St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-02-26

tie graves beside that of his wife. re
corded the heart history of his life.
When he had lived lonely and sin
cere mOulncr foI many long years. his
brother and ite died. leaVin" Frank. IL
curly headed boy. to the care of his
Uncle Coleman. All the long sealed
fountains of love III the desolatc heart
opened to pour out their affection upon
the child. He Was truly the very sun
light of the old mans existence. and
though his manner had been cynical.
his hcaIt had been wrIIng 10y the au-
nounrcmrnt of his engagement. but
NOS irom a!.y paltry jealousy, or any
mcrcrnarA motive. Had Frank loved
Il rruc. tender woman. were she Il beg
Gal. his uncle would have given her Il
fathers love and welcome. BY the
light of his own brief married happi-
ness, he read the misery in StOIe for his
ncWhcw it hc married Lucia Frothing
'Iin. Il ttlrt. cNtlaVagant and selfish.
How to save him was costing the old
man tortuling thought. Active oppo-
>ition would only strengthen what WAS
now but Il hoyi>h fancy. and YET saved
he must bc. Suddenly il new light
broke nVcI the face of Coleman Burke.
and he rose from his chain and Neut T."
he long mlI1oI in the room. The re-
Election WAS not calculated to awaken
vanity. Vet the old man smiled. well
pleased.
''lt | can only carry il cut. il will he
proof positive" he thought.
Short. fat. nearly bald. with >p"rtI-
rlc> and il cane. Coleman Burke was
certainly il strong contrast to the tail.
handsome Noum" man Who had won l.u-
cia Ton his promised bride. Vet he said
Il"uu:
Ill cut him ont"
\ week latcI all the tilshi "uahlcS at
the c. hotel. Saratoga. knew that
Coleman Burkr WAS intending To take
" lie. What bird tiI>r bore the news
upnn the scented air. II" one could have
told N"H. but there va> no lack of in
formation about the elderly blide2rnom
in perspective. Every body N-that WIS
anl body dl-kncW that Coleman Bukc
had retired from business wears before.
worth half Il million of money and had
made fortunate investments since.
/ hat he NILS dcclrd in fortunes latest
-tNit.>. wore diamond studs and ring.
carried Il switch cane. drove Il fine
team. and occupied expensive rooms ar
the hotel. all could see tor themselves.
NcIl soon after he came. another fact
WIS patent /" all observers that he
Was very attentive I" Miss Lucia
Nottingham. the belle Of many >ca-
SOILS.
Mr>. Frothiugham hoped in her heart
that Iuri1 Womb nor hc = fool and
would remember how t;,l MI. Burkc'>
pocket book "utWrlghed his ncphcw'>
also. that an old mans darling WIS
far mnIr apr rn have any vhim nratiticd
than 4 ,uunr mans slave. Ha, de
L,rred ,l,i> maternal lrcruIc. the vid-
nu dilatcd upon Tho ,.vrrrS..> of the
>araro.a uip. and Wa, rather marked
In her rmpha>i> npor a speed, >rhiu-
cation of the rldrrl, adorcr
And Mis-, Lucia ,hrunr.d her fam
slnuiur shoulders. threw over then, .,
..inIId of black lace. and dr>crud,L tn
rhr porch. where Mr.. BurAc waited tu
,>cult hen To- = drive. His manner of
vnoing vas certainly more hu>lue>>
liI.. than SrutimcutaI. Where Frank
had crown tlnuucut over the heaut, of
the liuuid dark eyes. his uncle Diluted
upnn the -nitahiIit, Of diamonds tnr
ii,,,ctr, hralty. Wb,r, Frank Ten
,icrI, quoted pocrr, dr~,riptiyr of the
~lr,.,I ,l;,,,. of the vIIIuvy tunyc. his
uncle Thought velvet WIS the most he
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