The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-11-19

inc custer ana PROCEEDED 10 0ust the
parlor.
Her morning work finished. she went
up stairs into the little attice room,
where things long forgotten were stored
Opening an old trunk, she seated herself
on a small chest, and commenced a re-
view Of its contents A neat pasteboard
box held the cloth and the gay worsteds
with which the ottoman cover was to
have been worked. Tho sight of these
renewed many youthful days, and she
searched the trunk to the bottom to sec
what elsc it ight hold that bad been
forgotten since she left her childhoods
home. Hero was bundle &C letters
from her schoolmatcs foil OF demon
strations of lasting tricndship-friend-
ship that had not outlived tho poor lit
tie note paper that had testified to its
existence. Opening them, she became ab.
! sorbca in their contents and hour after
hour rolled by, and the village bell rang
the hour Of noon before Mrs Stanley
was sufficiently recalled to the present
time to know that she was mistress of
house of our own, instead Of an occu.
! pant of little old desk in yonder school
house on the hill where all these girl
| ish letters had been received and answer
ed.
We'll, well, I have lad two pleasant
hours, and have lived over some happy
days. After dinner l will certainly
commence the work havo planned" "
All tho afternoon her fingers few
mcrrilv over the canvas, and at evening
the task was nearly completed.
"Onc hour more Of work. and tboro
will be one bit more of furniture to sur
prise William with wien he returns.
When lie returns Let me see: that
will probably be in about three or four
days. Oh. dear what Iopc time I
know I shall have tho blues before he
gets home. Wen I will trv AND keen
them off with emnloymcnt. There ia
that tulin bed to bo weeded, III do il
now. "
Wedding is hard word if faithfully
done. Mrs Stanley worked until for
wcarincss. she knew sLo could work no
longer; 50 going into tho house. abe scat.
ed herself in the western bow window
and. taking her knitting-work, prcpared
for an hour Of tvilinht rest and medita.
ton A CITY belle would have smiled
at the bomoly occunation ihat busted
her fingers: but our little heroine was
country.bred. and had many oia.fasLion.
cd nations that made her a hammer wo.
man than she micht otherwise have
been. The soft clicking of a set of knit.
ting needles had som otbiro in its sound
pocnliarly ouic.iro and sooihino Busv
people sometimes have the feeIine that
thew cannot sit and fold their hand.
even when thew wish 70 think Lat me
assure my lady friends that with a half
knit stocking in their fingers all such
feelings will vanish. They will have
the happy consciousness that they are
doing something " aud that goc,
great way in making up the happiness
Of some lives Instead. therefore Of
leaning her head upon her hand. and
thus gazing out into the piqht. as hero.
ines Of romance are won't to do at the
twilight hour. our heroine took her knit.
,iua.work, and. sitting in an casy.chair.
looked quietly a, the fading sunset. the
slowly dcscendip, now moon. and the
| bright stars that came out one bY one.
Vrrv beautiful .h, ;houoht the scene:
ana then she wondered where William
was and what he might be doing per.
haps he will 20 to the theatre" she
thought; and then corrected herself as
she remembered that il was an opora
night. aud that he had always expressed
wish to see Vesta Vail.
Tho evening breeze at last drove her
FROM the window. and liohtinp the lamp.
She soncht the "Amusement " column
of the .Po stn and found that Vesta Va.
Ii would apncor in LDcy,tia Boyeia
"Ah. | am Glad of tbatl William
vii! epioy it LisbIyn Se,f.foreetful
She did not lament lint she could not
be there too but She n,o,ured ,he cav
scono At ,bc Academy and WINS honny in
Williams sunnosed Lonniness
4 fnw scenes in Kinosley,s . Saints
Tra,edvn-so sa5 that sLe could read
bnt n fow scenes. and lastly in accord.
snco with anothcr oId.fssLiouod nn,ion
a cban,cr in tho Rib,, and Inns ,lrs
STANLEY ended her first dav clonc.
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