St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-01-13

on this score
CHAPTER Ill.
1t was strange what an impression
| Mrs. Wimbush seemed TO make on thuS.
two men. She met them everywhere,
and the attentions they paid her wcrr
plainly marked by something warmer
than poliicness Pre-cnts. too-hower>
and hot-hOrISe frui.-luund their way
both from Mr.. Tom and Mr.. Charles to
the widows table. OF the two, Air
Tom was by far the most earnest. Ict
she feared to encourage cither, and for
sometime preserved an atttulc of str.ci
neutrality between the rival powers, and
could comscicntiouSly y report that she was
on terms of the closest friendship with
each OF the beIli.,rrnts; the fact Ecine
That the key or her impar,iality was less
matter ot sentiment than desire t.
ascertain The rc'a!ive an,iing OF the two
brothers in the eyes OF their father with
regard 10 future contingencies.
1t was not long before size had al OPP
P"rtunity of satisfy ing h",se.i on this
ic>scd for the Inalllblr Ointment mad
old Brook>hauk's sister become her S:n-
,tlc friend for life, and Mr. Wimbd~h
become visitor at the biz house. She
soon found that oh Bruuh~hauk had Il
bad opinion OF his eldest son. Tom. Part
ly. jealousy of a man whD prot,'--rd the
ant OF healin" as derived from books. and
expressed Scrpi,ci-m Is t. the inspiration
ot the ointment, and parity di-tru-l OF Il
man who mI4ht find cut lis sacred iuar,-
dicnl>, and hold ihcm up To public d,rs-
ION. contributed 10 this bad opinion
Tom was i,rrric, and an uutcicyyr
IN the Brouk>hamk crtrd-a scott r IT tl.
urSl authenticate. monial--and held
the government stamp in open contempt.
Chalir- was noi -. Hand man OF i,w
though he wa, hr consumed quantities
Of the ointment, rr proi,--cd To- 90 =.
and aiAay> >aid it di him 41ud. NJ.
Nlmhu-h won!d talk ointment. hy til.
u"ur aiJh y!l Brooh shank. aul co..-,.-
IurMiy tcrtmr u grcat tHNorI.c. besides
.ritlu@ the credit tor hc.ug most tj>-
rrinInatiu@ womau. The old man
would cSrn - - fares L. show l.r H.
unpub i-.,a ;"-JimuuiaI-. and llulu,..
-,.It ..nJ ii. n,.,hrin. T,... ,r..v,3.n
woeii pIu>r with an rN. ihi.ion OF rait
mt,l,-'. winch WIS certainly very cI,sy-
iug Wurhiu, on c,ntidrcr - ua,iu-
vd. >Eir gath,r,d Nrly clearly ;La' ;hr
luuug. + >-u wuui most likely c.n, fu
tor the Iar4.~: share Of the ui @ucut prop
c,. y. That b.iug sau~lu-tnril, "-cyr-
,..in,l. Nh. Wim.u-h ,..um,d l,rcyi-
t.hiy in hcr manner towards Mr. Chulr-.
fhe lawyer, and iroz. ia IL, sam.v pr
portion IN ll'' a>pcc, she presented t.
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