Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-24

SllcNFt Nticollcs NnN HIS vic not
bad looking woman. nat woman with q
worn uneasy-looling face, and 60
and un ympathctic paT of eycs-al-
Dqudcd my pluck in dCfying the clc
mcnts and lccpingm my promise. | soon
saw that I was the only one of the
Counts friends who had kept faith with
him, auC dat was destined 10 cat my
Christmas dinner alone with my host
and his newly Unmarried wife.
There was evidently omcthing tha
matter. | hal never before seen my
old friend look 50 utterly Wrctchcd and
depressed.
could not help noticing that the
Counts wife never left Us alone for an
instant. | should have liked TO have
had word or two with my old friea1,
but al my efforts tc do 80 before dinner
failed sicnally.
After some hours of dreary and desul-
tory conversation, dinncr-time APP
preached. Charlcy's wife prepared 10
leave us to dress for dinner. Now, |
thought, was my time fora word or two
with Charley. Dut 40, she took Charley
of with her. | went up to my own
little turrct moro than ever amazed at
their cXtruo binary conduct. We soon
met again, and dinner in due time was
announced. She happened to precedc
Us down stairs, as the staircase was
too marrow ana Winding 10 allow o, my
offering hGr my arm. 'haricy iollo"
cu llsl; " heh we nau gol nan way
down l'it my shoulder cI,tcheu' al"
Chaflcy Whispered rNcllediy III M
car:
Don't turn round or talk to me now
For heaven S sake, don't touch the ma g
ulsilcs ,,,,.4
Don't touch ne made dishes . W nat
an aWiul warning
our races curing uliher Wo'i" 'iaNc
mauc an eXcelieat stu,'y loI my s'og-
noinlSl " tnrr' Is Su'ih rIr'' 'tr' , =, "
IS,Puce' - ""s ull'iIci va mn
HSnQqpS playeu very pre!t$ 9i.Il III . .ne
niue to'iies'ic ura'iia. ~! olniiel ,in'c
Mrs. Peebies was pcrs ua1lnE neg nus
paiu 10 ny a',liVl' ah'! ' h"IicN .u,i!hs
lle intervals oi persuo@Ioii' Is inhliis
IN 'doh t-'aKe-anI-h otlce soi' on l!ah-
h7r. CharleE gave 'ileii ii"l!li'c iiiM'
anu Ms; leepie7 u uePleci e'a TX ohe.
MIS-. feeoies Galiieu thC Gay ioI IL'uritH
uld Try cullet, pu. i no'lctu .iial ne
! scTapGu Oh every ATOM or s'la &, ai'u con
tehteu hln'5eli Win cailiilg lii9 hea.t 81
inc chop' !eaN-hg All inc oulSiue' "llcii
nad come mo contact Win 'ile eNloen'-
~ onioXlous sauce.
" men inc Nouht il'u pcIIoIii'eu LIS -
ieae' anu inc uliiner "uo cutie'7 .l' .. Us
appeared, MS WE clleere,' up out liie
count was 4uii-hopele"slS 'iuii;
we were ieit alone III us. IhuiieS
we fetlreu, an ulu iiol "tas iVl nus
nanu away WIN her ti,ls I'M, ~ va iT
up III ti.e ii.'ie silioNii't -I2oni' w ~
SAME ltoor rs GharleEH pcl~r ROOM IVA!
ne ol'Giieu MS iieart ~ iie "ii'' "'G&''
my auVlce'
III Is an a"lul 'iiuS ~ Wy ne oeS"i'
put l am III ualE, aiiii',st "o"ilH, lca
OF losing my ne. NY WIG ~ eithcf q
uebioll OK II ihoho,iiaiilac, uIlu sue
heui'i,iils, nay u"s - "as preparing
my destiuclion. ,,
C"ou i'eaNe"S' what ii" ~" i'iT""
SAID. -,
lhetc was WIG scared zoos III vi,
No 20, i,,,. i'cc, as ne coi''in i t
4hosc cu.le.S W. W. ioi uinlici ~
cay were poisoneu Not one Gay Slilc
nave peeil il'rrieu haNt : sd. uoN
WIN tiic ui'ii"pps 49, 80 .ns
VIE that ma. nov placco oe!ore ln'
some poisoileu IiSn. ! maui .ne JUS
coVery me Gay before l was married
ana never iiau oiie liappS nioiieil
since. a conilaentla' servant VINO nan
liVeu WIN me iielc oelore VA VA mia at
fleu' 1IrsI opeiPu my eSos u, ,, ,t'' i,,n a
GER; tiuaS ne my LoiiUI ~ iei ~ ! " /"
suduehly awakened 10 tne lac' sllal
was u Vlc'lhf ~ 10 thc liot!oI7 ol sioV
POISONING l - coniluEii'ial servant.
an oid houSeheeoeiI hoO Ieilail
mere long. but you shaii see ana lua@'
Tor yourself lhls Is Ju"' ABOUT ne
tlme; A..-,.
stared at 'ne Iouill II, is'oiils!illienl
ana began 10 tnlhN that tlo ihSahe pro
cilVltleS were rs liollS III nm us lie.
were III ms vie. ~ was getllng lat
now, anu lhe VIM W ~, 'iltouSh .ll
deserted corners Oh the tutfet, nowiilis
ana moaning a. IL Went screalhih!
down me VIDE clllnhe,s, ana creep ~
lnfOugl lnC CRACKS anu cfcNiceS III lll'