Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-16
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ing.
when the Judges turn of the subject
and the sshorsey" talk that followed
granted his wife leisure to reconsider
the matter. she discovered that there
was no cause for discontinue. Mr..
Wavt was absent-minded. as we're all
students OF deep things. Only her
husband was quick of sight and wit,
and neither March nor May had much
10 say. of late, of the new preacher who
was doing such excellent work in the
congregation. March went regularly to
church, and sat beside his mother
through prayer and hymn and sermon,
and afterward refrained from adverse
criticism. This may have been out OF
respect to the girl he hoped to make his
wife. Yet she dared fancy that the
praver tenderness of his behavior to
herself and the unusual periods OF
thoughtfulness that occurred in their
conversations had to do with the dawn
ing of spiritual life in his soul. How
ever much certain of Mr.. Wayt's man
nerisms might offend her taste. there
was no question of his ability and elo-
ouence. That these might be the
divinely-appointed nets for the in
gathering into the church OF her best
beloved was a burden that weighted
every petition.
March had not spoken openly of his
love for Hetty Alling since the evening
on which he first aYowed it to his
mother. but. in her opinion, there was
nothing significant in this reserve. The
Gilchrists we're delicate in their deal
ings with one another, never asking in
convenient questions, or pushing COM
munication beyond the voluntary stage.
II May OWNED the drift of her brothers
affections, she did not intimate it by
word or look When the fruit of conf
dence was ripe 1t would be dropped into
her lap. She did note what Mrs Gilchrist
had not opportunity Of seeing-how sell
dom Hetty had leisure to receive March
or his sister She was getting ready the
wardrobe Of the twin boys who we're to
go to boarding school the 1st Of octo-
Der. Through Hester's talk May had
learned incidentally that the Wayts en-
ployed neither dressmaker nor seams
tress.
"Hetty is miraculously skillful with
Der needle" was Testers way Of put
ting it. "And so swift that it would
drive her wild to see her work done by
the young lady who goes out by the
day. ! work buttonholes and hem ruff
fies and such like, and mamma gives her
all the time she can spare from baby,
and other things But our Hetty is the
motor OF the household machine.
don't believe there is another like her
in the world. The mold in which she
was cast was broken"
She had said this in a chat held with
her favorite this evening while the 9TH
ers were engaged with other themes
outside of the window. May encouraged
her to go on by remarking:
"You love her as dearly as If she we're
really your sister, don't you?"
"'As wellr The love | have for
mother, sisters and brothers Is drop in
the ocean compared with what feel for
Hettyi See here, Miss Mayr showing
her perfectly formed hands. These
were as helpless as my feet. Hetty
rubbed me, bathed me, fexed the
muscles for az hour every morning and
an hour every night. She tempted ms
to eat; obliged me to take exercise;
carried me up and down stairs, and sat
with me in her arms out of doors until
she had saved fifty dollars out OF
her allowance to have my chair built.
81, -
She is my brain, the blood of my heart
II don't believe ! should have soul
but for Hettyr'
The warm water stood in Mays eyes,
But the weak voice, thrilling with ex-
element, reminded her of the danger of
an excess of feeling upon the disjointed |
system. She spoke lightly.
"ohl your father would have looked
out for your SOUL"
Would he?"
The accent OF Intensest acrimony
shocked the listener. corroborated as it
was by the bitterness of scorn that
wrung the small face
In a second Hester caught herself up.
''They say that cobblers' wives go
barefoot. MlnlSlerS nave so ltJblo
lime to spare for the souls of their fam
lies that their children are paganized
Il it wasn't for their wives and their
wives sisters the forlorn creatures
would not know who made them"
1t was plausible evasion, but it did
lot efface from Mays mind the disdain-
ul outburst and the black look that
vent with it. Both seemed so I'M
natural, even revolving, TO girl whose
ather stood with her as the synonym
or nobility OF manhood. that she could
lot get away from the recollection for
he rest of the evening. This was be-
ore Mrs Wayt's arrival, and sharpened
Hays appreciation OF the little by play
'etween Hester and her parent
His departure at nine o'clock was sue
eeded by Hester's at ten o'clock, and,
S was their habit, March and his sister
ook her home by the path across the
richard. The night was sultry; the
noon Law lanruid under swathes of prav