and won.
dercd whether ! should not have put my
pride down bit, and lave beard him speak
Tor himself. .r.....
Mss Sabrinu Haslet did not marry, The
wedding was put off first by her mothers
death, and then, by her fathers, six months
after; and then folks said there was q
quarrel. But be II as il may, he who was
TO have been her husband married, instead,
the sa,ne Miss Dorcas Onkley.
Other siiitOrs came, no doubt, for Miss
Sa!wina was handsome and rich but she
likeI none Of them, and lived on in the
iiall quite alone but for the servants. BY.
nnd.l,y she saw no company, and shut up
half the house, and seemed more lonely
AMI wretcl,ed than many a poor woman.
All her beauty left her too, and she grew to
be sharp, sour spinsier, always dressed
in black, she who had been both belle
aud beauty. ....---. Iii d
] lived on at home. Ellis married and
80 dill Isarzillai. The years did not seem
10 give a grey hair to my mother, nor a
wrinkle TO my fa,her.-They were too placid
10 grow old fist. No one wondered I did
not marry. They seemed TO tl'iHk that
having Ieen 20 nearly mistress Of tile Hall,
Il was not likely should be willing to wed
for less ..-i.l
Tic Hall! Bah! Il was Willy I loved,
and not his house or lands.
One winter night, Christmas time was
nearly come, and ] sut by the fire dressing
dolls aud tying up sugar. Tlufns In paper
nepl,cws' stockings, when there came u
there stood an old man-servant from the
HALL .. LII.
"I'm scnt by Miss sabrina, Miss" said
he. "She Is very III, and desires you to
come along. She has something paricu.
Jar to say to you.
asabrina ilaslet send for me !" ] thought.
and then my heart beat fast, aud ! E,ncicd
hardly knew what.
"lll, did YOU say ?" ] asked.
"Very ill.," said the man. "The doc
tors give her over"
went back TO get my shawl and hood,
and tell my mother where ] was going, and
then came out. Tho night was bleak, and
snow wns falling aud lay deep upon the
ground, and there stood q sleigh with buf.
lnlo roles in il ready for me. ] stepped In,
aud was whirled away toward the Hall. !
could scarcely believe myself awake. 1t
was still dream when We stopI'ed At the
Hall. and only realized that NIL was tr,c
when stood In Miss Sabrina's room, aud
saw her lying wan and poor upon The pil.
low. Oh. whit a change had como over
her!
sYou have como, Hannah Fantbon,"
sl'c sani F" tliunk YOU for that. Thought
you'd rcii'sc, perhaps It's long while
since we spoke together"
a long while, ] replied.
yet you haven't changed much," said
she. aY0u look a. you did when yon
stool Iy the hedge in the moonlight, and
said, 'WI,at II the HALL to nc3 TWINS
Willie's love cnr-d for remember the
worls, Hannah Fan,l,on. They've aung
my soul oflen since. you know lied
tl,en?"
Lied" :"
ayss, lied. willie's h-art never belong.
ed to any one but you. lie was as true as
Heaven. Il was | who wanted hip, to wed
Dorcas Oakley. thought q poor girl like
you hcnentli him. ] told him you loved
that cousin who came to your homo 90 of.
ten and when that letter camc hc bclievesl
l. thought he would marry i,orss then.
j never meant to drive him from home and