Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-25
From the Mcrilcn Literary Recorder
THROUGH THE PAPER-MILL.


Should he ask this girl--this woman--ie
be his wife.
George Dame asked this question for tht
first time. as he sat one morning by the front
window of the farm house. plain. ample and
.olid. and that held in strong. oak beams and
rafer. il. three score years without visible
marks of decay. The question wa. to him.
al least n ,itil one. and he SAT- there aud
pondered If In his thouobts while every breeze
which came in. was thrilled with the sweet
scent of russell. ripeninr In the orchard and
fresh hearty eartb.smeils. and stuno through
with the fragrance of mipce.. yeliowipr by
the southern wall
And a little way from him sat Meli..a
Rowe her face leaned SLIGHTLY over the ta-
bic some thonobt. TO which he could not pene.
trate. holding possession of the eirl. and
throwing some veil of gravity over every
feature.
There she sat cool aud quiet and fair. with
the nleasnnt fresh look of girlbood in the face
that was NOT beautiful. and that vet held
some charm in it which crept upon Won with
ncnpaiutapce G,ir heaithGil eomnlexion
with ,,rave bro,ypi.b evcs that could rive ont
bannv light. and iu.tres. with hair of so dark
81 bro,vp that hale Of he world called II
black and month that was really beautiful
in cu.yo ami color and vou have Nclisas
Rove os sbo .at AZ tbn tnile tbnt mornipg In
ber dres. of rrcttv mink calico with the In.
no l;nor oorIr ,;1,ad with 81 .,n,u o,,oe,
hro,cb t;,,b, il, The throat
On tbe toblo tool l;tla old G.b;oned
chin, vase bcaneJ with ,,rope.-laroe nur.
nli.b blacl Tsabell,. tbe midst of which
aomed bero and tbero n torch of .carlct
trumnet vine or ster of borherries sent nm n
froy sn,rlIe with some raatberv snravs oe
beliotrone sc,ttercd here and there And
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Whom nature however sets ont to make Il
ladv II take. n preat deal of tbwarting and
WARNING IN fnstrate her plans Melissa
Ro,ye,s chances Gor socinl and mental cultiya.
lion had been few eno,,gb but sbe bad either
n,dc Tho most NJ what .bc had ar some fine
instinct etIsctu,llv nreventel her from doing
ANYTHING rude or coarse.
There was something in her slow. clear ar.
ticuI,t;op something IN her soft. sweet move.
ments which had neeuliar individuality of
the;r o,yn--something sipgularlv attractive
too and FIR qualities that went deeper than
tbis Ear sincerity and oornestpes-. for sweet.
ness and inte.,ritv for .. whatsoever nre lovel,,
and oe ,,ood ro,or, - in woman this Ittie
DAUGHTER of Farmer Rowe certainly had fe,s
o,,,9ls ,,no,o,st bor SOW
Some,ybot after this fashion mused that
morn;ng George Dane nolished man of socie.
&c tbo,cb he was He had been for the last
,Iroo p,entbs moro or les. an inmate of tbe
.bonse bo,in, obtained here the rest
and ,Lsolrto frooIeu from soc;etv which bo
needed ot,er am ottacl from fever bropght
ON Inv n vear,s unaaggino devotion to his nro.
fcssion
And Neliasa Rowe and their city boorder
had thns b,,en tbro,yp constantly into cocb
otbor's soc;etv in that freedom of intereourse
,rb;cb tho frn. house nermitted She wos a
,,er,,otual .tnJv and interest 10 him upl;le
a,,, ,ror,an ,yIon, he hod eyer met boc,no
III. -, ,,,,;,t - doin,,, ,y;d, th.t III,
oS - ", to,i;aenoa which bc loved 10 All
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nana "a Nol;s., Rowe doyy5 amongst H.
""I CIV IA ,,',nt, I,nos ,bat la, ehol"J
+, ,I'o '.aS, ororaov of summers ,,reennr,
IL, ,~ IL i'; nonroJ tboir silver streams ~
"ne,o '''Sa ;n,o thn s;lonce and down by he
I -. - ,I, sr,au riror streo,ns y,b,r
,so fsloS .lsimmod olon, the waters burnis shed
, ,';,t ,,,,,sh;no ~. mn in The darn stll wooded
hIts n,;io f,on tbe house. where tbev Al.
- c.''a1 80 c,lIon t,,nl of a kingly ala
w., - hol, of GROW moss which serveJ
a,o ~, g g., a,,h;o, ,5ero tbov corId III and
.nuni T ~ loi eu'"'V, Lo,,'. ayav f,r Wo,.so ~
LIN. s"'n wy - a nnd oome at her, own will and
3,l W. a. a.. ;ndnstrious ns the anc,,
soiaod ou'u h"r nohoav in tbe house ever meddle1
,S;th d'I ber :" nions olt6opoh there was yague
c,oI;n i aIp"nn,t p All tbe inmates TINT somcbow
tLe @;r, 1w vas NOT inst like other folksp
,,...Lt - contact da, la, da,, y;,l
this ann nnre fresb sincere nature that was al.