The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-22

ily mortgaged and so burdened as to
make her believe that the change was
to be regretted.
At the end of the first week there
came letter from Aunt Stanbury to
Dorothy. 1t began by saying that Dolly
had left behind her certain small pro-
perties which had now been made up in
q parcel and sent by the railway, car
rage paid. 'But they weren't mine at
ALL" said Dolly, abiding to certain
books in which she had taken delight.
"She means to give them to you"
said Priscilla, land think you must
take them.n- JfAnd the shawl is no
more mine than it is yours, though
l wore it two or three times IN
the winter Priscilla was OF opinion
that the shawl must be taken aiso'
Then the letter spoke OF the VIII
er's health, and at last fell into sqcn
a strain of confidential gossi p that MRS:
Stanbury, when she read it, could not
understand that there had been quar-
rel. "Msrtha says that she saw Camilla
French in the street to-day, such guy
in her new finery as never was seen be-
fore except on May Day. Then In the
postscript Dorothy was eDjolned TO an
swer this letter quickly. None OF your
short scraps, my dear" said Aunt Stan
bury.
"She must mean you to go back to
her." said Mrs. Stanbury.
'No doubt she does" said Priscilla;
"but Dolly need not go becaute my
aunt means il. We are not her crea-
tures.D
But Dorothy answered her aunt's let
fer in the spirit in which it had been
written. She asked after her aunts
health, thanked her aunt for the gift OF
the books,-in each of which her name
had been clearly written, protested
about the shawl, sent her love to Mar.
tina, and her kind regards to Jane, and
hope that c. +. enjoyed her
new clothes. She described the cottage,
and was funny about the cabbage stumps
in the garden, and as last succeeded in
concocting long epistle. 81 suppose
there will be a regular correspondence"
said Priscilla.
Two days afterwards, however, the
took altogether another
form. The cottage in which they now
lived was supposed to be beyond the
beat of the wooden-legged postman,
and therefore it was necessary that they
should call at the post-office for their
letters. On the morning in question
Priscilla obtained thick letter from
Exeter for her mother, and knew that it
had come from her aunt. Her aunt
could hardly have found it necessary to
correspond with Dorethy's mother so
soon after that letter to Dorothy had
been written, had there not arisen some
very peculiar cause. Priscilla, after
much meditation, thought it better that
the letter should happened in DOrothy's
absence, and in Dorothy's absence the
following letter was read both by Pris-
ella and her mother
"THE CLOSE, March 19, 1856.
"DEAR SISTER STANBURY: - After
much consideration, think it best to
send Hnder cover to you the enclosed
letter from Mr.. Brooke Burgess, intend
ed for your daughter Dorothy. You will
see that have opened it and read it,
as was clearly entitled to do, the letter
having been addressed to my niece
while she was supposed to be under my
care. do not like to destroy the letter,
though, perhaps, that would be best;
put would advise you to do so, if it be
possible, without showing it to Dorothy.
have told Mr.. Brooke Burgess what
rave done.
81 have also told him that l cannot
a marriage between him and
your daughter. There are many reasons
Of old date,-not to speak of present
reasons also-which would make such |
o marriage highly ineXpedient. Mr..
Brooke Burgess is of course, his own
master, but your daughter understands
completely how the matter stands.
"Yours truly,
JENNA STANBURY."
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