The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-30

over his 4 hcste su-crs. II DO .ondet
Why BE- cannot let nv ~o's slonc.) and
tease ,o tno~ It ID VAS nj for him. on-
checked. Once 4. looked over that
way with glance that AL hour before
! would NOT have met fur ~urlds--oseu 1
now il disturbed me fuf moment but |
thought, what right has Harold I. to 1
stir my blood thus Have ! thought Of i
him ~ any m6S,or' until the sportiNc /
iiilc has become real. and am q slave
20 cover thus before his glance So I
] glanced back like a Northern ice /
borg. bat only few moments after, /
found myself yielding to the old fasci-
nation OF his tones. as he discussed !
Wh.pples lecture Of the evening before.
and. IN reply 60 some remark Of H.,
snalvEed the lecture and the lecturer ia
his calm. clrAr way. melting out praise
and ceusure like god. How those
tones recalled the past Mine heart
made pictures there was the small par
lor booking out upon the sea--mothcr on
the lounge with her book and knitting
the two figures by the table, one oc-
ca.ionally looking up from her drawing
to answer some remark, with which the
other hal interrupted his reading; and
then that voice swept on again to the
accompaniment Of the restless waters,
DID lac not remember II too
was aroused from my reveric by
aunt's voice
g.. why. that is where YOU and
vour mother lived awhile, Elizabeth
You must have been there about the
same time with Mr.. +.
looked r. coolly in the face a sec
ond. before replied, yes, aunt
Before she could question or COM
ment. T. said, with half smile, Miss
Lvilon is no stranger to me; have
I had the honor of meeting her before.
The deuce you have began the old
! Doctor but having a sort of instructive
perception, presume, that there was
something beside Lydia Mason in the
way here, he very wisely paused. and
set to teasing II about his boot. Aunt,
unfortunately. had not his foresight -
She kept on--Indced, and Elizabeth is
So much changed you hardly knew her.
Don't you think the change for the bet
ter: We hatier ourselves il is T.
bowed, and | prayed that aunt might
he attacked with bropchiiS, anything To
stop her mouth, but she kept on. We
think a year or so with us, will quite
overcome her country manner>--g give
her quite a refined and elegan, air
'Pshaw. Mrs. Sewal : fell in tho
Doctor-'we don't want any air but I
natural one, and the girl has that now
Don't get any such nonsense into you
? head, child
II. and r. both laughed and wa
glad when they left, after aunt had po
litely invited +. to call again
Nor. l7h.---I ought to feel ilnttered,
suppose for aunt, ir do not greail
mistake her. actually thinks may d
for "a wife for her idle /. Whether II
has any hand in bringing her TO tak
f this view of the matter, | cannot say
] have no disposition to inquire. OF
. these match-makers
Nor 2ith.--A whole week Of rainy
dirty, fogay weather. / don't belicy
any one can hnve patience with sue
wcather-not even the Shepherd {
Salisbury Plain especially if lac ha
been shut up in the house with aur
Sewal all day, aye, and all night toe
for uncle is absent, and she has insiste
/ on my occupying cot bed in her roul
as a sort of guard who sleep like
stone But ] was obliged TO yiel'
under fear of seeming disobliginr; an
/ so have been lullea to sleep every nigl
, by kind Of doxology on lL's peric'
tions. ] am cross and out OF paiicnc
a and would welcome even a slight shoe
y of an earthquake, If il would shake II
l. aunt's ideas, and give them a new dire
ton. like H.. liked the way
/, which he defended poor Fanny X. ii
other day, who, to say the least, h'
, been more sinned against than sinnin
# lie took me by surprise. ] find. und'
/, the crust of fashion and conyeulionalit
n good substratum Of common sens,
:. and ! would draw il out, and make II
., most Of il, IL il were not for this ri1ic
:. Ions plot Of aunt's and kind Of fancy
A have. that the gentleman does at TIM
a think himself irresistible. ! Nund'
10 what makes most men fancy that eNci
4 unmarried woman is ready TO fall in
70 their arms, Just like fly into a cup
). swecicued water. j. II because th'
, are SO much like swcctened water =
=. WHY cannot they have sense enough
N see that a woman may really like the
"A society. aud feel a sincere regard {
4 them. without, being IN love with then
!. as the phrase runs Aud why cam
the world, 30 owlish-oyed ia most ihin
- see that a relation may exist wilho
n any desire or intention, on the part
d. either Of ihe parties, 20 cn1ow or
:, endowed with al their worldly good.
n !, would be such gain 70 be- able
a. say 10 person. ID you, wiiho
=. being mi.uudcr.tool, IL a miseral
~ gooI.lor-nothins world, any way.
% All. here comes MARY. That gi,
a, face is a perfect magazine Of sunbeam
o. And Sc, lhcy say that the death Of ]
n- father and brother have within q
r- years reduced her from deceut comi
r. iruce 20 the position o. servant
Il, che comcs singing up the .isIr,, ,
In ra,l---See. Mss Elizabeth f.. ciu
e- ing up
on How can YOU bear 20 s,ng 20 ~
BE weary. rainy weather. Mary =
-Oh. don't knos ! stag siib'
al. blinking. | suppose NJ hahli I've 4