Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-01-31

was as soft and thick as could be- and it was
kivered over with punches Of posips as matt
raj as life bui there was great grease spot
close by the fire. where somebody had upset
a lamp, and all around the edges and 10 The
corners il looked as If il hadn't been swept
Tor evcr.so-iong. Achesl ofdrawefsl--s solid
shiny mahogany, with great looking glass
swung between two pieces Of mahogany on
the top,-stood on one side ofihe room and
there, a hanging over the edge on EN-. as true
as live were the long handsome curls tha,
I'd seen on Miss Miles when she was 10
cousin Mary's parlyl Wal, thinks seq |. il
this don't take the rag of the bushl Wha,
do you think | saw next2 A glass tumbler
about halffull of water, with three nice little
teeth lying in the bottom on it Icould'nt
help but give little whistle when saw
them. Think SEE l. its jist as like as not
that Miss Miles wont pucker up her mouth
and smile, quite SO much this morning as
she did yesterday any how There were two
leetle china cups with the kivers down by
them one was filled with white stuff kinder
like -four, only ruther more gritty, and totheI
was full Of something that looked like rose
leaves ground down 10 powders eetle
chunk Of cotton wool was stuck into it, but
wha, on arth it was for, could nj make out.
There weretwo or three silk cushions chuck
full Of pins. or the drawers, and there was
no eend to the lcetle glass bottles all sprig-
ged offwith gold, lying round on the man
tie SHELF as well as on the tables and The
chest Of drawers. In one corner Of the room
there stood great looking-glass, swing
ing between two little posts cut out of mahog-
any, and right over i. two silk fiocks were
iumbled up together. begun to finger
them lee.le. for some how felt curious TO
know how the tarnal cunning crt,er couiriv-
ed Ito make herself look so plump and round.
II didn't want much cyphering to find her
out. The tops Of her frocks, both on EN-,
were all stuffed full Of something soft that
made them stand out as nat'rnl as life.
hadn't but jist lime to drop the frock and sci
down again,-lookipg as innocent as il but.
ter would melt in my moulh--when Miss
Miles come back again, She'dput on anoth-
er frock all ruffled of, and somehow or other,
had fixed up her hair so as to look ruther
more ship shape; but she hadn't had time TO
put herselfall together. though her face did
look leetle whittier than it did when FIRST
went in There warnt bit of hump on
her back, and she was natraI all the way
round! felt rnlher uneasy, for. think seq
|, It's just as like as not she'll expect me to
talk over lsetle soft solder with her, as l
did yesterday /; but III be durned il it don't
make me sick TO think on it. hitched
about on my chair. and looked at every
thing in the room but her, then took U p my
hat and begun TO balance i, on my two fin
gers. and al last seq l, wal. Miss Miles,
spose | may as well be jogging
Don't be in hurry" seq She trying to
smile, but without opening her lips a Bit,
Il hope you wont make strangers of us.'
] let my hat drop, and picked il up again
"What book was that that you've been
reading" seq |, determined to say some
thing,
"Oh, that's the Countess of Blessington's
new work." seq she IFS charming book.
DO you like her writings, Mr.. Slick?"
"Wal, don't know" seq L; II never
read any of her books. but it kinder strikes
me that she amt no great shakes herself
anyhow"
sob, you shouldn't be sensorious, MIR.
Slick" seq she. you know Mr.. Willis
visited her, and was delighted"
"Wal now,n seq I, ''iis my opinion that
MIR. N. p Willis couldn't be over hard 10
please, if a woman only had title TO her
name, but wonder how on arth he con.
trived 10 get so thick with the quality over
there in England. ruther think shall 90
over there and try my luck one oflhese days
in his way they seem 10 be so taken up
with us Yankees, but arter all if a TELLER has
to go over TO England TO let them lords and
editors puff him, afore any body will take
notice on him. he'd better take to some other
bisness There aint man in all this coun-
Try that ever wrote more genuine things
than that chap did when he was a eelle
shaver in Yale College, and yet nobody