, 1864-05-01

sat In the costtr, pairing hfs apple, hI said III
!,an ling voice: without looking up
s.'se & ,soa xoat sGs g, I'll bet anything. said
"WLat'Il you bet ~ eaid I:
:"Bet 4 Mss from the pretticst girl In the |
rcom!"> ), -, -, 49,
They thoSght l wouldn't go,, because I'd
ucfcr been particular to any gtn, x
After we went to bed that night 8ht jamie n1s
offered to 70 in my stead- but nag
n.adc up my mind, and was nos 10 easlt!
Er1iy next morning, Nj. Nathaniel drove
Ep'to tue door III hss Yellow bottomed chnlsc.
The wheeling wos better than the slc'ghfng,
e1SfRe ere = 'fs be wG8a sula b.1lssted your ca
last, but you'll have good freight back When
ypu get to Swampsey- Village meet1ng-nouse,
turn of to the left, and it's the second
eonse, eqoned The roof behind slan1 an1''' 70 'ne
The s'ballast'' was heated stones. The .'pa.
peru consisted Of letter, addressed - to Miss rMlss
Margaret Holden, Mt the house of mr. oliver
The road to swnmpscy Village, after run;
VI wooded oS hiis cai|ed aThe Mountans
'Twos o long ride, and couldn't help gues-
sing what manner Of girl would In few
Lours be sitting BY my side Wopld ahe be
hoped she y ouldn't be citi1ed, al pride and
poltteness. And Of all things, hoped she
VI nd not be- bashtul. : Two dummies, one
In each corner, riding along In the cold
ANY way," thought Ut LAST, IT'S no
ailair # mine I'm only &c sent so;ne 81 ~ =, e.
sheep or bug Of corn.' And with thls
idea. whipped mp. But the sight Of
| the slnpting roof made me 6lspken the relns
and when ffound1myself really hitching my
| Eolse, was sotTy came.
Before reached the door, It opened, and
there stood a ~hltt. haired old map. leaning
upon two canes. He wanted to see who had
come. I told my GRAND He asked me- into
the Kitchen. As entered, looked slyly
about. to see what could see. But there
ming candles. She looked straight In my
face. The old man stopped down and shout
| ed in her eaF,-
"Hc's come arter Peggy! where is she!"
| "Dcuno," said she, todd1ing along to the
III e ieeoG 6Gebee en' qSMa %ssse As cser
aThe1e shs is ~ cried Mr. Bar1ows, from
back window,-s'in the patster, slidIn' down
lill Oh her jumper, Guess you'n hare to 20
look noa1,7 ees ~ pR E SegeE m'n the old "0"ans
But the old woman told me to alt up
to the fire and warm my feet; sald
she would hang out cloth and Peggy would
be IN directly. I would have gone very
willingly f1r sfse1 sapfft1lgg lg to 30 ln.eo aso,
out after Peggy was just nothing.
It was but little while before we heard
the jumper tattIfug along, and then q stamp
ling In the porch, Then We heard her hand
upon the latch.
so, s ysH1g Tsggt4 nng sss sss. ths S
"you'm sent for"
That was the first time ever saw Marga-
ret. She had on some little child's hood, aud
an old josey-coat, which covered her all over.
border, which made her lace look Ike q little
ITO 70 to 3lr. wllbur'a!" she asked, look.
Ing towards me.
rose to explain, and handed the letter.
She threw of her things, opened it and
spreading over her face, ] knew Mr..
Nathaniel had been writing some Of his non
"Peshaps," said I, US she was folding Il
up, "yon don't know NJ: Nathaniel III
Ssys Iy,,,a snyts1ng hnq don't know what he's been
~"Ob, nothing bad," said she laughing
"He only eays you are nice young man."
."Ahl" | replied. '.well, he does some
times speak the TRUTH
Then VIC both laughed, and, Tor new &C
quaintanccs. seemed on pretty good terms.
