Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-23

"Some difficulty about my stomach and
Chest" replied Fred &c what, don't know
feel very comfortable when keep still but
when move, dreadful Distress
"To keep still, then, is the best of medi-
cine,' said Emma. 81 advise you to keep
still"
"1t probably wouldn't cure me-" replied
Frederick, " though it might keep me easy
Your mother said she had some medicine which
she thought would help me-"
81 presume so she always knows what to
do when one is unwell. Do you remember
what it WASP"
"Some kind Of a Syrup-Magic Syrup, I
guess"
so, yes, know-Guttknechtt's Magic Syr-
up, good for all diseases, and, of course, appli-
cable to your case," said Emma, going to a
little cupboard over the cellar door, and hand
ing down bottle of the Syrup.
dose was poured out and administered to
the patient, who soon after worked his way to
the great lounge, where by dint of much turn
ing and changing of position, he succeeded in
remaining all day.
1t was long day to Fred, who, though quite
well, and accustomed and inclined to action,
was compelled, in furtherance of the plot, to
keep quiet, and feign sickness.
And to Emma-who long before the day wore
away, began to suspect that some evil was brew
ing-it seemed as if night never would come.
Better for her if it never had She had never
before been left alone so long at time, and as
night at length approached, she began to look
anxiously for the return of her mother, and the
two men from the field.
The men usually returned before sunset but
now the sun was but just above the mountains,
and yet neither men or her mother appeared
She went out on the verandah to enjoy the sum
set. 1t seemed to her it never appeared so
beautiful; not cloud above the horizon, but
the great blue expansc now lit into crimson
glow in the west, and subdued into the most
delicate tints at distance from the great CEN
tire, and the great mountains with their deep
shadows, and the broad lake, clear as crystal,
and studded with islands, all conspired to create
emotions in the bosom of the imaginative girl,
which could only have their full realization in
that better land whittier we haste.
The glory of the scene unconsciously remind
ed her of one equally beautiful three years be-
fore, when another was there to enjoy it with
| hnr w hara 10 Tnor po1p sbo ool-oJ bor
self. I" Is he too looking at the glorious sun,
and thinking of home? Alas, ! may never
know But l shall see him again-he will
come-he will come soon and father too, and
we shall be so happy. The shadow is lifting,
the sorrow is going"
The sun crept gradually down, as she sat and
unused, and ere she was aware of it, shade of
darkness had settled over the old home, and
everything around. She started up, in surprise
at the lateness of the hour, and the men not re-
turned, and hastened in, to find Fred considira-
bly, worse, and begging her not to leave him.
What can have happened, that the men do
not Gomez" asked Emma
The men wont be here for some time, re-
{ piled Fred " They are down in the Corey
lot.''
The Corey lot was q wood lot, at distance
of mile and a half from the Howard farm, on
which was clearing which they were endeav-
oring to get into crop.
" But who is to mllk?" said Emma, who
began to feel uneasy.
"They, when they come. dear, dear, 0
dear " answered Fred.
Emma thought it very strange that the two
men should be sent to the Corey lot that after
noon. Both were there at noon, and she could
hardly credit what Frederick had told her Of
their absence, any more than she could sympa-
thize with him in his suaerings. Hastily put
ting on her sun-bonnet, she determined to 60
in sight of where she knew they were laboring
in the forenoon, and see if they were not
there. She passed out of the house, and down
the gravelly walk, by the summer-hOuse, to the
gate that opened into the main road, where, be-
tween o thick clump of rose bushes and the
fence, she discovered a huge pair Of boots in
plain view, and the dark outline of a man,
crouched as closely to the ground as possible,
and in as small compass as convenient. Sup
pressing the shrek that rose to her lips, and
controlling her emotions with strong effort,
she few back to the house, weeping with the
excitement which the discovery had caused
To add to her terrors, as she quickly entered
the house, she saw Fred drop suddenly and