St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-10-14
!Sdrcd from Death.


months. We had known each other a
great many years, and he often came
down 10 the rectorv, till one day, i'll a
very uurnmamtlc manner, he asked me II
| would he his wife and though there
had uccm uouc Of the sighin4s and jeal-
ousic> and hcart-burniug~ we read about,
| knew that, i'll my foolish little way, !
was very fond OF Give; and feeling how
GOOD aul iruc-hcurird and strong he wa.
and how glad | ought to be that lie
would Stoop to such ii poor little in>i%-
niiicant gl:t ~ | was, | looked up in his
brave, handsome face. winch | could
hardly see for the tears Swimming in ny
eyes, and then | said, Yes, | would; and
then Tor Il while | was cIasped clo,c 10
his breast, and ii seemed 10 Gc that
there could be no more care or trouh
IN tins wurld, and all that | bad To do
was 10 nestle there to be safe from all
htc->torm, 10 come. lie kissed me then,
very napPy->o happy that when my
uncle, WHO had brought me up trom a
child. came into the room | did not finch
hi,stiiv away, but went to him quietly,
ana clung 10 his arm, while Give. IN hj>
p,ld, open WY, SAID, MIR. Grace.
Mary has promised 10 he my wife"
Uncle shook hands with him wa1mlv.
aud patt,i nay check as lie drew me
c.o-,r to hin,, and alter that matters
went on in Il very qu:e., uncXciiin" way
lor three months. Give coming down
ON Saturday night, and stayin. till Mon
dav morniu-, when he returned to h
utlice III the CITY. and in those days We
used quietly TO talk about the future :
how III years 10 come We were to lie
married, and huw we were to plan and
cur,riNc bout our little income, tlhiuL
Il cultA9c somewhere SIN OF eight miles
from town, and lviu- very sPafinGy,
because Gives SALARY wa- any thing but
. high. Our planning, though, was ncvj-
!. les; Ter one day Give came down III
= .rcIt h.,~,r. and could see by lis tac,
that hc had important news to commum-
ica!c, and 20 it proved. lie had beer
&. asked hy lis employers, =. large merchant
firm. whether he would like to accep
another appoinmcnt.
But is it advantageous. asked.
"Yc-," he stij, in Il quiet -tran-'
way ''>iN hundred Il year"
.'SiN hundred a year, Give" | cN-
claimed "Why. We shall hr rich -
"Rich Yes" he said, iakiug n,
hand: '.but there j. drawbacks.
"A drawbacks -
10" must sign an AGREEMENT II
serve them for TX Years certain"
"WcIl," said, "hut i not that al
vantage1u@ ,"
''Peruap-," he said, loonIn= very har
> in my eyes as he spoke. but hay
not 1oid YOU where 1t l."
Not abroad, Give" l exclaimed
as a sudden pang shot through me.
- "Yy-, love, abroad.-in Java-lt
Dutch station"
but yon can not accept it, Give
~ix ycar>-you viii not leave me !
Then | checked my sell, as | thought
NV ~,.ii,hnc-S, and it struck me that
VS. aoiug to be Il stumbliu@-block i'll h
path whrn fortune WAS within hi .ra-l
..Do you wish me TO give it up, NJ.
Y ryF" he said.
- .Ycs-no, no. Give. | am selfish
.' exclaimed. "You must not throw
ul-it would be destroy jng your tutu
PROSPECTS, 1t seems hard to bcar--ha
GO 10 wait fyr SIN years; but we must
. patient
could say no more, for the tears
.. had >lrivcn to keep back would CONF
bul ihe next moment la held me sohfl
"a ul- arms u. he whispered, - the
20 other way OF getting over he difficult
r. ,j,riu.
I.o, k,I up in his fee, fer, for a i'
uomonr,. | dill not see what he mean
but .rc next minute | was c!inglng
nm. weeping silently. And - II
"nt that at eighteen was my dear lat
b.n.T, nirli,h little wife, 50 girlish, tlIi
w. a. We assembled the side OF the grcat 81
Is,tvrmL at Gravc,cEd. | saw the sall'
whispering to one another, aud | i"lt
clc.k~ buIu, because | knew that L
were aying | was such mere chl
,E,. For it was all like "A dIeam-that hurr
- wedding, and the hasty preparation
our voyage. My uncle had SAID that
would he suicidal for Give 70 give up
-- rood an appointment, and, though he
II bitterly, he considered with Give Il
SIN years was too long sepai atl
.lIad II been three he sad,
would have considered it ,ur duty
wait; Lut as it was iOr the longer
riud, he yielded easily TO Gives soIc
tious and in one short fortnight all
settled tarewells had been said; and
great ship was slowly sailing down
ever widening river.
rr. Ii seemed 20 strange, 50 wonder
No. that it required at times the rei>suI
. touch of Gives hand 10 make Inc rea
the fact that we were bidding tarewe
'''' the old country. But 50 it was;
'rrins though my heart was sore at Par
, VI from my uncle, yet that sorrow
mingled with 50 much happiness tn
stud. fear | did not think enough OF bis 2
r ,oeE, A.. The days glided by, even as the Z
!; ship glided past the shores OF th'
~. country, and soon we had seen the
RKS. of the nreat rock-point which they
me was the Lizard, and we were ia
Iohn.- 80,
, Lyu- "N"' III 49,,
=, kut- Had | been q queen, cOuIu hOt
20 had more attention paid to me the
tain, mates, aud even the humDiest
'' or, always had smile for me; al
nsbury we reached in time the hotter T9
H. and there was always Il summons, an'
I'd FINE bes place reserved Tor poor little