Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-08

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the wonderful woman he had proposed
to make her. He quit his Labits of dis
sipation. half his time was spent in
visiting his charge, who, well cared for,
grew every day more lovely and engag-
ing. He taught her to cali him Uncle
Harry, and it was strange to see the
young man deyoting himself, as some
old grandfather might, to all the whims
and pleasures of little child.
AS she grew older he placed her in a
boarding school, and there, of course,
saw less of her, yet still as much as the
rules of the establishment would allow
until the child was somewhat past
twelve years old, when a violent illness
Frustrated her guardian upon what came
near being his death-bed, and the doctor
ordered him Immediately on hisrecovCry
to go to Europe.
So they were separated, though a reg
ular correspondence was maintained.
Delicate health detained Harry from his
native land five years.
At the end of that time Harry Bolton
returned from Europe, improved in
health and anxious to see his adopted
daughter. He knew she had grown old
er, but little do we reflect on the changes
that time must bring, that when inquir-
ing for Miss Estella Gray, (this was the
name the child lisped when questioned)
as he waited in the parlOr of the semin-
airy, a lovely girl of seventeen opened
the door and entered the room, be could
scarcely believe his eyes.
Yet It was she indeed-the child he
had left, grown into w0manhO0d. Es-
tella was seventeen and Harry Bolton
thirty-tiye. He was young vet in look
and thought. There seemed after all,
but little difference between them. Both
felt this, and their manner toward each
other was more reserved in CONSEQUENCE.
But Harry was charmed as we'll as sur
prised. A lOvelier creature never met
his eyes. As he walked hOmeWard he
said to himself
'What if, after all, have been rear
ing a wife for myself p
Then with a half laugh he muttercd :
mo, am too old for her--it is all
folly"
Folly or not, the thought remained.
as suitOrs do. He anticipated her every
wish and did his best TO appear in an
agreeable light. Whether she under
stood him or not, he could not tell. She
might regard him rs an indulgent guard
ian, and the thought chafed him sorelv
At times he hoped, at times he feared,
until calling one afternoon Ca holiday
unexpectedly, he found Estella tets-0-tete
with a young friend, Ernest Clark 1t
was good excuse for intimacy, but the
knowledge that Estella had another male
friend SO much nearer her own age
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