The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-06-13

ing Italian, for it must be keptn mind our
hero carefully avoided All towns and places
in which the march Of Improvement was
very visible, and he was almost inclined
to- give upt'e search after v bat IN ght be ar
imposslslity, when oec day he alighted at
most romantic Lyle village in the north
ern part of Vermont. The beauty Of the
place. rather than any hopes Of fndlng
The object he sought. induced Irving 10
stop there FOR afew days at least. Taro'-
out lis tour he had assumed name,
which, though lis own, lie was rarely rec
o4nized BIZ it consisted Of lis first and
second name Friedrich Hamilton, and
such We wrote il at the little uupretcndng
hotel
As be WAS returning from a ,hing e1
petition one afternoon, he passed by the
schooEhouss for the FIRST time, and through
the open window he caught sight ola face
that caused him to drop the fishing pole
and all. Il was The village schoo!mis
trcss,
I've found her T circulated Hamilton
We found tho raro ouis Bat how shall
| make Ter acquaintance : III frst dis
cover where this Jewel lives, and then
form my plans and he gazed into the
room again. At len til he succeeded in
tearing himself away and returning 10 the
hoeI. On his way there he met little
urchin, and preferring 10 ask the boy
rather than the landlord concerning the
matter. inquired il lie could tell him who
kept the village school!
Miss Wcntworih' replied tie berry
stained Child. digging the sandy path viii.
his 5. and car yins the last letter Of tie
d~st word over 10 tie second one.
Where does she 1--we q continued the
questionfr.
70 Squire Hidreth's
Can you rect me to the house 2
i guess 50. You see he tavern, don't
ye9 Wal. you 20 by tat till sc come
20 liule red house, and re sec that graz
big oe up there on the Aiil. don't ye?-
Ye keep right straight on till ye come to
tha; air yalIer one, and that's Squire
Hldrytl's.
Thanking his Informant, Hamilton pro-
ceedei 10 the hotel and after dressing
himself with uzusual care. inquired OF the
landlord VIII Their Mr. iIildreth owned a
library.
j b'ileye 50, replied the hos, at any
rate YOU need Mt be afraid TO 60 and IN
qure~
Ace iingIy, taking the fish Which had
been carefully clear ed. Hamilton set out
cor the Squre's. As he approached the
hogs.. mo was pIease with us quaint. ru
ral aspect; il having | RE poraico al the
facing The road, aul oil trees shaded ii
from tie hest The young gentleman
at.tt-l CIV r.iy a. III tie windows, but
t.e one obJccs was ~ at any OF them, and
seeing the owner Of the house coming up
I'll - i, Hamilton made Il b1w, Oh cry
Ia Glat he lad understood Squire Hi
dreLh oan hac Collect N Of bo 3hs
begs 8 leave 10 examine them. aid NJ
! pre, me Y =, sir, are thst gentcimau?'
Why yes, rather guess / b.. return
ii the farmer wit a god natured smile
| don't knos mleA about the books, ny
,.u i the one who selected them. aod it's
a. his notion about library as he c Ills it
but com ia, cotne in, and Wei see
ID oult.
81 saying he wortl J S4aire ed the way
Ito the par Or, which was s,nded, and tie
ptpcr curtains drawn down 70 keep out the
hcs
Mu9A u our heros disappointment. a.
tho lgh he folnd youag Joseph liildreth a
ny agreeable fellow. no Miss Went
worth appeared. He had presented the
fish and heard the exei amation oflhe house
keeper when tey were carried into The
ii chen.
Law salts aliy-. Wall I'm sure I'm
o5leegel to The young man, but I'm aieard
lie 5 robbed himself. Here, Jemimy, TAKE
these iii / ings aud fry EN- Tor supper
stop, Wen lave 'em to morrow mornin',
cause Mi Wentworth Amt agola TO be
here toni ,ht'
These .st " ords enabled Hamilton TO
refuse the pressing invitation t. stay 10
supper, and after being requested to come
az IN, LETT the hospitable household The
next day the enamored swan went out
for The purpose OF taking walk. and by
some M stenons prj ess found himself
looking IN at the very same window that
had disclosed such a vision to him the day
before In a little while our hero's
enthusiasm overcame everything else, and
he hal gwen most lmpetuous knock al
the door WITHOUT s;n lie idea in his head
as to what he should say ~hen it opened
H. ~as excessively frightened at what be
lad done, and half reso we'd to run away,
but while he was standing irresclu'e. a
light footstep crossed the reom. and the
beautiful teacher hall opened the door.
Mad m. stammered the wh.lom ele
CANT Irving. ii me 10 see the