Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-23

LAKE. n bteaincE was staftluB very 5oou
after our train arrived, so we made up our
minds to 60 on by it the same night as
far as Lausanne without making any
stop at Geneva. There was not any time
to spare, and Nick ran to inquire for let
ters, while l hurried the luggage on board
as best / could. My mother and Nick
settled down quietly on one Of the bench
es on deck to digest their letters as the
boat steamed out, Neither Fanny nor 1
had any to read; SO we leant together
over the bows and devoted our whole at
tention to the enjoyment of some grapes
and light fresh breeze which blew in
our faces, and was exquisitely refreshing
after the dust aud heat of the train. A
heavy shower had just blown over, leaving
the sky behind il as blue and sparkling
as the lake below, and the distant noun.
tains and trees on either shorey and the
sunny lanten sails Of the fishing boats
glistened in the clear shining sfter the
rain. We had not been very long in
that delightful state Of dreamy abstrac
tion which the full appreciation of beau.
tiful scenery at'once requires and prcdu'
ccs by an adapting power Of its own. when
Nick Joined us and broke the silence with
Jack, when you have quite done build.
ing castles mp in the Alps over there,
have got something to talk to you about,
if Miss Holmes will spare you fof a few
2l sgoJnoH Y,aissoE suodi y
"Very we'll, Mr. Barnard, you may
have for a little while, as you ask so pret
tily. but you must give him me back soon
He's very ussful to tell me the names o.
the places. Yoa must get me Murray
first though it's in mammals bag
there" a hoii. e.Eali gelgJggaaag ia
FL have got such queer letter from my
mother, / can't think what she's driving
at.' (he had carried me off to the other
end of the boat before bic began to speak)
'Just tell me whatyou make out of it,
1t was a short note, without any date
and written evidently in great hurry
I read it through two or three times, and
Nick lit a cigar and puffed away in 81
lence. lh IA 1slaR ~ ul5i ~ tl 2
"Dear nick We ard all in grea,
state Of excitement, and can't think where
to write to you; but I think 1t Just pos.
siblc that q line posted to-day may catch
you at Geneva. So / write for the chance
to say that you will find letters from Mr.
barley waiting for you at chevropix,
where you said in your last you expected
to- be soon. James has the gray mare
saddTed to take this into Heldon, 50
have not a minute more to write. Well,
dearest boy, you we're in low spirits when
you left England. Take care you dc
not allow yourself to be too much excited
now. I suppose this news Will shorten
your trip. is 19l Jl4i1 Of e. NeI12a
bless you, my dear son,
"Your loving mother,
az B."
"Can Minnie have changed her mind q
he said in low tone--''no, surely not
it can't be-
"Can Minnie have changed der mind
| had not thought of that. Yes, that's it,
what else could it be? that must be it
ard I tried to swallow. the big lump in
my throat, and said, That's it--ofcours
it is. Nick, you are a lucky fellow, and
! congratulate you, though it costs me
to do so. OF course, that's
it," 81 q
I don't think he noticed the last part
of my speech but he shatched up the
letter and read'it through again. 'No,
surely, she never would. It's impposi-
bIe"' @qliea al7d otoida4oaod item.
impossible? y I said, "wby tie very
same thing happened to . friend Of mine
this very year. There was he desperate
ly in love with girl who refused him
fat, and sent him off to travel. down in
the mouth enough to. kill himself; and
then as soon as he got nobody knows
where, she found, on second thoughts, she
was more in love than hewas, and there
was such a piece Of work as never was to
lot him know, As1uck had it.. a letter
to the scilly Islands found him and
brought him back quick enough, and
they were married straight of. What's
more, they are about as happy couple
as ever I saw, impossible? bless yop
nothing il impossible about girls, unless
it is to understand them" XIV y 'A ~
+ / had worked myself up till | hardly