Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-12-07
'~st visit to the place since Mary's mar

mage.
"You must go to see Mary i'll her own
home, p" said Mrs. Morton, "but the poor
child is too weak to visit much. We
will go there together and spend the
day, and it will crafty her, though she
cannot enjoy it as if she was we'll"
"I'll sleep with Mary tonight and
wait upon her, 80 said Mrs. Morton to
Aunt vi, as bedtime came on, land you
can go up stairs and get good nights
rest "
"We'll sleep together, Aunt VII"
added Mrs. Cramer land keep each
other warm and have a good visit be-
sides -
Was it all chance that the chamber
the two ladies occupied had in the wall
anopen stovepipo hole leading through to
the one wh%rc Jonas slept with year
DID Teddy?
He slept soundly for awhile, but por-
haps it was his good angel that woke
him Just in time to hear Aunt vi ask,
"What do you think about Nary"
Mrs. Cramer was a lady who used not
only her eyes and ears, but her brains as
well. Being now to the bingham house,
she saw it through unaccustomod eyes,
and she made up her mind fully.
Il think" she said inpressively,
"that she is starving to doath!'
For the land sakes" calculated
Aunt vi. "You don't know what you re
talking about. Such provider as Jonas
is! Always buys his flour hy the barrel
and keeps two sorts, one for bread and
one for pastry; makes no end of maple
sugar and buys all the white sugar "A
body has IL mind to use; kills the incest
of pork and beef every winter, with
turkeyA and chickens and geese and
ducks; lambs in the fall and the beau
tifulcst veal every spring; buys fresh
meat any time in the summer, and of
course they have milk and cream and
eggs of their own all the year round.
He's always bringing home honey and
fruit and oysters, any luxury he hap
pens to see He's too fond of good living
himself to stalve anybody i'll his housed"
Tho eating is very small part of
true life" said Mrs. Cramer when
Aunt vi paused for breath. Il can see
that Mary's mind and soul are starving
| here in this bare house, where work
and utility are the foremost things and
beauty and pleasure have no place. Her
better nature is being literally starved
to death.
NO matter what 1urther the Iaoles
sad, Jonas bingham heard no more
though ne neither put his fingers III il 5
ears nor rose ana stopped the stoVeplpo
hole. Mrs. Cr"mer words had opened
MS eyes TO naked, uhpala'aole 'rulh
ana set llm TO such serious thlhklDS
and plannlhg' that he mad no ears ior
anything more
Mary looks brighter TINS morning.
sad Aunt Cralner ut preahlaSt'
she certainty docs, sald Jonas
ana l tilIK your NlsIt mas cone ner
Good. tel Nou What' Mary ne siId'
turning TO nor want you TO hurry up
and get stronger so that the hrSt mlld'
pleasant daY can carry you 10 your IA
thcr TO St'.F week. 1 oelloNc 'nc
change would GO you good
A warm mellow day came IKE
smile MO the Ee'rt OF inc winter,
Jonas UrSCo' ana Aunt VI Secohoeo' till
Ht'"''H VAN IA ."'I "4'Pl'V'' nv 'iI"7 ~
ana cuSnioh'o III me "afnieSo ana sou
cS1 q io1e' 'He TOOK " SlelSi' rue 10 Hei
lath'r hou~e' where Jonas l'lt il'r'
ana now Auhu w. He S"i'' ooiii
ing III Oh ms Ic'urn' WIN ms arm
lo'uou WI" Io'ls Oh paper VAN
.'0f he!P III conspiracy me ioilG 'n'
snort OF j. l' 'Ha' you ana l al" 'h'
boys an" ~ t-le mop we h'e' arc E"il't
u WORK WIN pH!hV anu paper ana CIR
p Is ana FURNITURE 10 lll"A5 'h4S houS'
LOOK >" MAR won hlio" IL "V al "Nel
she c"ihes DICK
Inc lnh'-lS came the hoNC Gay 'h'
papoI'f' l'Il"NVu' JOINTS OrouS"U iioiii
nice carp Is ana women 10 lii'Ao 'Hcll
Loads "I now furniture came 10 th
Goor ana new stoves 10 replace 'he lor
lorll' an'lGna''d ones
AN OlVE"l' new ponNcaHo WAS s'UcAe'
+ win wen selected library, ana clop'
pictures were purchaseu 10 hallS Oh III
renewed walls
Jonas was not deVo!d OF taste "hei
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