Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-04-18
MR.. VINEYARDS WARD.
BY HoLME LEE.
AUTHOR OF "sYIyAN uoLTs DAUGHTER.
aCHAPTER I.


sentimental retrospect curing the pciio' Vi
their adversely, they Always ua'cu .ic oosin
hing VI . '''c emu iron, 'h". i".i,y
Whicn 'het spen' az n'"'No"o'a y J"''
eieir Aunt h'''oon' ""e n'"''' "
hastwoiu was iafro" anu mono'oho'' o''
they were young then, anu .he aufahoins
shadow haa not yet grown paipao'e enous,
10 ecIipse .leif lia'.rai sui'sii'ie' ho' ",'
'he chiiureh cohe' wro'e oear o'u sr""'
mamma Hutton anu tilcy aii went fan
els, Anna, Geolirey' MAURICE LOIS anu
Penelope oroit' 'heir la.hei.s wau
Ihey oiteh thought alterwalos hoW sc'iisii
they had been, now craving OIL niue peas
ure. Inc question OF EXPENSE e'ueoa'co WIN
grave aniinatioh upstairs anu uowi'' anu
other questions, less prosaic pht not more
serious, toucheo them scarcely at aii' oohic
experience and vast deal oil Imagination
had exalted grandpapas house INTO a pace
OF paradisaicai deiights' IN contrast win
which nome appeared dreary desoate
waste, where dulness brooaed III season ana
out OF season. Let us go' az let US go !!
was their cry,mofhihg,ho hooh'aha hlght anq
they heard nothing pathetic in nurses iron
ical rejoinder, Ay, so, goi leave u.s.
Leave father and mother to keep CHRISTMAS
alone. Goyour ways,an be happy. You're
like young bears-youye got all your trou-
bles before you.
On the day OF Their departure Eastwola
WAS awake anu ND early. anu tlp noise OIL
childrens feet and voices, 10 ana iro IN the
house in ecstasy, never ceased until they
were warmly packed into the OLD yellow
chariot, and ready for q start. Papa and
mamma waited on the steps to see them oil,
and as the lank posters trotted down the
avenue, the sun shone upon bunch OF rosy
faces dressed to the window, nodding and
shouting joyous good'byes until they were
out OF sight NO sense OF uneaslpess smote
any OF them, even at that last moment, ex'
cept Penelope, who had chosen to ensconce
herself all alone in the rumble, She was
| queer little sensitive creature, pathetically
ugly, and older by year or two than any O
her guardians family. Her short nose red
| dShSbt ahu % iSN tS"io Nihr>sN h'A"'SaJ -
her large brown eyes; but before they hat
gone mile on the road, the impression o
pain she had caught from those figures, stand
ing on the threshold forsaken, yielded to til,
consolation of leafless branches, clear tracet
against the pale blue sky. and to the tender
ness of frostwork on reed and fern uuder tn
glittering hedges. 1t required now and thei
throughout the Journey, like the sad refrail
of an old ballad, but the story-part betweel
the echoes was romantic and fanciful, an,
that mysterious undcrtone haunted her to NJ
ill-purpose.
Over hill and dale, over moor and wind
scaur for two and twenty miles ratified TIL
hanny children. laughing chattering, quarrel
ling like nest of pies: and when the SUI
beoan to sink behind the sombre Bracken
wood. thew caught glimpcs of grandpapa'
chimneys amongst the cetlars. Ten minute
after they were all being kissed and cuddle
and danced up and down in the great hal
with no flaw in their welcome. save low
"is,' ~ -"
had not brought her " Mary with them an
anoor papa"
They talked about that visit to Brackei
t field for long and long after--it was bit
. such genuine good cheer A sketch til,
# Francis made from the garden went wit
! them in all their subsequent wanderings.
II was the merest scratch. but they knew
Some of the windows were indicated on
,;,,,.Io strol,o otl,a,s ,,,ara on;ttad ali,