The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-06-03

proud Of him
For some time nothing occurred to
cause any unpleasant feelings between
James and his father. The hoy if not
iu radiant health was full of buoyancy
and hope "a the April suns and showers
brought freshness and beauty to the
fields and woods. Sympathy, that charm
of human life, and some other proofs Of
affection on the part of the father, had
obliterated from James's mind all the
petty discords of the past. May, with
its changing skies, had come, aud Mr..
H.. had arranged his business for leav.
ing home for a day or more, The morn-
ing was bright aud beautiful, and as
James swung open the gate for his faith.
er to pass out, his eye met his fathers
look, while he perceived beamed uuusu.
ally kindly upon him.
Now dear, don't forget the chores,
especially about the c,,tlc's breaking
through may buy you present..
Goodbye and she squire drove on.
How did the boys heart thrill with
happiness at these words, as he repeated
it himself in low tone-dear. Ldidu't
father called me dear well III do every.
thing just as be told me, aud more too
The cattle were in an enclosure ad-
| joining an orchard of valuable young
fruit trees, and the dividiu, fen,e was
now so insecure that without doubt they
would break over the same ia their ca
gerness for bite of the fresh grass just
appearing from beneath the brown coz.
ering James faithfully performed his
trust till the shadows began to leng then
little in the afternoon Of the second
day. He had been reclining at full
length 90 the ground reading from vol.
ume of Miss L,ndon's poems as lie
turned over the leave, of the book he
was particular to note those passages
marked bv his mothers hand. Oae of
these marked passages read
al do love violets;
They tell the history of woman's love-
Lead a sweet life Of perfume, dew and light,
Aud if they perish, perish with sigh,
Delicious as that life"
Attracted by the music of tiny wa.
terfall, he now laid down his book and
wandered down to the meadow and soon
the cattle were entirely forgotten as
with j,v unspeakablc. he found little
tuft of viole,s fully blown No sooner
saen than he ran with all possible speed
| for his spade. aud after snme little eff ,rt
10 which he was very careful not to break
or disturb the roots he b,re it short
ds'anco on the spade with feelings of
joy aud triumph.
Al this moment Mr.. II. mado hi. sp.
through the orchard S veral Of the
most thrifty trees were broken at the
roots, aud others more or less injured.
Accompanied by his bro'hcrin.law -we
had almost said evil genius, the cat
tie were Immediately driven away from
tho nursery.
where's Janios , said he, in voice
of anger, as be swung open the house
door.
The last the house keeper had seen of
Of him he was lying upon the ground
watching the cattle and reading book.
Well. exclaimed Mr. S. to the father,
if you don't give him something to
quicken his memory, this time. you'll
miss it. tell you when talk does no
good. try somathing else; you've spared
the rod LONG enouph-its awful AGRA.
vatinp-.bis i,
AT this moment james turned cor.
ner and stood before than The squire
whose wrath waved stronger seized the
book which Law at bis fee, and without
look;oo nj i, A,no Il at lanes, bo,d
His can fell from hi, head. and he dropt
the ,uft of violets, aud the father trod
upon and crushsd them in b;s r,oe
lanes w;ned ,hs heavv d,on, of mo;..
ture from his brow and a,temnted to
sne,k
.D,n,. vou ore, vo,r ,pou,b N m.
sir but walk into tbs house and Tll ,et.
tie with Won bv.and.bve,
lanes obevsd and a. III. breath cams
thick and choking he seated him ,.lf nv
an onen wind NV n his chamber How
Iorg be remained here with a ourren, Of
air blov;nc mon his aching hrow ia nm.
oa,,o;n e. tea,;me The bonss.kesne,
wa, bade to carry some sumner to him,
III. sho Ala br, bo daol;noJ o,,i,,