Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-12-09

that overlooked some Of his fields, where he STOOD
rnmlnnting for half mn hour upon The prospect Of
ms crops AMI more particularly upOn the unplGas.
ant subject Of Dcbby and Joe Nelson. The Young
man had become so familiar and so much nj home
at The house, that he Ind hardly doubt there was
| strong attachment growing up between him and
Debhy, aud he began To feel very uneasy about H..
! He had always been so fond OF his daughter, and
! her presence was so necessary To his happiness.
! that the idea OF her marrying at all WINS sad
! Thought q him but IL she must marry, he deter
! mined II slon II he, ifpo,sihle, 30 person Of some
| property. who would at onre place her in com F.
| lodahlo Sliunlion IN life, ind relieve him from the
| iooliSii niNhIy, 81 common in the world, lest hIs
| own Itlle estate should bo ,lishouored by family
| connections not e1nul to il. While he remained
! t'lere ia this musing mood, he recognized Henry
| Millcf coming down the road. and he resolved Mt
| once TO take him home with him to supper. Mil
! ter was dash;nt business Young fellow, who kept
Il store about mile rad half rGrq Wildcr's, aud
was repntrd tn be worth some five ur six thousand
! dollars lie had heretofore been frequent visit
! or at Widers house. aud there was n time when
! ms atlcnlDns To Debhv were such 10 cause NJ
Wilder To expect that the thrifty young trader
would become his son-in-nw. Dcbby however
! was not sufficiently pleased with him to encourage
IIs attentions, and tOrsome time past his visits had
| been Discontinued
Good afternoon, Mr.. Miller" said wilder, pre-
| sentmg his hand "glad TO see you, how do you
| do ? fine day, This"
Yes fine day. said Miller, "exccIicnt wealth.
or Tor crops; how are you all nj home ?"
ignite well, thank We, said " iller. Come,
| you must go down 10 the house with me. " ny
have you becu surh n stranger Iately?'
ION, We generally lieen pretty busy" said Mil
Ter, cnioi'ng little, 50 don't get much time to
| visit"
Wen. you must go down TO the house with
me now, and stop to supper" said Wilder; "you
can have nothing To prevent you to day, I'm sure"
Miller colured sill dceper--said lac did not think
he could stops he only came out to take n Bit ofa
walk, and did not thiut of going any further than
| The top oi the hill where they now Stood MrWil-
der however would not take mo for an answer,
aud alter considerable importantly he prevailed
upon Miller to acccpt his invitation, aud they de-
scendcd the hill togctheraud went into the house.
DGhhy here's Mr., NJ lcr" said MIR. Wilder, as
they entered the parlnr.
Debhy rose handed a chair, and sah good eve
mug; but her lace was covered with bushes, and
she returned again to her seat
AS Miller seated himself IN the chair he CLAN
cGd across the room aud recognized Joseph Nel-
SON The two young men nodded at each other,
ahd both seemed soncwInt embarrassed.
where's You mother, Debhy 2" said Mr. vii.
der; Mt MIXERS going to stop 10 supper"
| At this moment Mrs. Wilder entered the ROOM
"llow does thee do, Henry 2" said she present.
ing her hand, g. am gnd 20 see tIeo nope Thy
mother is well"
every well indeed" said Miller, and after few
more remarks Mrs. Wilder retired to snpcrutend
The preparations for supper.
Excuse me, Mr.. Miller, little while" said
Mr.. Wilder, " / want to go and show Joseph that
field Of corn Ut mine we were looking NJ, back of
the hill. According TO NY notion it is the stout
est piece there is ~ the town. Come, Joseph, 90
up and look AT IT,
81 think it is the soilest pieces Eve seen this
year." said Joseph; 81 saw it nhout week ago."
son, its gained amazingly wil!liua week, said
Mr.. Wider; "cOme, - up aud look at IT,"
Joseph was altogether unaccustOu ned o such NJ
tentinns from Mr. Wilder, and he uked not n lit
lie confused as he took his hat ani followed HIM
To the door They Went up the road, and Mr.
Wilder took him all round the field of corn, and
examined hill alter hill, aud looked into the three
fields and round hundred things to stop and look
III, and talked 10 Joseph more lhan he had before
Tor SIX months. Joseph suspected that this walk
was undertaken by +. Wilder for the purpose Of
leaving Miller and Debhy in the room together,
but he bore it all patiently, and ans wered all MIR.
! " llder's remarks about his crops and his fields
with apparent interest, for he knew too well the
STATE Of Debby'S feelings, bol toward himself and
toward Miller, To feel amy uueasiness Al length
MIR. Wilder concluded supper must be nearly rea
| dy, and IhGy returned to the house. On enleing
the pnrl0r they found Miller alone, reading ne VS.
paper Mr.. Wilder lookod veXed
"N hat, all alone, Mr. Miller 2" said Mr. VIII.
der; shouldn't nave snid 80 long, hut thought
! Debby would amuse You ill we got back"
! Miss Debby had some engagement that re-
| qnlred her attention. said Miller, and asked to
he excused bur found myself quite interested in
| This newspaper
Wider went out and met his wife in the hail,
aud asked her how long it had been since Debby
! lelt Mir. Miller alone in the parlCr.
she lett IN three minutes alter thee went out, 4"
said Mrs. Wilder, sand couldn't persude her to
! go back again. She said she knew thee went out
on purpose TO leave her and Henry alone there to.
| sether and she would no, stay. It's 10 USE Viii
lIam these things always will have their own way,
! and it's no use trying 10 prevent it,"
! The supper passed of rather silently and ralh-
er awkwurdy. Mr.. Wilder endeavored TO be So
cable and polite to Mr. Miller, and Debhy per-
formed many little silent acts of poiteness toward
Joseph, aud Mrs. Wilder, MS usunl was mild mud
comploisant TO all. But an air Of embarrassment
pervaded The whole company, and when they rose
from the table Henry Miller asked 10 he excused,
aud sad II was time for him to he returning home
waid. Mr.. Wilder endeavured TO persuade him
TO stop and spend the evening, hut Henry was de-
cldcd, aud SAID lie must go. Aier he had gone,
| Joseph aud Debby returned again to the Dqrlor,
where they were joined part of the evening by
| Mrs. Wilder; but Mr.. Wilder, after walking up
aud down the dining room for an hour or Two, re.
tired to bed; not however to sleep. His mind was
! too much engrossed with the destiny of Delby, TO
allow OF repose. He counted The hours us they
were told by the clock, I'LL it had slrnck twelve.
| Mrs Wilder had then been two hours asleep, still
he had not heard Joseph go out. Alter while
the clock struck one, aud in iew minutes after
that he heard The outer door rather softly opened
aud closed aud then he heard Dcbby tripping
lightly 10 her chamber.
"Ah," thought Wilder TO himself ait is rs my
wife says these things will have their own way.
This staying till one o'clock looks like rather seri-
Gus businrss"
! The next day. Dehhy had long private inter-