Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-09-23

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I've never told anybody all about il its not
my way.
But as to how It looked-shut the door,
Jane, well, do you know how the days look |
along at the last Of April, with the grass |
just thickening under the windows and out ON |
the SLOPE and the leaves breaking out like
green cloud all over the trees, and little |
music Of blue birds all about, and the sunshine |
burning every thing, like-why, like a great,
sweet, soft fire that nothing can put out
That's about how it looked.
You sec thought it was always going to
look SO, till one day--no matter howl
found out il wasn't any such thing. Not !
any--such-thing 1t was in Jnnc | found it !
out one June night just after supper. /
had on my pink calico that day The sun
was just setting, up behind the great elm over
the well.curb. ! went away alone bohind the |
wood-pile, and sat down on o little heap Of
chips sat there til heard mother cali /
ing from the house that it was nine o'clock,
and time to 20 to bed.
Hcgho-o well thought my heart was
broken Jane, and used to -it up till eleven
O'Clock crying ia the moonlight-litto fool
caught a cold aud toothachc, and that put
an end to it pretty quick | had to 60 TO bed
,not5er losed mr mn nm WIN .inoor.,es ysS and
c,,n,,bor an1 ,,,,,. ,,,a onouoh io I,ipt obopt
c,, co. l,,,',t';io -, ';i,,'
IT, T., .nro |',o ,bonob, m, boort wos brokcp.
..,j ~ ,.a,' 7 ran,5d g. d;oI nseJ ~ ,ro
Jo,rn y, ,bo r;yor and try 10 ;umn M ne
Lr;d,,.'. t,t I ro,.r did Il rsy 3ear. pevcr
J:J anJ 7 - sbo,iJ9,, oil tbe timo
yhicL i mono Girls Jo eniov cbc,ting tben.
s,lyos 80 and tbov viii tnog Il H. cheat all
,Lo limo zoo wIicb IL tbc cpr;ous mart of
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Rut nconlo's heart. dom, break so easily
as h", h;pL ,Lo,'ro ,,,;,,, IN nev have n
,.o.,. .,.a',, - ,,,,sti.n,ion Ioorts bayo asa
,on,ral hin, Tyo notion ~ Inherited
~ alona stro;,h, from I've WV didn't
lie broaL 6ors becarse sbe corldn,t oct back
;n,o p,rodise9 As for dvinc. What's tbe use
or doing that becau.o tbe pIeasant thing, Of
,;c ..' All ,o,,, ON, nf ro,ob of you
plcn,y or J neonle r. ,bo world besides your.
solc shoIi1 thint,
Wan Il took me time enough to find this
o,. I, y o,,r;,ns bo,, ion,, II will ,ote neo.
nlo 10 Gnd Il ont1 We viii skin along here
b. ~ ' Ia,, 's,or,. anil s;lIy ono ond I'm
aoLan,od oc +,
'''I,,,,'e pn'oa5"h,, ii boc,r 10 o,cr wv ovcs and
900 g. I sSonld ~ Iikely 10 live to he CIV.
s;v vears old-wbicb | have INV dear. sure
o,,a1,L and tbcre ,yoro tbirty veors and
,rbat ,r,s ~ bc Jonc With tbem
T. d;Jn,t boliovc in living roupd ON vour
rola,;ons Who had homes and husbands and
I'LL I'LL ,e 49, avn and had onite made
r,;nd no, 10 r,arry tbongb had work
ap ny '',, aI;n1, conc nocnle tole tbe jdeo into
Ee ,i,ora,s on,,,l,in,, tbot I
'ne,. I D'"i'f .oasin, ,oan "a se / wont
o,ra,, ,, b,' mvsole and toug6t school awhile
~ D.. ~ ~ A. S,r,h wanted mo to come
q, hor "a ,-onr Irnclo Eli,lim kent writing
~ ,,a 80 ~ y;g;t and vour mother meyer
,ra, "s soeonc;Ied 10 II tbat I wouldn,t make \
~ %"s 'Ve?I.i,o a.;,L Los y, iast I made nm INV
',;.,l =. =, ~, ro,,,,ds ond srord wool with
aa.L ~ 20 sot;sf, them
r.; 1oor mo Whom the week was over
thov ,ronlJn't beor of NV going any Of them.
WI, ,v;th toll;n, stoyics 10 the children.
and boln;nc ahont tho nreserves and one
tL;n. ana sno,hor te time had gone fast
eaaS,,l, hnt ,yas 70 clad that thew had en-.
;ovcI il os much as Il did and so afraid thew
,yonld bo trod of mo if tbev saw anv more
of mo tbat wont rigbt away hack TO INV
scbool and sta;d tbropgb another term.
Rut thew never gave me anv peace after
that and when ,Tifim's Mary Ann was taken
VIII tbe tvnbus nothing would do but must
~ and nny5c bcr tbrougb and cheer m her
ss,othor and a. for tating a word of thank.
for il wby | should like to know if the ia.
vor wasn,t ON their side in irving me some,
tbing 10 do9 Evervwbere | went. somebody
;nst nm and said. Aunt 'Manda. IRE mYSi
hare ,,o,, >, IN tberc didn't seem to be anv.
th;n, 70 do about il
"lyoll whom Mary Ann WINS we'll. 'Likim's
wiCe She was worn ont with sewing and ba.
hies and I went there TO stop awhile. On,
Christmas managed to have a machine put
~, /, tbe aitting.room while she was ont IL
tea and when she came home and found il
standing there as nice as YOU please-deai
moi how sbo cried I've launched more Il
think how she cried than | have over an,
other funny thing in the course OF my life.
After that Mary Ann was down again
sometbing tbe matter with her spine thai
. time. and uncle 'Likim's wife was better, aud
so oT went to Mary Ann apain. and there
( staved long time. The child wouldn't
hoor Of haying ANYBODY but aunt Mandf
ro''nd her. and the moor thing was having
hard time Of il with the pain so what els,
was there to do but stayq
Rut dear me thew made so much of me
don,t believe ever anvbodv was so made of AZ
4, i've hccn in this world. and il is the most Gu
, rious thing now Why. they petted me NJ
as IL IA been babv. instead Of am old-iash
;ored old maid. with CAPS and ,pectacles, ant
eJse teeth NV dear Some folks are to,
modest 10 saw that thew ike to be made Of
, Int I'm not I'm inclined to think everybod,
liIcs 10 he made of; at any rate do, and In
NOT ashamed TO saw manys the time Nv,
tneelcJ down At nicbt and thanked God tina
with ali INV crossness and uprratefulness an,
"a,ness and sel6sbness. and the rest of il
t5crc was somebody to NET me IN. Didn't