Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-02-05


She was simply the product of the times
and her environment, and held it not
against her that ! failed to find IN her
all that my soul required of her. To my
wife she was perfection personiied, and
would not, for Kingdom, have dis
abused her mind of the illusion, could |
have done so.
When my daughter was some months
past nineteen, | came into the parlor one
day and found her seated at the piano
with young gentleman. They ceased
playing rs l entered the room and she
arose and came toward me. The young
gentleman, also, arose.
Papa said she, "let me introduce
you to Mr. Abinger."
bowed to Mr.. Abingcr, and Mr.. ABB
niger bowed to me and murmured some
thing about being happy to meet me, q
compliment | failed TO return; then we
both sat down, and looked at Mr.. Alb
niger and Mr.. Abinger looked at me.
don't know what impression | made on
Mr.. Abinger, but he impressed me as be-
ing very fashionable as to dress, very
immaculate as to linen, and rather shall
! low as to intellect.
| tried to draw him out on the politi-
cal situation, but he did not draw we'll !;
then introduced various other topics of
general interest, but he did not seem to
have any very wcll-defined opinions on
any of them; nor did he seem particu-
larly interested in listening to mine.
Finally, | asked him if he would go to
to the piano and play something, remem-
bering that ! had found him playin
when came in, He complied at once,
and must do him the justice to say that
his performance was quite crcditable.
AS for the female relatives, they, having
heard him before, had already decided
that Reginald Abinger was " fine per-
former" The amount of duet practice
which he and my dauShte executed dur
ing the next few months would certainly
have perfected them in that class of
music, had they been apt pupils.
| saw, from the first, how it would be.
He was not Just the man | would have
chosen for son-in-law, but my daughter
loved him. and my wife and the female
relatives approved of it, so when he
asked ne for my daughters hand put
no obstacle in the way of their union.
For furnishing the brides trousseau and
the nuptial feast gave my wife and rel
atives calte-blanche, and the affair was
chronicled in the local papers as a brill
iaut event IN high life-much to the graf
ifcaton of those most concerned.
My daughter was happy with the man
of her choice, Aunt Rachel had discov-
cred in him every admirable quality that
could possibly be expected in man, :"
and | had at last, what my heart from
the cradle had yearned to possess-a male
reldtire. There seemed to be no affinity
between us, and did not try to discover
any. | regarded him as harmless fell
low, and while he made my daughter
happy | was content to let him go his
way while went mine.
There came a time when my wife in
formed me that our daughter had expec-
tations of becoming mother. 81 shall
have a granddaughter in the course Of
time, suppose" replied I, indifferently.
My wife regarded me curiously, it may
be reproachfully, for moment. and
dropped the subject. She knew some
thing of the disappointment had suf-
fered on account of never having had a
son, and perhaps thought best to say
no more: Being much oecqgied With
n did not even ask her when the event was
expected to take place, and few days
j later left home for an absence OF TWO
weeks. When l returned, my wife told
me the event was over, and all were DO
ing as we'll as could be expected.
"Have they named her YETI | asked,
with an indifference that / fear spoke Ill
! for my fatherly and grandfatherly re-
gard.
My wife gave me surprised stare
| forgetting for the moment that had nc
way of knowing.
"Her!" said She after pause; 6 there
are two of them and tn ey are both bows q
Who, when, what. Where are thew 2
| cried as | sprang to my feet, ru sihe'
: into the hall, up thessteps and through
the corridor that led to my daughter
room.
) Yes, there they were, the darling, ROSY
dlmpled things. so warm and soft,t a
7 snug as two birds in a nest and as liktb a
, two peas in pod. 1 discovered late
that one was a little smaller and liEtl
darker than the other. They put then
both in my arms, for l would have it 80
and | walked up and down and | laughte'
and wept. | believe that for timef
was quite foolish with joy. | kissed ny
daughter, then Reginald came in, and
am not quite certain that did not kis'
him. | know that from that time for
ward there has been bond between us.
AS l come to know him better. find
that he is really very companionable
fellow. ! never tire of talking about the
, boys and he seems never to tire of listen
ing. | said we should call the babes
Daniel and Benjamin. OF course host
OF objections were raised to these plain.
old-fashioned names, but for once stood
my ground and came off victorious where
| had wish contrary to that of my
female relatives. / believe l grew quite
furious. Anyway, Daniel and Benjamin
they are.
My two grandmothers have passed
away. Three of my maiden aunts have
married widowers with families, and
have affairs enough of their own to
occupy them. Aunt Rachel and Aunt
Jane live in little home of their own
and visit us but seldom, of late. They
say they are disguised with the way go
ON over those boys. My son-in-law and
my daughter still live with me and my
wife; my mother and my wife's mother
also live with US, and we dwell in har-
mony together, with interests concen-
trating about one common center-those
precious boys. My wife's sister is long
since married, and the spinster aunt re-