The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29


 turn cu, for the best.
 "Oh." sighed. you talk very well, Aunt Milly but what can l Go
 .' ~ill tell you. You are young and clever and have been for TWO years m a good profession. l. will be your fault if you do not rise Tn the world. Every man Is, in great measure, the architect of his own fortune and where. as ln your case, the foundation is laid. so much the eas- ter Is II te raise the superstructure. You may be rich man by your own eNer- tions the best of fortunes Is a fortune sel. earned
 Now, as to your heart trouble, my dear Godfrey To tell the truth, l hardly believe in boyish love-it Is often so much of dream and so little of a reality. Do not be veNed. Godfrey. but should not be surprised Il, i've years hence. you tell me how fortunate it was that ,his ,ral came. Men rarely see with the same eyes a, ly and ,s.'
 energetically quoted Shakespeare
 Doubt that the stars are ftr. Doubt that the sun doth move Doubt truth 10 be liar,
 But nesef doubt ulA love.
 Aunt Milly laughed. As both these astronomical facts are rather questiona- | ble, you must excuse doub,ing the hnal fac, also. But time will show. Mean while. do not despair be careful of the llt;le you have left Matters might have been worse with you
 An, Aun, Milly. wha, a cheerful hear, you have. Bu, trouble does not c,,me to you as 1t does to other people. I 1...1. G. Godfrey. By Sharpless' failure l have los, every farthing had in the world"
 was strack dumb with surprise and regret. Poor Aun, Milly when she was listening to my lamentations ard eonsol' ing me, how h,tle did know that she was still more unfortunate than myself And yet she neither complained nor de sponded. but only smiled little sadly perhaps and said she knew even this dis- ister was all tor the best. though she could not see Il al the tune. She calmly made preparations for quitting her pretty home, conaded her little handmaid 10 one cousin IF whose kitchen the tidy Rachel was gladly admitted, gave her 1 few household pets to another. and pre- pared to brave the wide world Some unfeeling peol torgot Aunt Milly in her trouble; but the greater part ot her friendly circle proved how much they esteemed and valued her Some asked l her to visit them for month three months, year indeed, had she chosen. Aunt Milly might have spent her life IS a passing guest among her friends but she was too proud to do any such ,hing. Al last d third or fourth cousin a wid- | a{ fNV cd bar side |, his house as ehaperon to his two daughters. young glils just growing up into womanhood. This proposal. kindly meant. was warmly accepted and Aun, Milly sc; forward on her long journey, for Elphins,one hal. was some hundred miles oti formidable distance 10 one who had never been day journey from her own home, nov, alas, hers no more. Still. neither despondency nor fear trou- | bled her blithe spirit as llule Miss Mllly set out with her valofous nephew: for had pleaded so earnestly my right Io ae- company her to EIphins,ones door that the concession WAS yielded a, last Of all the gloomy looking old avenues that ever led to baronlal hall. the one we passed over was the gleomlest. Poor Aunt Milly shivered as the wind rust.ed in the trees and the dead leaves fell m clouds on the tep of the post chase. We 1 aiish,ed. and entered hall equally lu- 1 gubrious and not much warner than the avenue. The solemn old porter Was warming his chilled hand al the tny ire l he and lhe house were m pertoe, keep 1 ing dreary, dull and melancholy The master Was much m the same style-a tall, black hgure, with d long lace and whte neckcloth. was the personiied ldea l left behind by Mir. Eiphinstone When 1 he was gone earnestly entreaied Aun, Miily to return with me, and not stay in thls desolatc place, but she refused.
 My cousin seems kind, she said. He looked and spoke though he vas glad to see me.
 was too cold 10 see or hear much. but l declare did no, notice thls friendly reception.
 Ny dear Codfrey, Aunt Mlily con ,inued, will stay and try ,o make home here the two girls may he ami able, and then l shall soon love them Al all events, let us hope for the best
 My hopes Tor Aunt Milly vanished into thin ar. when. at the frigid dinner table, where the very eatAbles seemed made of stone, l sAx two young ladies of fifteen or whereabouts : one the rudes, hoy den that ever disgraced female habilmen,s, the other pale, stopping girl ~ith sleepy blue eyes and lank, far hair. who never uttered a word. nor once hfted Fer eyes i from the ,2olecIoth
 What ~ili become of poor < 4ui Mil ly" thought. internally. Yet there she s4s. 4s cheerful AS ever, tAIklng ,0 that so.emn old IcIcle, Mr. Eiphlns,one iis- ,enIns patiently 10 the iava-food sf Mss ! Lo-l,,'s tongue, and no~ and then speaking to Miss Euphemia. whose only answer ~as a nod ot the head, or a stare from her immense blue eyes.
 1 Well, 1 mentally exclaimed, Aunt l Milly's taIen, for making the bes, of everything will be called into full requisl- ton here. l suspect
 1 Nevertheless. when we parted. she as- sured me that she was quite content: ;ha,