Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-09-19
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An Intercepted Message.

than il did with Frank OHjtu anu sH1'' Ia
NAV. until theoocuuencs Of what Is mere le'1's4'
Frank vas all tenderness, and Susie was q" Iiu''
and. take il al together, H was Us cIeaI Va90 VI
the tenaer passion d, noNeh'I 10d'u VII
MANY we're Tie moonlight walks they 'ooH uhus'
the elm,. aud many whispered 70" mao 'he 'ea'!
hrorebe, heard, and never said anything aoou''
Over and over agan had Frank called on al tno
stars In the Milky Way to bear testimony 70 us
undyng love and DEVOTION ana over anu o'ei
again Lad Susie placed the same witnesses on 'ne
stand TO bear testimony to her undyns aeVou'D'
Twas as good a. a 0ooA.
Bat cloud arose on Franks horizon CLOUD
Of about the ~ aud Shape OF returned HelefAni
with bronzs4 caeek4 a0d au empty sleeve.
G.orr. Burns, wounded 10 TIE iaa' great l8h1
before Petersburg, hearing Tue news ot the su'-
render OF Lee, as he was lying 10 lhe Lo'P''''
thanked the Lord be had not been sAo. oul OF Nle
ssry.ce I'll. the war was over and then' "heh ne
vas allie TO travel, vent home 70 etJ0y lue Hs'U
vor.bi, that To some degree-by mothers ana
sisters at leas.-s paid 10 every ouc max tooN n's
life 10 his band and offered y upon lus ai'@' ~
his eountry The names OF these brave leAo"s
mas not i've 10 history they may not be lhAnAeu
in General orders; but somewhete-Arounu some
hesr,b-,tone--lhere /, wealth Of gratitude anu
nj love in store lor them. And 50 dil george
suddenly find himself hero. Old men shooA
him cordially by the hand and invited han 70 men
houses. where gsrruious old ladies' male Lim
a6ebt M. battles o'rr again, and re,a'e ne h'a-
,ors Of The los, arm I'LL be was fairly bored to
death.
m none was he more cordially welcomed Ihan
b. Susie May for, next 10 her fahH' slr NV
ID. s.. And Do. she
mt her httls white hands 10 his great brown ones
ner ewes we're mo.slened aud spoke NsicolAe
warmer than she though! u miiaeny 'ot ns'
tongue to express, il must be ATTRIBUTED 70 ue'
patriotism. But Frank did MOI 50 attribute
bat when he saw Susie listen with g'istenins eyer
and flushed cheek TO Georges account OF som'
grand charge, bette selfish bru1e-osgah u
consider himself neglected, % twist himself Va
easily IN his chair. TO cross and re-cfos' MS leRs
10 cough and trY to iook uncoucerned, 10 maxi
himself generally uncomfortable and hnai! 'oo'
his leave with a dslo,u,sd excuse about some I9E
gotten business. .,.,,.. -
Now the g-sen.eyei monster is probably 'l
most upp easant animal IN the social menageris
It's less 10 be desired thau skeleton 10 the ce'
ct. and more dsnsteiui than salt 20 one coffee
1t grows aslonsl.ngy, anu vita yoracous app'
IT. sooa deyouIs al. .1ye and honor and peace
mind Frank might have caoAed Bis end u
himself Of Il bad be not neglected 70 see ous
tina, evening; Ald when be Was making som
amsy excuse the next Cay, mad be not seen be
in the m.ds. OF bis biunderns mendacty' oo
,miing.y to George riding by whertupoa
seized bis hat aud .J't the room ~ gust "a
took The poor lutte beaulys breath away, and o
wdered aer into tears.
And so Frank let bis monster grow ud y can
10 be very .arso aud very green'eyed ana vel
ugly monster. lt eugrossed all hls time, ana 70
on nis health iearlu,y Nctuas lost their char
Tor him, and be became addicted 10 dirty sha
collars, and .oug purpose,ess nlgti-waAs, mute
inc as he walked, ." suppose il had gone a.
ostsnarm, she would ply some attention TO me
while Susiss warm hear, was struggling as 3
sat in the solitude o. her chamber, between oe'
tender love aud woman.y pride
But Frank had not lost aH arm. In fac.
never had manifested any itching TO 80 where
chanches we're 10 ilyor o! such thng' \
SnUe. though her carnes, loyalty could not
doubted, had never rsproyed him Tor u2'nS
gard but really fell relieved when he discover
that his business made II Impossible ior .
to enter the army. !, Sasa womaniy Weaen
that We can well piIuoA M"s" W. N''"N "
many. many women whose hearts have b.
crushed. and whose lives have been made desol
by The cruel chances Of the war. susie wa
warm and tender hearted little creature, Torn
for eneins affection, not for heroic sacrn
Tho she was hardly less proud Of George bu
than was his own sister Carrie, yet she always
deyoutly thankful that her Frank had not b.
taken away from her lfut, be had been tai
away from her for hundred days, and had ser
his country mauiully on the sanguinary held
Rock Island, guarding rebels. hu' Ihess rel
had no guns 10 shoot Oh reckess.y, not cal
whom they Bit, as they had in The south !
made al. the difference 10 the worlds and bes
Frank was oil the time within easy reach OF
important business Of his.
So Frank was soyely troubled in hs mind,
because he had not los. an arm, but bee
George Burns had, and Susie piled him 70
lie was uncomfortable when away from Susie,
could not keepaway from her, and !ei WIS scar
less uncomfortable when with her,
About this time Mrs. BArstow sent GU, her
yitauons for grand parly-one Of those imm'
crushing affairs that cause such a iiuIterlng
such an oyertauing Of wardrobes among the