There was something ubout her face which
made me think Of the little Margaret who had
| moved away. She had the same pretty laugh
the same innocent-looking mouth,--only tht
child Margaret was not SO fair complexd0ned
reminded me Of the West India girls, as hat
seen them riding out in their to@a.tte4 I de
! | cided that was pleased with her. WheI
she was ready to 60, with her blue silkpeliss'
. and the plumes in her Int, I waa glad CAM
: and thought :"How much better Is git
than shecp!''
The old man made MS stay to dinner; bu
then he hurried us oil, that We might be owe
I the mountains before dark.
. The air was chilly when We started, aud I
few snow fakes were flying. But We ha'
; every thing to make us comfor table- The oil
! the wind was in our favor: our chaise had
; boot which came up, and top WHICH tippet
e down. We should soon be home. There i
, nothing very bad, after nll, In being sent 10
5 And VIC were not two dummlea. She va
9 willing to do her part in talking, and coul
, always hold my own; Il NO more.
She seemed In conEersation, not at all ltk
|. ns.littlc oung think" that kept turnin
> round to see If the look Of the child MAJ
:, garet was still In her face. :,
9 Oh, how that sweet face played the mischie
;, with mel And In more ways than one
d We were speaking OF large families; ha
|. told her about ours. All at once she csp1c
0 big rock ahead, which overhung th
| road.
C The moment ! placed my eye on it turue
Il the hoIee's head.
# "WEoDg road,h said !.
6 The horse had turned Oft when ! wasn'
l. m1ndilg, and waB taking us to Cutters Mill
4 We tried several ways to set ourselves rigt
n by a short cut, but were finally obliged to
p a1l the way back to where we turned OF l
!; . summer day this would have been 1engthet
b Ing out q pleasant ride. But the days wc1
It and, what was worse, tho wind changed, an
n blew them straight in our faces. By til
time we reached the foot of The Mountains
If was nearly dark, and showing furiorsly.
never knew storm to conc, on taste
d 'Twus a regular, old-fashloned, drivln
10 Margaret seemed noways down-hcartcd
But feared she would suffer. shook th
k snow from the blanket and wrapped her
D it. drew 1t over her head, pinned 1t unde
+. her chin, and tucked 1t all about her.
l Twas hard pulling for the old horse, b1
o he did we'll I felt uneasy, thinking abor
IT the blind roads, which led nowhere but
Wood-lots. Twas quite likely that the hoTa
e. would turn Into one Of these, and If he t1is
y Ne should be taken into thevery middle q
|
9, It seemed to nc we were hours creepin
d on in the dark, right in the teeth of tt
e | storm. TWINS an awful night: terribly colt
seemed Is Il 1t was window glass bcatin
l. By tue. .timc Judged We had reached tt
s. top Of the mountains, the wind blew hu
:, ricane- Powerful gusta came tearlng throug
b the trees WhlEifng the snow upon US
E. great enotheIiug heaps. The ch4l
!e was tull Ny hands grew NUM-
], and began slapplng them upon N
knees. Margaret threw off the blanket vii
u JERK, and seized the reins.
10 "stupid" said abe, "to be sitting he
Id wrapped up, letting you ftcczev'
s, the felns, and stopped short
p urged hiln on q few yards, but We werc
e cleared place, and the snow had driftc
e II was no use. He was tired out
d. "Take him o1t!'' cried Margaret; "V
ze can ride horecback.n
1e lsprang out, knowing that no time shon
cr be lost. Margaret had not complained b
was chilled through. My feet were III
m ].hlocks Of wood. / knew she must be ha
Id frozen. It seemed as II never should
st any thing with the tackllug. Ny fnge
ct were nnmb, md I could hardly stand up, q
ID with The help Of my jack.kn,fe clear
ur the horse. rode him round to the chaia
and took Margaret up in front Of me, tn
n let him take his own course.
G asked Margaret II she was cold. She "a
O. a1es," In . whisper. Throwing open t
Id blanket had let In the snow upon her, Al
er the sharp wind. The horse loundered aho