Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-07-19

written in n bold Furnishing hand. and
announcing The fact that Mr.. Humans son
had become merchant.
There was tone of consequential arro.
eance running through Mr. James Hin.
mans ep'slIe. by no means palalable to his
honest father. He wrote patronlzlnglv TO
the whole family: was for removing his
unmarried sister 10 the city. that she ght
be accomplished and hoped that his laher
would no, think of visiting hun. without
first providing himself with new suit of
broad cloth os he assured him ,ha, his best
coat' would be sadly out OF fashion 10 BOs
ton. This was the unkIndcst cut Of all
Mr.. Human could bear that his son should
be Idle and run awav--that he should sci
dOm Wrl e aud never v;s.t h0me but when
he presumed To lnsinuale lhat ha blue coat
was not exactly the thing; the venerable
garment that had performed duty on his
wedding day, and clothed his broad shout,
dcJs every sabbath, to say nothing Of town
meetings and muster-davs, for the last
twenty-five ycars-when James Human
dared to do this, the father was convinced
that he was utterly Degenerate and with
heavy heart he prepared to ascertain the
facts OF his sons situation. Early one fine
morning his horse was brought to the door.
and an old pair Of saddle bags thrown over
his back. with one end stufied with oats
for the beast. and the other equally filed
with box Of baked beans, six dough nuts
and q lump of cheese for the man. Nh.
Human shook hands with his wife aud
daughter, tried the stlrrup with his foot
and raised himself cautiously to his scat on
the saddle bags: then taking a bundle from
| his wife, which contained the aforesaid
wedding coat. with other things to match,
he swung it on his arm; and with his
neither limbs snugly cushioned against the
oats and dough nuts, started ON sober
trot for Boston.
The events of Humans Journey were
never made public; but it was observed
thar he never boosted Of his son after bis
return, and tha, he hated every thing in
the shape Of dandy. WO the hopefu
youl returned home, and announced his
intention Of remaining there for an indeti
mite space Of time, giving for reason that
his business had been ruined and his pro-
perty lost by the viany of a partner. Mr.
Human answered bluntly, that he was wei
come to stay at home so long as he behaved
himself-but as for the story about the los;
OF property he did not believe word OF 1t
in "a much as jim had never been worth 6
dollar in his life, nor never was like to bt
unless he changed his ways.
!, as nearly evening, 90 the Same dal
that Nancy Human had announced he
brothers arrival, when she called with hin
to pay their promised visit. During the
walk the young gentleman edited his sste
with an account of some dozen Of the mos
fashionable ladies in Boston, who had evln
ced uneqnlvocal symptoms of attachment Il
him, but Ia none of whom had he delgnet
TO give The least encouragement. Th
innocent Nancy, fully impressed with he
brothers Importance, began to trembIe 70
her friend, who she was certain must be
come the thirteenth victim to the lnvncl
bic attractions which had already done s.
much execution. Bot to her surprise
Grace was by no means so completely cap
tlvated as she anticipated. She had sGoi
too many OF the really hgh bred during b.
mothers life time, not 10 feel an instlnctlv'
tepugnance to the second hand airs an'
uuderbred pref tensions which characterized
) James Human; and from the period OF hi
first visit the sweet girl experienced feel
ing Of dislike while IN his company. whicl
she condemned as uncharitable, yet Coul,
) not entirely overcome. Not so with TIN
gen leman; Whatever had been his cruelt,
to the CITY ladies' he seemed by no mean
inclined to practice any m his lntcrcours
with the beautiful country girl. He haun
/ oil hor Lilo he, h.ol,, IN no
walks, obtruded upon her during her morn
ing avocations, and entirely broke up tn
pleasant evenings she had delighted Il
spend with her father. These intrusion
! bnt served TO confirm Grnce IN her dislike
and 10 render his society an evil which sh
struggled to bear patiently.
One morning IN the early part Of June
about a month after young Humans arm
val, he called at Mr.. Suthgato's with a,
offering of flowers, as I'll assorted as hi
character. Grace accepted them. and saw
him depart, with the earnest hope that hi
visit would not oe repeated that day.
pleasant shower cane up in the afternoon
which confined Mr., Suthgate to the house
Before the tea things were removed from
the parlor, the rain had abated. Grace
drew her iatherS sent to one of the iron
windows and opened the sash, that h,
might enjoy the delicious air, as it cam,
up rom lis revelry among The wild flowers
Their little farm would have made beau
tliul picture, as 1t lay outspread before
them. The meadow, with ITS sprlngng
grass, sloped gently from the door, gemmet
ali over with rain drops aud with protu
! sim of danlplIons thu, had nm faded thpiI
golden crowns at the first pattering sum
mons of the shower. The rivers brnl
was blue with vloets, and the opposite hi
lowered against the sky, clothed IN the pale
green foliage of Spring, broken by the
snowy blossoms OF the hawthorn, or the
crimson buds of the whle-oak, as the,
blushed into life. The swollen watcrfa
foamed onward to its outlet, and dozer
mountain streams, children of the storm
made hold muslc as lhpv lpft thpir cavarns