New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-30
The Forrest House ;
OR,
FVERARD'S REPENTANCE.
BY MRS. MARY j. HOLMES.
CHAPTER I.
rw a LITTER


TWO LETTERS.
The first. (. small half sheet, inclosed in large,
at envelope. and addressed in childish. TN
u, Ia land to Mr. James Everard Forrest. it,.
r,,,;c,ttvillc, Berkshire County, Mass, with re-
-,ost in the lower left hand esrner for the post
- 70 forward Immediately; the second. a
J;,tr little perfgmed missiye, with fanciful mon
-, directed IN plain. round hand 10 j. Everard
y.-,es. ESQ.,. E1icottville, Mass, with the words
.t haste written in the Both letters were
:. br-rrv. End both found their way together 10
a. owner a brown haired. brUwn-eyed, brown
t,cea Young man, who sat under the shadow Of the
Mcmaplc tree On the Common in Elhcottville lazily
Dnsug lis cigar and tanning himself with bis Pan
.ma hat for the thermometer was 90 IN tie shade
I'D the hear 10 a. M Of sultTy July day. At first
go alnost tee much exortiOn even "a break the
..ols end FOR moment J. Everard Forrest r., toyed
ub the smaller envelope of the two, the whose
d.i;cafe perfumery he knew SO well. and which
cteped his pulse a little and brought deeper
glow to lis cheek
81 nav as wen see what Josoy wants of me in
,o,ep he sand NJ last, and breaking the seal, he
ruad r.,, ,u,,-
oNY DEAR NED: You must not wait I'll! Wednesday,
mi conc tomorrow TIT o'clock tram. want you
w. ms AZ the very last Mrs. MURDOCH. who has been
yips tor twenty years or more must really de and on
rSe fhe MaTlocS BOYS can't act, must Etke the
.sar,cter Of tie bridegroom IN the piav where am
Srde You VII have very little 70 say. You ean learn
n IN M nitern minutes, bat you must come tomorrow
80 >. o tebearsa with Us at least, Now, don't you
ddre fan. shall meet y0u NJ the station -
~P s-Do YOU remember wrote you in my last OF a
Stranger = Dr.. Mattliewson: who has been Ia town a
& as stopping nc the holelf lie has consented TO be
- ncsi sn condition that yoU the Bridegroom.
40 not Why Lc insists upon that point Dut ne does
500 no I'm ,.i, WITH love 'JoE.'"
And So this is my lady's great haste" the young
nan SAID a. he finished reading the letter. " She
wants NE Tor her bridegroom. l rather think
know that before, and don't know but I'm Wiling.
~ guess III have 10 20 and now FOR Rossies IN
teresting document, which mist be forwarded I'M
me,aicl} only wish 1t may prove 10 have
MONEY N 10 from the governor, for l am getting
:" 1gyia, he took the other letter and studied it
carefully. while a smile broke over his face as he
"yponGnv word. Rossie did not mean this to 90
astraI and has written every thing out III fu even
- Massachusetts and Junior Good for her. on
dor why shc Didn't take larger envelope but then,
She needed all this space. and has TILED H. TOO; and
hoA crooked why, that junior stands at an angle
Of several degrees above the Mr.. ROsslc ought TO
90 t..Jc- She must be nearly thirteen; but them
shes % nice little girl. and III see what she says
WHAT she sad was as follows:
'FORREsI House. July IA
psir ,tr. Nobody Knows am writing this 70 you,
bar your mother has been worse for few days, and
Keeps o. sing lhout even ID her sleep Shc da not
sav spni Tor YOU bI thought n YOU knew how bad se
Won would pelhal's come homo FOR part OF our
VEGA oI. nc VIA do her much good 10 see Won am
yc well An! your father too 30 no more "a a. present
- --a,ss Beatrice Bclknap mas come nome from
Nr,,-N STa had he typhoid fcv"r, and lost every
49,, IN -,r br.lffl hair You DOM KNOW auW fu5Jy
~ Inn, vy,,ud not sell n Tor the world would Won
In osed md ten doa1s of my verv own money, which
] -enc You some home with thinking y0u might need
IT, DO not ful to cOine, viii YOU R"HAM"Nb'
lott. tyylp
the crisp tcn-dOilar blll, which was carefully
wrapped in "A separate bit of paper. IL was not the
fr-i tine he had received money in his sore need
fDin the glrl fo- ~ blank book. which ho aIway
carried IN hi~ pocket several entries. fol-
lows: Jan. ., from RGSamond Hastings, 1--we DOT,
lars: March {. two dollars; June :, one dollar; ana
80 ou unsil the whole amount more than twenty
dollars but before had she sent him 50 large
sum as now and there was moisture IN MS eyes
aud s breath came heavily as ne put ~ away III MS
There never was 50 unselGsh . creature Rosie
Hastings. She IL always thinking of somebody else.
And / AN q mean, cnntelnptIble dog 10 take htf
money ~ do; but then. | honestly intend 10 pay
her back teuf0d when have something OF my own.
Thu, re1ssuring himself he pun his purse IN ms
pocket and giancIug again at ROs,ies letter hs eve
fell uppH Miss Beiknaps name, and lie laughed
aloud as ne sad:
e Poor bald Bee Beil1nap She mrst hook eon'ieal.
can imagine how 10 hurts her pride. Buy EOSs;cs
hair indeed | should think not when her HAIR Is
hcr only beauty # except her eyes, which at pes
eu are large for her thin face but that viii ili
and round ont IN time. and Roe ste may hc a beauty
vat thousn not like J0sey; no, never ike JJsey.1
sind thar hrought the young man back TO Miss
Fleming, letteT and it, imperative request Could
be comply with NJ now ought ne not 10 90 AZ once
10 -lt ,irk mother who WIS missing him so sadly,
and Who made all the happiness he hast ever known
az home Duty said yes, but lnclnatlol drew MN
IN H0.hurton ard the fair Josephine with whom lie
believed himself 10 be and with whom he was per
hap as much IN love anv young man 81 twenty
wei can lie. Perhaps ROS-e mad be"n uniuly
alarmed; 20 AZ eventa II ms mother were 10 very
sex and Wa wanting hiui badly, his father would
WRIT. az course. and IN The whole he believed he
should ~ tO Holburton by the afternoon tram, ana
then perhaps 20 home. $500
And go the die was east. the young man little
dreaming A. he walked ia the telegraph Office and
St -,r6,s the wires 10 Miss josephine Fleming the
three words. win come how that decision was
o. mH1rrrc his whole future life, and involve him III
work Of difficulties which IL would taAc many
Year To- overcome.