FERNBOROUGH.
Five years passed away, years of not unmixed happiness for any of those
with whom this story has made us acquainted. Quincy and Alice had
undergone a severe trial in the loss of two of the three little ones
that had been born to them; the remaining child was a fair little boy,
another Quincy, and upon him the bereaved parents lavished all the
wealth of their tenderness and affection.
In his political life, however, Quincy had found only smooth and
pleasant sailing, and thanks to his bright and energetic nature, and not
a little, perhaps, to his father's name and influence, he had risen
rapidly from place to place and honor to honor. One of his earliest
political moves had been the introduction of a bill into the House for
the separation of Mason's Corner and Eastborough into individual
communities.
Soon after the incorporation of the former town under its new name of
Fernborough, Abbot Smith, at Quincy's suggestion, had started the
Fernborough Improvement Association, and now after these few years, the
result of its labors was plainly and agreeably apparent.
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