Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-11


knowledge he was actually married to tie ,
triumphant widow, who wrote to the rector, |
explaining the haste and secrecy of the tran
saction by the state of "our dear Henry 1
nervous system The elder brother assured !
his junior that the marriage would make no
difference in his allowance or his subsequent
prospects: and for twelve months this prom
ise was kept But the old man was growing
feeble, and his wife impatient. Her sons
were expensive, and shs wished to secure
everything for them. By what means could
not he ascertained, but she spirited her nus
band away to the south of France Under
the plea of bronchial disease and nervous
prostratiun, She shut him up from society;
and when Il few months before, the rector
growing uneasy, had gone to Cannes to see
his brother, he was not admitted to the house
being comfOrted by the assurance that every
thing was being done to restore, or at least TO
Compose, dear Henry's nervous system 10
[, II the r. 81 in few words, on tine morning OF
Sibyl's marriage the poor rector received Il
letter. written by his brother himself, Ill
which, after some vague sentences about loss
of money failure of investments and iii
creasing expenses he plainly said that he
mclOseI the last check which he would ever
be able To send. The letter closed with a
postscript, in which the rector was reminded
] IL
! him. which genial stroke was due to the die
tation of the accomplished Mrs. Brent So
our unhappy rector found himself placed in
| the position of the holder of benefice worth
scarcely hundred a year, after outgoings,
costly establishment, luxurious habits, de
| clnlng years, and a son who had been led to
/ expect fortune as his inheritance.
The little clergyman behaved with singular
dignity and straightforwardneSs He told
the whole story frankly and seemed to de
yclop fortitude for the trial. We were
pleased to hear now from his lips some OF
those phrases about trust in God and rescrHa-
ton to the dispositions of providence at
which We had sometimes felt inclined to smile
when the sleek little fellow spoke them in the
pulpit. Indeed, so deep was our commisera-
tion for the roctor's misfortune that we-who
are neither church nor | fear, very chart
table p"oplc-sunmoned meeting of lead
ing pari,hicn"rs, at which we resolved, by
annual subscriptions, to raise enough to pay
Tho culat"s; and thus, without directly pau
p'rj2ing our clergyman, we hoped 20 enable
him to hold his living. In this way Rector
Brent was put in possession of about three
hundred n ycar-nOt bad allowance YOU
may say; lut consider how he had lived
hitherto. The carriage must hc put down;
tho garden. must he laid out in grass: the
"lIV dinner IaltioS must he civ ON M. Rector
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