News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

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Tor each other, when [ was suddenly
summoned to Germany to the sick bed
Of paternal uncle, my only living rel
ative, with the exception of his tw;r
brother, who was also my godfather [
knew very little about these relatives,
having been born in this country, and
losing my father at very early age, but
[ had an idea they were gardeners and not
at all we'll to do. And | was much
astOnished when | received the letter,
inclosing a check for my travelling eX-
penses and begging me to hasten, and
still more astonished to learn that the
dying man intended to leave his only
child to my care, being assured by my
friends and employers, whom he had
privately consulted, that he could not
select better guardian.
I called to bid Isabella farewell. :"
''And 50 you are going to adopt a child
sneered her mother. Chow very inter
sting" 1tLy Il Ei4. Ie.y. - bless
her, bado me God speed.
A short time before our parting I had
gevin her this parrot, which [ had taught
to say when called ''pretty poll, "non-
sense, "pretty Bell, pretty Bell" Aud
knowing she would never hear my name
save in an opprobrious way from any of
her family, [ also taught him to say,
Dear, dear, dearest Guy"
But Judge of my surprise when my
first letter after our parting, which had
evidently been opened and resealed, and
in which I stated I had arrived at my
uncle's and found him, apparently, in the
humblest circumstances, was returned to
me, accompanied by three or four news
papers, in each of which [ found
marked paragraph announcing the talk
ing of the veil by Miss Isabella Summer
cloud at the Convent of st Mary. [
knew Isabella had been educated at this
place, but had never heard her express
the slightest desire to become nun.
But there was my letter and there was the
announcements.
The day after I received them my
uncle died, and when his will was read
he had bean miser of misers-I
found myself in possession of a fortune.
And the week after the funeral, taking
my young cousin with me, / started on a
tour through the old world. [ went
everywhere. To the Sandwich Islands,
Australia, Asia, Africa, and not until the
last part of last summer did [ return to
my native land. Returned to discover
that Isabella still lived-that she was
not and never had been a nUn-and like
myself had never married. That like
me, too, she had inherited a fortune
That she had been travelling for years.
That she was again in America. That
she was staying with some friends in De
troit of whose name and address my in
formant most unfortunately had no idea |
l was on my way thither, to search the
the hotel register, to do every
thing in my power to find her when, is
[ feel impressed, most fortunately your
caught my eye There is
the parrot [ gave her years ago. She
vowed never to part with it. 1t has
been stolen from her and escaped from
-ho thief She will come or send TO |
claim it, and l, thanks to you and your
wife's generous hospitality, will find
again the only woman have ever loved.
And l tell you, sir, I wait with beating
heart
And all the Fayes following his ex-
ample, waited with beating hearts Tex
cepting the baby, who, thinking the
time had come to ''mOo like the COW,
did so with all his might and main, and
every vehicle that passed they rushed to
the window, and every knock that came
they rushed to the door.
But the day wore away and nobody
called for "Clever Poll" Mr.. Guy Rain
bow began to look grave, and the Faye
family began to look grave also, when as
the last sunbeam popped into the little
parlor carriage drove up to the door
and plump, fair-haired woman, looking
about thirty, though she must have been
nine and thirty, jumped out and was
plying the door-knocker in less time than
it takes to tell it.
You found parrot" she began as
Elbert opened the door.
'He did" shouted the elderly gentle
man, "and if you have been as true to
me as [ have been to you, [ have found
infinitely more precious
"Guy| screamed the lady and fell
into his arms.
And ''dear, dear, dearest Guy, pretty
Bell, pretty Bell, pretty Bell" cried the
parrot flying to her and laughing wildly.
"Then you're not and never was a
nun?" said Dearest Guy"
"a nun" repeated the lady, Good
gracious no. Who told you SOP"
81 readitin the paper kindly sent me by
some person who returned the letter [
wrote you on my arrival at my uncle's."
And you thought that Isabella was your
Isabella? 1t was my aunt and god
mother And you did-you did not
marry your ward?"
my ward. Heavens, no. 1t was a
boy"
"But I saw the marriage Of Linda
Rainbow to Guy Rainbowin the German
papers, which it almost broke my heart
to think you had mailed to me"
"And could you for moment believe
that that Guy was your Guy? That was
my uncle and godfather, and he married
a kind offourth cousin OF the same name"
ooh, how we have both been de-
ceivcd?" said Miss Summercloud.
"But We may be happy, yet" said Mr..
Rainbow. And she looked as if she
thought they might.
And after shaking hands all around
with the Faye family, and kissing the
baby, away they went in the carriage,
"Clever Poll, perched ON the shoulder
of its mistress, tapping It's wings, utter
ing shrill hurrahs, and acting altogether
like bird gone wild with JOY. And on
Christmas day away went the Fayes in
the same carriage-Elbert and his sisters
in pretty costumes, for were they not to
he best man and bridesmaids, and their
mother in a lovely gray silk with bonnet
to match-to the wedding, after an en-
gagement of twenty-one years, of Miss
Isabella SummerclOud and Mr.. Guy
Rainbow.
And from that time Mr.. Faye grew
stronger aud stronger, and soon was
able, though still little lame, to return
to work, but instead of returning to the
wholesale establishment at retail sal
l.. - L