The Republican journal., 1876-12-28

| more clearly.
III the morning she sends ior her host
and inquiries ii there is a quiet family il
the neighborhood where she could b0arC
tor a while
Yer wouldn't like to stop with us 2
inquiries the New England Boniface whose
eyes have caught sight OF Miss \ Nan An
den's plump purse. She remembers The
"help," and '-thini;s not "
''There's the u Htston- lhey re rather
pushed, and want ter git somebody The
school-laisstls is there Horace is there
he amt doin'nothin'. .lhe old man thought
he was doing great things when he made
q minister OF him, but | guess he amt nC
great shakes never armed A cent vet thai
| hearn on
"ilow many ii The family? ?'
''Only them four. There's Sukp; Ahe
helps sometimes; but Lord they can't
afford to hire nobody
Before night Miss Van AndeU is settled
in an Old farmhouse halfway up one Of
those strong and peaceful hills she has
iongcd for. The shadow of great elm
falls across the doorstcps, the perfume OF
mlgnOnette comes from the little garden.
and swallows t"itter about the caves with
the air of old inhabitants vino never have
been and neye dream of being disturbed.
II Shall like it here thought Jacob
Van Andcn's heirass, rs she followed the
gentle mistress of the house into the great
kitchen, and took hey place at the table.
What poor little supper table it was
Many of the cups and saucers were crack ed
and there could be no doubt that several
of the dishes owed their entirety to the use
OF china putty; bat everything was per
n,,l '- s.,' - il 80 ''t'
NJ. 1'(i 80 w" ~
mon ha, n,,,,, sn,as az
st Mo hnoI Lol an1 ,,lq ,,I''V'
of Josiah Weston. and thp worn patient
face of his wife opno,itc AMI A slight
giimmer of what n hitter struorln 1l1sp
bent forms had passed throuuh forced it,
self upon Miss Van Anden's mind like y
revelation. On her rioht hand sat Horace
| She th0uoht Of thp mn nkeeDpr's criticism of
| him: but when she nleasurpd the svenn
of the low broad forehead ana Jaw the
! clear jntelEoent oIanca Of tha depn-ea+
eyes She declined tn l,bccriha ia that
oentleman's estimate
is that a specimen Of the Yankee
| school-marm Of whom we hoar ca mrnh ~,
thouohf Miss Van An.lnn as bar ottantin,
was next attracted lv male little Hottie
Melvin whose hlne ewes ware hri0ht w;th
admiration Of the haaut;ful vnnno ladr
who sat opposite bcr. ,.Why. thai child
was intended for a Fifth Avenl1e hnIIc
| What graceful little form to hanr . dress
of feecy lace mon shall fink the
world cone mad if find thaf )ittln month
| can coniuoata Latin vorhsn
r,,o,, NJ Vs.. ,.,.. ,.
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te 'ii "''''I '5''N -
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'ilol'ien. Io''e' '''il7 ~ llol'i 'it hll'leh
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.4'.'t 1'i " "''s5 ~ :" '' ii'''NT" iili
lnellale' any a"d " thfn tne ,: palIent ora man
"e,'' o"' " ~ l'o4 pi""l't,'
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l'e9 ''" va u, u we i'ili io.e2'A "i plhe
s+resr W. be co,nnanin 1 iss a2",,
An,nn,s cnr;ositv v,.,s 5laa s't;sli,d ,,n',t
tbe hnr,o,,lodra NJ 4 Nh 1,(,
;,nnartnct inn - and fhn LIno arad ,.schnai3
nayo," ma y was W. yaaino >, most nnsrccasS,,'l
@ Hn. Win The Tow w.6eaaaI irnnranrn o,.n'
Which che presided Whan ra;nv da,,
1orl.nl porf;, in me- honan sbn ;n2ro,,aJ AK
the sh,hhy sitfjng.r16m With ;ts wiIJar.
nnss af h3ol-r Th.,o r,..,., hon,.. o,-l.,,
,rbor. IN vo,o All ,,o,roI ,'.., ,,ost -
thnn, b,t h;,l;no, :, ,,,,e, q, ,ro,lth
1rith;o thni, shgtt,,- co,,ars on,ont;,,'o.
thrir mysteries nnv,led heI, IN snite Of no,
thcroIob ,5ontal t,,o;ninrr a,I thoo sha
Womb aa} aae;atanra in ha, ailf;cnltias
f.,,,, tba ,,r.,,a ,-,,,u,, st,,,,,,,, ,,,l,a i,l
,naltarad a.' 1hnn, Iong ,go
uh' l"5 'Hr 'ilh!ot'l % tNt P''ll7l ~
"hlcn 'n'Y were hEih@ went away 70
sleha hl9 N"al'"1', an" ii"Ia'' " Fal"i
LOOK the vacant p'aee. IN '!le morning
l"ItI1 atf"lIG" over ih' 'hhiiiaF wool
land pathS; hnt "heh evening came, she
deteflhIhed |" iiVadt the IIttie village