Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-31
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From all the Year Roundl
THE ABBOTS POOL.
IN SIX cHAPrERs.-cHAPTER 1. {

From all the Year Roundl
THE ABBOTS POOL. :.
IN SIX cHAPrKRss-cHAPTERL l.
She win weep her woman's tears, she will pra.
But her heart was young to pain, and her hope
Will spring again f---,,.-r- .s.,. q
With the sun- time OF her years.
Mrs 3. BRowNISG.
at is quite true, my DEAR said tn,
Vicar ofSedgebrook. as he stretched ou
his slippered feet, and sank. back in hi
cheerful room doubly appreciated aftel
a long day passed in rtraversiBg muddy
lanes from one outlying hamlet to anothel
of his scattered country parish. 1T 4!
true: I met Denbigh this afternoon ri
the quarry cottage, and asked him if
were to wish him Joy; and he said Yes
it is Just settled, He seems in very high
spirits. in his qsfiet stiff sort Of way.nn
Well of course / am not surprieed,
said Mrs. Carter, who sat at the tea.table
I must 90 the first thing Tomorrow
and tell Elsie that i wish herjoy."
!" You can't forgive hef, L. know, fol
taking o second husband, nsaid the Vicar
smiling. Now, / Irespect her sense doI
putting herself into the hands of a clever
well-to-do man like Denbig h, who will
always be able TO take care Of her5ano
maintain her. r.nilsx ro-s5lFs4s
Maintain her! So like manr' cried
Mrs. Carter; always taking the mer
cenary commonplace view of things!-
However, in this instance, ann quite
disposed to forgive the poor little thing
only when one compares Mr.. Denbigh
with Herbert Claveringi-"
"Well, my dear, really, If You come to
that, Clavering was good little fellow
enough, but Denbigh =" .1.,..s
ssOht If you 60 by height and size
and thews and sinews, there is no doubt
which has thesadvantage; Mr.. Denbigh
is by no means little,-nor. particularly
good either, should say y -. -l5e :
You DOM 'tappreciafe Denhigh, Mary;
/ assure you he is first rate-rate fellow
"As far as cleverness goes, and all
that, have no doubt he Is. / suppose
nobody doubts that he is the cleveresi
doctor in Slowshire. L can't conceive
what makes him content to stay in this
poky little place. But 1 can't bear those
stiff, iron-gray sort of men, with eyes
that pierce like gimlets Now there was
something CHEEKY, frank, and sunshiny
about Herbert .Clavering. AS to this
man, don't like him, and never did,
and never shall. sfs-v
"If Mrs. Clavering does, that, happily,
is of more importance. - ,
"Yes, If she does; but in ninety cases
out of hundred a woman's second mar
riage doesn't mean that she hasforgotten
number one. or cares for Number two,
only thatshe can't bear being miserable y
"But, my dear Mary, consider what a
mere baby poor Elsie was when she mar
ried first, t,-only sixteen on her wedding
day. ] should not wonder if Denbigh
were the true love after all. J" -a-
Maybe; there is no accounting for
tastes. All, dear, dear! Doesn't seem
only yesterday, John, that you married
those two happy-looking young Great
ures Herbert Cigvering and sweet,
pretty Elsie Willis ~ =
Four years. my dear Mary 80 Z
And only four months of happiness
for the poor little thing in all that time
How bright she looked, didn't she, on
her wedding visits? and how sure she
seemed that all was to 60 right, and he
was to get an appointment where she
had got off at twelve hours notice, what
q weary waiting it was when the Anne
thyst did not arrive at Hong Kong in
proper time. Odd, blythe by, that Mr.
Clavering should have come here as Mr..
Denbighis- friendi They weN school
fellows, don't you remember?"
There was pause, during which the
vicar had moved to- the tea-table,s and
was busy in carving ham and dispensing
poached eggs. Presently Mrs Carter
spoke again. - as'ssss = sssseN =
I suppose Mr. Denbigh has always
been in love with her. In those days he
MISREPRESENTATION his uncle, you know,
and he could not have married. And
don'tyou recollect how queer we thought
it that he would not come to the we'd
ding, though the bridegroom was his
friend? However, dare say he won't
make q bad husband; though I must
say, John, 4 think he might come to
church now and then, If il were only
once year.u "a ~ as.ss.z -lzs1ss-sssis - = : B
"Yes that is flaw in Denbigh' 5 char
acter, certainly. You knowI have re-
mostrated with him about it before now;
but, as he says, it is not easy to manage
so as to make the services fit in with his
other duties.-Yes, know, my dear
understood all yon mean by that look
but live and let live. We must judge
people by their own Standard
Must we? / thought there was only
one standard for everybody
well, for that NATTER retorted the
vicar, "I don't read anywhere that we
are commanded to judge. People must
do what is given them to do, my dear;
and, if Denbigh's faith isn't all it might
be, he has charity, which covereth a
multitude of sins he isthoroughly kind
and careful, and conscientious among
the poor; and that is saying great deal
let me tell you"
"Yon are too tolerant for me-" said
Mrs. Carter, with an, expressive little
shrug of her shoulders. She had never
given in her allegiance TO the vicar's
rather broad church views. There was
along pause, till she spoke again, in a
lower and more earnest tone. sa osg is
John, one thing does strike me. Is
it certain that the poor man is really
dead? Is Elsie justified in marrying
again?n es 3
NV dear Mary said her husband
laughing, if he is not dead, what dc
you suppose. has become Of him |? 1t ID
two years, or nearlyrso, since we heard
of the loss of the Amethyst - 4 Y y,
"Trne,n assented Mrs. Carter, thought.
fully. Well, hope it is all right
What a shame, thought Poor Herbert
Clavering! Here am ! wishing that he
may be deadi John, that, all comes oi
these hateful second marriages; they
make one wish all kinds of hofrid mur.
dercus things"
The meal being by this time ended
Mr.. Carter rang the bell, and ordered
candles to be taken into bis study. His
wife settled herself to her evenings work
but still, as she piled her needle, hel
thoughts were busy with the sad little
village romance of which new chaptel
seemed to be opening. 49, -ssss sso-
Meanwhile, the two parties principally
concerned, whose affairs were the en-
crossing topic of conversation among al
classes in Sedgbrook. were happily obliv
ious of every human being except them
selves.
Elsie Ciavering had lived almost al
her short life in the Churchyard Cottage
as it was called: picturesque, ,ivy-grown
inconyenient little abode, close to thu