The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-26

| Will CllCle IuOIiluS, Dy winch TIE IN
terest was paid up, and the troublesome
creditor quoted for the present. Farm
err Lee was certain that it was all non
sense, and that he was only getting
more deeply into trouble, but it was
hard to deny anything to the favoritt
child, who had never seemed so dear tc
him as now, when she as so soon tc
leave them.
The pleasant farm on Beech Hill had
been in the Lee family for two genera
tons, and they We're respected and
beloved by ALL the inhabitants of the
little town of Meredith, in which 1T was
situated. The news flew swiftly that
Grace Lee was about to leave home, to
go into factory, and In that quiet
community 1t occasioned quite an eX-
element 1t was not, few years since,
as common for daughters of respectable
farmers to enter the mills for sea-
son, as it now is, and Grace Lee, though
a hardy mountain maiden, had been 80
much the household pet, that few i'm
agined how much quiet energy lay con-
cealed beneath her gentle and lady-like
| demeanor.
Il always knew that pride must have
a fall" said Miss Priscilla Jones, whose
envy of our sweet Grace had been
nourished until it had become an alb
sorbing passion, and who had hastened
to the store of young Mr.. Dayton to tell
him the newe. GRACE Lee mas held
her head so high that people thought
she was the only girl in Meredith. l
wonder what she VIII say now, don't
| you, Mr.. Dayton?
|. The young merchant only smiled ana
said he presumed the whole affair was a
mistake, but 1t was nothing to MN, Ger
| tainly, what any young lady Thought
proper to do. But though ne aHecteo
| great Indifference on the subject, ne
was far from feeling it, for he admired
the wild flower of Beech Hill more than
he would have chosen to con-
fess, and his attentions had been
so marked that neither Grace
nor her parents could nlisundef-
sand them But to marry a fac
tory girl-this, his foolish pride Whisper
ed, was not to be thought of, so he
hastened to the house of Farmer Lee,
to hear the report contradicted by the
lips he loved best.
1t cannot be denied, that the heart OF
the young girl fluttered 80 wildly at his
entrance, that she could hardly speak to
bid him Welcome, nor that strange
thrill of pain convulsed it, as he spoke
of his surprise at hearing the ruf1lor of
her Intended departure. But twas with
calm brow and firm tone that she as
eured him he had heard only the.
truth, and that she was indeed to leave
home for Lowell, perhaps to be absent
for some years.
After an Intellectual attempt to induce
her to relinquish the idea, and few
commonplace remarks about other
things he took his departure, leaving
Grace in a tumult of c0ntending emo
lions, among Which, gratitude that she
had so soon learned the hollowness of
his professions, became predominant
Better now than later" che said to
herself, while the tears Of wounded
feeling gushed from her eyes. 81 might
have in time loved him so we'll, that
the discovery of his character would
have almost broken my heart. ] have
now only to think Of my duty to my
parents, ana dear, Gear Fnlllp.
Philip Lee was TWO years oloer imam
Grace, and, though an lnValio from
chlidhood, was young man OF uhcoii-
mon strength OF mlrsc' ana loVeAness OIL
character. FROM MS lnaolilty 10 Id
Dor on the 1arnn, " was early ueciueu,
that, II possible, ne should nave an edu-
cation, ana 1t was the nrst WISH pl. MS
heart to become quallneo Ior tne sos-
pei ministry by great exertlonS anu
self-deniaf on MS own part ne nad
succeeded with the little aid ms Iath-
er could bestoW, In nttlng nlmsel1 TO
enter college one year IN ADVANCE ana
the whole family were looking 1or-
ward with eager anticipation 10 the
time when they snould hsten 10 MS
voice from the sacred desk. To Grace,
particularly VINO ldollzed her proth,-
er, this hope had become a part OF her
own existence, and she felt that no
sacrifice was too great, no TABOR 100
severe, to ensure It's Accomplishment.
but fhiip possesso a POI 'ion " mel
own lnuepehuehce, anu sne .nue' eon-
'eai her pans anu WISHES Aionl ~.
II ne "ouiu nave leluseu " pfoii1 Wy
ner generous ailec''on
The day of parting came at length,
and accompanied by her father, Grace
Lee left the beloved home OF her child
mood, to enter the new and untr1ed
scenes that awaited her. All was at
irst strange and unpromlslng, ana
With heart-sickness never before felt,
she sought the solitude or her own