The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-07-05
THE GRAVE ON THE HILLSIDE.

Look 10 shoiher direciiop. snggesiei
hu hasbspi. Gs y. . grave. niddi
ssed professor Of chemistry. seasrsll.
u seh smass5 by the vhins snd vsssrie
Of The pretty yeans vile be bad lsiel!
taken 10 himself. bot this isrtet npoi
hin. II seemed 10 implg sbsliosn snss
Of nsinrs, . laek Of deiieste. womsnll
ymps,by.
Cyuthis pontei. cant, che said. l8'
my fsvent bit ei sll. the tiew seress th'
valley under those tso great trees TO tbt
hills beyond. lwsnt to go ever sud I'll
there every dsy With my books and The
guitar. We could put up bsmmeek
The sunsets sould be epohsoting from
,bs, point. and on moonlight nights -ob,
Roberl
She slipped ber band into bic arm ca
ressingly. Lenpsrd smiled down at her,
Alter oil. she ws nothing but spoiled
child. butterfly whose joyous existence
had been passed iu the sunshipy gardens
Of life. Why should be expect her to
divine ipstinctively. ss be did. that some
SD story must be connected with the lone
ly grave on the hillside. In which she saw
only reminder OF unpleasant things to
spoil her eoioyment Of the summerf He
bad been strongly impressed by the hint
Ola tragedy, and when he was neeo,iat
ing With the agents for the purchase OF
the deserted fam be tried to find out
something OF the history OF the family to
whom il hsd once belonged. But their
dealings with the owner had been cophn
ed strictly to business, aud they could
throw no light upon the pact. The proies
sor meant to pursus bis Inquiries when
the proper time should come and they
sheuld have made the sequsintspce OF
some Of their neisbbors.
Meantime sn army OF wofkmsn had
transformed the old red farmhouse into
luxurious country home, and Mrs Len
nsre, arriving the day before TO take pos
session. vas charmed and delighted OF the
taste and thoughifulness ber husband bad
displayed. 0aly, whether she paced the
vide vsrsnda on the front o! the house or
sat OF the window In her own dainty morn |
Jog room NJ stairs or lowered over the
boxes OF flowers on the balcony. her eyes
we're drawn as il by spell TO the grassy
knoll few rods distant, topped by the tall
twin elms. Below it the land 4, II swsy TO
a rich, fertile valley and then far of in the
distant west swelled upward again TO dim
purple heights. No other point on the
large estate commanded just such lavish
ing prospect as that framed by the droop
ing branches OF the old elms, and her
frst feeling OF disagreesble surprise at
finding q silent occupant already IN pos
session was presently succeeded by live
ly resentment.
What capital place il would be 10 ss
semble her future house parties for after
noon teal What q delicious out OF door
psrlor could be made therel But. no; the
presence Of the green mound with the
weather stained slab OF marble at its head
put ell plans OF that sort out OF the ques
tion. The more she reflected upon 1t the
grester grew her annoyance until she
could think or speak Of little else, to her
husbands bewilderlnent and ohserin.
When be had smiled OF her 80 indulgent
ly after her wistful "Oh, RobeftI' an ides
jsrted into her mind. at which she took
new heart.
Surely something can be done about It'll
she murmure1, appesling to him.
Well, what, my desrS TO be sure. We
san hsve the house turned to face another
way.
That would be dodging the difficulty,
md We should be not much better of
Why can't you have the grave removedf ,
have read Of snch things being done, |,
md there was pretty little cemetery we
passed on the way from the station. l 4
,sve 10 doubt the rest OF bis people are
buried iL it,
Lsnpsrd looked wonderingly at The
Iweet, fair face upturned to him and lisi =,
med more wonderingly still TO the hard '
nstter OF iactness OF her voice. Were oil =
somsn such mysteries? The intricscies
u orgsni, chemistry we're as nothing TO
he compiler ttruoturs OF one feminine >
mind ss it had already been revealed in bis
,rief mstrimonisl experience. n
Suppose We wslk over to the knoll. WAS !,
III the answer he vouchsafed. Remem
,er, you hsve not seen IL except from dis ),
sbcs, aud perhaps the morbid sensitive
less you feel about it may disappear when
iou fud WHIT . pesceiul pleasant spot il :,
No. mol cried Cynihis, shrinking back.
3ut be caught her and swept her sftsr \
i'm. half lsughins half serious, down the
,eps and scro.s The sunlit swsrd.
Peaceful and pleasant 1t certainly was 10 !.
90 cool shadows OF the great trees, where :
be LIQUID note OF . woodthrush drifting
ownvsrd through the bouahs was the :
My sound thst broke the stiffness. The -
roies.or dropped on bi. kuses before the y
esd.tone. patlug the grasses th.t hsd :
roun 10 sua hidden the name cut upon y
ABsKn rgrrT',
Died Msy l6. 1862. "
Aged 20.
. read, then added qaie,ly t" II to hin 4
III. A soldier. maybe. r.
M. rt.a,s sn,nathin. mara SAID