Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-10-31
fiterarp 5elertions.
KISSING a STRANGE GIRL
IN "A STAGE COACH.

grandma, or the little people; that's all
in the family, and matter of course
| mean ones wife, sweetheart, and other
feminines that are not kin or blood con-
nection. That's the sort to call kissing
and that is the sort l am going to de-
scribe.
There is a beautiful village about
twenty-four miles north of New Haven,
called in the Indian tongue, Pomperany.
What il means IN Indian don't know
1t was not taught US in the district
school up there where we learned our A,
B, Cs, and afterwards progressed as far
as bra, ba, k-e-r, ker, baker: when l was
allowed to graduate and enter the
Youths Seminary" under the charge
Of the Rev. Mr.. Fuller. One of my
school-mates in the latter place was
bright, intelligent boy, of the name of
Walter Marshall. loved him, and so
did everybody else in the old village
love him. He grew up to manhood, but
not there. No; New England boys
don't grow up at home ; before they
reach manhood they are transplanted,
and are fourishing in all parts and ports
of the known world, wherever Yankee
craft has been, or the stars and stripes.
Walter Marshall, when he reached the
age of fourteen, arrived in New York
from his native village in the destitute
condition that is frequent among New
England boys; that is to say, he had
only the usual accompaniments of these
unfedgsd chips, who afterwards make
the merchants and great men of this
country, and not unfrequently of other
lands. He had little wooden trunk,
pretty well stocked with hum-mades,' a
. sixty-eight cent bible that his mother
packed in for him, fearful that he might
forget it, three dollar New Haven City
Bank bill, and any quantity of energy,
z patience, perseverance and ambition. He
! entered the counting-room of large
mercantile house in South street. His
4 honesty, activity and industry won him
4 many friends. Among these was an
Z English merchant, who had large CON-
mercial house il Calcutta, and branch
\ at Bombay. He was in this country on
q business connected with his commercial
firm at Calcutta, and did his bushes
Fl with the firm Walter clerked for and
L here the latter attracted his notice. He
was sixteen years of age only; yet the
Bombay gentleman fancied him, and
! made him liberal offer to 60 to India
with him; which, after very little pal
+ aver among his friends, Walter accepted.
New England boys don't often start of
/. on their usually long, wandering excur-
2 sions without first getting leave Of alb
y sence for a few days preparatory exer-
.- else, which they spend in going where
they originally come from and then
having taken few good looks at the
& weather-beaten church, the high ole
= steeple, which has wonderfully reduced
= in size and elevation since they first saw
z it, to notice it, IN school-boy days ther
]. they must hear the old bell ring once
Z more, even if they have to take a spell
e at the rope; then take turn among the
y 7. white grave stones, see if there are am
very green mounds fresh made, and if so
= = who among their old friends have gon,
u to their last resting place then to kis
IS mother and sisters, shake hands witt
IS father-and the stage is at the door G
y p the tavern, ard they are ready for
10 start, to go sanysvhere.'
= Walter went up to do, and did do, a
g this but he did not get into the stage a
:, the tavern. lie walked down the roac
ahead Of the coach, towards the oil
',s bridge, and told the stage-driyer to sto
~ and let him get in at the minister's hous
@E -at Parson Fuller's; Mary Fuller live
81 there, too, for she happened to be tn
parsons only laughter. She was tn
ie merriesi, loveliest little witch that eve
1eS wore long hair and had blue eyes. Sh
r' was only twelve years old, and Waite
was only seventeen. She did love hin
~ though he was almost all in all to her
he had fought her battles all through he
SD childish campaign and she had n
be-" brother. She was Walters cousin. too
a sort of half cousin for her moth,
had been the half sister of Walter
y mother. They were not too near relate
-B for purposes hereinafter to be named
sn Poor Molly she would have crit
Nj her eyes out on this occasion, had it n
Ds" been that Walters solemn phiz set h
ideas Of the ridiculous in motion al
she made merry ten minutes as win
,e,S up 70 their parting scene.
~, Tires days afterwads Walter was