St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-18


settle by and by, WAS their unspokcn
thought. and surely they were i'll no
haste to lose her bright presence from
her childhUod's home. At % Eleanor
WAS still unmarried. hut that yea
brought Il great change into her life.
Her father and mother died Within
three months of each ether. and 1t the
same time She lost parents aud home.
The judge had lived generously,
though not cXtraVagautlN. His income
had never been large. and the education
and establishment ot his snnS had ah-
>orbcd the greater part of his small
economies. When the estate WAS set
tied and divided between the children,
ElcanoI'S portion was IL mere pittancc.
The change was bitter to her. Ilcf
brOthcIs. who were both married. offer
cd her home in their families. but. al
though she liked her >stcr-im-iaW very
well. she who had been used to the in
dependence ot an only daughter in her
fathers house. could not. without an
internal struggle. take the new place OF
81 ~ipcrnumcrary in her sisters house
hold.
7" a>i; Eer father fui the EoucN She
had needed for her expenses had seem
ed easy and natural. hui to ask IL other
brothers wa> simply iutulcrIhlc. Thr}
were both struggling To achieve indie
pcmdcncc. but a> Yet neither of them
WAS rich, and each iiad quite H. much
a> H., could wei d" t" support ms own
tanllI}. without "n ddAll"iAl l'iIid"iI.
Not one word WIS ~pu!ru. Size was
treated With tn" greatest klndn"~> hI
h"'h h"i hl"ih"iN ana then wives. ana
Il. III
burden "t her p"runialN support hi her
diIigrnt ard ~killfui needle. She sew
ed for the children. she made dresses
for hcI sisters. which fitted "Nqni>lt"lN /:
>h" mad" hats ~ 'ialni\ an" tasteful 4S
ever entered tn" fancy. "r lett the hands
of Il French mllllucr: She tended ha bites.
whom She id"Iizcd: She took her part
III the light household dutic>. III which
du net >yurm t" busy thcmSclN'>. aud
Vet She felt. rather than knew. that hcr
stay in her brothers homes WIS c"nsid-
cred h> them a> mcrrIl It temporary
one. They naturally rNprctcd hrr l."
man! and have home of hcr own. Al
intervals. eligible Sui;oi> had prr~,ntcd
thcuI>ri,r>. hut had been rctd>,d. Each
in tara She bad tried to like -uc Na>
!tjlIl aHNl"U> Il" 10Y some one H 'h'hI.
She rrsnj ana understood the pleased
smile "t hope that Enlightened her 81 ''-
in-laW> faces at each fresh appearance
Of - >uit"r. and their hi.nN and di>up-
pointed air at tn" dioapp' ardn"" of the
rejected lover. 1t Stumg hen prid" that
thry should l." =" rrady /" %rt nd "t
her. md more than one" she had re
solved t" accept one "t he N""rI-. hu
at tn" >rI} m"nrnt Of hI> d'T'Jr"'l'!. u.
"t love I" her. She had found h"l~cli
) positively una.'.r /" d" -. "i.rc n'
tWi"r her sisters IcirHa'h"d lti "liA
having encouraged the addIcN>''> "i
some gentleman only /" reject hlm.
2 But did mean t" MARY him. SAID
! poor Eleanor.
hen Why dldm': You asked HiI~.
: John Collins.
- 3cdIl\ r"uldn t! h"n Know Why
i hoped could uii Tie ll~t moment.
"A woman OF N"ui "G' ought t.
, En'" hcI ""u mlid better Than JhAi.
= rrl"ltcd MIS-. l"Hu. severely.
. f!rau"r VAS n"" - !r'lN al Hgr
, ''HlIm">t an old mHld. Mrs. john >lIr
! Mrs. Edward Collins. when Judg" Car
- tel tell IN love with her.
/ his l. the very best ch.'ncc eleanor
+ has ever had get. said Mr.. John Il
| her husband. IN the quiet "i then "Nl
/ room. '>omrhnW thr>' old girls 1t" re
= maj ikIhl% we'll.
y - >h"Uldn think ot calling Eleanor
e an old -lrl, said hcI brother.
: "Ihat'> hcCausc lOu have always
:. lived with her. and don't realize hcI
upr She i an old Uill she's trlliIt