The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-07-26

win be my only heir. Sometimes ! wish
you were here. for it's lonesome living
alone, but | suppose you're better on
where you are. Do you know anything
OF that girl Sarah? Her cross-grained
uncle has never written me a word since
he left England. If | live three years
longer | shall come to America, and un'
til that time, adieu. Your father,
"HENRY TEMPLE
"How short and coldw was Mary's first
exclamation, for her impressions OF her
grandfather were not very agreeable.
at is like all his letters" answered
Mrs Campbell. "But it was cruel to
make me think Ella was dead, for how
else could | suppose he had lost her"
Then, as the conviction came over her
that Mary was indeed the child of her
own sister. she wound her arms about her
neck, aud kissing her lips, murmured'
"My child-Mary. Oh. had | known this
sooner, you should not have been so cru
ely deserted, and little Allie should new
er have died in the almshouse. But youll
never leave me now. for all that | have
Is yours--yOurs and Elias
The thought OF Ella touched o. new
chord, and Mrs. CampbelPs tears were
rendered less bitter by the knowledge
that she had cared for, and been mother
to, one Of her sisters orphan children.
~ know now, why, from the first, |
felt so drawn toward Ella, and why her
clear, large eyes are 50 much like my own
lost darling's, and even you. Mary
Here Mrs. Campbell paused, for proud
as she now was Of Mary, there had been
a time when the naughty lady turned
away from the sober. homely little child
who begged so piteously TO go with
Ella" where there was room and to spare.
All this came up in sad review before
Mrs. Campbell. and as she recalled tho
incidents Of her sisters death. ana
thought OF the noble little Frank, who
often went hungry and cold that his
mother and sisters might be warm and
fed, she felt that her heart would burst
with its weight of sorrow.
"Oh," said she, ITO die so near me-
my only sister, and | never know it
never go near her. with all my wealth,
as much hers as mine-and she dying OF
starvation"
Wiping the hot tears from her own
eyes, Mary strove to comfort her aunt
by telling how afectionately her mother
had always remembered her And even
on the night of her DEATH" said she, "she
spoke OF you, and bade me, il ever
found you, love you for her sake
"Will you, do you love meI' asked Mrs.
Campbell.
Mary's warm kiss upon her cheek, and
the loving clasp of her arms around her
aunts neck, was a sufficient answer.
do you know aught OF my Aunt
Sarah?" Mary asked at last; and Mrs.
Campbell replied:
Nothing definite. From father We first
heard that she was in New York, and
then Aunt Morris wrote to her ncle, maxi
ing inquiries concerning her. think the
Fletchers were rather peculiar in their
dispositions, and were probably jealous
of our family for the letter was long un-
answered, and when at last Sarahs uncle
wrote, he said, that Independent Of old
Temples aid she had received a good
education;' adding further that she had
married and gone West. and that he was
intending soon to follow her. He neither
gave the name of her husband nor the
place to which they were going. and as
all our subsequent letters were unanswer-
ed, know not whether she is dead or
alive; but often when | think how alone
am, without relative in the world,
have prayed and wept that she might
come back; for though ! never saw her
that | remember, she was my mothers
child, and should love her for that
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