Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-03-19

well,-only it didn't And then how they slid
down hill before church and SAY long two hours
thereafter in the square pew, smelling of meet
in'-seed,' and dinted with che kicks of weary
boys in new boots and finally, after the first
anthem and the two hymns and the three pray.
ers and the long sermon were over, came home
to dinner, where the children had their own Ia.
BILE at the end of the grown peoples board, and
Lizzy always took the head and John the foot
till, exhausted by the good things they had
eaten, and tantalized by the good things they
couldn't cat, they crept away to the fire and theil
picture books for a quiet hour, winding up the
day with all the plays that country and city
children alike delight in.
Then came recollections of later days, when
John was young man, and Lizzy sill little
girl,-when long talks banished turkeys and APP
pies and sliding,-whcn new books or sleigh
rides crowded out the games,-whcn the two
days of Johns yearly visit were half spent in the
leahess sunny woods, gathering mosses and
acorn-cups, delicate fern-leaves, and clusters oi
iire-moss, and red winter-green berries, for the
pretty frames and baskets Iizzy's skillful fingers
fabricated when he shook hands at cominga and
going, instead of kissing her but it seemed
just the same, somehow. Dear mel those days
We're all gone! John didn't care about her any
more! he was in love with a beautiful Boston
lady. Why should he care about homely lit
tie country cousinP He would go to live in
Boston in great big house, and he'd be great
man, and people would talk about him, and she
should see his name in the papers, but he never
would come to Coventry any more! And he'd
acted as if he did love her, too that was mems
way,-heartless things If John had good
time, what did he care if Lizzy did grow into q
gray-haired, puckered-up old maid, like Miss
Case, with nobody to love her, or take care oi
her, or ask about her or-or-kiss her P-The
climax was too much for Lizzy; great big tears
ran down on the arm of the stuffed chair, and
she would have sobbed out loud, only Chloe
opened the door, to put up the tea things, | sup
pose, and Lizzy wouldn't cry before her. But
for all that, she didn't hear Chloe come to the
Fireplace she only felt her sit down in the big
chair, and, simultaneously, a pair of strong arms
lit:ed Miss Lizzy Oh to John Boynton's knee
and held her there. 1t wasn't Chloe.
declare, one gets out Of patience with these
men they do astonish a person so sometimes
one doesn't know what to do or say. Lizzy had
been thinking TO herself, not two minutes ago
with what cool and smiling reserve she should
meet John Boynton, how dignfed and kindly
distant she would be to him,-and now, well
it was so sudden,-and then, as | said before
these men do get round one so,-if you happen
to love them. Lizzy forgot, suppose at any
rate, she wasn't dignifed, or reserved, or prop
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sho ra;saJ hor hoad ~ "n,,J III asoi
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rano f'Ii aT -. IJmnL"s n]u a 'o,! na ~
and no, be;ra b. parLaal;,o ,ho ea.,. s.~,,.
WAS If No conscouerce 70 h;rn '"' ''' '"'''
So after t;re - .i;nnod do,,, o. h.,
crcts, asa;r Iii ,onn;9 S,1rpu an ~ .Li
cba;r I'd Iohr av',o,',tsaad o =, wy 10. IL aI Wy
Low, ro,san ,S., had foIa,'aJ ~; ~ nsa .ne
He had bean "tfarod larss sa.rr , 10 81 no ,h,
head of nnblc srbooI in Ros,on s,d ,Snso ,,r'
davs had bcen devoted to orron,,nr ,ha otTa;r
he had satisfied the school cnn,Sr;,sse as ,n h,
capacity. and made IN his mind ON several ro;nt.
of minor imnortonce IN them hut nerhans
greater To him Among otbnrs be had fonpd
n house a tinv bors. y.i,b I;,,Io ,.ard baL;nJ
a view Of Boston barbor from the unner win,
dows. nil at n reasonable ront rrosnec, ,brow,
in -. this house bc had b;red ,nd nv ha bat
come to Greenfield for a bousekeener'
Iizzy suddenly discovered that sbe was HIM
gry, and invited John into the kitchen to Get
niece of pe but. after ali instead of ea,inS her
while he was eating his, she went nm Stairs
brushed out her hair and coiled il nm With n %
ral-tonped comb that come IN t;ght yor,
strangely. lust in time.--nut ON her merino frocL
her bracelet. and her SINNERS. bersel
nm in shaUls and hoods and m;t,ops and wa,
Ehed into John's buggy IN olJ CbIoe's e,rea
delight, who held the iamn' gr;nning nj, . lam an
tern herself and {ucking .Mr John's, fox ski,
round his feet ms if he had been ten wears old
So J;zzv Gr;swold d;dsae, 70 Coyen,ry ,b,
night before Thanksgiyinee after all !. and wber
Uncle Boynton met her et the door he calle,
her INV dear daughter perbans, as John baI