The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-30
~ INV YEAWS EyES.

TWO NEW iElWs EWES.
Richard Dollon my great
en- my mothers side, was the youngest
son Of mn English lord. lie was educated
MT OXFORD, and being unusually gifted,
Stood neat the head Of his class when
II graduated; but ho sowed 40 many
wild oats during the term, ihnttlio place
was uncomfortable Tor him. and ho
deemed II wise 10 leave the country
lie came 10 America. aud fell In love
with u pretty little Puritan The sun Of
.-,s her gentle eyes fell upon the good seed
buried in bis way ward heart. causing Il
10 spring into lie aud develop u hardy
plant They married, and, going east.
ward, settled In the green hills Of Yer
mont, where, M years passed. they
trained their small family Of three boys
IN the way they should 20, Thcmothcr,
who was endowed with o. rare voice,
md a soul full Of music, ian ght their
young hearts 10 expand In reverence to
Tod. by means Of cradle song and
evening hymn, aud developed within
them the simplicity Of conscious reoti.
tude. sustained by holy faith. rs n giido
for all the acts Of life. Their father left
their training In her hands, vet brought
10 bear upon them the effects Of his
thorough education. feeding their
~ bright intellccts with crumbs from
the great feast spread by his alma
Mater, Their eldest son, Martin, married
Hermlna Vanderslloo. whom he met
while she was visiting her nunt, IN tho
vicinity Of his homo IIcrminn's home
was in the Catskills. whore her father
owned broad acrcs II field aud forest
land. She being an only child. would
ail only marry Martin on condition no
would live with hcr father. and gradual
ly relieve him OF the cares which he
was growing too old 10 bear. So they
settled In the Vanderslice homestead.
Tholr family never exceeded two dnugh.
tors--one Of these died within a Year OF
her wedding. leaving n little dnu ghtor
20 take hor place in tho family. The
other, my mother, married my father,
who died when | was two years OF ago;
when ] was twelve, she married again
agcntleman who lived In San Francisco
land ! went 10 Grandma bottoms 10
live. with which arrangement ! was
much pleased, for there | should have n
young. companion my cousin Nina,
named after grandma. She was not
quite a year older than |; yet under my
grnndfathor y instruction sho wa ,oui-
Ing Horace and hnkospearc, and study
ing tho history Of England and the
United States. This would have been
great modification To mt had she been
less lovely, but as II was, she gave mc
80 much help and encouragement, that
by the time l was fourteen We were
nearly sven IN Our studies. Grandpa
soon discovered | had his mothers
voice. aud IN deal OF his father.
In mo. About this timc one VI
grandpa's ncphows camc from
Vermont TO see US. bringing with
him one Of his mothcrlcss daugb-
ters. | don't know what the girls
fond OF her, She seemed to have no
particular talent. but wa universally
capable. Tho trait Of character most
marked was ambition not q wicked
ambition. however. We became so
much attached to each other. that her
: = father finally went homo, leaving her
with ", Tho following winter We
were fifteen. sixteen and seventeen
years Of ago ! being tho youngest and
Hildegard the oldest We had lots of
country SWANS. and a very merry
time Hildcgard had come IN tho
spring. and riding and driving had
been succeeded by hnsking parties. and
these by quilting and apple bees. 20
thht There hal been no cessation Of Fun
I'LL an early fall Of suow brought win.
fcr's pleasures 10 ". There were no
girls Tor miles around that received rs
much attention that winter as we did.
A circumstance that contributed to this
no email degree was tho locating
near u Of q handsome and wealthy
widower. n Mr.. Farluhar. from New
York. lie had come on account Of tho
/, delicate health Of his oldest child-a
Young girl about Mina's agc. hut the
daughter had quite recovered. and yet
they fingered away into tho winter.
Nina and this charming little city girl.
Adele, had become quite good friends.
and through this friendship We ~ cived
many little pleasures On Christmas
Eve We were going caroling; but
q heavy storm prevented. The
a. boys. unwilling TO lose the fun.
proposed q bcf'srAaiegisq party for New
Years eve. mhan ws would ser.nsde 4
few OF our nclghhors. have somc coast
: ing. aud then enther NJ our house 10
watch the Old Year out aud the New
Year IN. Tho programme was success.
fully carried out. and after the last
guest had departed, We three girls
kissed our grandparents good night. ~
peaied our hearty wishes that they
might enjoy another happy year. and
fastened 10 our room. wherc. rolled in
our wrappers. and tumbled upon a great
robe IN frunt Of an open wood.fire, We
proceeded to chat over the evenings
merry making.
well. girls" said Nina. pm 20.
Ing 10 leave YOU" II was hard n tell
whether the tones were those Of sorrow
ot Tlsdnssa
why. what DO you meanp' cried
Hildegsrd aud L
THAT ! hope IN have ron both witch
the next New Year In. with me In my
hons on Murray Hill"
This vas q startling statement For
m instant w were siIenced with aston.
ishmsnt. then iiildegard. recovering her
volce cried with agitation
"Esplaini explain in words. Nina.
You know said Nina chow much
hAts been with Adele. and Inv fond
she has been Of me and 1 AZ
her. You know how attentive and
Kind her father ha. b en- 10 me.
and that suppose that u courzs
u was out Of apns deration for her.
Well. tonight. - We nre Kcing out 70
~ pleixhs. he said to moi .cume.
ron had better ride with me- Hi
nnnner w tender and s9ec1ionaie II
~ ev>ning. and began 70 InsEin.