The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-19
He KNEW He WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
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CHAPTER LXVI.
OF A QUARTER OF LAMB.

Miss Stanbury, looking out of herpar-
Tor window, saw Mr.. Gibson hurrylng
towards the cathedral, down the passage
which leads from Southernhay into the
Close. "He's Just coming from Heavi-
tree, III be bound" said Miss Stanbury
to Martha, who was behind her.
Like enough, ma'am."
Though they do say that the poor fool
of man has become quite sick Of his
bargain already"
He'll have to be sicker yet, ma'am,"
said Martha.
"They were to have been married last
week, and nobody ever knew why it was
put off. It's my belief he'll never marry
her. And she'll be served right,-quite
right"
"He must marry her now, ma'am.
She's been buying things all over Exc
ter, as though there was no end of their
money"
"They haven't more than enough to
keep body and soul together" said Miss
Stanbary. 81 don't zee why mightn't
have gone to service this morning, Mar
tina. It's quite warm now out in the
Close"
You'd better wait, ma'am, till the
east winds is over. She was at Puddock's
only the day before yesterday, buying
bed linen,-the finest they had, and that
wasn't good enough
"Pshaw said Miss Stanbury.
"As though Mr.. Gibson hadn't things
of that kind good enough for her." said
Martha.
Then there was silence in the room
for a while. Miss Stanbury was stand
ing at her window, and Martha at the
other, watching the people as they pass
ed backwards aud forwards, in and out
of the Close. Dorothy had now been
away at NuncOmbe Putney for some
weeks, and her aunt felt her loneliness
with heavy sense of weakness. Never
had she entertained companion in her
house who had suited her as we'll as her
niece, Dorothy. Dorothy would always
listen to her, would always talk to her,
would always bear with her. Since Dor
othy had gone, various letters had been
interchauged between them. Though
there had been anger about Brooke Bur-
CESS, there had been no absolute rup-
ture; but Miss StaLbury had felt that
she could not write and beg her niece TO
come back to her. She had not sent
Dorothy away. Dorothy had chosen
to 60, because her aunt had had
an opinion of her own as to what
was fitting for her heir; and as Miss
Stanbury would not give up her
opinion, she could not ask her niece to
return to her. Such had been her reso
luton, sternly expressed to herself 9
dozen times during these solitary weeks
but time and solitude had actel upOI
her, and she longed for the girls pres
ence in the house. Martha" she salt
at last, az think / shall get you to &,
over 70 Nunoombe Putney."
again, ma'am y
why NOS againf It's not so far,
suppose, that the journey will hur
you"
~ don't think it'd hurt me, nia'sm !
only what good will dor
"If you'll 60 rightly to work, You ma.
do good. Miss Dorothy was fool to &
the way she aid,-a great fool"
"she stayed longer than thought sh
would, ma'am
"Tm not asking you what you Thought
I'll tell you what. Do you send Piles L
Wiuslow's, aud tell them to send il
earl tomorrow a nice fore-quarter o
lamb. Or 1t woHldn't hurt you If yol
went and chose it YOURSELF"
1T wouldn't hurt me ut oil, ma'am
"You get it nice,-not toe small, be
cause meat is meat at the price thing
ore now; and how they ever see butch
er's meat at all is more than I can under
stand"
people as has to be careful, ms'am
makes little 60 q long way"
''You get it a good size, and take
over in basket. 1t wO9't hurt You, don
up clean in q napkin"
ait won't hurt me at all, ma'am."
"And you give it to Miss Dorothy wit
my love. Don't you let'em think ser
It 60 my sister-in-law."
"And is that to be all, maamT
Chow do you mean allF
Because. ma'am, the railway 90
the carrier would take it qaite read.
and there would be o matter of ten q
twelve shillings saved in the journey.
Whose affair Is that ?" stI
SHOT mine, ma'Rm, of course"