News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
THE LOVERS QUARREL.

The LOVERS QUARREL.
"Never, while live," said Miss Rash
leigh, "never while live, will I see your
face again!'
She meant it when she said it; and as
she spoke, she threw her betrothal ring
toward her lover, who had offended her.
1t missed him and rolled down upon
the floor and over the sill of an open
china closet-one of those old-fashioned
closets that used to sand On either side
of the mantel-piece.
She did not notice where it rolled; he
| did though; and after she had left the
room, he turned to pick it up. The ring
she had worn would always be precious
| to him.
Miss Rashleigh went straight to hes
own room, as miserable a girl as evef
lived, and a moment later Gfandmother
Rashleigh hustled into the drawing room,
pushed the open closet door to, picked
up the fallen magazine, set the ANIMALS
and books of poetry straight on the
table, pulled down the shades, arranged
the chairs mathematically against the
wall, and hustled out again.
give had these things fifty years" she
said to herself, "and there's Cornelia and
her beau with no more respect for them
than if they were so much lumber"
Then she closed the door behind her.
and went away 10 her own room up
stairs, where fine silk patchwork quilt
was in the frame, a surprise for said
Corneha.
Grandmother Rashleigh gave every
young person of the family something of
her own manufacture on his or her we'd
ding day.
"Now," the old lady had said dozen
times to Iripheuy King, who was help
ing her; ST rather think Cornelia will
kave the best thing I've done; and
there's bit in it of every handsome
silk there's ever been in the family, and
of her fathers and grandfather's we'd
ding vests.
s'Yes'm, it's a real memorial quilt"
said TripheDy. SIT takes you, mum, to
plan such things"
The quilt was finished and bound that
afternoon, and Tripheny's job of quilt.
ing being over she went home. But she
carried about the village the news that
| she s'was sure all was over between Miss
Rashleigh and Mr.. Spear. She'd heard
Cornelia sayiIg something to her
grandma, and the old lady was furious. !"
''He would never have done that if he
had cared for me. you know, grandma, y
Cornelia was saying at that moment.
"Stuff and nonsense F.! He loves the
ground you walk on !'' said the old lady.
''You'n never get such another, Cor
nelia !
sI shall never marry at all; 1 hate
men !" Cornelia answered.
And then her grandmother made The
house too hot to hold her, and she went
over to her mothers, her usual course
when she fell out with grandma.
Three days passed. At the end OF the
: third Piety Pratt stepped in at Mrs
, Rashleigh's-youngM Ms. Rashleigh. al
, they called her, though she was nearl!
fifty, for grandma was old Mrs. Rash
t leigh.
l "I expect you'll feel upset when / tel
S YOU the news, Cornelia," she said. "Yol
have been too cruel this time-he, he
D he! Orville Spear ha'n't been heard o
e since he was at your house. His mothe
e says he went over to explain and max
1 up, and he never came back-he, he
She thought maybe he'd stepped over t
n his brothers. but he hadn't-he, he
: reckon he's drowned himselfp'
|, 81 don't know why the whole tow
/, should talk over my affairs and ever
d meddling old maid giggle about them
e cried Cornelia.
y Piety jumped to her feet, seized he
IS parasol and turned toward the door.
d GOOD afternoon, Miss Cornelia an
y Mrs. Rashleigh," she said, with col
d temptuous courtesy. 'I'll remembe
my manners, if other folks forget theirs
Only there's other folks as likely to b
old maids as me, and L fancy it's Mr.
Spears affair now if anything has hal
" pened to her boy !"
i Away fiounced Miss Pratt.
Il "You've put Piety into a rage, Co
/ nelia," said Mrs. Rashleigh. "That's
IL pity; she has a long tongue.
le But Cornelia was crying.
. "Oh, mother, DEAR" she sobbed, ''
U 81 I.-zo - - . OryiIIa Ji5 fool droo,
e. fully. Won't you see, mother?"
le But at this moment Sally, the lit
s. servant girl from Gradma Rashleigh
s, came flying into the room, without al
W W more warming than if she had been 'sh,
a from gun.
a "The old missus says you are to con
lg over at once, both you ladies p she erie
standing before Mrs. Rashleigh, and r
nd peating her lesson like aparrot. "Thert
Id something of importance, and you
b. needed at wonst.
or sect your bonnet, Cornelia," said b
lis mother. 'Tll just put ON this sun-hs
v" What is it, Sally; do you know ?"
hi "I know it's something dreadful. Nj
If sus is almost wild, and there's lots
. folks there. Something about M
Spear"
The two ladies said no more. Th
M hurried away together, and enteril
~ grandmas parlor, found there assembl
~ more of the members of the Spear fami
- and friend or two besides.
Orville had indeed disappeared. ]
had never been home since his visit
a Cornelia, and now the alarmed relativ
were anxious to get all the informati