The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-30
HE KNEW HE WASRIGHT
BY ANTHONY TROLLOfE.
Continued
CHAPTER LNNAlA.

II WOULDN'T Do II, II WAS 1oO'
Miss Stanbury at this time was known
all through Exeter TO be very mucs
altered from the Miss Stanbury OF old;
or even from the Miss Stanbury OF
two wears since. The Miss Stanbury OF
old was stalwart lady who would play
her rubber of whist five nights 4 week,
and could hold her owp in conversation
AGAINST the best woman IN EXeter-not
70 sneak of her acknOw dged SUPERIOR
~ over every man in that city. Now
al 0 cared title for the glorIes OF debate;
and though she still liked her rubber,
and could wake herself up 10 the old
fire in the detection or a revoke or the
claim for a second trick, her Tubbers
were few and far between, and she
Uould leave her own house on an even
ing ONLY when all circumstances were
favorable, and with many precautions
against wind and water. Some said
that she was becoming old, and that she
was going out like the snuff of n candle.
But Sir Peter Mancrudy declared that
she might live for the next fifteen years,
if she would only think SO herself. at
was true" Sir Peter said, "that in the
winter she had been i'll, and that there
had been danger as to her throat during
the east winds of the spring;-but those
dangers had passed away, aud, II sne
wonid only exert herself, she might be
almost AS good woman sever she had
been" SIR Peter was not man Al
many words, or given to talk frrquentl!
of hts patients; but it was clearly Sill
Peters opinion that Miss Sanbary's
mlud was I'll at ease. She had become
"A III Il th. 1
WAS that she cared no longer for the
combat of tongues, and had become cold
even toward the card table. IL was so in
truth; and yet perhaps the lives of few
men or women had been more innocent,
and few had struggled harder TO be Just
in their dealings aud generous in tnelr
thoughts.
There was ever present TO her mind
an idea of failure and fear lest she had
been mistaken in her views throughout
her life. No oueshad ever been more
devoted to peculiar opinions, or more
strong IN the use OF language for their
expression; and she was So far true to
herself, that she would never seem to
retreat from the position she had taken.
She would still scOrn the new faugles OF
the world around her, and speak of thu
changes which sue saw rs all tending to
evil. But, through IL all, there was an
idea present to herself that it could not
be Gods Intention that things should
really change for the worse, and that
the fault must be in her because she had
been unable to move as Others had
moved. She would sit thinking of the
circumstances of her own life and tell
herself that with her everything had
failed. She had loved, but had quarrel
ed with her lover; and love had come TO
nothing-but barren wealth. She had
fought for her wealth, and had coSQuer-
ed,-and had become hard in the tight,
aud was conscious of her own hardness.
In the early days of her riches and pow
er she had taken her nephew by the
hand-and had thrown him away from
her because he would not dress himself
in her mirror. She had believed herself
to be right, and would not, even now,
tell herself that she had been wrong;
but there were doubts, aud qualms of
conscience, and an observation-disclosures
her lite had been failure. Now she
was seeking to appease her selt-accusa-
lohs by sacrificing every thing for the
happiness OF her niece and her chosen
here; INT rs she went on with the work
she felt that all would be in vain. I'M
less she could sweep herself altogether
from OIL the scene. She told hersaIft bot
if she could bring Brooke to Exeter, his
prospects would be made Infinitely
brighter than they would be in London
aud that she in her last days would NOT
be left utterly alone. But as the pros.
pect of her future life came nearer I,
her, she saw, or thought t1at she saw
that there was still failure before her.
Young people would not want an Old
woman in the house with them;-ever
though the old woman would dsclar,
that she would be no more in the houst
than tame cat. Asd she knew hei sci
80 too we'll To believe tha5 she could
make hsrself a tame cat In the hom.
that had so long been subject to he,
dominion. Would it not b. better tina
def
II M: Brooke is to come here,
Martha said to her one day, 1--WE ougb