The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-08-29
CHAPTER IL.

10 uuWcuueu btlll. LONeTo udNc OOub W
her in plenty, men who wooed her for
her money, and men who wOoed her for
herself, but she has had the same answer
for them all. She does not wish to
marry, she says, or at least not get. .
The words might seem to leave a loop.
hole for hope, but no Cne who hears the
shy thrill in Miss Carew's voice. or sees
her eyes when she utters them, ever
hopes again. They go away, one after
another and Doris does not regret them.
She is content. well content, she tellsher
self, on one of the sweet summer even
ings that always bring Wilfrid to her
mind, as she sits on the branch of a
great tree that grows conveniently low,
and looks straight before her with eyes
that are wishful rather than sad. And
then she smiles ever 30 little, and whis
pers again, "Well conteDt-to await T.
She has come out TO gather flowers,
and the size of her basket bears witness
to the magnitude of her intentions; but
the basket is empty, and the flowers
bloom ungathered at her feet. She is
lost in thought, in musings that are not
without sweetness, but that give pen
siveness to her face that was not there
three years ago, and which ends at last
IN lonR-drawn sigh,
lT.vIe went to bis man,s life of circun,.
stance and change with its rare tonches
of memorv and failing and Doris w Uas
Ier, 70 n oiTI,s life NJ memory and feel.
ino With i,s infreouent touch of circum.
stsnce or change and sbe has scarcely
heard of him aimee Sometimes she secs
HE name in the nanars and once or twice
her father has hoard from him and thai
10 ali There was a Latter veste,dav
stiff and formal as mama letters re
ami to he when lhe thought that may
nft ha sno,en on,rnns tho commonnIace
c;vilities thai NAV.
,tPememI q M. m D,r,s IL sbe has
M, f,ruo,,en me - Wilfrid had written
and Lard Carew reading nothing he.
tweon the lines had road ii ont before
them ali
HNo I have not forootten him - Doris
said o,,ickIv but with sucb n flaming
bInah That S;r Philin Cbjsholm who VA,
S;n;na at ITndercliff asked in startled
rnicas Of # whom thay were sneak;no
"Wbop Who. did Won sav he STAN
mered !" iootino at he fope;gn Letter in
- H.reu,,s band
| GNINtlfriA ul Nf a pnnIlaU nf
,,;ra In tho P.Aas vnn tnow Dont
vnn rsmamber he was down here two
or three years a0oYn
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toranarN,ha ou ~ name or wh;ch DnT,s had
hirohed II had conna ~ he natant to
no.n ono tbot Sir PS;I,n Sh;sbpin, waS
e,,;yos III. adSrossa. 10 tho a,oIv vonno
Pa9Sn,s PaSs % mhn he5 sont owav 40 man.
Uoa,n9or Ueauy W. n,an hu, 0 ,horoh go Sa owned
% %y;,h q siah that he hod never ,eceived
uth;na . shst ,ha nv noost U aanan;ne man
aoyId @ tais % sor ancouJo @ oe To %,a9tMno,binO
Sou'u ,hose sone III iosaan, ans'Ioa 1nSioh nor;s
ou"ordad ous s ~ ali and wh;Ch as WiIfrid
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