Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-01

hair. though | fancy you could give
Gerty and Laura n lesson In that rath
or than they you. II seems to me that
II will be simply n holiday for you-a
long holiday
yes Richard. long-how longT she
interposcd.
They were talking about year.
he answered evasively.
"Ah. we'll" she responded. with
submissive sigh. 81 suppose II ! have
promised to do everything your moth
er wishes there is no more to be said
But il will be dreadful. Richard-never
seeing you. shall lose heart. KNOW
have heard of people pining and mop
ing until they fell into an Illness
Well. If that should happen to me per
haps shall not be sorry. ! have only
been in the way and cause of trou
BILE But if anything were to happen
to me when was far from my friends
and from you and from any one l
cared for | should have the consolation
of knowing that had done everything
that had been asked of me, and | sup
pose your mother and your uncle would
have no Ill feeling toward me then,
and you-you wouldn't quite forget
anciebel-sometimes you would re-
member
There was a sob in the dark.
Come, come, Nancy" said he sooth.
ingly, "you needn't have any such APP
prehensions. And you are not going to
be left all alone like that | shall stip-
ulate for being allowed to go down and
see YOU once Mt least in every two
months-they talked of three months
Couldn't it be every month. Rich
ardT' she pleaded.
"Nanciebel." said he. you'd begin TO
think me nuisance. Why, you'll be
so busy with your amusements and
excursions and all the charitable work
connected with the vicarage that you'd
resent my coming bothering you so
often. However, that can all he ar
ranged afterward. You will find the
mater most considerate. She will
agree to anything you ask. And don't
imagine you are going to Punishment
or Imprisonment, but to have long
and pleasant holiday in nice house,
among the most friendly people in the
world"
That night at dinner Mr.. Richard in
termed his mother and his uncle that
Miss NARROW had given her consent to
the scheme which had been placed be
fore her and pathetically tried to draw
| from them some expression of sympa-
thy or approval. But the widow re-
| ceived the news with grave reserve
| Perhaps in her secret heart she had
! been wondering whether NanciebeI
might not definitely refuse and so pre-
pare the way for a rupture of the en-
! gagement.
81 hope it will all turn out well
Richard" the mild voiced clergyman
said, land | am sure myself and the
! girls will do what we can to make the
young lady feel at home. We must
simply agree to regard her as already
one of the family. But sometimes
wonder what your Uncle Alexander
will say when he comes to hear of it."
"My Uncle Alexander" said Mr.. Rich
ard, with some independence, 'seemI
to think he owns me simply becaus,
he happens to have been my father
brother. But | do not see that | an
so much beholden to him. | hardl.
know him, to begin with, and he ha
done nothing for me except to maxi
offers he must have known could no
accept
'He might do a great deal for you,
the widow said. "He has made a larg
Fortune
Yes, but of course he'll leave 1t al
to that girl, his stepdaughter She j
the only one who has any claim OF
him. | don't consider should look t
him for anything
"Well, you needn't" his mother SAT-
sadly, after he hears of what has nov
taken place"
"What | look to him for" said MI
Richard, with some firmness, for wei
he knew what view the irascible oil
gentleman out in Shanghai would tax
of this matter, sis to mind his own al
fairs and not to interfere where he
not wanted. He writes about me-" h
continued, addressing his uncle, "as
| were child and as if the mater wer
nursery governess neglecting her dl
ty. Well, won't have it. He hash
acquired the right to intermedde"-
HE has been most kind and thought
full Mrs. Kingston pleaded. "If hi
remonstrances were sometimes coucl
ed in plain language, surely, my DO,
you must have known what his inter
tons were. Again and again he ha
offered to give you place in the firm
and if l have been selfish enough t
ask you to relinquish these chance
and to stay at home with me it hash
been always with good conscience"
"Well, well, mother" her son replied
} ''it is no use talking about that now.
am not going out to Shanghai. And
don't want any Of Uncle Alexander
money. Let it go to my cousin who
not my cousin-Florence her name i
isn't it,"
Now, the Rev. Mr.. Henningham ha
to return to Bristol the next day, b,
it was hardly to be expected that Nal
ciebel could accompany him ON sue
short notice. She would wish to sa
Goodbye to her friends and relative
| hnpnnunr hn, arI, 49, - &,
looking after, seeing that she was
be away for so long, and Mrs. KIM
ston undertook that the young lad
should arrive at Holiwell vicarae
fully equipped. Nanciebel had aga
: been persuaded to pay an afternoc
= | xyic,if tA ,,1 oil Iph cst