The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-03-03

livin' soul about what you've found in
the we'll
Very WELL squire, I'll ngree to that
'Tisn't long 10 wait till then
I'll ral ngin at three SAID the squire.
Don't forget your promise
Il won't said the widow.
The squire drove out Of the yard, and
the widow, with smile ot triumph,
looked after him
I'm pretty snre of being Mrs Pugram
if ] ~oIk my cards right shc thought
McHnWhile the squire drove away in
a brown study. TO think lhat the prize
for VIII ch be had songht should after all
have fallen TO the lot Of the widow with
! her ten ponr aces 1t WAS certainly
strange Now how should nc find lis
own profit in ~ If he coal bay the
! farm even at five thousand dollars he
could readily make it pay him fifty thou
sand. The irdicati ,ns were that the oil
spring was rich one. At any rate the
~nter he diank smackod strongly enough
Of the oil.
But would the widow cell That
was an important qupst' on. The m0te
time she had fer Thought tho higher
probably would her price ad,snec. II
,he consulted Norcro-s he might "a well
give it up M lnal chance, for the lawyer
would he rs anxious TO secure it as him.
self. That was not TO he thought of for
moment lIut what if Mrs Brown
declined his offcr Was there no other
way!
Il was Just at this moment that the
Other way suggested itself lie WAS a
wiIuwcr, Ms Brown was vi''av. BY
marrying her he wuHli secure The farm
AMI not be compelled 10 pay down dol
| lar, beyond the minister's fee for unilng
them Mr. Brown was not exactly the
woman h. had intended 10 marry tor ris
second wife; she certainly WAS not hand
some, bat Squire PoGrtm was practical
man, and he knew that she WAS smart,
practical woman, sad would keep hs
household in go)i order. Perhaps it
would not be bad plan. AT any rate
lie coull hold il in reserve.
Punctuully at three til" squire 70 lc up
W ltle uOcf VI INV cD'lNIt
'Ilow about the wrll. willcr !" he
asked Does i. ,t-te rs strong ~ ever 2
'Wu's anl wuss. squire. Here's come
water jnsi drawed up
The squire di not nea1 to ias'e it,
He couli see for himself that the rrcp1r.
tiun OF ol was greater than in the morn.
my.
We'll, widlcr, he said, have you de-
clrd to take the four thonstn dollars
offered you! You see that j. will save
YOU all trouble, and you can live comfort
able the rest of your days Thank you,
squire said the widow, 'hut | We about
made up my mind to send for some man
thai knows about these things, and get
him TO attend 10 it for me. I'll see Mr..
Norcross first, audi
This WAS enough. The squire had
made up his mind.
Widder,' said he, i've 60, another
pan 10 propose. 1t may seem kind oi
sudden to You, but I've been ihinEiu' of
for some time. (how long squire y and
that -, that | noel wife. Tnngs i,
gettin' slack at home. AMI it needs ii wo-
man to stlaighten en- out aih'ta man
OF words Widier will you becom. Mrs
| PogInm :
~ squire, said the willow, 'it's so un-
expected that ii qnitr Il ,-tr,tes me. But
lm free to say that I've al ways respected
yunr character, and thought you man
that any woman might be proud to mar
ry.'
'Ios consent, then 7
J Il do said the widow promptly. and
I I'm glad TO have this new burden off my
shoulders.
'Ies, wilder, i; ouaht 10 be attended
to at once. think we'd better marry
10 morrow 50 as To hos, no im,.'
'.Iusl rs you say, q lire I'll be ready
The next day the clerggni services
werr called in rcqn'slipn, AMI TO the as
Ionishnrnt and ang'r of all tie a.pirants
10 Squire Ppgram's h's,i the piixe was
carried of hy tho Widow Brown, who's
IS ugIy ~ sin; goodness knows what he
saw in her
The day after there was another sur.
PRISE. A company Of workmen were
'rcn bu'iy engaged in snking deeper the
new Mrs Pogran's old well, and the rus
mcr -pread that petroleum had been dis
rov cred there. But for some incumprc-
hensible reason the frat strong indications
were not borne ont by subsequent discuv-
cries. The water regained all itS old pu-
ritv, ani after sinking several hun lred
dollars the squire WAS obliged to abandon
the attempt in disgust. Mrs Pugram,
nnw inst sllel in the great farm house ns
m stress, bore The disappointment with
quanimity. She at lca-t had got what
she bargalned for, and was satisfied -
Whether her husband ever sup c;ed her
completely rs not c early i,nown 1t my
b. confidently statel, hawevcr, that any
gentlemih desirous Of starting petroleum
company, NAV ob ain the Brown farm on
reasonable terms, with no extra charge
for one oil well already sunk Public
Spirit.
a little boy had lived for some time
with penurious old uncle. who took good
care that the childs health should not BE-
injured by over.leeding. The uncle was
one day walkirs Uul the child at hi.
81 ie), when "a tllenl accusled him, accom-
p MED by a greyhound While the cid
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