Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-02-05

He will get the money | am sure he will; he
looks good natured. and will trust him; am GER
tain he will get it,"
:" If he only could mistress pretty-lips" was the
aside of Rug :" but where in the name of old shoes
and ragged elbows is it to come from? That's
what should Just like to know"
"You will lose it," pursued the dame
"Heaven forbid and he so i'll, and so worried
when take the needle"
1t is great pity you should worry him"
"Oh, will not. | will do it while he sleeps
| He always has a long sleep after midnight"
"And kill yoursef:"
ooh no. am so well and strong"
/ The dame siobed and Rug drew the cuff Of
his cont across his eyes probably 10 shade them
/ from the sunlight.
But you do not need this money Just now you
paid the doctors bill yesterday, and there is plenty
of aTow-root left for these two or three days yet;
of course there is no danger that you and | will
storve Just wait patiently and some job will come
worth having before you need the money"
| Nelly looked round to assure herself that the in
valid slept aud then answered softly, He asked
me for paints this morning, and it a hard thing
/ 10 deny him. Il meyer have done that hciore.-
Medicine may drive the poin away but he will 90
wild # poverty keep him from the exercise of his
art. The paints are worth more TO him than med
icine"
/ why he couldn't use them. if"
" But he must have them, if 90 out into the
streets and beg"
"NonSense child have no patience with YOU.
You will kill Yourself to indulge his whims. You
got this terrible cough sitting mp in the cold
to earn the money for that canvass and then the
un9mtelul fellow pushed his foo, through it Just
because some of his fIuraions didn't suit him.
There, don't cry. child don't cry didn't mean
t. hurt your feelings. Sick folks must be INDUCED.
suppose, and Mr. Tinsey isn't always so; but
must sly you are an angel to take his hirh handed
doings so swectly, when he is put out. And must
say II is rather hard for you to kill yourself for
whimsey'
Rug Rolles had found his chair rather uncom-
tort1ble during the conference Of the two women,
and particularly since in their earnestness they had
allowed their voices TO rise to a hearing pitch. He
put the right leg over the left knee then the left leg
over the RIGHT knee, trottcd his foot dummed with
his honds ON the crown of his hat, hched, ti1pet-
ed, whstled and finally, in the midst of pathetic
renonsroncc from Nelly, sprung to his feet out
right.
I'm tell you what. young woman --ahcm young
wonan- mistress pretty speech tell you don't
want that cont. h7te new coats; they always
pinch aud set fellow up like pound Of starch,
AMI should feel like a gentleman in a new coat
and object to being gen'leman | couldn't con-
descend"
BY the time Rug bad delivered himself of his
speech. he at the door.
" But the cloth, Mr.. Ra1les! Don't 30 away
without the CLOTH" exclaimed dame Gaskill, fol-
lowing her queer customer with the package
Don't bother me with the cloth, dame dye think
Im an Grand boy TO be running about the streets
with bundles: Out of my way, and take the cloth
back into the house But ook'ce old woman,
some folks say I'm the devil. so look out how you
put your fingers inside that bundle It's it's"
and by this time Rug ltlfiles clambering up
the hill very nearly GREATNESS, its tor Nelly BY
to buy paints with"
"A new coat" sohloquized Rug as he seated
himself on the front steps Of the nearest grocery {:
i" A new coat must be terrible bore. | shouldn't
sit down 50 c2sy-like in It as do in vn old friend"
ana ne rugged his s"edy sattlnct as in all proba-
by he would have huggeda sweetheart "llow
strangely my elbows would feel in new coat poor
things liked up as | used to feel when grand
mama took me a visiting aud my shoulders too
they are free born citizens, and never desired put
ting in the stocks, not they. But what a villain
old Bly, must be The gIrl would actually have
got the blind side of me, if / would have let her
but then 1t isn't in the nature of laughing phil
osophers TO mind much about the weepera. Poor
thing! how pitimlly she talks of that rascaly nus
band of hers aud he leads her Il dogs life, I've
no doubt It's fancy some husbands have to beat
and bInise about as though there nobody in the
BIC world but themselves; and I'm glad We kept
clear Of 'em. Tn glad, ! mean that don't hap
pen TO have wife TO tyrannize over for should
be shocking bad fellow in that case. know
should. Wouldn't | nourishmy shillelah, though !?
Iurra !"
After making grand flourish, and explaining to
the nquisve bysunders that he was only cudg
cling Mrs Ruggles Raffles that was to be, our he
70 again seated himself on the steps and mlned-
aely fell into a state of profound meditation Rug
was apt to be conemplative when he was not up
roarously sOcnl, and the result of his pOnderngs
was apt TO follow close on the heels of his thouth-
fitness. no ever offered even penny for his
thoughts. When the half hour was passed, Rug
arose and shook himself like Simpson. Probab-
ly he was satisfied that his strength was with him I;
for Immediately his face put on all its waggery :;
his halt-shut pointed eyes looked as though made
10 pilier sermons his mouth, winch grew asonish-
~ wide, held merry thought in each corner G.
ven his large had an expression about it which
added not little to the comic doery OF his phz
; and he alternately rubbed his hands and Rugged
himself with infinite satisfaction. As soon as his
first selfconaraulators were over he began trun-
ding himself along the street, his heavy locomo-
tons seeming 10 find the utmost difficulty in keep
inc pace with him
Farmer Bly, had been more gruff since the re-
? turn Of his daughter than ever. lie was obliged
to employ men-scrvants Tor rather geremen heips)
within doors. for woman would stay IN his HI CHI
en-; and both house aud field were often witnesses
2 of desperate quarrels between employer and the
employed On this dav he was going his usual
> rounds among his woknen, when, as he chnnced
S to draw near forest his attention arrested by
g hearing his own name.
I say, uncle, should like to own this farm of
r old Bly,"
"Ycs it is fine hrm but little good does it
bring 10 the owner lie is the most miserable old
wasp in existence for, fool like, he thought 10 sting
his daughter, but instead OF that stung himself and
: has been smarting ever since"
But he h1s grand farm for all that
o "Yes grand farm; but what good will it do
. him? They'll shovel his old homes into the grave
o one of these days and hard earnings will 90 to
those who will be glad the old pest is out Of the
- wayn
Probably his pauper daughter will come in for
+ share them"
a The listener ground his teeth and clenched his
j. fist. Perhaps he was enmged at the thought of
his money going to poor Nelly Perhaps the idea
Of his daughters being pauper was new to him.
S mot she's returned the other voice, she's
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