The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-23
HE KNEW HE WAS FRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TRoLLoPE.
Continued
CHAPTER NH.

"she has managed formamma ever so
many years; and since she took IL we
have hardly ever been in debt" said
Dorothy. :,
"She'll do all that, l don't doubt. l
don't suppose she cares much for ribbons
and false hair for herself"
"WhoP Priscilla! The idea OF Pnscll-
Ia with false hairw
81 dare say not,-I dare say not. L
do not think she'd spend her mothers
money on things of that kind"
"Aunt Stanbury, you don't know
her"
."Ab: very well. Perhaps doA't. But
come, my dear, you are very hard upon
me, and very anxious to take your SIS,
ter's part. And what IS 1T all about
1--we lust written to her as civil letter
as one woman ever wrote TO another.
And if | had chosen, l could have could
have-h-m." Miss Stanbury, as she
bnsitated for words in which TO complete
her sentence, revelled in the strength OF
the vituperation which she could nave
poured upon her niece'S head, had she
chosen to write her last letter about
Colonel Osborne in her severe strain.
"If you have written kindly to her, l
am so much obliged to you" said Doro-
thy.
1.-THE truth is, Priscilla has meant to
be right. Meaning won't 20 for much |
when the accOGnt is taken, unless the
meaning comes from proper source.
But the poor girl has done as well as
she has known how. | believe 1T Is
Hugh's fault more than anybody else's."
This accusation was not pleasant to Do!
rothv. but she was too intent just now
IN Priseilla's case to defend her brother.
"That man ought never to have been
there; and that woman ought never to
have been there. There cannot be a
doubt about that. If Priscilla were sit
ting there opposite to me, she would
own as much,-I am sure she would"
Miss Stanbury was quite right II she
meant to assert that Priscilla had owned
os much to herself. "And because L
think so, ! am willing to forgive her
mart in the matter. TO me, personally,
She has always been rude,-mOst un-
conrteous.- and-aud-an unlike a
Younger woman to an older one, and an
aunt, and all that. suppose it is be-
cause she hates me-
40 no, Aunt Stdnbury -
my dear, ! suppose it is. Why else
should shs treat me in such a way
But dc believe of her that she would
rather eat an honest, dry crust than dis
honest cake and ale"
"She would rather starve than pick
ND crunb that was dishonest" said
Dorothy, fairly bursting into tears.
az believe it. do believeit. There;
what more can say Clock House, in.
deed! What matter what house you
live in, so that you can pay the rent OF
il honestly T.
"But the rent is paid-honestly." said
Dorothy, amidst her sobs.
"Its paid, don't doubt. | dare say
the woman's husband, with your broth
er. see to that among them. o that my
boy, Hugh, as he used to be, should
have brought us to all this. But there's
no knowing what they won't do among
them. Reform, indeed! Murder, sacri-
lcce. adultery, treason, atheism,-that's
what Reform means; besides every kind
of nastiness under the sun" In which
latter category Miss Stanbury intended
especially to include bad printers INK,
and paper made of straw.
The reader may as well see the letter
which was as civil II letter as ever one
woman wrote to another, so that the
collection of the Stanbury correpon-
dence may be made perfect.
THE CLOSE, August 6, 1856.
"MY DEAR NIECE
"Your letter has not astOnished lie
nearly as mach as you expected you
would. am an older woman than You,
and. though You will not believe it, |
have seen more of the world. | knew
that the gentleman would come after
the lady. Such gentleman always do 60
after their ladies.
"As for yourself, can see all that you
have done, and pretty nearly hear all
that you have said, as plain as pike.
staff. l do you the credit of believing
that the plan is none of your making. /
know who made the plan, and very
bad plan it is.
"As to my former letters and the 9TH
or man, understand all about it. You
were very angry that should accuse Won
of having this man ut the house; aud
YOU were right to be angry. respect
Won for having been angry. But what
does all that say as To his coming
that he has come
.If YOU will consent to take an old
woman's advice, get rid of the whole
boiling of them. i say it in firm love
and friendship: for i am
'sYour affectionate aunt,
JENNA STANBURY."
The special Wanted courtesy OF this
letter consisted, no doubt, in the express
sion of respect which it contained, and
in that declaration of affection with