a large scoop coal shovel from the blacksmith's shop till we had nearly worn it out by carrying double down the long hill. When Houghton, the smith, knew what we were doing, we were not very happy.

"When I was twelve years of age we moved to Baylies Hill in Uxbridge, near Grandfather Baylies's, about one mile from the Sutton home. From this home I walked one mile and a half to the 'Brick Academy' at Uxbridge Centre, where I completed my academic studies under Squire Jaquith."

We see that this brings Eliza very near the dear grandfather, close to the old Baylies homestead, where she and the little Austin had often found such delight in a visit to the grandparents. Let us take a look at the place where Nicholas Baylies lived.

The house is a rambling, interesting old structure of unusual size and much dignity and impressiveness in spite of its ruined condition, evidently built with its various accretions to accommodate patriarchal numbers. The multitudinous small lights in the many windows, the old-fashioned panelling of the outer doors, with small squares of glass high up and transom lights across the top, the old style framing about the front doorway, and the general air about the house and grounds, all attest its venerableness. Various traditions are held regarding it; one is that the large farm connected with it (through

which runs the town boundary) was a part of the great tract of land "taken up" by the father of the first wife of Nicholas, who was Abigail Wood of Uxbridge and Eliza's grandmother. At any rate, the young Nicholas was only twenty or twenty-one when he married, and here he lived a long life and brought up a large family; here, too, must have been formed some of the deepest impressions of Eliza's youth. To these early impressions was doubtless due the fervently religious attitude of all her future life.

Her tenacious attachment to friends and relatives was one of her strongest traits; although in this large family there were many brothers and sisters, for certain reasons, partly because of close association in later life, some of them were much nearer to her than others, though all were dear.

Adolphus, the second son, when for a long time his parents, with but slender means, suffered from feeble health, put aside for many years the thought of marital ties, and devoted himself to be their stay; and it was he who helped the young girl Eliza to her education, most richly repaid to his daughter in after years. To him Eliza turned instinctively for tender comfort and wise advice in various times of bereavement and trouble. He was a quiet, unassuming man, but nevertheless, and for all his gentleness and tenderness, he was also a man of will

power, great accuracy, and most reliable judgment. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Wheaton must have felt for a time in her bewilderment as if the world's hand were turned against her; she who had been so shielded from serious business cares was overwhelmed with a formidable array of properties to dispose of, affairs to settle, lawsuits impending. In these difficulties she appealed to this much older brother, whose calmness and good judgment were her chief aid in piloting her through these shoals. One lawsuit was carried to a successful issue, the others were averted, and the various matters were finally so arranged that her wonderful business faculties had time to assert themselves, and she assumed that firm control of business matters which was never fully relaxed until her death.

The sister Mary was the only sister who lived. Another died in infancy. Six years of difference in age is but a trifle, which in maturity counts for nothing; in many ways Mary and Eliza were much alike, physically and mentally, and seldom have two sisters been so united heart and soul through a long life and so blessed with opportunities for frequent intercourse. One year before the marriage of Eliza, this sister Mary was herself married to Willard Judson, son of Rev. Samuel Judson of Uxbridge. In the course of years their new home was built on another hilltop just above the village; and