Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-02-06
Myra Wilbur's Mistake.

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INTO the tender care OF his loving grand
iather', ana MS Amt Jane, venerable spif
ster' whose severity was most wholeson
restraint upon hls grandtathrrs extreme in
uulgence. hd Mr.. Norham being man @
enormous wealth. his grandson and heir wa
one most favored oi boys ana youths, ever
whlm oil noyish ana yonthfnl fancy beinl
granted as soon ~ expressed
ana So when Hilbert had attained tn
age OIL twentyone, ana blushlhgly announce
ms n uh1yihg loVe Ior MISS Myra "ilbur' tn
oei,e Oh many Waterlng-places ana seasons
ana some hVe years nus senior MS grand
iaVner only NODDED ana said
Sult yourself my ooy' SUIT Yourself
oo 'eagn'"ceuC uiaimond was SilPPed o.
ti, lyra nnger' ana uiipert entered INTO
.ooi Paradlse oiihd 10 tne TACT that ne wa
'',c uuI@ vi All accomplished coquette, whos
Mnole haru nature was incapable OF Tn
'l'ne Oh lne loVe iaid at her ieet'
ror, oeihg sensitive poetlcal and over II
uuiged' the ooy made unto himself an lido
ana Gaming IL Myra, "orShiped IT,
ana the actual Myra' being emlnentll
paGtlcal' worldly ana inercenary, erected .
8oid luoi M Oh uni'inl.ed indulgence and riches
"hH, c",.nS that n,'orrt' WorShlned IT:
Mr' rornaih' aithough he was old and
,eeo'e' took carriage ana drove from
rern NOOK, 'he Iaully country seat, lnto
| iouiS'HIe, the uoWn honoreu oy MISS VIII
az. a.,u '''', ". W, Wiii '',''i o"ll'
n'eel n1 was sone' Nils' "Hpur' turning
" HI' i,'Ono.' niauo sV'"nse Speech Ior
"ai,V. ,s. J"sy u "e1ro'neu' ' ior slie sa'u
hl.ei an, ,ha'plnS' ric" WHO" IS pet
VeI 'n''. rlch "lle, ior she can Spehd the
''o"vS " 'nen, uiooliS,oi'eu' a.,
eli' lnN "ea' ,.u
""1 O'''y 'ninAins Uu"' uiloerC oold
,Io Is'.i III ne was e:'lIe'S ueienueiV upon DIS
S.tii sI"','.a'ne,' .,' nasing Io.n'"s o' ms own
WINE the 3ia hiah iiVed'
IL would De wen then 10 Keep IN the old
sen'Ie,haIi ,aVor'
HNl',eh.ty MSr" was oi Ina1 opinion. ohe
wv nSu d pan VI soi, qullVeu sii iipperS LOT the
1?en lee'; sne selu ho"ers ana NIUE dainty
dlshes 70 Fern Nook Tor dear Mr Gorham /;
sue maze herseIi hundred rod dearer to
ner Infatuated lo'er oy her uelcate atten-
''ops 70 us relative.
business connec'ee with ehe settlement oi
cia'ii oI ms gTanu'atrer against the gov
eIni'ient oail'i uiioerV 10 aSnihy'on ca ly
III ."v winter ,oiiowi,iS MS oetrothai' lhere
was Vle "s"a, pathe'ic Partiug' ana with as
,u'auoe VI wy unuyins io'e Tue young
"",i ''' rciH Nooh'
Ai'er e"o hion'rs aoSence' when ne was
preparing 10 return nome "A telegram reached
"''n
wait ID New York To see me. Will put up at
'ne uranj Sen'ra'' JANE GohHAM'
Or all strange experiences this was the
stfahgest. Ills Aunt Jane leaving her home
To visit the metropolis Gilbert vainly tried
to remember II ever she had been absent
from nome before, and, thoroughly bewil-
dertd' hurried to meet her.
iils hrst surprise was to mud her gentle
ana KIND, all the grim severity OF her man
ner gone Her KISS upon his lips was tender
as Myras own.
My boy, she SAID, 81 have news for
you that VIII distress YOU out before tell
mat want you TO listen attentlvely to some
business details that were never OF any special
interest 10 you before lou nave always
supposed Fern Nook and the wealth that
'ustalns 1t to be your grandiather's.
Avd are they not
No, my dear, they are mine, Your grand
lather holds lie lease only OF the house
aud hall the Income. The property was all
his wiie's and left to me, with the lease, as
said, to my father during life. While we
we're all one family and you the heir, it was
quite unnecessary to make any talk or fuss
about the matter; but now, 1t is as well to
understand my rights aud YOURS
Now ~,
Your grandfather my dear, being, |
charltably believe, in his dotage, has mar.
ried-Myra Wilburl"
1t was crushing blow. Gilbert swayed
to and fro in his chair and then fell insen.
sible.
HIS ideal poetic life was more real to
him than the actual world about him, and
he suffered acutely. But his aunt was the
best OF comforters, for while she was full
of tender sympathy, she was emnently prac.
tical, aud with clear, forcible words, she
made him realize how unworthy was the
idol he had worshiped.
With her own personal property she had
also brought Gilbert's from their old home
and she took house in New York, where
both soou felt at home, returning no more
TO Fern Nook. Then, with true practical
Kindness she persuaded Gilbert to allow hel
to buy him partnership in light business
and reused him from his dreamy, sensitive
moods, to active, natural life.