Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1860-12-21

coming the young collegians.
81 dare say not" cried Edward as he
knocked the snow from his boots; eve
chartered another sort of vehicle-hey,
WHIP"
"Tho fact is" exclaimed Will, 'we
started with sunrise this morning but met
with most provoking breakdown by
the way So, not to be cheated of our
THANKSGIVING, we footed it through the
drifts. We've lost Parson Woods ser
mon, but we are in time for mothers din
ner and I assure you q walk has given us
a pair of appetites."
So they sat down to dinner at last, all
the loving and merry ones. Grandfather
hushed them for a moment, while he lifted
his bronzed hands over the huge platter,
and invoked bountiful Heaven in a lengthy
but fervent blessing. Then followed the
usual chattering and-but | need not de-
scribe it all-you see it as well as do.
"The swish bone fell to the share of
the shyest one, little blue-eyed Nelly, who
carefully wrapped it in her white apron as
sacred treasure.
"Coz, may break with you?" screamed
her cousin Harry, from the other end of
the table.
"No, am going to break"
"With whom, should like to know"
"With aunt Susie, then," said the lit
tie dove, nesting mildly to her side
"Aunt Susie! aunt Susie would look
finely breaking a wish bone p
"And why not, Master Harry? % said
Susan, merrily. g assure you | have
broken more than one at this very table.
"And did your wishes ever come to
pass-did they Aunt Susie? ?" cried hun
dred voices at once.
Eyes, did they ever, aunt Susie" chimed
in Edward, casting up from his plate a
sidelong demure glance, that brought
bushes and dimples to her cheeks.
Susie had some quiet little Irritation.
Suddenly her face grew serious. She
caught Adelaide's expression of counten-
ance as the latter quietly rose from the
table and made some excuses for with
drawing.
The wish bone was broken to charm
swapping exactly in the middle, to the
infinite amusement of the Juveniles, who
had been making bets on the result. The
babies went to sleep at the right hour pre-
cisely, and packed into their snug era
dies with blankets and pillows. The OIL
dest of the company were ensconsed in a
corner playing "button," and the broth
ers and sisters clustered in quiet little
knots. William and Susan sat by the
window, not to sentimentalize over the
moonlight that came Pickering through
the feecy clouds, but to gather up the
threads Of confident tete-a-tete-to chat Of
college scrapcs and-saye the mark
school ma am rogueries.
Grandma and her knitting Of course
bless the dear old fingers that had kept
so many feet warm and SUSIE the mod
ern substitute, a crotchet purse to knit.
William" said Susie, lowering her
voice at pause in the conversation, and
glancing up furtively, "what do you think
of Addie, to night?'
William stole glance around. "Much
as usual, is she not, poor thing?"
"See how she sits there, with her fin
; gers moving through baby's curls, and hel
eyes fixed on vacancy"
"This was her first wedding night, you
know"
II tell you, Willie, that Addie loves
Reynolds with her whole heart yet, al
truly as she did on that evening. sh,
had never spoken his name, even to me
since the day father forbade it to be men
! toned in his presence, but there is some
thing terrible in this statue-like grief o
hers"
A sharp quick bark under the window
: arrested the conversation.
"Be quiet, Growler old fellow, wha
are you about" shouted William, and h
y was still.
! Dear, silent Adelaide now brough
9 around the tray Of nuts and apples, an,