The Judge seemed a little annoyed; but said, in a hurried way that was unusual with him, "I must, and will attend to this matter immediately.

I have had so much on my mind that it has been neglected." But the spring months passed--summer glided by--and still there was no advertisement for heirs, nor any steps taken, so far as Wallingford could learn, to ascertain their existence.
Mrs.Montgomery still occupied the old mansion, waiting patiently the issue whatever it might be.

Her health, I regretted to find, was not firm.

She suffered a great deal from nervous debility; and I saw, plainly, that she had failed considerably during the past few months.
Blanche, on the contrary, after recovering from the illness which followed immediately on her arrival in S----, had continued in excellent health; and was growing daily more matured and womanly both as to mental development and personal bearing.
The mill improvements went on all summer, exciting no little interest in our town, and occasioning no small amount of talk and speculation.
It was some time in the fall of that year, that I was permitted to hear this brief conversation between a couple of townsmen.

Mr.A----had made some query as to the source of all the money expended on the new mill of Squire Floyd, which was now standing forth, under roof, in most imposing proportions, compared with the old works.