St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-06-19

| H"hS u nlIll, anu carried lll1ll 10 anu ITO
i'll her slender arms, without ii shadow
OF lmpatience at his childish fretfulness.
Often and often, when the lights were
burning i'll the NURSERY at night, Theo-
bald, standing at his study window.
saw the slight pretty figure pacing slow
ly and rather wearily backward and
forward across the floor, with its bur
den Ill its arms and watching it, he
went back to certain old grumblings of
his about this pretty, silly slip of a
goyerness girl" There was something
i'll her after all-there must be, not
withstanding her big melancholy eyes.
and her rOmances and novels and school
girl ways. She was very shy and timid
III her manner toward himself. Indeed.
she was so evidently afraid of him that
sometimes he almost fancied that he
lost patience with her. But that way
] Of hers With, the child-that unselfish,
fncShp plaipifs, simple tenderness al
fstsAAIt 6Pg6at ehe was in rather an un-
eettaih ie6nditi6n, sometimes better.
ts0fhetihies Worse sometimes promis-
Ting TO he Strong enough to run about
very soon. and then again falling back
into weakness or fever. or some other
state equally discouraging.
Late hours and polite dissipation
and fashionable folly have left their
mark upon him." growlcd Theohald to
himself. "What can one expect with
such IL mother p The great DIR. Theo-
bald. he ii known, had certain old
fashioned notions of his own.
But with Tiha's help the boy wcaricd
through Il few changetul weeks without
seeming at any time so seriously i'll us
to give rise to fresh alarm. But at the
end of the month sudden change
came. as it We're. without IL moment :
notice. He had been a little stronger
to all appearances. for Il day or so.
though he had been more than usually
fetful: and one evening DIR. Theo-
bald. making his daily call. found him
lying upon the heaIth-rug watching
Tina, who knclt near him, building IL
castle of blocks. and at the same time
telling him IL story. He was very much
Interested. and rather resented Thco-
hald> entrance upon the scene.
I'm very well. only I've got Il head
ache" he SAID. with queer "ld-Sound-
ing sigh. Tina can tend to me. Go
on Tina And 81 the giant carried
dragged her into the dungeon and
that sthc dungeon 10y her golden hair,
and Go on
/ eyes to Thc0hald'>. Il think he i bet
ter. thank y"u. and he j. very good
about his medicine.
When Mrs. DuIant came in t" see
| him before going ont that night. She
| thought that he was better too. and
said 81 Ia Tina. with relieved air.
II hope he will he quite well 10y the
/ time Nr. Duramt returns. she added
and then kissed him. and hadr him
! g""d-night.
| But at half-pa>t ten messenger flew
ACROSS the street Ia Thcohald with news
| that struck him with alarm. Teddy
had been seized with commissions again.
and seemed worse than ever. And
when the doctor entered the nursery
he >aw that all waS over.
send fol his mother" he said.
briefly.
But no one knew where she had gone
except the coachman who had driven
h,g. The household seldom knew where
III" spent her evenings.
And Mr. Durant is away on huSi-
ness. sad ina.
They did their best. but every effort
was useless. The time had come now.
aud the hours of the blict life. were
numbered. Tina could not believe it
she could not believe the truth even
when She lead il on Thcohald'S face.
lie can not he going to dc.' she
cried. "lle was 50 much better only Il
few hours ago. told him stories until
he fell asleep"
She had never seen any one die in
her life. and Il strange awe took hold
upon her when at last She began to
realize what was going t" happen. Only
her innocent love supported her. Would
it hurt him to die Would he he
afraid ? Would he know
1t was midnight when the end came.
and Theohald was with her. Standin"
at the bedside. The commissions ceased.
and Il slow. subtle change began to
creep over the childish face. There
was Il new palior, a faint gray shadow.
us il were, il curious solemn settling of
the pretty features. at the sight of
which Tina broke into low hushcd
cry.
Doctor" she doctor. lool,
what is it p
ne ."..rlie" 'er 'ieh"lihs hand III
A'.iI 1I. 'eN'I',ut I.t,
,J - I''''n' @ ne S'i"' GSl'lN ht';
you nj. Geed not lear IL. Why should
H"n :.
;i, n". H. was '''' , no, eNh'llH lear mat
sure" ne '1er ;" "eepiX. 1t was something
ciSt' ne M's ;" al' alone. poor little
ieli"M All 'le sorrow Ill her innocent
hmr't"f'a,t a, t ,if ,ia,'tt oi"ke l"r'h III on"