The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-01-22
MISCELLANY.
WHO STOLE THE SPOONS :?

ii re,y short Time ago; i'll heed. it might
have been On the iir>t day ui this prr-' nj
yerr; an sine it ought To point 1t moral,
We iecor II that it may.
Nir,. Is unrnrl nd her daughter Fanny
were receiving New Years calls. The
la r lwkei v ry prrltp in II dress If
white alp ca trimmed with til new shade
ot emerald grurn, with licckacc and
hra elrts to match, and, for contrast, an
apple pink ON her checks that was perfectly
| eli; rniug Her lair hair aud drlica e
{ mpl, xion made hi, st> ut drc-s he
counrg even h, daylight, which i saving
much l.r + M youth and oe.uiy
{ Mrs. l'rlIrtmcll ,d'lir,i her Inughi.r
mur than >hc cdrri Ia ,how; and so in.
hos pleased and bail the clnl was, lie
took fresh intcr 81 IN the day whica
secretly, she had dreaded, n. more wrati
some anl Annoying tian pruriahlr She
/ hers, II WAS II fine loo i,4 m.,tiun, hanI
-Umcly dressed, and graccfiI; bat, as
usual with our Ann rlrau uuuIh,rS, lic
daughters inter 3: arh enjoyment were
first To he considered. Cons qrrn;Iv, it
may I've gu">se, that The prcpon I,Innre al
CALI rs lay with III" >rIv v",iIn 'u,n, who
paid their resi- @ Is TO her only At rll,
might thus obtain the prlNI' &c % Visiting
Ms Fanny
The rings 1T the door b Il wrrc q iii
inrt ssnt, IN spite nt the wr,tchrd u.uI
which m 'dr walking. un lh II dn>. a traI
rcqurn. 10th strength and cOur &c. II
matters not whether the mo lp> brown
stone front residence of our f,inil, stood
upon lir"okIyn lIighr, or somrNn T..
within II mile of Murray Hill. il Wa
handsome. though not uxunuu-, an II
tidy IN id. instead Of u ivrrlrd l,"rm,n,
opened the duor. They hal their tar
share of iiyr fri.n,ls' AMI II stlli
greater nnmhc', whom they c~trrmri
quite ~ highly. who m,lr their lais hina
apologies for the state of th.l p"d; rx
trrnltics
1t was drawing toward ia. rlu>. ut
the short alter" During II hnnk H.
the swIitly-,urning wheel of tm.', when
there were no names 10 Announce. an
| the two cuu'd >it mnnIcni 20 rest their
feet (and face, too), Fanny remarked,
with little sigh:
&" wonder why Charlie has not been
here to-day, mother 3
- Ic will come. oi' course lIci> qnitc
likely to make all his other calls first. 50
rs to stay little while wien he Reaches
here. You need not expect him until
evening.
AT that moment, to prove the inl~ity Il f
her prediction, the hell again sounded.
and Charities gaJ voice was heard in the
hall, along with number of others
Mother and daughter arose 10 their places,
wondering at the cummollo IN the hail.
and why their visitors dill not enter
A softer flush sprung to Fanny's check.
and brighter li.hl 10 her eye. Charlie,
though n, word of love had yet been >ln
ken between thrm, had aivrn anlr proof
that he would soon become II declare
suitur-her tIs,-anl he WAS all that
her parents desired for her, in the way of
character and Standing, and all that she
required Tor herself in the wa, of youth
AMI romance. 1t WAS for Inn that she
wore the lu-irnus white al pIc,, AMI the
transparent, glimm'ring ornaments OF
green. She had thounht of linn when
She wound the preen ,e.yct flht nb,ut
hrr ha,r. and ulurrd thr vIntc ch,,s,n
thrmum- above, her lair forehead Mas
hr, in iced, all !-,r was hls .h,nce lh,.
best, simply because it VAS the lir,t ami
only.
That question was about TO he rri..d.
and. alas. the answer. ciyvn ON the .o,.
ond day of III" New Year. mi.hr h diff.
lrrcnt from that ON ,h,. fl Il. FINN. WAS
nbpni 10 have her con>rancy tr,trI
Another Iiitl.. hur.t ot talk anil ,,,,,,,t,r
in tll, hail. and ilrn the door y,- mr., 81,
open and Charlie entered. with (nnr ar
iiy. of their m,rn,l ncnu ,inr,nr., ami 81,
stranger. Thi> ,trann,r. Il MIR la,. h,.
tonk the r,.pun.ihility of urrs,.n I'M, 81, II ..
ladies. cxplnininr. IN "A brrf a,Ic IA Mrs
B,ummpu. tb,t me .y,s 9, o.uil..m,r ,r.,,,
the South. who hoar,l.d ,.i rh, .am. L,u.,.
with himself: ihn, b. IVA. oyt,c rl,.
family an ncromplishcd man. , I-u,,ni.,
all rrhl in eyr,v rc,prci. that he th,,r.
lie. piricd hi. L,nel,,r,. hu. - couu,r
ativr slrnn,or ia th. ,,tv and ,I.,h n,t