The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-01-22

walked down the road ahead of the coach
toward the old bridge, and told the stage
driver to stop and let him get in at the min
isters house-at Parson Fuller's. Mary
Fuller lived there too, for she happened to
be the parsons only daughter. She was the
morrest loveliest little witch that ever wore
long loose tresscs of auburn hair, and had
blue ewes. She was only twelve years old,
land Walter was nearly seventeen. She did
| love him, though he was all in all 10 her; he
had fought her battles all through her child
ish campaign, and she had no brother She
was " alters cousin, too, a sort of half first
cousin, for her mother had been the half sis
ter of Walters mother They were not too
near related, for parposcs hereafter 20 be
named.
Poor Molly she would have cried her ewes
out Oh this occasion. had it not been that
Walters solemn phz set her ideas of the
ridiculous in motion; and she made a merry
ten minutes as a win l-up to their parting
scene. Three days afterwards, Waller was
in New York and Just four months and
twenty days farther on in the almanac of
Time, he was making out invoices and act
ing as corresponding clerk to the firm in
Bombay.
shall not stop long enough TO relate how
many times he went to the exhibition of ven
omous-lookina cobra Iii capcllos biting Sc
poys. lust for fun, and to show how innocent
the beauties were, and how easy their bite
was cured how often he visited the far
famed Elephant Caves ; how many times he
had dinod with good Sir Robert Grant, the
Governor of Bombay, and how he was with
him. and what he sa'd the very morning of
the day the old scourge, the Cholera. made
The Sir Robert his yictinl-all these things ]
shall leave to another time, and more APP
nrorriate heading. | skip over all these,
and six wears Of time beside, and land Mas
ter Walter at Stoten Island, bring him up to
the CITY in a steamboat, and leave him in
rcspcctable hotel, and there let him sleep all
night. and take good short rest after
tedious voyage of four months and more.
The next morning we awaken him, make
him get up, pay his bill, take a lack and ride
down to the New Haven steamboat and 90 a
board. 1t was seven o'clock. \. NJ. At one
p. NJ, the boat has reached the landing; his
trunk and traps are on board the Lltchfeld
stage he has taken a scat inside; his desti-
naticn is an intermediate village He is a
lone in the stage no, not alone, there is an
Old woman on the front scat and Prcsby-
terian clergyman on the middle seat. The
stage is up in the city and slowly meander-
ing about New Haven town. picking up pas
sengers who have sent their names to the
stage-o office. as is still customary in that stad
and sober city of mineraogv, theology, and
other 'oloaies in general. The stage Jehu
pulls up at neat little cottage in Chanel
street A passenger, young lady of sweet
seventeen or thcrcabout. Before she had
fairly got inside. Walter has noticed her, and
she has noticed hip} too. lie Iazes in aston
ishmcnt at the perfect vision of loyeincss
before hin; ; he hasn't seen anything of the
kind for many wears. There is not a parti-
Gle of conner about her She. on her part.
half laughing. has regarded him very aten-
lively pushes back the golden ringlets that
Almost Shut in her face and taken another
look. as If to be certain that she has made no
mistake
"IIcre is scat, Miss, beside mc," says
the gospel preacher.
"Thank YOU. sir, but prefer sitting on
the back seat with That gentleman, if he will
let me-" said the most electrical voice that
Walter had listened 10 in some time.
" Certainly Miss" said the delighted Bonn
bayite, and when sho seated herself by him,
she gazed into his face with such queer
kind of mixed-up delight and astonishment,
that Walter actually took look down upon
himself to ascertain what there was about
his person that appeared to be so pleasing to
the fair maiden but he discovered nothing
unusual The stage rolled on toward Derby,
at its usual rapid rate Of five miles an hour,
and Walter and the merry maid seemed as
chaitv and coy together rs though they had
known each other for years instead Of min
utes The minister tried to engage the ring
lets in conversations but he soon iound him
self no where She had neither ewes nor
ears for any body els c but Walter; and he
had told her more about his own travels and
Bombay scenery, than he ever told any body
else before or since.
At last they came to Derby. Their horses
had to be changed, and four fresh skeletons
we're harncssed up and tackled TO the stage.
Walter handed the gentle girl back to her
old scat as gracefully as he could have done
had he never lived in Bombay, but always
stopped in New York. They were alone
now the minister and the old woman got
out at Derby.
"Well, we are of once more how far
are you going :" said Walter, as the stage
went of.
Not quite as far as I.itchGeld. You say
that your friends reside at Pomperaug How
glad they will be to see your
Very probable, unless they have lorgot-
ten me, which is Likely, for | suppose have
altered some in siN wears"
Not a particle, | -"
The pretty maid forgot what she was 90
ing say, but at last remembered and contin
ued--
81 should suppose you had not altered,
for YOU said you were seventeen when you
were last at home, and now you are ouly
twenty-three. You must have grown near
/ ly as large as you are now"
Perhaps so but am somewhat tanned
by exposure to an East India climate"
yet think you will be recognized by
everybody in the village. DO you not know
a young lady at Pomperaug of the name Of
Mary Fuller"
What little Mary my little wife, as
| used to call her7 Why, Lord love you,
do you know her? Bless her heart My
trunk is filled with knick-knacks for her es-
pecial use. DO know her ? Why, | have
thought of her ever since ! went away.
Young lady why she is little bit OF Il
girl she is only ten years old. No she
must be older than that no,c. | suppose
shall find her grown considerably. By the
way, are you not cold !? 1t is getting chilly"
The delighted young lady was trying to
conceal her face, which had called forth
Walters exclamation.
Yes, it is getting colder; it is nearly
dark And so it was, Walter had a boat
cloak, and after n very little trouble he was
permitted to wrap it around her lovely form;
/ and sonehow or othpr his arm went with IT,
and in the confusion he was very close to her,