Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-02-11

shop, or trots alongside team looking as if he
were disgustcd with the world, and the world
with him. Our inland population, while they
tolerate him, speak of him with contempt
Old -, of Meredith Bridge, used to twit the
sun for not shining on cloudy days, swearing
that, if he hung up his "yallah dog" he would
make better show Of daylight. A country
fellow, abusing horse of his ncighbor's vowed
that, "if he had such lioss, he'd swap him for
'yallah dog and then shoot the dog.
Tige was an ill-conditioned brute bv nature,
and art had not improved him by cropping his
ears and tail, and investing him with spiked
collar. lie bore on his person, also, various
not ornamental scars, marks of old battles for
1ige had fight in him, as was said before, and
as might he guessed by certain bluntness
about the muzzle, with projection of the low
er jaw, which looked as though there might be
bulldog stripe among the numerous bar
sinisters of his lineage.
1t was hardly fair, however, to leave Almny
CUTTER waiting while this piece Of natural his
tory was telling. AS she spoke of little Jo,
who had been "haaf eat up" by Tigc, she could
not contain her sympathies and began to cry.
"Why, my dear little soul" said Mr. Bernard.
"what are you worried about? | used to play
with bear when | was boy; and the bear
used to hug me, and ! used to kiss him, - so p
1t was too bad of Mr.. Bernard, only the sec
ond time he had seen Alminy; but her kind
feelings had touched him, and that seemed the
most natural way of expressing his gratitude.
Alminy looked round to see if anybody was
near; she saw nobody, so of course it would do
no good to "holer." She saw nobody but a
stout young fellow, leading yellow dog, muz-
zlcd, saw her through crack in picked fence,
not great way off the road. Many year he
had been "hangn' round " Alminy, and never
did he see any encouraging look, or hear
any "Behave, naow." or "Come, naow, MT We
'shamedP' or other forbidding phrase of acqui-
escence, such as village bellies understand as
well as ever did the nymph who fed to the will
lows in the eclogue we all remember.
No wonder he was furious, when he saw the
school master, who had never seen the girl u-
til within week. touching with his lips those
rosy cheeks which he had never dared approach.
But that was all it was a sudden impulse and
the master turned away from the young girl,
telling her not to fret nerself about him-he
would take care of himself
SO Master Langdon walked on toward his
school-house, not dispieased, perhaps, with his
little adventure, nor immensely elated by it ;
for he was one of the natural class of the SEX
subduers, and had had many smile without
asking, which had been denied to the feeble
youth who try to win favor by pleading their
passion in rhyme, and even TO the more for
midabe approaches of young officers in volun-
teer companies, considered by many to be quite
irresistible to the fair who have once behell
them from their windows in the epaulettes and
plumcs and sashes of the "Pigwacket invinci
blcs," or the "Hackmatack Rangers"
Master Langdon took his seat and began the
exercises of his school. The smaller boys re-
cited their lessons well enough, but some of the
larger ones were negligent and surly. He no.
tced one or two of them looking towards the
door, as if expecting somebody or something
IN that direction. AT hali-past nine o'clock,
Abner Briggs, Junior, who had not yet shown
himself, made his appearance He was followed
by his ''yallah dog without his muzllc who
squatted down very grimly near the door. and
gave a wofsh look round the room. as if he
were considering which was the plumpest boy
TO begin with. The Young butcher, meanwhile,
went to his seat, looking somewhat flushed, ex-
cept round the lips, which were hardly as red
as common, and set pretty sharply.
Put out that dog, Abner Briggs :" The
master spoke as the captain speaks to the
helmsman, when there are rocks foaming at the
lips, right under his lee.
Abner Briggs answered as the helmsman an
swers, when he knows he has mutinous crew
round him that mean to run the ship on the
reef. and is one of the mutinecrs himself
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