Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

had d,wnol. that tho sun had risen and
was sending toward him a great flood Of
glory. in the midst Of which he saw an an.
ccl coming toward him, aud then it seemed
Ills wife, with lrvie smiling in her arms.
CHAPTER VA INV YEARS CALL.
Mrs Hartley sat in her room pale and
fearful watcher, attended only by bitter
memories. With a pain almost beyond
endurance, she was contrasting this New
Years eve with the last, when as q happy
wife and mother she was ihroncd supreme
in her own home. Could SO much evil hap.
pen in one short year Though her pride
had been carefully nursci by wrong-mnded
relatives il was giving way also Mrs.
Hartleys father wos q cold naughty man,
and never approved Of her marriage lie
had lost his wife some years before, but his
unsympathetic nature did not deep y mourn
the dead or seek love from the living 1t is
the curse Of such people TO Judge others
by themselves and when his daughter
came home with her indignant heart all
aaame and tod the sad story from the
standpoint Of her own passionate sense Of
wrong, only pride the dominant element of
his character. was aroused aud be determ-
med u possible 10 eHec' q coup 'e'e soPaI'
alton OF the VIE from 'he man ne Gi'lAeu'
Now that money was gone nr' Hartley
had not one redeeming trait in bis eyes.
Julia had inherited her fathers pride,
but also her mothers heart Though her
father and fashionable sister induced her
10 MAINTAIN tne cViu sH,n', OIL u'.e' v'-
arrangement toward her husD'uu' sun sne
suffered as only nose natures can "nefe
TWO strong nut evenly ua'auoeu pass'ous
contend Tor the mastery nu, I'D one 'n'n2
she dlsappolnleI ana oaullo 'n'm-ah'
turned her PACK utterly upon soc'1'y' iGey
'comioried themselves WIN ine 'nousnt lha'
th's hoou "ou'u Soou wear Ou, 1u. I. ,,
last they began TO note III anxiety 'hat u
seemed as u she "ou.d wear OUT uisl-lha'
She was growing pale ana MIN aln wal
positively looking sick'
And now the closing oil inc year. recall
ing as 1t did the happy ana memofaol'
scenes oil her past HE wes bringing TO be-
such bitter realization Of her sorrow
that she found 1t no longer enddrabie
Her pride gave way utterly and indee'
for days past she would have written t.
her husband were She not deferred by th
belief that he wished to escape rom her
burden. But now She lett that she mus
see him face to lace. Her suffering wa
such that 1t seemed the appeal she woul
make to him would move heart OF sion'
She would penitently acknowledge th'
which she had charged herself VITA conti
ually Of lote--that She had failed 10 pr
TENT wiiely duty that she might hay
made his home so attractive as TO win hil
from all things else. If her appeal ltllot
then the sooner she was laid beside be
baby in Greenwood the better aud -
had consciousness that il would be b
fore very long
In her lonely watching She bad como
this conclusion, and was considering ho
most speedily to obtain an interview who
the servant handed in her husbands letto
1t came TO her as a cup OF cool water
one dying with thirst II was like mann
from heaven to one perlshing IN the wilder
ness. Only the lateness OF the honr KEEP
her from flying to her husbands side a
once. Inc thought OF him sitting alone o.
her dead baby's cradle was tull OF irreslsl
iblo pathos, and all the gallantry Of hi
lover-days had not so completely throne
him in her heart as this fact. No forms
missive should be sent to the deserte
home. She herself would he the onswc
She had purposed giving her portrait
her husband as Christmas or New Year
gilt. Now she would give herself
The gray dawn OF Now I ear mormn
was breaking when nj harley a"ok'
Inc hre he had kIndled IN lae nursery ma
gone OUT ana ne was chll'ed ana ms BOD.
er9mped ana painful from inc uneomiort
ao'e position IN which ne had slept but q
ne recalled the events oil the past night aus
MS cream ne was conscious Of peace an
resuuIness oil heart 70 which he had Ion
oeen stranger;
lie made cheerful hre III his room au
recllned upon me oeui Ialilhg INTO mai
doing hali'dreumlng state Al iast b
became conscious that the door-beIl w'
ringing lie started up and glanced Gu
Inc ar was iu'i Of snow and 1t lay a
most unirodden IN the street
There can not be reply so soon !
muuered' some one has mistaken u
mouse or poor oesgar Is soliciting aim
wen, 'ea e as Il i, could give me l woI