The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-29

anu Aunt Itememper huu been engaged to
marry each other when they were very
young
"Then you know Aunt Remember p
cried Mollie.
No. 1 never saw her but onee-twice.
She engaged me to store some furniture for
her.
What kind of furniture was it ?p asked
MolEe
A very old-fashtoned. gray haireloth set.
Have you ever seen it2p
NO. answered Mollie.
" It's queer; ages ont of style"
"Why does she keep il ~
"a matter of sentiment, probably. /
value it's worth hundred dollars or so.
while she has already paid twice its value
over for storage"
q never knew that Aunt Remember was
sentimental, laughed Mollie.
" She doesn't look so, that's n fact. But
do You know fancy the look of those little
bright eyes of hers !"
1t was an eventful summer, for Marion
and Matte both became engaged. Marion
W od.utS oihVu y SOU, 4hdttie 10 ROD DAT
ney, the butchers nephew, young fellow
as roly-poly and as easy-going us herself.
Regarding the prospects of the latter eou-
pie, Matte and Rob had promptly content
ed themselves with the thought that Aunt
Remember meant to leave Matte her money
and forthwith took no thought for the NOR
row.
The other couple, thinking very sharply
of the morrow, hoped that she would leave
it to Marion. Marion gave Dudley Dillon
every reason to suppose SO.
& He has fortune being an only son.
shall be sure of that, anyway" she said to
herself.
As soon as her bridal outfit could be pre-
pared, she hastened the wedding, for Marion
did not mean to be fiye-and-twenty until af-
ter her wedding day, The next marriage
Matte and Rob-followed shortly.
g How are you going TO live?n asked Aunt
Remember of Marion
Dudley has means,n replied her elder
niece.
" How are you going to livef" She asked,
son.
"My wife viii have means, / suppose"
/ he said, with rather sharp glance at Aunt
| Remember.
She volunteered no information on the
subject, and the wedding, which was close
at hand, took place.
"Where are you and Charley Everard 60
ing to liver" asked Aunt Remember.
"Charlie can't support two establishments
at present. so we must watt" answered
Mollie, eheerfully, though the limpid brown
eyes had a regretful look in them.
"Then you don't calculate that l intend
to leave you my money!" said Aunt Re-
member, grimly.
"No," answered Mollie quietly.
Marion was no sooner married than she
learned that her husband had had quarrel
with his father, and could expect nothing of
him. She was too proud to let her family
know this, and then commenced desperate
struggle to keep up appearances.
| Her dignity and energy slammed her I'M
principled husband, and he soon began to
make better use Of his talents but, MS far
as her expectations were concerned, Marions
marriage was a failure. She became a hard,
bitter woman.
Matte and Rob went to live with Rob's
uncle, the butcher, and though he was poor
and unsentimental, he was good-natured
and suffered them to share with the rest
But the old saying WAS true-that nevera
4 IL "a
When Mattie's fat, good-natured baby was
born, Matte became desperate to have a
home of her own, and tired of waiting for
Aunt Remembers money, and longing for
independence, she infected Rob with her
tardily-developed energy, and they went to
work to make home and o living for them
selves.
They had hardly done so before Aunt Re
member, who had been silently ailing for a
long time, died Mollie. who was no near
err marriage than she had been three years
before, though little grayer, as well as
sweeter-for patience and duty well par
formed make people lovelier as they grow
older-Mollie tended her faithfully in her
last illness.
"My will is in the escritoir !" were her
| last words.
| When it was read, what did they find?
The old estate legally secured to Paul Nor
daunt and his wife. TO Marion, one thou
sand dollars another thousand TO fat little
Robby; but these were the only moneys
mentioned, and, as l have told you, Aunt
Remember had always been considered the
richest woman in Peachands What did it
mean?
To Mollie she had left only the gray hair
cloth parlor set.
1--WE can marry now, Mollie," said Chnr-
lie Everard, with rather sad smile.
81 want to see it, said Mollie
| So they went into the great storage cham
Der, and took the wrappings off the queer
old furniture. Pinned upon The back of the
sofa was letter, which to Mole's astonish-
ment, she found directed ITO my Niece
in Aunt Remembers cramped stiff hand.
The letter read as follows
g do not know which of my three nieces
will get this in years to come--time must
decide that but it will be to my favorite
In leaving this set Of furniture to her, Ileave
a legacy which should like preserved-for
it is surrounded by associations have never
| spoken of. This furniture occupied my
mothers best parlor when / was girl, and
many happy hours spent there when was
engaged to marry John Eyerard The furn-
iture of the old parlor, where we spent our
evenings, is all that is left me to remember
him by. for l sent back his gifts when
foolishly promised to marry rich man. l
tried to be good wife to my husband; but
never have been happy-neyerl Ialways
have regretted that step. During the years
J was widow, with large sums Of money in