St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-02-21

his return To England. WI as he uIlI-
ried Should we ever meet again
Mrs. Morton and rarely coIreSpond-
ed 50 il waS with some surprise that.
IL few months after | had heard from
Pet. received IA lengthy cpistlc from
her. | will moi trouhle IoI, with tn.
whole of il. but will give Won the sub-
stance as shortly rs possible.
Horace was coming home. unmarried
That afternoon long aro she had seen
the confirmation of her fears. that an
attachment had sprung up bctvren her
brother and me. and had resolved. if
possible. to put an end 10 if. knovir~
that he had nothing bcyoud his proi,.s
sion. and that all chance of future prns-
pcritv depended on his kecpinr llpou
good terms with his uncle. who would
have been irretricvahlv offended by ;rr
imprudent marriage. All this she rep
resented to him during their walk but
without effect He loved me. and be
licVed | loved him. and cared for moth
ing else. We could wait Then she
showed him another aspect of the affair.
| was very poor. must 90 ON getting my
living as Il povcrnesS for the next three
wears at least. before he would b, at all
al
only Il narrow income to dcuend ON in
definitely. while there was Mr.. Gains
ford willing. She knew. TO marry mo N
once. | was very Young. did NOT know
my own mind: that in our relative 10
Sitiom$ he would he acting very selfish
ly to bind me 10y amy engagement He
replied that if he remained here | was
he must claim me he could not hch
himself. Then she advised him to 90
away for IL time. leaving il to her tact
to set matters right with me. He trust
ed her. little thinking the part she
would play. tor his rood. a> She iuI,i"-
incd. Ilcl Surmi>c with regard to MIR.
Gaim>ford WAS verified by his making
her his confidamte. She at once wrote
to Horace us though the whole affair
wa> settled. and hence the cruel misun-
der>tandin- and separation of Years.
She had never guessed at the depth of
her hrothcr'> affection for me n,. she
would not have acted =, She did She
rrpard-d il merely =, , u,Ssin~ fame,
for Il pretty Girl. of which h,. miyht
easily hc cured To the advautar, of
both. But when she found how >,rjouS
II matter il waS. she drcpI\ rrp,utrd
the Z ,urSr she. had taken; hut only dis
covered her mistake when it was too
late to repair the injury she had done.
She found that her brothers was Il na-
turc that could love but once. He.
wrote at rare intervals: and nv name
WAS never mentioned. MIS-. Marian
wrnt. noy tn h.rm,. f., tnr,,iv,. hon. and
to prove that did 50 hy comiur tn
snrud :, few muntb, with L.r TL.,t /
uuhcsitatiurll refused to do. ,t the
same time assuring her of my fulI for
givcmc>>. and i'm return asking one IA
Vur-that she would not tell Horace of
my altered fortunes. Not that | feared
he would turn turtunr-hIluttr. bur that
pride might now keen him from me. u>
| heard that his uuclc had left th. es
tate heavily mortra"ed,
Now | have brnurht y,u nm +, my
second New Years DAY. Unr,cr vith-
in twenty miles of me. We met at the.
house of Il mutual friend. He did not
know WAS to he there: 81 had the
advantage over him. luu will easily
imagine mine wa> no careless toilette
that evening. Something of t'iat first
early bloom of hcauty was zone. Tveu-
t\-ninc has not all tL, charms of nine
teen. But my friends told me altered
wonderfully littIc. my hair, shade less
Golden. and IN, tinrur nor 81 slim and
mirli>h. Nuu can inst understand thc diff.
ference. The fashions of forty \c;uS
ago would not convey Il plcasin" i'm
preston to you now: hut | may tell
You that my dress WAS of rich blue silk
pale SKY blue. trimmed with white lace /;
and Wore handsome pearl ornaments
~ 4 :, L.
1t WAS New Years Dav. | had not
tuI gotten that now and received the
rood wishes of the season with a very
pleasant conviction that much that vn>
sweet aVuitcd me in the fItur. WIS
the first to arrive: and when Hnr;,rc
came into the room. wa> sitting where
| could see him without his seeing me.
Could il he ten wears since we i.ud
met The same honest. manly face.
81 littlr changed. scarcely aged a dal.
| fancy pcopI, who are IN health do mo-,
alter much from thirty to forty. In Il
few minutes he was at my side. and we
were being introduced A. strangers.
"Mr FELTON,. Il very old friend of miltc
lust come from Australia. knows some
friends af y ours. he rclIsme. Miss Peel. "
said my host.
our eyes met do not know how oI
why it WAS. but III that enc glance We
seemed mutually 10 understand each
other He took the seat next me. and
led me in to dinner. Wcw were uoi very
talkativc for Il while. At last he said :
Il heard from Emily that Nou were
with vuur uncle. and thought that my
best chance of meeting You waS to come
up and stay with the people who were
to have brought me here tonight. They
are kept at home with colds. and urged
me to bring their cXcu>rS. only land