Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-04-20


OF your neighbours misery and apprcciabe only 10 A<
"rca good n1tuIcd fellows the practical jokersioiK
companious--couiusion to them and their hke
Edith Blanchard was Just Que OF tho most gsNol
equaolc, iuocns.vo laescs that heavc ever puSN
earth as The incarnation of kindness and good huG
Jack Robinson was good humourcd too-but hG
. OF those clustering, uoisomc. troublesome more
who seem 10 live only 90 torment all who compeII
to live iu their association What the gentle Edl
found u such chcSnu bur to love, Cupid only kuUg
Certainly il was for nothing IN his manners fof u
PAIR vert Ne--yery auupodcs of each other In ee~ d
possible respect There was no single point in WIN o.
they rcScmblcd each other. II poor Edits heart 6,-o
tered with that pleasure which poets and lovers spe9
OF, when She saw his approach t luttcrcd with gene
/ inc fear when hC present lie could no, take ~
hand without squeezing her 6ugers his vice Of paj3
I'LL the blood ready 10 push from their ends AL
the tears start from her eyes II he tried to steal
kiss, she struggled TO escape IN real carnest-or st1
knew that he thus a0cciionatc except when ~
had been cheating the barber OF his revenue and ~
shoe-brush OF beard was rubbed so roughly on hsf
/ "darnask check as to make scarlet oft. 4
II he invited her to ride she was sure to find herself
behind some harum scarum animal of a horse which
was never hancSscd except for some such Van AM
burgh in horse flesh as her tender suiior Once with
his victim seated 10y his side, hc would rcgao her with
a history of his broken vehicles overturns and hair
breadth escapes with the same quadfuped and all the
time take particular to drive over such uneven
ground 70 nllct upon Edth the horrors OF an over
turn, IN every thing but the actual occurrence Of IT, M
every step H. ~ walking with Edith he saw her step
aside 10 avoid ant hill, be would take particular
pains 10 90 back and grind II down with his heel! Tic
would counterfeit drunkenness so naturally as to bring
the fond, foolish child Iuo tc'rs; and indeed there
! conceivable cnprmlty, short Of knocking her
down with malice prepense that he did not ptactise
All this he assured was in Joke : and when he would
wind up his obstreperous feats with fit OF laughter as
bolsierous as his Jokes Edith would laugh family too,
while tear stood IN her eyes
! Poor Edith She wondered II all men werc like
Jack Robinsou-but she dared not ask Others treat.
ed her with deieren,ia civiy and SO she remember
ed did Jack once, but that before he was an ac-
ceped and declared lover; aud she more than half
wished that she had always kept him on terms as dis
tant. But just as she had reasoned herself into half
hating him, he would always regain his standing by
some real proof OF affection, unstuded and merriam,
unrefned on his part, and unexpected on hers What
could she do with such an awkward cub OF lover -
Hate and dismiss him she could for his very cau-
cherries had become toorlbc and pleasant to her
The match something like the affection Of the
bride Of the bandit Of her lorl-Jack was a bandit in
manners with not half the refinement that real gem
passages
Jack was a great lover Of aona,ic ,nnsoroc,,s 10.
side his membership Of boat club he boa ted the nos,
session Of various descriptions Of SINAI, water craft his
pride 10 which second only to his fpndnoss for
horses If even TO that Inst A, , mornnnt whom EIh
had been resontng the Interference of her friends in
Jacks dsfdvor that worthy ma e bi, aDnear,ncc and
invited hcr 10 take water Vcursinn with him This
which was standing invitation in the boa, season. shs
had always rcsolu,cy declined She looked mn "a
Robinson put the question, and saw the malicious,
smiles of her friends which nl,nly i,,i,r,,oI "a, ,ba
knew she dare not accept 70 stop to thnk-,o g,a,i
fy them by a moment, hesit,,n her or,,lo ,vrd M,
permit: AMI TO Jacks surprise and ploasuro she ac
. ccped his invitation n once She ONLY in,in,,e1 IN
him as they passed 10 the water e b,, ebc acccJoJ
to the aunt to show her friends that she was no, afraid
to trust herself 10 his puilaucc under any ci,cur
stances The rascal Not 10 boo1 ,his dal;c,,o ,nd
mlideny appeal to his generosity 10 so,re her fears
To do Robinson Justice he ju,onIo +, rcsn.c, bo,
nidy, and TO orhcar, for once make it the but, Of