Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-11-10


she lived w,ih her mother. in pleas
ant cottage 90 a qlirt street IN the
suburbs "i the city. knew the
spot its aitracilyrness had often in
,ereslcd me now became more Gu
r,ous than ev,r To- heir The history Of
the apple girl IN he pink calico dress.
veutured toask permission To call
ON her mother, aud make her acquaint-
ance, under the plea of love for
birds aud flowers. with which the cot
tage was surrounded. did not receive
the encouragement ! wished. but still
was left to hope that my curiosity
might be some day grati6ed. As
obstacles To my purpose increased
became more determined, and re-
solved to cnange my tactics could
not understand the girls disincina-
ton to allow our acquaintance TO be-
come, IN any respect, familiar, but
knew that she would not dlre to treat
me rudely, and, watching my oppor-
tunlty, one sunday wornlng | ad
dressed her, ms she stopd at the street
gate of the cottage, and, as admired
some flowers which grew in a bed
near the house, she could not escape,
politely, from the necessity Of inviting
me TO walk through the yard Acct
dentally we met the mother had
an invitation to enter the cottage of
course | accepted with pleasure, and,
finding The mother inclined 10 be
more communicative than the daugh-
ter, | managed tn learn that they
were French folks, although both
spoke English remarkably well. The
cottage parlor was furnished plainly
but elegantly There were upon the
wall several pictures, aud upon the
manlel uumb'r OF delicate works
OF art, which | was satisfied could
not have been purchased 10y the lin
tied earnings of an apple gIrl.
Why young girl, who lived in
such cottage, with much evident
taste and cultivation, should invara-
bly, weu' punk calico dress, and sell
fruits. nuts aud candies on ,he street,
was TO me a petplcxing mystery.
There was a web at romance weav-
ing around the mysterious apple girl
which became more and more utter.
esing, aud every day my resolution
10 unravel II grfw stronger There
was 80 much mndesly IA the gr'-
oearng al her apple s'apd she
seemed so murh afraid at scandal
should any one converse with hei
longer thln was necessary to make
purchases, that there was 40 wa,
leit TOR ne Co solve the mystery al
her life bat by visiting the cottage.
Agan | went, without an invitation,
and boldly made ktrwn the rnrlDsl /,
winch led me To iurce myself upor
their acquaintance
The daughter laughed heartily
and said gail,
We have been rs much at finl
to understand your curiosity as you
have 10 reconcile our circumstance,
with my employment.
4" Then we should be mutual con.
fidanls,' oleeryed; g have been
very frank with you, and hope you
will reciprocaie.'
But our relations are not similar,
she replied archly. " We are no
responsible for your curiosity, so,
are for ours.
&" How so - | cried.
&" II was forced upon us"
Indeed aud was not NINE fore
ed upon me, in such a manner, too
as left me no choice but TO seek gu
the mystery 4 truce 10 this handy
ing of words; YOU will not take al
vantage of irankuess for any othe
purpose than to reward i, with ful
explanations
She looked at me a moment, AZ i
questioning my apparent honesty, All
then said, pleasantly
Well, as YOU have been so GOO
patron OF my upple-siand, and ha,
taken such paius to know the rc
nance of my history, If YOU NJ
promise secrecy. I'll Tell you.
III acccp, any conditions that
can fulfill" answered. eagerly.
Walk with me into The garden
then" SAID the slr.
We had pleasant seat under a ru'
tic arbor. when the lady remarked
Mother Todd you that we Que
lived IN village. near PdrIs'
We were not rich. but we had
pretty cottage, and an income sui
ficient 10 support us. Father die
wien | was a lille girl. | had II
brother, but | had playmate VIII
was dearer 10 me than brother.-
As we grew older his parents, VIII
were rich, forbade him to visit III
house. We met in the fields. W
loved each other, aud would not h
separated. HIS father learne
that we still met, aud he was yer
angry. lie told his sou that If 1
visited me he should not stay at h
home. oar fathers had been biIt,
enemies, hat we could not unde
stand why that should make us Ell
emies when we loved each other
and Emile declared that he wpul
not neglect me, if his father did shl
his doors against him. Ohe day !
said to ne {" am going to RI
away, but not from you-from fail
or and Won shall come TO me. All