Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-10-31
The Stolen Child:
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II A LYNN'S REvENG e.
A ROMANCE OF THE SHENANDOAH
concluded from last week.)
CHAPTER III.


food of golden glory over the brown hills
while the valley looked dusk and dark in
the shadow, when Farmer Lynn came
home that night. He paused at the gate
to leave few things which he had
brought up for his guests, and then drove
on to the barn. Margery was there al.
most as soon as he.
"Oh father p she exclaimed, "those
are the incest men in the house; YOU
have no idea; They are not a bit like
the folks about here that you and | know.
1t makes me thiuk of some books i
have read, when hear them talk"
What does your mother say to EN- ?"
asked MIR. Lynn hesitatingly, stroking
lie name Of his horse uneasily.
"She didn't seem to quite like it at
first, because they came, le;crncd Aars-
cry in lower tone, "bus | reckon she
don't say much to them, though, aud
looks so strange, sometimes, that | don't
know what to think"
The farmer looked up with quick
start He put his horse and wagon away
in silence, hardly seeming to notice poor
Margcry, Coming home like this, he
usually had good deal to say to her but
now his fund of small talk seemed quite
exhausted.
Pretty soou he went in, pausing Oh
the back stoop, to wash and clean him
selfe up little. Barbara was looking
sui len and cross She sent Margery
away, and then took up his supper, which
had been left warming by the fire. All
this time her brow was wrinkled and
: stern.
What is the matter Barbara" asked
her husband finally, lifting his eyes from
his plate, where they had been resting
+ silently while he ate.
Matter enough p was the harsh reply
And then she put her lips close to his
ear, and whispered sharply
r james, that man, you know who
mean, is under this roof at the present
moment"
What" he exclaimed, starting from
his chair suddenly, his face growing
, white.
i; ut is a fact" she went on harshly
T. "George lngestre Rossmere He has drop
, ped the last name for some reason. Il
has lecn sixteen years since | saw hin
:. last, but | knew him. ! don't think
could ever mistake Rossmere," speaking
bitterly.
pharo vos sbort silence
e What shall we do, Barbara?" asked
Mr. Lynn in miserable, abject way
g covering his face with his hands.
= 81 should think you would ask tina
James after having brought all the troub
j. lie. upon yourself"
}, "How was to know when | invited
s them here? had never seen this Ross
- mere, and then he called himself lnges
tire, so there was nothing in the world t.
J, make me suspicious"
n "Well, don't drivel about it now,
n whispered his wife inpatiently. "Ther'
c is little risk to be run, after all. H,
= has no. rccog lizel me yet and hard
i. I,v think he will There is no danger, 81
far as you arc concerned for he neve
e knew you"
They sat there in the gathering dusk
!. for a long time, consulting together
i. Margery, coming in, at last, after lonI
L. ramble in the moonlight found them so.
n n "Its time you were in bed, hid,
l. said her mother, getting up and speaking
a, sharply. "And mind, Mag. that yo'
o don't try to get too familiar with thos
u officers. won't have any shameless, for
N N ward hussy about me, you may depend OIL
that y
At Margery said nothing but went sadl.
ye up to her little chamber. Mrs. Lynn
N !. last words seemed like hot fire poured o
i her sensitive brain.
as After that night, week went vor
swiftly by. Paul and his friend mad
<, themselves quite at home at the cottag'
r. enjoying everything capable of atfordn
as as amusement. James Lynn, notwithstar
in ding a certain shyness or retcence tha
marked his manner, tried to make hin
,' !. self an agreeable host, and succeeded &C
- mrably. alter MS rough way.
= Barbara avoided the guests as much
possible, seldom exchanging word wit
al either Of them. Still she contributed HI
mite to their enjoyment, by keepin
n is their room in order, and preparing f
them the most tempting viands With
n, the compass of her means. She conti'
~ y, ued to 90 about with the cold, hard loc
on her face that had been there from u
r first hour Of their coming
?. n, As for Margery, it seemed like nc
ne life to her, as she had expected It wou
She was strangely happy. Despite b
!, mothers injunction, she often walked o
o, Of with Paul. or sat beside him in the co
~ yeranda, in the fierce noontidc hea
re Colonel IDgostre she rather avoiled,-