Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-10

slipped her arm through Dorothy's. and
turning towards home. walked on slowly
between her sister and Egerton.
Mabel and Dorothy Wynn were the
daughters of a military officer, who in the
| days OF purchase. never had money
enough to buy the next step beyond that
of captain.
When both girls We're babies, Captain
Wynn lost his wife, and then, in consider
alton of his junior officers wishes, ex-
PRESSED ID bank notes, retired. He did not
long survive the combined loss of wife and
career. His daughters remained at the
| school where she had placed them, In Or
der to acquire the means of adding to their
diminutive income.
They had apparently no relation save
| their guardian. Paul Standish. He was
a distant cousin of the late Captain Wynn,
and his nearest friend-he was also ex-
ecutor to his kinsman's will, as well al
guardian to his children; and very faith
fully did he fulfill the duties he had I'M
dertaken. The young orphans soon learn
ed to look upon him as an elder brother:
indeed to Dorothy, who was five years
younger than her sister, he seemed in
their childish days quite elderly.
One afternoon he brought a married sis
ter to see them. This lady invited the two
girls to dine, and go to the theater. A
! supreme joy in itself, and productive of
important consequences.
At dinner they met Colonel, then Major,
Callander. a grave, sedate man, who had
run the gauntlet of many garrisons with
out any serious affairs of the heart; and
now, in the most unexpected manner. he
| fell utterly and absolutely fathoms deep
in love with the defunct captains lovely
daughter Mabel.
| Colonel Callandef carried out his pro-
| ject. and Mabel, won by his quiet kind
ness, and pleased at the prospect of a
home which he assured her she should
! share with her sister, consented with
sweet, frank readiness. and in about six
months after their first meeting Mabel
! Wynn became Mabel Callander, the object
of her grave husbands profound devotion,
! of her overbearing mother-in-law's deepest
dislike.
This event wrought considerable
change in the life of Mabel's sister. The
first grief of parting over, Dorothy found
that many pleasures and advantages had
! come into her hitherto rather meager ex-
| istence. She had prettier frocks, Liore
abundant bonnets, and more frequent ex-
| petitions to concert and panorama with
those better-off elder girls whose superior
lot she had hitherto envied.
The Christmas and midsummer holi-
| days, spent with Major and Mrs. Callan-
der wherever they happened to be quar-.
| tered, were glorious periods Of fun and
| frolic. and when little baby niece was pre-
sented to her, her JOY and exultation knew
| no bounds Towards her brother-in-law she
| felt the warmest regard, not untinged
| with awe, and her highest reward, when
| she did not resist her natural tendency to
| idleness, and attained any school distinc-
| tinction. was Callander's grave approba.
! ton. This halcyon period came to a close
when the baby girl was few months old
and the regiment being ordered to India
! the commanding officer retired and Cal
lander got his step. But a warm climate
did not suit his fair wife, who was never
very strong. After the birth Of boy she
was ordered home.
Dorothy, now close on the serious age
! of eighteen, by Callander's wish, left
! school to reside with her sister. The only
/ drawback to this blissful arrangement
was the nelghborhood and supervision Of
| Mrs. Callander, the delicacy and depres
| sion Of Mabel. This, however, seemed
! likely to pass away, as, in month Of
| two, Dorothy gladly recognized an i'm
provement in health and spirits. The win
| ter was a pleasant one, for Paul Standist
| proved himself the best guide, philoso
| pher and friend" they could have had.
The gayety of their lives was consider
ably increased towards Christmas by thu
arrival in London of Egerton, who ha(
known Colonel and Mrs. Callander IL
India, where he had gone for sport ant
| travel He loaded the sisters with flow
| ers. stalls at the theaters, small presents
endless attentions, managing at the same
time to stand well with the Dowager, whit
respected his wealth and position.