Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-22
OUR NEW HOUSE.

We spoke of it as our new house simply
because we thought of it as such, and not
from any claim to the title, for it was just
about as old and as rickety as a house sup
posed to be habitabe could well be. 1t was
only new to us. Indeed, with the excep-
ton of the house, there was nothing new
about us. Neither my wife nor myself was,
in any sense of the word, old, and we were
still, comparatively speaking, new to each
other
1t had been my habit, for the few years, l
had been in Somerset house, to take my holt
days at Littlehampton, partly because l
liked the place, and partly-and chiefly, be-
cause it was cheap. used to have lodgings
in the house of "A widow, Mrs. Compton, in a
quiet street off the sea frontage. / had this
year, on my summer holiday, met there my
fate in the person Of Mrs. Comptons
daughter Mary, just home from school, l
returned to London engaged. There was no
reason why we should wait, for | had few
friends and no near relatives living, and
Mary had the consent of her mother. was
told that her father who was merchant
captain, had gone to sea shortly after her
birth, but had never been heard of since,
and had consequently been long ago reck-
oned as with the ma iority" | never met
any of my new relatives; indeed there was
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