Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-01

down all blushing and happy to see Sam.
What! This Polly? My little Polly
This fine, tall Hebe, my little Polly? L
don't believe it. Oh, Polly, how you have
grown. | suppose he won't mind my hav-
ing kiss after all these years, whoever he
is :" and then he kissed trembling Polly
Oh the cheek-once-and then talked to her
father.
He had forgotten all-tbis stout, beard
ed man-who was as brown as a glpsey
and looked as old as her father Was 1t
for this she had waited? This rough-look-
ing, loud-talking smoke smelling man
this was what she had waited thirteen years
for
And this, his welcome.
And then Polly was obliged to think of
her little guest.
Who was Nina?
Well, Nina was Nina.
Well, then, she was, with her father and
mother, child then of three years old, on
board the ship going out, and took fancy
to Sam and Sam to her; and when the ship
was wrecked off Cape Patton he had man
aged to swim to shore with har The
father and mother were both drowned, and
the child thus saved became his, and he
took care of it ; and this was \ ina his lit
tie niece or daughter, and nurse and every
thing.
Old Mr.. Hazel insisted on their staying
until they could move to the old place,
bought by Sam, and so they used to idle
away the time, those three drones, all day
long.
Nina, as became her Italian nature,
could do nothing but gather flowers and
sing and dress herself; and Sam Said he
had worked SO hard on land, he wanted a
land-holiday as we'll as sea-one and then
Nina wanted taking care of, and Polly
went with them. After little, Sam got
cross, and ate nothing, and took long walks,
and long rides, and drank vinegar, and
talked in low tone of voice, and stam-
mered, and blushed, and then left off kiss
ing Polly at night, and then left off kissing
Polly at all, and then, one day, Polly
found herself crying in his arms, with her
tears being kissed away. before she well
knew how she had come there and after
that Sam talked loud and smoked, and left
/ off drinking vinegar, and behaved again like
a rational being, so much so that one day
ne was allowed to take Polly to church,
and have an interview with the minister,
after which they wrote their names in a
book, and the bells rang, as if no names
had ever been written in the book before.
/ 1t happened some weeks after this, as
Polly and Sam were sitting on the beach,
that Polly said
Sam. dear, | want to ask YOU one
/ thing"
We'll, Polly ,"
"When did you first think-you know
after you came home
We'll, do you remember one day Nina
and | were sitting down on the garden
seat, and you came to fetch Us in to tea,
with old Clip trotting after you, and Nina
was making me up bunch of flowers ,"
d" Yes Sam, | remember"
Well, dear. | asked you for flower :
= Yes, | remember"
And you plucked a rose with 4 little
leaf, and -
Put it in your coat Was it them"
Yes, Polly, it was-when you came sC
close to me that [ could almost hear youl
heart beating. l made up my mind then
Polly, that / was not too old, and that
might be happy again"
And are you happy, Sam, dear p"
don't think Polly heard Sans answer
very clearly; but she seemed quite to un
derstand that he was.-Once Week.