The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-10-08

began to beat and my cheek to fash.
Oh, loved him so! loved him q, I
Words cannot tell how well loved him.
SO. in those lonely days at home, when
| had little to do but think, built castles
III the air, womanly castles, with his face
IN every scene, and almost without knoy-
Ing it was waiting fi him t. ask me to
be his wife.
was quite my own mistress. old
grandpa would never say nay, and he
loved Andrew almost as well Ms did.
and grandpa always humured me.
The happiest memories of my life are
OF that Choir in the dim old church. -
Some day | may be old and blind and
deaf to outward things, but shall always
be able TO see that organ. The olive face
and dusky Spanish eyes bent over the
music, and the gollcn sunshine falling
over the sweet picture through the mar
row window over mead and furnishing
the gIinmering organ and the waves of
jet black hair. shall always until
earthly music is drowned by that of
heaven, hear Andrew Hudson playing
rs he played in those happy hours.
One Thursday went earlier than
usual to find only the clerk in the church
mailing down new carpets on the aisles.
As paused to look at them he put his
hand in his pocket. "a letter for you."
he said, and stretched toward little
missive white and spotless, with one drop
OF green wax in its midst.
We girls had sentimental habit of
writing notes, AMI this was nothing new.
| took it carelessly in my hand and slip
ped 1t in my pocket to read at home.
had seen "A form knew moving among
the gravestones in the churchyard, and
could think of nothing else.
Just then the clerk. flingng away bit
OF old carpet, called me.
"See, Miss Sophy what crack
they'll be sorry they don't heed me about
this floor sometime"
There, just at the foot of the stairs
leading to the gallery where the singers
sat, was inleed crack, wide and deem
leaving tnll four inches between the hoor
ana the lower step at the corner.
The floor is settling Miss, said he
"l'lfe church is getting old, you see;
reckon it'll last nv time. though" and
he hammered away funou,ly, making
such "A racket that neither of us heard
any one approaching until voice cried
"Ah! new carpets. The church will
be smart next Sunday"
1t was Andrew Hudson lie stood
looking down upon Us with his great eyes.
"Not before we need EN-, SIR" said
limolhy. "l}ut what's the use o car
pets with floors like these wearing them
'ut Deg pardon-want 20 pass, sir I"
An lrew gave me a look 1t said
Come l felt my cheek flushing. I
onged to hear him say that he loved me.
'ni yet the fancy that he might be gong
u speak now, frightened me.
81 have II note | ought to read"
a'd taking it from INV pocket.
NO NATTER let the note alone read
AT home Come sit in the gallery with
ne until the rest come"
lie sud 1t IN such pleading whisper.
lnier cover Of the old clerks harnmrring.
nat couli not refuse We went up
ogether, not daring to look at him
here was pile of n'w music on the
tand, and IN my cuniusion | sought ref
"e IN that. AS bent over the pages he {
ent over me, and all in a moment he /
ah caught me about the waist and
'sSed me. Such a kiss, feel it yet
urnng on my forehead. ,
was no angry. will not tell A I
tlsehood, was glad; but inst then {
Aooy Adar's laugh came ringing up the {
allery stairs, and wrenched myself d
way from him. In moment she was
'ltii US, and half d,z n more fol- S
'wed' and we were not alone again that y
ay. How many mistakes | m ,de in +
~ music with the memory of thai kiss I
rlv'ng awsy every other thought from b
~ mind, | am afraid to tell. l
That evening watched and waited a
'r Andrew at home. / felt sure he n
'ould cone-Sure tina, he would speak II
last but though listened all the
'en'ng, dId not hear his step upon the {
aih AT last | went to bed, feeling sad h
nd disappointed, and forgetting all about "
le little note until | was fairly nnlres-ed. h
hen l looked in the pocket of the dress .
had taken off for it 1t was not there g
was such singular thing that it should Il
gone that suddenly became interested. ly
wrapped myself in shawl and went a
over the house with candle, but in m
'ln. How had lost the note | could
't guess, but 1T was lost undoubtedly, and NJ
mehow the loss began to trouble me.
important as | believed the episile must )
Well, my trouble began that night. HI
ndrew Hudson never came near the IL
'nse, and when Saturday afternoon IA
me went to the church to practice. h'
cling sure should hear he was i'll but til
ere he sat at the organ, and never so AT
uch as looked at me when came in of
hen he had occasion To speak TO me il bl
IS IN an altered voice. and there were be
eat rings about his dark eyes which lo'
'de them look hollow. ch
"What could it all mean, was he i'll
angry with msi" l longed TO ask pa
N. " wi
i'ut he gave me no opportunity. As WI
~ as the hour was over he fastened al
ay, saying something about an sen. 'wo' w