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Cousin Bridget.
COUSIN BRIDGET .
BY THE AUTHORESS OF " OLO JOLMFFE , " " A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM , " ETC . ( Conclusion . ) " My father was a man of property , with onl y two children ,
myself and my sister . Our mother died ere we could either of us recollect her . My sister was a year and a half my junior , and as lovel y as it was possible to be . That miniature in the morocco-case you so admired was her portrait . She was my father ' s pet , and not his alone , but every other persons , —servantsanimalsrich and poor;—allallloved
, , , , Agatha , while I was as much neglected and forgotten . If I sang , my father would tell me it disturbed him , yet five minutes afterwards he would beg Agatha to sing . Her portfolio of drawings was always placed upon the table in the drawing-room—mine kept in the school-room , —and thus it had been from my earliest childhood . The nurse
would bid Agatha not to play with me , because I was so illtempered ; and one ni ght , when , after I had been very naughty , but feeling it , had really repented , and in my little bed was making good resolutions of improvement , 1
overheard her say to the under-nurse , ' That child has a bad heart , and she will never be better ; there ' s no doing anything with her ; ' from that moment my fate was sealed . I gave tip trying to be good ; would go away into corners b y myself ; refuse to go near strangers , and cared for nothin g , but reading . I was scarcel y ever without a book .
" The governess whom my father engaged for us treated me as every one else did , but yet did not deny that I had talent ; and though she adored the gentle , affectionate , lovel y Agatha , she could not hel p feeling proud of me , and was vexed that my father would not permit my reall y clever drawings to be exhibited .
" Time passed away—we grew up to womanhood ; our governess was dismissed , and then my life grew rather bri ghter ; for I left home to stay with a widowed sister of my father ' s , who , strange to say , had taken a fancy to me .
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Cousin Bridget.
COUSIN BRIDGET .
BY THE AUTHORESS OF " OLO JOLMFFE , " " A TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM , " ETC . ( Conclusion . ) " My father was a man of property , with onl y two children ,
myself and my sister . Our mother died ere we could either of us recollect her . My sister was a year and a half my junior , and as lovel y as it was possible to be . That miniature in the morocco-case you so admired was her portrait . She was my father ' s pet , and not his alone , but every other persons , —servantsanimalsrich and poor;—allallloved
, , , , Agatha , while I was as much neglected and forgotten . If I sang , my father would tell me it disturbed him , yet five minutes afterwards he would beg Agatha to sing . Her portfolio of drawings was always placed upon the table in the drawing-room—mine kept in the school-room , —and thus it had been from my earliest childhood . The nurse
would bid Agatha not to play with me , because I was so illtempered ; and one ni ght , when , after I had been very naughty , but feeling it , had really repented , and in my little bed was making good resolutions of improvement , 1
overheard her say to the under-nurse , ' That child has a bad heart , and she will never be better ; there ' s no doing anything with her ; ' from that moment my fate was sealed . I gave tip trying to be good ; would go away into corners b y myself ; refuse to go near strangers , and cared for nothin g , but reading . I was scarcel y ever without a book .
" The governess whom my father engaged for us treated me as every one else did , but yet did not deny that I had talent ; and though she adored the gentle , affectionate , lovel y Agatha , she could not hel p feeling proud of me , and was vexed that my father would not permit my reall y clever drawings to be exhibited .
" Time passed away—we grew up to womanhood ; our governess was dismissed , and then my life grew rather bri ghter ; for I left home to stay with a widowed sister of my father ' s , who , strange to say , had taken a fancy to me .