Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-13
BY GEO. II. BEAMAN

ldAllHE NIsNufEf lOh''h i'aAJ"f 'FN ~ y
store nbou, mile and a half from Wilders
and was rrpp'ed TO be worth some five or
,r thousand dollars lie had heretofore
been a frequent VISITOR nt WiIJcr's mouse
and there was time " hen his sltenions 10
Dolby were such as to cause Mr. Wilder
10 erpec, ,hn, the thrifty Young trader wonId
become his son.in.aw. D,bby however,
wa, moi 81 tiicicndy pleased with him to en-.
courage his attentions, and FOR some time
pas, Is visils had been discontinued
Cool afternoon. NJ Miller said Will.
~. presenting his hand glad 10 sec you
how do YOU dor Fine day, this
Yes. fne day. said Miller, 'cIcclicnt
weather Tor crop' how are you all Mt
homer
'Qoi,c well shank ye,' sid Wilicr-
Come. Won must 60 down 10 The house with
mc Why have you been saeh stranger
lately 2
cob I've generally been pretty busy
said Miller, colnrlng liule, 4 don't &c,
much time to VISIT
We'll you must 60 down 10 the house
wah me now, and stop 10 supper, said Wild
Ter 'yon can have nothing 10 prevent you
10 day I'm sure
Mailer color,d still deeper said he did
no, think he conll stop; he onI, came ont
to take BIZ ola walk, md dlnt think
Of gong any further than the top Of the
hill where they n,w stood. Nj Wilder
however, would not take no for an answer
and nfcr considerable importantly he pre-.
vailed upon Miller to accep, his invitation
and they dcsccoied Ibs hill together anl
went into the house.
'Drtby here's Mr. Miller. said Wilder
as they Entered the plrIor
Dolby rose handed chair and sslil
good evening, but her face was covered
with L,ushcs, and she returned again 10 her
seat
As Miller seated himself in a chair he
glanced acfos' the room and recognized Jo
scph Nelson The two Young mon noliel
u, each other and both seemed som-wha,
embarrassed
Where's your mother, Drt5yT said
Mr. Wilder; Mr. MIlcr'c gong to stop to
supper Then turning to Mir Miller. Fix.
cuse nic llulc while, he slid, i want TO
90 and show Joseph that field Of corn o
mine we were looking at. back OF the
hill According to my notion, j, is lhe
sou,cst piece there is IN town. Come, Jo.
scph, 90 up and look at It
i think 1t is the s,olles. piece I've seen
this year, said Joseph, 4 saw it Lbout d
week ago
oh, its gain d amazingly within q
week, said Mr. Wider, come go on anc
look at II,
Joseph was altogether unaccus,omed IL
.nrh attentions from Mr. Wilder, and h.
looked no, a liule confused as he took hi
hat aud ulowcd him TO the door They
went up the road and Mr. Wilder took hin
all around the field of Corn, and cxlmIne'
hill after hill, aud looked into the oIhe
fields, and found hundred things 10 sto
and look at, and talked more 10 Joseph thai
he had done before for six months 10
seph suspected that tins walk was undcrta
, ken bv Mr. Wilder br the purpose OF leav
in, Miller aud L. boy IN the room togelh
or bot he bore il all patient, Y, and answer
/ ed all Mr. Wllder's questions about hi
crops and his fields with apparent lnercs
, Cor he knew too well the state Of D,bby
4 feelings, both towards himself AMI toward
, Miller, 20 feel any unelsinCSs. At leugt
, Mr. WiIlcr conc ludcd supper mns be neal
" ready, anl they returned to the houst
!. Ca entering the pirIor, they found Mile
alone, reading a newspaper Mr. Wilde
, ookcd vcxrd.
What. all alone. Mr. Millcr7 said Will
Ter 4 shouldn't have SAID so long but
, thought Debby would amu.e you TIL W
4 60, back
Miss Debty had some engagement th-
required her attention, said NJ Miller an
asked to be excused but have found M
p, SELF q1ic Interested IN this newspaper
. Wilder wen, ou, and met hrs wife in N
D.. hall and asked her how longit had bee
since Dcbhv LETT MrAilller alone IN the pa
lJr.
y She lchl three minutes after thee wei
= our. SAID Mrs " der, and couldn't pc
4 ,uade her TO 90 back again She : ID 81
It knew thee went on, on purpose u leave h
K and Henrv alone there together, md Ell
Y would cot say. It's no use, William. thci
d things wal always have their own wa
= and u IS 40 use Triangle preycnt II
The sapper pissed Of rather silently an
h rather awkwardlv Mc Wilder end-avo
e cd,n bcs,crabic AMI polite to Miller nr
0. Dc5by prrhrm'd many s,leu, nc's Of polt
, ness toward J,,cph, AMI Mrs Willer, as
e slal, was mild and comphccnt lo,nll B
r. an AR Of embarrassment, p~rva1od Il
!. whoIe company and when they rose fro
II the table, Henry Miller asked to be eScus
h and siid that II was time for him 10 be !
s turning homeward Nj Wilder cndeavc
n 81 10 persuade him to stop and spend eve
d inc, but Henry was d"ci ied and said
, mos, go. Afer he had gone, Joseph a
z - Lby returned R.a,n to the narl,
h joined pat The evening by Mrs Wi.
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