The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-10-22


suading, X ,tie carried the day. as she
generally did, and it WAS finally agreed
that she was to meet them there immed.
ately after tea.
AT the appointed time KITE made her
appearance. basket in han |, but bare
headed, to the asionshmcnt Of the grl-,
who were W ,iting for her ON the porch
"Whcre's your hat p was the imnedi
ate inquiry.
"lhe last | saw Of it, was going over
the dam," was the cool reply. "A puff
Of wind took ii off nv head as was
G. los' NJ the bridge. But | wasn't gong
clear home again thought that coull
borrow something, or else tie II hanlker
chief over my head"
81 know what I'll do !" she exclaimed
triumphantlv, rs she sped II pile nt hats
that Josie had been brni'Iing Il Il wear
one of these; it will be iu>t the thing"
80 will | So will We alt was the
merry response
And following Kate's example, they
arrayed thrm-elves in The coarse straw
hats, very generally worn by men and
boys, duing the warm weather, in Their
out-duor lab +.
Thus equipped, with mrny laugh at
the Transformation thus effected, especially
in connection with their jackets. protusely
orn,nrnted with buttons, they t out
upon their expedition IN high glee.
Squire Graves, the owner of Peubly-
l,,., Il. I ia 4
joining it, had been II resi- lent Of Green
Vile but few IN ,nth1, during which time
he had kept himself very SECURED, turning
Il cold shoulder to the rat Ier utfi apuS tut
well meant overtures of his neghburS &c
be sociable," as they called it. There
was litla known in regard TO his aniece
dents, with the exception that he was
man of considerable means and unblen-
i-hed chhrac er. On passing through the
place he had been attracted by the beau
uiul situation of small farm that was
for sale. He bought it, AMI tearing i Iwn
the Old farmhouse, built II conmpd,ouS
AL pleasant man-ion, where he lived in
solitary state with no on but his houses
keeper and one man servant, rarely going
into public, except to church.
lie was not generally liked; the men
folks laughed at his am ,teur farming, and
their wives were not little indignant at
his want of appreciation Of the hospitality
tor which they were note1 AS for the
young ladies' of Grccnville, they were
OF the opinion that he was very hand
th.. 4
who declared that he was Ga horrible
looking creature, With his fierce whiskers
and staring black eyes
Squire Graves was by no means mis-
anthrnpcal in his natural disposition on
the contrary. he had heart more than
usually symp ithelic and generous in its
impulses His Wclus:Jn and the chilling
reserve Of his N nnrrs were owing to Il
recent family affilrlinn, which, though it
attached neither disgrace or blame to him,
had cast II temporary gluom over hi.
feelings, and IN ,de him .hrlnk from sori-
ETY.. lie had settled himself down To the
dull routine OF ms present life with the
fixed determination of never leaving il ;
but alas for the vanity of human rcsnlu-
tion, especially those which repress the
natural craving of the heart for. love and
sympathy, he was already growing weary
OF 1t. An'l, AS near the close of day-the
warm July day above IN 'niiunad- he sat
upon the vrranda smoking, AN unusually
lonely feeling came over him, and the
silence around him seemed almost oppres.
sivc.
'What bewitching pretty connten-
ance that girl has - he sclilnquiz.d -
''kate Wilde. | believe they call her.
think >er heard snch sweet laugh. "
Squire Graves hal seen Kate at church
every Sunday since his arrival and had
been iiresiSrahlv attracted towards her ;
and that very morning, "a he Glanced to
90 by her fathers house, he had caught
a glmpae of her bright eyes and rosy
cheeks in the garden into which he had
been tempted To look by the merry tone
and cheerful laugh which proc eded from
it.
Then as he dreamiy watched the smoke
circlng above his head, he fell to won.
drrinI how such face would look Cd.
pnsite him every morning at the break
fast table, AMI ~ha; a genial trasfnrma-
lion they would eff ct in his lonely home.
Fom which bIissfnl dream he aroused
himself with n half sigh at the crlhacy
to which he had inwardly pledged hlm-
self
"Them pcsky boys are in the medder
again, squire" said his man Joe, thrust :
ing his head through the door. "That
ere grass will be So lied up that it can't
be moved nohow You can fix it,"
The boys of the ntighborhoo had been
very annoying of late in their depredations
upon his orchard and garden, in which he
took no little pride, AMI the announce
m'nt Of this fresh ''rai'r' q lite exh .usted
his remaining stock of patience.
"They are p he exclaimed "Tvc
tried what virtue there is in words, now
Ill try the etf'cr Of something more ro-
tent. Go and unchain Brnno!"
With the huge masriff at his heels,
which, fierce as it was, was perfectly un.
der his masters control, Squire Graves
reached the brow of the hill which gave
him view Of the fair raj lers. In a
s'oopng posture, little c,uli be discerned
OF them above the tall grass save their
heads, whose strange gear certainly gave
them very masculine appearance.