Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-11-06

~ VIII tCll Ou UDOut tiit w.
shall | c over in the morning, unless |
hear of her death previously. Keep up
good courage, and take rood care OF
yours IF. Good day And with q
wav, of his hand to the whole fam ~ he
whirled away in a cloud of dust. the
noble prepos sessi lgyo ing doctor, whom
ha'f tile girls were breaking their hearts
Tor, but who, a. they Indignantly aver
ed, seemed to have not the least heart
10 give anybody except his patients, to
whom he mad, himself very dear, no
matter who thav were, or II NV old and
repulsivc. His break nsci pace, how
ever, subsidized mo Al SOW walk, as he
TO lie up the hill beyond, and 1t was then
that his reflections gave rise to the
Scriptural quotation which heads MS
story.
That evening. just at sunset, Charity
Abbott went leisure down the me ldow
Ia n across los from her elegant home
to the humble cottage OF the Wells
family The grass waved and surgcd
about in the evening lrAeZc, n sea of bill
lowy green, gemmed with lall nodding
buttercups. The delicious bre In from
the crimson cloveron the hillside, came
waited to her like purcst in ense, and a
little further on u faint, de icatc DIOR
from the lowlands tod OF traWb, rrAes
peninr to lusci US SWeotne 9, down
among the RANK grass and weeds. ine
bobo inks nodded tneir saucy LACK caps
at her rs thcy followed along III IrleLd-
~ proximity, trlllug forth, meanwhile
their uniuteligibie iargon, rSn and
clear in its siivery sweetness thus a.
tended, she travcrsed slowly the long
meadow path, drinking Ut cve.y sep
the belutie; Of earth, and SKY and cloud.
Down the lit lie hill which Eld her home
from view, then through Il huge gate
which ptned small way with its
creaking sweep let through her agile
form, then a. ound the corner of field
OF rye, already standing stout and tai +,
and she entered small pine grove. The
breeze was whispering and signing Ill
the waving branches, making sweet
pensve music which cnimed in pleas
antly it'll he. thou lhts, so attuncd to
natures harmony, ana she fingered IN
the charming grove while, pleased
with everything, even the soft, brown
CARPET WIN .ch the fallen nettles mad I'M
der her feet.
Regarding it then. and no. till then,
she observed that she had on her new
CATERS. Provo ing The morning dew
would com ,letely spoil their beauty,
but it was not worth while TO go clear
back home again so resolving to make
The best of it. she passed on ont at the
bars and down Il small piece CT dusty
road to the small brown house whicn
was her destination.
The soft, clear, summer night passed
slowly away, the patient watcher NOV
ing quietly about, doing all that SYM
pathy could prompt for the 20 u old wo-
man now nearly beyond the reach other
gentle ministrations. With touch as
tender as though the invalid were dear
friend, she chafed the aged limbs,
smoothed back the snowy hair from the
wrinkled face. Unwearied were her at
tentiOns, and much were they needed
by the worn sufferer, until toward morn
ing they took effect, and she sank away
into quiet, peaceful sleep. Still Char
ity sat by the bedside, driving away
with her fan the villainOus mosquitoes
that persisted in annoying her charge,
and at the same time creating with it
fresh currents of air for the comfort o.
the sufferer, whose lungs were well nigh
wasted away.
AT sunrise the family Were up, and
Charity was released from her position,
glad to go forth in the fresh morning
air, after the wearisOmo night
The fresh rays of the morning sun
shone full in DR.. Norton'r face, rous.ng
him from night Of unusually quiet and
undisturbe | sleep TO visit old Mrs.
Wells was his first thought, and ne made
hasty toilet and started out
A sud len d.tern .nl5iol s aiz.l aim to
go across the fields on loot, instead of
taking his horse to go roInd by the
road, which was twice a far. The morn
ing air was so invigorltiny that he lelt
as if the walk wo nd do him good, $ he
struck INTO the path across the pasture,
which, at the rye field, cam into the
path Charity traverSed the evc-in5 be-
fore, and walked brs.Ily o..
Mindful Of the well being of ler new
CATERS, Charity picked her way careful
ly along the rold, wcttiny them in the
dewy grass When she tried to Old the
dust, aud covering them with dirt when
she tr e / to avOi the dew by taxing the
middle of the road.
Once in the shadows of the pines, she
paused to look at them in disgust, when
brilliant plan strLci her. Way no.
doff shoes and stockings and go nom
barefoot? 1t was SO warm ana pleasant,
and the path was smooth and SOFT
There wa, no danger of m .eting any
one, and she could slip in unoo served
at the back door at home, so that even
her watchful mo.her need not know it.
10 plan was to execute, with thi5 active
young iauy All l ScttIil5 lciseit vi isti
len tree trunk by the path she quickly
barred her feet, rolled her snowy stoc -
ings into q snug ball, which she put into
her pocket, lightly knotted together the
strings to her carriers so she might hang
them over her arm, then rose and went
bravely onward congratulating herself
on ht + BRILL N, idea.
Alas 70: the frailty of human calcula-
tons! Out o the pine woods, along by
the edge of The thrifty rye, and there
was DIR. Norton himself, just coming
around the corner, and within II yards
of her, palpab y and undisgusadly bare
foot as she was, With her skirts caught
up to avoid the dew and her new CATERS