New England bygones . ), butsomehow theseall turned outbadly. Onestole some oftheir h a r d-earned money,another triedto l»urn theirliouse. Peoplesaid the sisterswere too easywith them. It may be, afier all, that they had tallen upon theirtrue vocation, and that they were jollier and more useful with theirgoose in hand than they would have been as wives and 160 XhU ) BYdOXluS. Joseph tlieii limtlier did not iiiai tlieir fDiulbrt inucli, for clicywere not in his |ir)\vcr. His wife; died early of overwork, leavingher tasks ami her discomforts as an inlieritance to her
New England bygones . ), butsomehow theseall turned outbadly. Onestole some oftheir h a r d-earned money,another triedto l»urn theirliouse. Peoplesaid the sisterswere too easywith them. It may be, afier all, that they had tallen upon theirtrue vocation, and that they were jollier and more useful with theirgoose in hand than they would have been as wives and 160 XhU ) BYdOXluS. Joseph tlieii limtlier did not iiiai tlieir fDiulbrt inucli, for clicywere not in his |ir)\vcr. His wife; died early of overwork, leavingher tasks ami her discomforts as an inlieritance to her daughter. Ahigail hv name, was a tall, thin, but sweet-tacedgirl, who. when I first saw hci-, was drudging her life out forher cruel father. Slie had a lover in a well-to-do farmer fromthe uext town, hut she never mairied. The linen was all spunand woven and packed away : the hridal dress was made ready,and then, one June dav, she who was to have worn it was borneout to the family burial-})lace. Xot long after the father died suddenly and unmourned. ThenLucv and Hester came into full [jossession of .the farm. Theytook down the little sign Tailoring done here from their win-dow, planted hdacs and rost-ljushes aljout the house, and traineda creeper over the front door. They did not make many changes,but somehow the dismal look went out of the place, and the
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