The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-09-24

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"No."
"And am no longer 10 inhabt my fathers
house,
mo"
"Then will build on the strip between
the house and the Rhine, or may Satan
seize me, and the spirits in this glass turn to
flames and fire in my throat Good night
men," Ard so saying he swallowed down
his rum, and burst out of the house.
Early next morning came tho Assessor.
and, in Zebulons name, gave Caspar and |
his wife notice to quit. The woman was
frightened now that things looked so serious,
and would gladly have accepted the half a
ere Of meadow 1t was her opinion that
Caspar should 90 up stairs, and give his
brother few fair words. But, in his turn.
Caspdr was stubborn, and far too proud to
to knock under. With his two eldest sons he
walked down TO the river, and forthwith cut
down the trees which grew there As they
were at work, Zebulon put his nightcapped
head out of the window " Good morning
to YOU" said he, very quietly, "and good
luck to your undertaking"
It was "A wreichcd building ground
Squeezed up between the house and the
towing-path, there was space only for sin
Gle row of rooms. "All The bctter," thought
Caspar; Il will build three stories, one O.
yer the other, and so shorten Zebulons al
lowance Of daylight" But on the side next
the river he had to build a strong stone para
pet,and that with no joke. There was so little
room for the stables, that, when complete,
they held fewer oxen 10y half n dozen Than
did those of the old house. On the other
hand, Caspar managed TO build them in such
window, and intercepted his view Of the vii
lasc, thus deprving him of the chief amusc>
ment he had when he sat at his work.
With many curses, and much vcxaiior,
the roof was got on the house before winter
came. The brothers no longer spoke to
each other when they met; the whole vii
lage laughed at them, but tLis only strength
ened them in their obstinacy. When Cas-
par wanted clothes made, he employed a
tailor from another village. His children
did their uncle all the harm they could, and
had no longer any mercy on bis fruit and
flowers.
When spring came, and Caspar went tc
live in his new house, things improved lit
tie, but yet no great deal. 1t is bad enough
to have an enemy when one lives in a town
but in the country it is still worse. For in
tho town one can avoid him. if one will
but in the country one daily mects him, a
work and in ones walks; and then one:
food tastes sour afterwards
One day Caspar said to the innkccpcr-
" am well housed now: have pleasant
view all around and look right into the vii
lasc that pleases my wife and is great Il
musement 10 her." The inhkceper repeat
} cd this 10 Zebulon, and and next morning
brcklayers came, and built upon three side.
of Caspar's house, but upon his brother
ground, two six foot walls, and stuck gooc
store of broken glass upon the top of eacl
Of them. Between these walls Zebulor
planted, with his own hand, row of youne
poplars, tended and watered them day af
ter day, and paid the walchman handsomel,
to see that no one injured them in the night
, Caspar's children cot nothing from thcs,
> walls but cut hands and sore knees; an,
meanwhile the popars grew apacc, and by
the following spring had so fenced in Gas
par's house that he had to burn candles n
four in the afternoon. 1t was all up witt
the pleasant prospect that so rcjoced BIZ
wife. And what was still worse, the wal
= separated the children from their old play
grounds, and now they lay the whole day
p by the waterside, their mother could no
get them from it; and, when the river wa
high, she had constant anxiety and trouble
On certain autumn day, soon after III,
> aftergrass had been got in, Zebulon wa
; seated at work, wher his brothers eldes
son entered the room, without knocking
walked up TO the lailor's board and said
Uncle Zebulon, father lets you know"
Take of your cap" said Zebulon
"when You speak to your fathers brother.
My father Iold me nothing about that !,
answered the young fellow, and kept his car
on. /" lie bade me to tell you that. up yon
der where your meadows begin, the dixie
and fence are worn out. Father says thai
concerns you as well as him: and that, i
you will help and pay your share of a new
stone dixie, with an osier helge, he Is ready
to do SO too"
Then said Zebucn, " lie has more neet
of it than |, for if there is food in thu
spring, and no new dixie, his house will b,
full of water. Tell your father, however
that would have agreed TO his proposals
if lie had not sent such a clown to max,
it,"
The laG turned on his heel, and wakcc
away without further greeting. When h,
told his father the answer ne had got, Gas
par said, " / am not going to spend my mon
ey TO protect the meadows of that niggardly
churl. Thank God am rich, and IN,
land lies high and dry and though m,
house were to float down the Rhine, shoulc
not be ruined"
CONCLUDED NEXT wEEK.l
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