Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-09-04

all were startled by sound of shivered glass
and Phidie (abbrcyiation of Sophia uttered a
cry Of alarm.
oh ma look at Cillyn blossom number
four, art. 9 named after her mother) She had
got uncle Archy's cane. and had tested the yir-
tue OF the pretty gold head by putting it through
Il window pane.
why, Cilly. what has she done? cried her
mother. Cilly began to cry. At that moment
young Archy rocked over, falling not as his un-
Gle had done on the Hover bed but his face ON
the floor. Another cry. The benevolent bach
clor sprang to lifl uphiS namcsake from beneath
the overturned chair. and, STOPPING, struck his
head against phidie's nose. Third crv added
to the chorus. Mrs. Blossom. meanwhile. was
occupied in running over Benjie, whose fingers
she had previously Iinchpd by too suddenly
dropping the table leaf when the alarm was Civ
en- At the same time Cyrus, with his soapy
hands, ran to the rescue, and took the cane
from the aflrightcd ard screaming Cillv.
What did tell You, Archibald Blossom p
said the bachelor to himself i knew pcricctlv
well You would be a victim And stepping back
upon Kittens tail he elected squall' Of pain
from the feline proprietrcss of the pinched APP
rendage, and NEW of solicitude from the ma
tcrnal cat.
For few minutes the domestic confusion in
the cottage surpassed the most dreadful scenes
the blchelors Imagination had ever conceived
Bnt the tumuIt soon passed the broken glass
was picked up; the cane with the streaks of
Cyrus's soapy fingers on it set away; Philic's
nose was washed. which had hled md Bios
SONS number three and four put to bed. after
saying their prayers and kissing. with oozy IA
ces-or rather kissing at-tHeir uncle Archv.
henle and Phidie were suffered to sit up half
an hour longcr, upon condition that they should
DehaNe themselves at the expiration Of which
time they also said their Now Law me and
'Our Father at their mothers knee greatly to
the edi'icatlon of their uncle, whom thcv after
ward kissed at, with good night, on going to
bed. Cyrus, in the meantime. had gone TO
spend mis- evening at the village stores and bar
rooms; and now the widow and the surviving
brother of the late Benjamin Blossom were left
alone together.
The cottage was quiet single lamp was
lightcd; the grief stricken widow took seat
rather near the surviving brother. As they dis
cusscd the iamcntable news thelasf steamer mad
brought she drew her chair closer still, allowing
her head, weighed down bv aflttion, to drop
sympathetically toward his shoulder. Archy
was deeply troubled.
Il am more than ever convinced that | shall
be a victim. he thought, as he glanced sideways
at his companion; but. really, and uuon nv
soul, there's something pleasing about her" In
the Abandonment of grief She let her hand drop
upon MS knee. She was too much absorbed by
her sorrows to think of removing it, Archv
experienced very strange sensation. He had
never IN ms life known ANYTHING to produce pre-
clsely such an effect a> that hand upon his knee:
and he wondered if his companion was really
aware that il had gone a visiting. Then Archy
ms own hand I'm the abandonment Of
S'!e') 10 drop near the widows. There is some
thinS magnetic in hands. They attract BY Laws
inHie suotle than the loadstone's. Two peculi-
alE chaTsed h1nds upon the same knee must
a'. '''e, 1'''i. uoucn Archi PAIN lay IN the most
,,li ''"'i''' upon 'he back OF Irsctlia,S
hers hers an eneonrarHSng HSS movement on bar
then nesting together of thrillirg a,I,, Iaa. It
an ardent mutual prcs>ure-and Ircb, ,'; t',,1 'mu1
himself in a position which he would ba, da','
ed utterly impossible an hour u,o Viii ,b,,
soft. warm. flexible electric c,ndnctor ,,,,,,. s,'.
il, vital streams into his yeins be po'.'
cd. as never before. how men or, e,,,ra, j.,
to matrimony. lie saw how his hrn,bnr I,h', i.
lamentcd BENJAMIN. had been cntr,,,nnj o,'J
forpaye him II was Ircb,,s lnt, bdrnI ,i, I''a
caspcd pri>cllas.ft ,bc L;; ,i'.'
and now his other arm Gail in t6c abonJnn,non,
of r1icfl fell from tho ron of bar cba;r ad ii,,
ed near her waist. Her rigbt hand mo, Iii. ~,
to rcmovc !, but 70 d,a, i 90, Nv.
her. Al the same time her beoJ vh;:h "'Y"i h"J
been droouiu., SO lone. toucbej bis 'SnnlH'. i'au
Silence and Two deem brr,,hS Vnr,. ,',,,',i
he had lost a brother ond sbr bn.IonJ nrj
This was consolation ''''''''' ''''"
Nv dear sister said Arcbv lyon r,,., ,o+
let-ah-eircumstan tronLlc ,oI I''Ga, S,, .'o'
l;tte nrorortvo,,o,,, ,a l,,, iANt
and have rut nv a l;,,lo ,n ,,a'';Ia ''';',e
AGAINST such dov ~ ,iis f'r ol,,oys ~,
Beniamin's projects would ,nrr on; IN ~" ro o",o
such way and Won 500 Won are No, " ,ro,', o.ade
,nythinG. priscillo~-' ~" 'i' NV ~ want ''i
:Ob dear. deor Arcl,. bIoss ,.o,,r s.;I ,ha
widow. with so much c,no,;n, ,Iot 50 ,.''N ',.e
lrawn rigbt ovt ~ aroh,,s s'''' .p ,e"s NeLe
money want, Trne i h,va c,rr J1 oh;lJrdn - 80"
thew are friendless ornbansMI am % ronr .m'.' bnt
can work for them With my lost hropp,b W.,
money want but symna,br-o w hrn,hors i inro To-"
-sop{ebodv to talk 70 ,ba, - S;o'"t' =, 'o'p
my heart from breaking wbiIe INV J"ar cb;lTep Gr
i've, oh. nromise ne ,hnt 'Sbo i,. i'i.'.
Arcby lie knew he was ,;o,;n, Inn, Ho ~
perceived that 70 he vctr r ,o;mh, Io' bo na ",so
han he had deemed ''''' "''s"' W '"eo'ei
A. th;s ;n,orost;,,, ,,o..,...
shutting of shoes On ,ba stoor aoor foIIo,sod
and Cyrus DroLe walk eJ muG nJ ;nt
tbe room Il am savod ,ho',,.h, o a.oi, il,.o W',