Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-30

WAS HE 4 RATTOR?
1t was one day in March, 1861, a warm,
bright afternoon, that John Winthrop sat by
his open window in Charleston. In the case
ment blew the fragrant breeze, rustling the
papers which he held in his hand and remind
ing him. perhaps, of the message which the
papers brought. Possibly the message was
not pleasant one. A look which might be
either annoyance or pain had come over his
face, which did not lessen AS he turned his
gaze from the street and raised the papers
for a second reading. They were letters the
first dainty, periumcd note bearing only
two lines. John had several others from the
same source carefully locked up in his desk
Those had been invitations, thanks for some
little favor, responses, perhaps, TO some let
tcrs of his own This, however, was of a
different character. If you want to leave
Charleston so it read, you must do it with
in twelve hours" There was no signature,
but John did not need that to identify the
firm. angular writing as Nathalie Kershaws.
He ht STATED as to whether he should put il
in the desk along with the others but after
a moments thought tore it up and made of
the bits a small bonfire on the hearth. IF
it fell into the old gentleman's hands" he
meditated, shed never hear the last of it. "
And with this sacrifice he TUNED to the sec
ond letter.
or the two this was much the longer, and
came from the North. Part Of it ran as fol
lows
Your father is very anxious lest you
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1 ;.3 s";i ~, nm
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business; ouly come home"
men ne. came some lalllly Ge'aiIS ana AT 'he
emu emu niS ino'ho, name ooIn tossed IL upon
aIo 'uo.I' anu set'inS up unneu ms nenu
n6n'"s. nv "inu"" 6e ,s,.SIi anu 6"Neu aosen'iH
uowh the street ot the atmosphere, sur
c%n"'G'o % WIN PoillG"n tHei'eIieht' ne IeIt AT
tL"' inoi,ient , not Ure,''n' III his hiinu was
ah ""horp'nB s'ruSBie between sense Oh uu-
y on 'iie one hanu Drawing MN nome ana oi
inclIi'"''oh oh 'he o'her inPehihB MN 10
s'aS;
al ~ oHo"iu ,i lio ~ ~ ~,
az ms carry "erT III 'ile Nor'h'
nc n"U 0V'iie uo"h lion' we" I-nS nSiahu u Gu,
61e1 ia business ohiy a year oelore' ana
"niie IN: nc nsu oTen ooiuiaii9 ,eoeI'eu' more
toIuiaily 'iinh laiAeen 's1, uSu'iiy were unou'
tI tIat 'iiIg' He ""s sun stranger 9hu an
~ iiis ia.net ~ 'i' n''i1 So
80, ny - H,'u Goei ono Vi 'nS
carry iies soiierS' anu ms oiotIerS were an oi
iie itiilSTii niu
cas-, iIIS HIs' VOC 'he IAN ociOre ior Lincoln
anu lialiiilh on,Neiy ne nae ootn 'nuBht 10
a"oIiln1'e ~, me uoo'r'ne Vi o'a'e rishls ne
Il. SUN, .. ~ no pres
ent ihi"iItu S'"IT touiu not ou' De ulicoil-
Sei'"l ~ mn "Hu' "a9 " 'nen 'n"' ni"ue
MN ~ IGluclnnt M: 10 lease II iIl-,,,.,
Iern"l,s hiss Natllalie hersh"W IhlBn' nave
answered 'n"' Iues'ioT VI at ie''St suIin,seu
an "nsMeI TUi ieiio",, sue saiu " neI-
sen WIN tit'i1 oiusn 10 snI ee"ieu anu seE.
tliI mn ny i -. - "'e ~ 20, out II
WIN Te IA rni Oe','i ioi nm II nc sta9 uu"h
mere ne IL SURF! Be' hnlAeu up III II ana hh
ioI nie s..:.,
nies hei9H"" ",'n liiion ~ Ooaei ,"'un'
"na'eNei iIisn' o' ne aoI'iiiieH'H IL ,ne
PreiliSeS, she N"s nI' iouuy as 9ut 10 uiS
close thein' even 70 heISen; pu' the piuSn
uTePeheu niue III heI oLeeh, anu anu more man
a, man WIN oIeP' in'o meI he"i. 'Ia' oo,il
,Il.-l.e,P.t ~ ~ ~ P0-' -
her SuggSS'ion.
III al lhe SCUM u. 'nat tile 'here was no
warmer P"rusaI ol tic OohIe9eIacy !y thHil
MISS hersha"; Euuoution' uhhoclations IAN
ny inHuence al IeI eSen I'oie s'ronB
" loT"ru7 tio onu9o VI tiie oou'ii 'llnl o",'l
winthrop rom ilAe e'Ioui,ih.aloSs was iniIu
ehGeu III thG uirec'Ion ol 'he Nor'n' her
ta,her' Coi, fey'oh hersh"%' %''s III '1e con
hu'hc' oI we ssoes9loila' eauoi9 aiu ooii-
iil"I''I VI 'ii1 'le, nI"Iy U, S"l'~ei ".,i.''
10 uuHruS, liei ~, eiiloe
Oh lhcnl, hanuuipn' Na,noIn "lr i sli''iil
"eIe ~ NJ, i IN, al'S,
lor any s.Sp "nicI snouiu Piunse 'nein iii'o
open 1ostl,'ieS; Upoii opii .Ii iiIH'HP II 'IeS
ooA1u WIN usia'G. go "ou l.6H,;.. iou6
,oIe hatS ca i1oeii ~ oP'. oNSltiy'
put ior Tue laill'y unuelstanuin8 .Ia' ES'iiH-
ne was never 70 DC Wi. VIII Sio
chose 70 nirt WIN " wa? :, I5',i,
nate ana perhaps lneS Plicapie, out t, eouiul
De heiPeu' ana perhaps ul'e' MI az ~ y"Ieul wouiu
.each Tue lenAee iesson a in". Na,iinii9 a.lln5
had any serious in'ontiohs .ii ne'tL Sn'sreu
'leli iiiiGs u SseH n,,odaastrI si,or
patriots IN the GGgras uhsucIessLut st',3fs, V3i
Soiie Vi 'ne,' % 49, a9
hersh9w was gone on t5e le.il lanAee' anu anu
6oly desired 70 Know "ii"s I1ru'ion t,, 70 o ,2oue
Chronna was worm II leio" liUni a ,1,, hiosa'I
chuSet'S was 10 oe "iio"eu " cut 'ieiii "i'
out ,..,.
AS ior Natnaiie, ~ Pu%Zieu ti yne eiIi :i neiaeii
to know what she tnoughs' Mhat business 95
h"d snG llueeu 10 tninh vi nm mn az "il
was NorIheIher anu sue ,eouth s SAroiiuiun; .
Between the TWO gIeu' gun was hAGu anu
yet was WIN WIZ, 5otio .i' at sna' nnS
"".Sneu aiiu a,esi;,,, -. - Co.
OF the attGrn0oh al'sr Sthulng ner ho'1 ior
the VISIT "hlch sue iei' 'oieIaoS suio ooiii
wouiu pay "hetner n1 uooeP''u H'' Suss'S-
ton ana went, OF WutlutT-