St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-01


two wears. He urged me to 90 with
them. but refused. | felt that the
father and the mother and the children
ought to he absolutely alone i'll this
blessed reunion. and ! have never re-
gretted my decision. although the old
world is vet an unknown world to me-
john Gray WAS IL rcticcmt and unde-
monStrativc man, in spite of all the ten
dcrmcSS and paSSionatcncSS i'll his na-
ture. But when he badc me good 10y
on the deck of the steamer. as he kissed
me he whispered =
sally, shall hold my very breath
till see Ellen. never knew how
loved her before" And the tears stood
i'll his eyes.
Inevcr SAW Emma Long after she
knew that John was to go abroad to
join Ellen. | found myself suddenly
without courage to look in her face.
The hurry of my preparations for Alice
was ample excuse for my not going Ia
her house. and she did not come to
ours. knew that John spent several
evenings with her. and came home late,
with IL sad and serious face. and that
| waS all.
A week before he sailed she Joined Il
large and gay party for San Francisco
and the 70 Semitic. In all the news
paper accounts of the excursion, Mrs.
Long was spoken of as the brilliant
centre of all festivities. ! understood
well that this was the first reaction of
her proud and sensitive nature under an
irremediahle pain. She never returned
to -. but established herself in IL
Southern city where she lived in great
retirement loi N'a' '"iilS S"nh l" an
poo. anu f1llt'iiiS pe"Pie' anu Sl'elr'-
nv tie laiSeI par vi "'l i"l '"iio Ill
'il'il'H' iIaliH Ill s'l' H.'onu N'''' VIZ
was I'LL eI'n'eIi'i' vi Eeii"N "NtI' us
Long refused 10 le'Ne 'i: 'i't' anu
"en' n"i i'S9iH "S INV l'i'H Si' i"i,4 !" .1i'
an" H'.'Se 'he N"lS' '"H'S' p"t "i'T, -
'iie tpil'lllIC h'ii l''is>'u ny >H' h'! s'li
was taken Ill, anu ule'I Suu'''iiH Ill "
hoSpltal ward, surrounded ny the very
patients whom she hlu nurse" "ach 10
healtl'
NnthlilS c"'lu say III my oM % ""i'S
N"ui" give ~ Wv ~ an i'''" VI NV
ln% net"teh JONI, gray an" MS Miie' ">
t ,it hisI n'''ei "hi'H l''eiN'' i"'''
h''lT -Nil't
lrAHilN'' Al liz ~ ~, i ''"' ''''''
wa w nv 'i'', H.
n"l "' "I' N"S s' 'i'''''' In N'i n ~ -
l: 'h'' il'" ~ ''h' 'ni' VI IN. an NV
'iilie n,' my i't'u acne" ~ '''a' h'I'
seeing pla'k sl"'H IL s'n"It' "N'i !"
MISS papa p"' papa S'ii WIS just iiN'
an"tl,e' ,llaililiia' ,.
VI -A,'ii'n' phiN 'il.LN' .iieir W as "
lislaho ann oiI. vi, ",, ,h,t wa.
u, roro .' ,o,n;m% @ and .h. WAS nn, nn III.
I,,I,.,,n,. Of H.. hnt,J ,,h.,, yyn ,,nt ,,,,
nf m. co,,i,re and first sh. saw mo
and thc lady who was with her said she,
turned first red and then So white the
Iod,. Thought she was sick . and tL,u
tho p.yt minnie She so,v nan, and She
ms, f.II r;rLt d,,y,, o,n,n,, III tL, n.n-
H., and Ie,,i,.J ~. ;f sL. vs. d,..,L n,,I
H.. ,.n,.,- tirst thir,, nnnr nn,,, md I
.'', w ,,io,' We ,rnt ~, itair, li w,s n,an,
ma h,.;mr ,.,,1i,.J Nv vtwomen and n,r,,
and | both tLoupht She was dead and
pnna fell rirht down ON his knees. and
made fine men uut mamma down on the
floor. and ,.vcrybodv talked ont loud.
and papa never spoke IL word. but lust
looked ut mamma. and nobody knew
who papa waS till spoke and said:
".That'S my mamma. and papa and
I have inst come all thr way from
America then = gentleman told
me- tn Hiss mamma. and | did and
then She opcned her ewes: and lust ~
soon as sl,'. SAW papa. She cot a great
deal whitcr and her head fell back
again. and was 81 sure She was diving
that BEGAN fn cry ont loud. and | do
think there were more than a hundred
urnplr all around us : hut Louise sa,>
there were only ten or twelve: and the
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