The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-10-20

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trumpets, and just then who should come
in but papa and The stranger OF course
| hed-and when | came back the letter
was sealed, and safe in Jacks pocket, and
Olive, it was the wrong letter!'
'The wrong letter ?
1T was rather dim light, and papa's
eyes are not as piercing as they were
wont to be, and my mperiinent missive
was gene. while the real bona iile letter
lay there among heap of discarded pa
pcrs. And ! hadn't the courage TO con-
fess my misdemcanors-papa is opposed
to my innocent .jokes-and Jack is off
with that indescribable letter shall
certainly win the sleeve buttons, Olive.
but what tornado there will be when
my mischief comes out
And Minnie looked SO bewichngly
lovely in her alternate paroxysms of ter
/ or and laughter, that Olive, glavc elder
sister as she was. had not the heart
to lecture her - sounlly rs -hc icssr-
vcd
evening shonc radiantly into the spectral
sanrtum of the worthy old Jabcz Thorne,
of 'lhornville, justice Of the peace, and
chnrmpu Of all the agricultural meetings
for ten mile, around II was 10 scholarlye
looking library. like that of his ancient
cOmradc, Chester. bat squ re light room
with four uncurtaimcd windows ani urna-
mented with numerous black framed cn-
cravings ui prize cattle and giant turnips.
He was seated in leather. cushioned
arm chair, looking over large file of ag
ricuItnral journals, 10 find some coveted
information on the 'nLicct of 'phos-
pilates AMI '-upcr-rhosphatcs. when
Il servant brought him card and Il let
Ter.
'Ihc gentleman is in the pallor, SIR
jabcz 'Ihornc had laid aside his news,
papers, and glanced at the card, which
bore the Inscription of ,Iohn Lacy
then at the letter, which pnrportcl 10 he
introductory to that individual.
'llum--ha--lrom an old coll, o. clnm.
Chester rs live Rcmarkablc change
in hs hand writing. but time alters US
all. Haven't heard from hin. in t. II years
-halo . what j. Ills? y pretty cool re-
quest, upon nav word--ncphcw wants
wife, an ha, heard that posses, danah.
'..'n' i" ''''''''1 "''''. '''' l" '''' "'''
mntlcr-. Whut DOE. thc old rascal mean ,
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w en- -"I''f 'lI' 90" Sre what there
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,H F"'N'' "n" S'r"'' dtt'fInihedly INTO
WV WV pa 'o' =" "''''' Young Lacy "a- !m'I'y
"""''o4 t'S appearance. Inc old gen
'' .'''"n '''' was scarlet with cmbar'
'"'''i'c''' "P was hAlt disposed t" be
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n.y. N'I' i"cr'''' '''I J"cK' after the
oJ "'"'I''' .aI " s'''''''' '''r "''n exchanges
~, ""' '','n'''iS from my hEcle
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ID.
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Wv Wv ',' non,uo,, ~ '"''E ~ "'' up 'S''n nut
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', l'',', ,c. "'e , '"' ~, ""r''y o' expected I"
"l>"'' ''''''''''y upon so very short no
''';
N:,'"'"'5 "o'' Mr. ho'hr' | have
i,o ,,' ",''' 10 hurry you. S"'d '"ck' politely
"u' ".' '"'h'T anxious 10 90 Tor my
: ~ "c', " yu" """'" '"''r me van
"i'e' uVSN' 'i'''"Il tII' prominent l"a'