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108 FIRST AND LAST.
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Harhieteldest Daughter Of Squire Wycherl...
wife had been the sunshine of his home , and his heart broke , if ever heart broke in this world . And so Euphemiaearly in life ,
, had to bear all that nameless up-rooting of the chords of life , in confidence in things here belowwhich the loss of our parents
always occasions ; and to meet the , hard world , as only orphans know it to be . I would not abuse the world , but only orphans can tell
how hard it is when the parent ' s arm is withdrawn . The Selbys' happy home was over : it had ever been a simple
one , but in it they had known some of the best joys . In the first flush of compassion , at Mr . Selby ' s funeral , the relations offered to
take the children home among * them ; but Effie , though with much hesitation she could , contrive refused . to She make thoug a home ht , with for her the brothers income which and sisters remained , and ,
that it "was everything to keep together . She was very glad , afterwardsshe had so decided , when she saw what dependence on
her relations , would have been , as indifference took the place of sorrowAndyetshe had a hard lot ; a sister has not a parent ' s
influence . , and , does , not many a parent , even , find his influence all too little for children , who yet are full of promise ? Euphemia devoted
herself to her brothers and sisters , and they loved her , but they all had their characters , and many a painful hour had the good elder sister .
And perhaps , also , many a mistake did she make ! She was young , besides , for that anxiety , which has bitterly tried many an older head
than hers . However , the little family pushed through and righted themselves .
There were errorsbut none of the worst kind . Perhaps it was well for them that , they had the pinch of circumstances , to check any
folly . From the first , Eme had great anxiety about money matters . Her calculations were not so wrong , as that they had to start with
heavy burdens she had not thought of . Young beginners never allow a inthey calculate for a clear income to begin on new year ' s
day marg : and , Efne discovered she was to commence with the middle of a and to wait till capital invested should bring in her income !
Funerals year , and arrearsalsomade _clebts . But Eflie had too much ith about her to , lain , especially after refusing assistance of
p another kind from her comp relations , . She made strenuous efforts , practised rigid economy , and , by dint of some sacrifices , cleared off
her incumbrances . Stillshe became sensible of a strong wish to find some way of
making Effie had , money been . a scribbler It must be all some her quiet lifeand way in , not the to happy annoy old her careless family .
, authoress days of her She parents smiled ' time to , recollect had had the golden ambitious visions , yet of laug being h abl y
. halting lines she had once sent in secret to a paper , only taking brother into her confidenceand how the two had watched , and
w a atchedof course in vain , for , the appearance of the said lines . She had , no wild ambition , or thoughts of genius , now , but yet fancied
( some of her productions as good as what appeared in humbler
108 First And Last.
108 FIRST AND _LAST .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/36/
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