Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-07-04
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HYDE PARK VERMONT. WEDNESDAY. JULY 4, 1866 ..@se

and think me over cautious ought to
be truthful, you know am afraid to
say that | love and will mary you."
"Why ?" 49, .a
Wont you be offended if | tell ?"
"No.
when you came here, ] thought you
were prodigal who had spent a fortune
in ,riotous living and who refused to 90
back to fathers house.. as did the
wiser one we read of in the Bible--was it
500"
ut was not I don't wonder however
that you formed this opinion ofme. Ny
youth was shiftless and monotonously
miserable. Understand me- have not
been addicted to the gross vices common
among young men. [ was a block of
drifting wood, floating about on the tide
of fashionable society will show that
| am capable of somethlhing better"
lyon haze shown me, Horace"
"My home is aluxurous one, my father
man of influence. one of the merchant
princes of New York. | can prove my
statements if it is necessary. | know in
yo,u estimation these last considerations
weigh lightly in comparison with the man
himself-will he do?"
''He will do" she said.
"Mother. have married my coutry girl
was his abrupt remark t. his maternal
parent, when his first greeting Was over.
This is She" and he drew Bell towards
him with proud fond smile.
Bell bore the examination of the lady's
critical eyse admirably.
"What do you think of my choice, moth
er?"
"shc will do. You always had excel
lent taste, my SON."
Thank you !"
"She will create sensation, | assure
you, in our circle-such fresh, pearly
little creature am in hurryto have
her INTRODUCED" and Mus, Gleason
actually embraced her daughteriu-law in
token of her approval and admiration.
81 am not so anxious about the sensa-
ton she creates elsewhere as am about
that with which she inspires me. -
"Selfsh fellow'
= "But haven't grown good looking
a mother %
/, "You are dark and your hands are hor
lrible. .
The tan and coarseness will wear away
! after while,
8 "Now, mother mine, you ara not com
plimentary. | admire them They CO.
brown and tough when | moved last
| summer .. ......... ....
, 81 wish you woldn't refer to your low
!. occupations !"
! "Low occupationsl why they and this
: darling have made man of me. was
nothing but waIkin signboatd for tht
tailor when | left home"
u. 4" How wilful and Independent yor
J are -
at is because have some one in here
r besides an idler," he said. striking hi'
h wel.developed chest. "Some one whC
n isn't too lazy to assert himself"
n ,'But now that you have returned yot
: must conform to the customs Of the soci
4 ETY. in which we move" .'.a
4 "But this is only visit. want Bel
. to see and be seen and then we are goinl
= back" ..
n Folly upon folly We will not lister
q to it. " '''.
II have learned to like the vocation
. have chosen, and | am happy in it, there
r fore it is not folly You shall come ou
It and help Bell and me pick strawberie
this summer"
"This is disappointment to me"
o al am sorry; but the country is th
. best place for me. am not Nimrod
/ but Jacob; and enjoy keeping shee
v and reading The Rural My ambition
!; is to be good man, frst-class agricul
" turist and | am heartily sorry if i
- clashes with your schames for my ease an
n aggrandizement. But there is one thin
X settled. Mr.. Phillips can't spare his hire
man."