Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-10-14

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jogging fearlessly alone toward the house
of Janet. My only dread was the little /
spirit, Fan, IL, after all, she should betray
us what dreadful, direful, desperate
mischief it would be | groaned aloud
at the thought yet l put brave face
upon the matter; | said that It il was !
right we would go, if not right We would
stay at home yet right or not right, IT
that miserable little Fan did betray US,
I'd spend all my days in avenging the
wrong-that was certain. Was | in earn !
est2 Did / mean it? We shall see.
How earnestly and anxiously / gazed
toward the chamber of Janet, as after
fastening my nag by the road side, |
walked cautiously up the long lane that
led to the doctors house. Oh, JOY mex
pressible the waving of a white hand
kerchief in the moonlight tJld me that
everything was right, and that in a few
moments | should clasp Janet to my
breast, mine, mine forever All, how
happy ] was $50 happy, indeed, that |
stood still there in the moonlight, with
my two hands pressing firmly to my side,
for fear my overloaded heart would burst
from me entirely. What figure l must
have cut then! What an Apollo l must
have looked, with my fine proportions
wrapped up in my wedding suit. l was
slender; | was tall; was gaunt; l was
sure | was terrible ugly looking at that
moment.
What possessed me cannot tell, but
from an old chest | had taken a blue
broadcloth swallow tail coat that had be-
longed to my grandfather in the time oi
the wars, and in the pride of my youth
had got into it. The tails came nearly
, TO my heels, while the waist was nearly
TO my arm-pits. The sleeves reached to
my fingers, hiding entirely from view the
luxuriant white silk gloves which | al
lowed myself for the occasion. Above
: this uncouth pile of blue cloth was perchet
. a hat. Oh, ye stars and moon that looked
; upon it, testify with me that it was hat
= "a hat and moi a stove pipei hat ant
= not boot leg! That hat looking bacl
at it through tho mist of t,venfy-i
years, it seems TO have risen TO the stat
ure of two full feet while IFS brim appear
little wider than my thumb nail. NJ
q eye-sight isn't quite SO perfect as it use
- TO be, and SO may not see quite rightly
4 Make all due allowances dear reader.
70 say l must have looked dgly at tha
IF moment. Be that as it may, | thought
if was looking splendidly; and that th
! figure / cut was an honor to the name
IN Brown, and | was proud of it; proud {
| stalked up to Janet's window, an
no placed carefully there the ladder that va
n, to bear her TO my side. Everything W.
= silent about the house. Fate was sureI
r with US. Fanny had been bribed inI
our SERVICE. AS / stood there | cou
: see her little figure fit noiselessly to an
fro by the window, and how / blesst
ed her-blessed her from the very bottom
r. my heart, for her sisterly kindness!
~ At last Janet commenced descendir
h, the ladder, and as she did so the mos
- crowded in out of sight under a hu,
black cloud. The heavens favored u
n; our success might be looked upon as fixe
ier Three steps more upon the ladder
res rounds and Janet's dainty little feet won
ant stand upon firm earth with my own
he The steps were taken, and she held for
,o moment fondly the sleeves of my bl
! broadcloth, before we looked up to 1
,ar window, both with upraised hands
his catch q small bundle of clothing ii
i Fanny was to throw down to Us a
which we had no other means to car
, with US.
NV Be quiet, Fan, whispered Janet,
Ter she appeared at the window and pois
the bundle above our heads. BE qui
NJ, Fan, for heavens sake, and drop it qui,
to Iy.'
had But Fanny stood there, swinging ba'
ward and forward the huge bundle, wi
out needing Janet's earnest entreaty.
-, p'' DO, do throw it Fanny dear!
'n have mercy on me What if fat
0"' should know Of this ? What Il he sho
~" be awakened "
La, give it to her, Fan; don't plai
- her, she is in hurry = called yo
at that moment from the closed blind
the parlor windows, which belonged
my none other than DIR. Stoddard.
,,ed Give her the things; and tell
oiled boys TO carry out bag Of corn, che
c.v and some wheat and butter. Janet u
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