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| This was a plain question, put with the most gentle courtesy, but
yet in a straightforward manner; and if Ashton had wished in any
way to equivocate, he felt he could not do so without utterlydestroying his chances |
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| I”ve had no time to think of that yet. Other matters are first to be
regarded. So let me come to the point. Mrs. Elder is dead; and, as far
as I could see, there is no living soul, beyond a frightened servant,to do any thing. |
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| Another present at the time to which we refer was a sister of Aunt
Debie”s, some ten years younger than herself, Phoebe Barrett by
name. She was attended by her husband, whom she addressed asEnoch. |
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| ‘Well,’ said Allie, ‘I think we were naughty to speak as we did,
and we caused mamma to grieve. She says God knows what is best,
and that we should be satisfied to leave everything in His hands. |
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| Now, he had conceived a warm attachment for her, and had every
reason to believe that his attentions were not distasteful to her;
so, when she made the remark, he no longer hesitated, but took thefatal first glass. |
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| Claire, who had other plans in his mind, did not speak very
encouragingly of these propositions, though he avoided disapproval.
Increased expense demanded an increase of income; and his thoughtswere all now bent |
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| Can a stranger, even with more of what the world gives, yet with less
of a genuine affection, secure for her, as we may, what should justly
be regarded as the highest good in life |
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| ‘I”ve had no time to think of that yet. Other matters are first to be
regarded. So let me come to the point. Mrs. Elder is dead; and, as far
as I could see, there is no living soul, beyond a frightened servant,to do any thing. |
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| Richard Ashton was a native of the town of G—-, in the county
of B—-, England. His father, who was a draper in good
circumstances, had given his son a liberal education and hadbrought him up to his own calling. |
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| Ashton was touched by the thoughtful kindness of his long-suffering
wife, and he went over to where she was sitting and tenderly kissed
er. ‘You have been a true, good wife to me,’ he said; ‘God neverblessed a man with a better one. |
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