The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-23
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Misc Ellis va locking rnssd her sll1
.oasibiss oi the bssildtres eIrressies o'
ens vks 10 bst ilosly sssisIibs irezs
dfs,n.
Ihs scene sac i.niiiu tneosh. bhe
bsa bstn s,Eisg ., u daily Ter more thsn
fifteen years. A.sy, zero. the ssser' OF
The Ch.rusl vhish locked si tips' 90 sfsy
srd tesst. Icy Esslsaa her birtbplsee
aud The bone oI esily, happy dsys IL
u. long sinee che bed been there. Ba,
nos, los, the arrival Of . letter BY the
noruips post m,de sneh q visit possible.
Yes, she could ,gofd 10 90 back. ba'
81 tesi poin, The oninonsl' load hi''ios
Of The lea kstil,. Which spnoanoed It's 10
.sn,ioo Of boiling ove' II pesleeied, remind
ed Barbara Eli OF things presett sni
need oi breakfast
Here uss . humble little home. especial
~ Ior one Who bsd been resred 10 very dii
fefent surroundings Bot familiarity had
made her love IL. Toe villagers. tro. we're
simple, hsrd. sorkius folt, 10 whose joys
sud sorrows she hsd learned TO tske very
sincere interest Ceitsinly some psin
would miosle With the pleasure o' resnfn
ins TO England. II she decided on that re
turn.
She sriived 10 that village on the cosst
- q stranger She vas simply seeking
some inexpensive dwelling wherein che
could hide both herself aud her sorrows
from the comment OF the onlside world.
Tha, small, thstcbed cottage had suite
both the taste and the purse oi Barbara Il
lie st thai epoch in hsr life
Suflcient inrniiure OF simple kind had
been procursble in the neisbboiing town,
aud when ell vas ready she brought With
her msiden sunl, 10 whose company she
sould initiate That process commonly call
ed settling down. The aunt vas slresdy
old and feeble. She soon died. aud thus
Barbara was left quite alone.
Well, the years go by for oil oil as. She
b ID been three and twenty when she came
10 France; she vas six and thirty st the
time she received the woEderful news
which set her free TO live wherever she
nigh. choos and without any very close
study oi economy.
Over her cup OF tes and two slices oi
dry toast, Miss Ellis SAT thinking Of si
she had SUD red; also OF oil she had fesred
she might suffer as she grew old.
To 1 shsdowy dread need disturb her
90 longer. Sue knew now that there would
be money to pay for proper care II she was
so uuiortuusts as to live on until she grew
helpless.
Iu an sbstrsoied fashion she accomplish
ed the duties OF clearing her table. mshing
her bed, dustiap, and the like. A woman
came 10 later 10 the day to do the rousher
sork, bat 90 income OF forty pounds .
year did moi permit Barbara to keep ser
want.
She felt on this strange morning Of her
liie ss tboush eba was the heroine OF some
isucInl story which had sc,ually come
lrue.
She went dowo 90 hearing the click OF
the letter boz, woman. 10 I've milo
u,es .hs felt ROB, Tor four hundred
pounds per snnum vas hers
"A unusual restiessusss took possession
OF her when her little household duties
we're sctuslly accomplished. She put on
q shady bat snd went ont. Not, however.
into the village, or to any OF the shops.
Miss Ellis felt in no mood for greetings, or
for hesring items Of local gossip. Her
own thoughts. her memories, her sntlcips
tions, would be suAi ,ient for her. 81 she
chose pathway leading to the open coun
try. and was very soon alone,
How easy 1t seemed to recall her youog
dsys. her childhooi's home. Why, che
could have led the way to every rosebush'
every tree in the garden. every climber 90
the wall inst ss though she had never
been away. And the wrench OF le'Vine II
all that had never been forgotten 10 the
| long intervening years,
Ruiu bad followed on ber fathers rssh
speculs,ions. Bat she never couli md II
Ia bsr heart to blame bin, she vas so sure
be meant every thing i1r tbs best
| Next there came the three sad years OF
stru slins on through fallen fortunes dir
ing which both parents died. Finally
Batblra-ss has been told betook her
sell to Brittany. ss place where the forty
annual pounds which vas al she possess
ed or had to eIpec sould go forthes'
| A TREND Of early youth had always kept
ip com N 1nicslion aith her. sending her
an ocs,sionsl lttter. msgez ne OF paper,
and every Cnrstmas five pound note.
Bat .hs, he Obsrles Llxrence should,
lost Tor "oii sate's sste, leave her prop
er,y .noash - trips 10 az annual income
of iour tuudred ponbds could never have
entered into Der viliest i'm aeinings,
How stolld IN For she only knew,
tbs, he -. "sell o." living 10 uposle nt'
tim. style aosn Salisbury vsy.