St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-02


boy : head" And Mr.. McFarlane pur-
sued his way to the office. unconscious
OF the fate awaiting him there.
ANY letters. Saunders ," he asked.
as he passed the clerks desk Il see
the packet Is in
YES. sir. They are on Your desk.
and Nr. B"nsall is waiting to speak to
You in your room. What ailS Mr.. Me
tarlanc ," said the clerk to himself as
his principal passed on. Il don't he
llcNc he ever before forgot I" ask fnr
my wife. | hope nothing is wrong"
MI. Saunders had an invalid wife. who
was indebted to Mr.. McFarlanc for
many little comforts.
Mr. BonSali was waiting in the office
He WaS Il stout man with red hair and
whi>krr>. and ii bluff. ,ncomprnmiSing
manner. He had IL habit. on which he
pridcd himself. of always ">pcnking his
mind that is. of saving everything
and anything which came into his head
IA habit which did not cause him to
he hcl"vcd by his acquaimtamrc>. He
and Uncle McFarIane had once been
partners, and they still kept up IL kind
of intimacy. at which many people
wondered.
well. RonSall, how goes the world
with you - asked my uncle. leiSrmcll
taking of his coat and nvcIShucS.
''Oh. well enough. If it don't 90 To
>rIit me. | make it. that's all :" answer
ed Mr.. B"nSall. But. see here. Me
Fallanr. didn't come here tu handy
compliments. Want /" talk rn l"u
about Il serious matter"
Nv ell. what l. ii - asked my uncle.
preparing /" listen. not without Il long
ing at his foreign letters and papers
I'm going T." speak my mind, ILL.,
always d" :" said Mr. B"nSall Il want
to know what you mean t" Il" about
Nancy p
About Nancy - repeated my uncle
with little start 'What about Nam
cy ,"
AYE. What about her? that lust
it. OF course y"u can't 90 on ~ You Il"
NOW. 1t WIS well enough when the old
lady was alive; hrt hrr death changes
all that. and folks will talk Nancy :
an old maid. t" hc >uIr forty if >hc>
an hour
Thirty five" said m, uncle. cor
Tcciug him.
'Wcll. five. lcal~ don't matter much.
shes an old maid. ~ said. Still.
folks will and du talk. and yen ought
t" get rid of her The truth is. M.Far-
Lane. y"u ought to marry again: and ut
c"ursc You can't with Nancy III the
house..
" ou think 80 -
"WhN. of course not. There's Miss
Regina Srhull lcr. nov. She'd Jump AT
the chance "t marrying You: but NoU
don't >upp">o She would set up h"rr~r-
keeping with Nancy Howard. d" YOU ,"
e! must beg. Bon>all. that you will
not hiring Mis- >chuy l,r'> name int"
question" said my uncle. such Iih-
critics :ur not /" lac taken with respect
able Young ladies.
"lihcrtl ur not. she would have ynu
III i minute. And there's another thing
about 1t. Nancy Howard i> dead in
love with You. herself and of course
Nuu cant marry her that i ont nt tn,
question.
Nancy Howard :" repeated M, um-
rlr. III Il tone of hrwildclmcnt.
To hr sue. InaIi. ANY one hur Nou
would have >ccu it. though Nancy i
NOT the woman ." throw herself at an,
mans head. I'll SAY that for hen Ny
wife has known ii this long time. and |
can ~,r II. too. OF COURSE NuU can't
maiiN hrr. She i old. and poor. and
plain. AMI III delicate health ht>idc~
%. of COURSE. all Nou can do i to get
rid nt Il,r. send h,I home to her ma
tive place with pension. marry Hrgi-
ia schuyler, and begin lit" anew.
''p"o> Mis- R"m>ail really think that
that Mis- lInWald rntrrtaiu> such
sentiments - asked my uncle. H. Nj.
E"u>ill paused a moment Women sec
such things more clearly than men
"ot r"uI>r She does. She WAS talk
ing "t it last night Name, ought tn
have Il change. SAYS She. ii She don't
she'll go OFT like hcl sister. shes 4
/ uuirt. patient creature SAYS she: hit
/ it i easy to see what ail> hen New
,"u see. her being c"u>umptiyc i
another reason why You cant unuIIN
her. -. there, I've spoken my mind
~ | always do: and | hope N"u viii
have >cn>r enough t" act upon it.
Il shall certainly act upon it - ~ai,i
my uncle. calmly.
And soon. hope" >aid Nh Bon
sail. rising. The sooner the better.
The sooner the h,li"I' rrhucd my
uncle. Il quite agree with l"u. Thank
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,l,;, n,n,,,ir,,'.. III w. Irn,,..,II =, Li>
wifi. us Inc M,s urrnarin,r t,' ~. ,,n, -
spoke To McFmlanr about Nancy 80
| And he repeated the substance of the
conversation. Mrs. Bon>all WAS u qui
ct. kind-hrartrd woman; but. like her
husband. she sometimes spoke hcr
mind. She did :" on this occasion.