The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-11-21

Why should I noU give you all odd exam
,,,o. S,1pp,sa, strolling one summer day III
HAMPTON churchyard, You read on tomb
sto,,e. ..Eiere lie the mortal remains OF DR..
John Book, who lived in the parish, boy and
man. for q matter Of sixty-tlvc years, more
or less, Presently after delivering yourself
OF a sigh for auld acquaintance you walk
down tho street. There, saunterlng along
IKE shady side il a now eat ana hat you
meet your humble servant. That would be
n tirs surprise. take it. Now he:e, you oi,-
serve. is the novel OF Iumbledown Farm,
which expired July 81 1884, and vas buried,
to,abs5oned and forgotten: and behold
1ur,b.edovn Farm OH foot again, triidging
down the long lane Of life, that seems to
have many turning. but never all end.
Brit how shall / tell the remainder of the
story: Shall tell it i'll the order Of its &C.
n,,rreuce to myself! or shall l throw the
narrative into the order OF time, leaving
Won to guess how and when each bic came to
INV knowleiss: l shall tell it in the order
Ut time, and not t'o,;ble myself or you with
explanations, wlicI AN one who thinks for
an instant can SUPP. Tor himself: willis
those who don't thinS You observe, will
never raise the que ton.
Just one word in your ear. The first part
of this story, told you. was written by me,
assisted by miss. Now. if the whole truth
were told, this second part ought to he
headed, written by miss assisted by me;"
for most of the facts following reached ME
through my young led, and are related in
her own pretty lalgyay'. If you could but
see the free flowing handwriting Of some
leaves, and the crooked, Grabbed pothoolss
and hangers of other leaves, you would feel
no surprise when one paragraph reads like
old DR.. Books parlor and the other like Miss
Millicent Hervey's drawing room. Have /
said enough:
Vanity had been dangerously wounded.
The ball had entered her side, and the doc
tors had great trouble III extracting it. Thu
DE tien5 suffered much; and from weakness
sh. dropped into fever, and lay flushed and
moaning and wanue.1n. in her mind right
on to the time Of ,hc failing Of tl.;. leaves
The physicians sail she would die. in al.
probability; but She rallied, ard with
weary heartsic.s look upon her fac. t..lle,
a; il were, up the ,cilsonle ro.L iua>!i:a:
lac. from still death to the lite tl;iu ,.oH
A lady was nursing in tho hospital ~ho
was what used to call nun-only I be.
li,Ne now the saying is ''sister." in col,ss
quence of belonging to our church, and not
to the Papists. She was, in point OF fact,
Puse, ito. This lady did not like, being
myself a member of the Protestant religion,
and not caring for new-fangled ways dur.
ing the matter Of, let us'say, five or ten
years which have to live. Whether the
Popish gown and bonnet made the face
brighter by contrast Or not, can't say; but,
without doubt, +,o lady was pleasant to
II, $1.~%
looked at her AMI not at what
she wore. never saw that
woman out of temper never saw her in a
hurry. Never saw her without a fine, healthy,
hearty s,nilo, as if, to put it in my way,
she had eaten good ircal;fast, and was
ready for the days work. And ;l,e,' do tell
ITO that some ,im,s when there was bad
case. or one OF great suffering her goodness
hcr l'ant on throbl,;'l forehead seemed to
cool it. The prayers IL, would say were
wonderful: enough to make one think that
all parties might find themselves right when
they got right up to tina doors ct the good
place. For all tina, we must | 9 careful to
maintain the Protestant reli zion.
This lady, then, was al the hospital when
Miss Vanity was brought in, and she heard
the awful story; and really she seemed to
be drawn to the young woman by what she
was told. The doctors had their own notions
bout Vanity, which is little wonder; and
remarked upon her beauty; and gave each
other the whisper; and were tolerably sure
that she was knowing one. Somehow this
lady. Sister Catherine, never took that view
OF things, hut treated the sick girl like
daughter; never let fall hint that she was
not as good as herself. Anyhow, shs found
the way to Vanity Hart.ware's heart.
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