The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-05
Dear
EleanO1o"
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BY OTILLIA FRANCES
PFEIFFER
Copyright. 1919, by the Western News
paper Union.)

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y Dear Eleanor everybody callct
@ her, If not to her face, at least be
hind her back, and the latter was tll,
D SureSt proof Of her popularity. She
was a bright faced, smiling Girl. bu
Just as ready to share ana console il
r the troHbes of others as to become /.
partner in their joys. Adaptability wa4
the secret of her rare magnetic illu
1 encc, ana Vance Dunbar felt that liz
I had acquired precious prize when
4 she consented to become his wife.
you don't know what you are go
in% to- said II friend of Eleanor TYR
rel, Il week before wedding. IL have
Il relative living near the Dunbar
home Of which Gerald's mother is the
mistress. They say ii is a dismal, for
bidding place. And as to your pros
9cclivc mother-n-law, I hear she &
= Stern, antiquated. self WilIed woman
of the Old time school"
But WinS0me Eleanor kept the same
sunny smile ON her face She always
wore. yes" She nodded, that may ali
be, but haven't got vance,"
So the girl who Kept town lively
with her wit and pIcaSantncsS refused
20 think of The barren prospect out
lined. Eleanor it WIS who had written
Il relative when he announced visit:
If will hn plnIin11S IN H.,
dear uncle, and | will meet You at the
! station On your arrival. But | Nigh,
not recognize YOU after all these years
! ana so | think that for purposes Of
, identification it would he best for you
TO hold a long string of pearls in one
hand ANA a bit Of fur-s;,.,' an ermlne
iined stolc-ln the other" Her spirits
were not to be dashed, therefore, and
if in her new life she could not draw
on her mutual fund of fun and vivac-
ity, She could find some way to win
over II Grabbed, selfish old woman OF
patiently learn her ways and follow
th"U-fcr the sake Of Vance
She confessed to a sentiment of dos
olation as she and Vance reached the
home Of his mother. 1t seemed to step
out Of an old fashioned picture. Ten
days dust had settled on the KEYS Of
Che parlor organ. The .stercoScope
lenses were sadly in need of polishing
ana spider webs creS-crosSad fine
basket of cathedral inferior views
The five cructs Of the dining room
table were emDtv and the portraitS
on the wall looked as if thry needed
their faces washed.
Il find mother has been AWAY NJ
her sisters for over week " re-
marked Vance 81. is NOT her woy IA
NEGLECT the house. You see orr coming
a week earlier than we arranged has /
caught Ter uuavares"
Next day Mrs. Dunbar arrived ana 4
Elran0r's rartyr,lom commenced ius}
as her school friend had prpdictnd
The grim. SET face of the cltlnr wnm
an. the sharp. mandatory accents Of 4
her voice chilled and denrosSed Flo 1
amor. and the latter wondered If thnrn
was any use of houinp that hcnoath
the rough surface hlrked some senti.
mcnts of human emotion
Il don't believe in new iimcrocks
son" observed Mrs Dunbar cricnlv os
Vance introduced info tho houSo 81
Morris chair. I'm not encouraging
your wife in the cooking line eithpr
Things are dear. hard winter is
coming on and fine closer we keen to
plain hog and homiuv fine slrnr Won 4
be in pulling through" But there WA.
Il good deal of fiction about all thjs
for Mrs. Dunbar had a surplus at bank
and had acquired recently a modern I
residence in the village.
Vance admired while he pitied Flo
amor. Silently, patiently she bent tn
he iron rule of her husbands mother. K
She made no complaint as the winter