The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-09-28

e yept l4"0N ~
r. "And mamma ~ interrupted Rosa all
flushed and brcathcss, "you'l 60 with us,
won't you for Miss Chaloncr says you
can find those star fish for your aquari-
um ~
"Don't talk so loud, children" said
Mrs. Elton, pettishly. Dear me, how
drcadlully sunburned you all are. Do
60 in and get on sonething fit to be seen.
I'm afraid you found them very noisy and
troublesome, Miss Chaloncr."
d" Not at ALL said Juliet pleasantly
" I'm very fond of children, you know.
And [ really think, Mrs. Elton, you would
find it a very pleasant walk to Blydens
Point"
Thank you" said the matron, coldy.
/" 1t would be altogether too far"
Then, mamma" urged Harry Elton,
a fine manly boy Of fourteen, " let me
row you and Rosa and Hubert in the
boat, and Miss Chaloner will walk with
the others"
"I'll think of it," said Mrs. Elton !;
&" only if Miss Chaloner should chance to
encounter a spider Or field mouse by
the road, | won't answer for the consc-
quenccs.'
Juliet laughed, but she colored never
theless her constitutional nervousness
was rather a sensitive point in her char
ter.
was telling Clarence of your dainty
little Mysteries went on Mrs. Elton, with
polite malice. " If there's anything
Clarence respects it is common sense and
courage
Juliet went into the house without re-
plying, but the heightened spot of color
on either check showed that the skill
fully directed arrow had reached the
mark.
Does Clarence believe I'm a coward =?
ordoes he believeme guilty of affectation ~
She thought, with tears hanging on her
eye-lashcs like liquid diamonds "Oh
what have ever done that Mrs. Elton
should speak 50 unkindly to me? If
Clarence were only here, but he will come
tomorrow night.
And the smiles came back to Juliet's
lip as she repeated to hcrselfin low low
ing whisper:
He will come tomorrow night"
Mamma" said Harry bluntly, why
did you speak to Miss Chaloner so spite
fully"
Little boys shouldn't ask questions -
said Mrs. Elton sharply. "Go and brush
your hair for tea
80 youhave really concluded to 90 to
Blyden's Point with lis ?" said Juliet
brightly, as she met Mrs. Elton at the
dinner table next day.
Yes, to please the children they are
so importunate," said Mrs. Elton with an
air of indifference.
Il And, Miss Chaloner," interposed
Harry, " | am to row mamma and the
little ones while you walk across the sands,
with Bessie and TIe'cn. and meet us at
five o'clock
"Then we must start Il little in adj
vance of your boating party said Ju-
lict.
q" suppose So" said Harry. "Oh,
mamma, won't it be jolly?"
Harry" sighed Mrs. Elton reprov-
ingly Z" when will you learn little clc-
gance in your language?"
How bright the golden afternoon slip
ped away upon the velvet smooth sands of
Blyden's Point. Even Mrs Elton forgot
to be spitefu, but revealed in the beauty
of the far rocks and sapphire frmamcnt,
and owned to herself that "really Juliet
ChalOncr was very charming"
See, Miss ChalonerH cried Bessie,
ecstatically dancing about on tiptoes,
" the water is creaping all over my
shells
Don't you see the tide is coming up?"
said Harry eagerly. Stand up Oh that
high point, and take your shells away
quick, unless you wish to loose them"
But, Miss Chaloner," said Helen,
wistfully, the water is ever so high over
that narrow neck of land where we cross
ed by the old light house how shall we
get back again ?"
Juliet laid down the branch Of sea-
weed she had been admiring with Mrs.
Elton, and looked off toward the rising
tide, with check suddenly blanching to
dead whiteness
Miss Chaloner, what is the matter 2"
shrieked Mrs. Elton catching at her
shawl.
We are cut off from the main land,
said Juliet, in a low, clear voice. " The
tide is coming up, and half an hour from
now this point will be submerged. Oh,
why did we not think of that? The boat,
Harry-quick !"
But, Miss Chaloner," pleaded Bes-
: sic, 'lf we were to run-the water is
surely not higher than our waists.
My dear the neck of land is half a
mile away, and the tide is raising at Il
; fearful rate it would only be useless to
risk our lives to make the attempt Get
into the boat, Mrs Elton"
= Mamma mamma - walled the child
rem in chorus, while Mrs. Elton, pale,
trembling, and incapable of effort, sat on
the rock.
: Il cannot moye!" she stammered-
5 81 think | am going to faint"
But even while the words were on her
lips Juliet's arm encircled her waist, and
Juliet's strength guided her to the little
boat that lay rocking on the waves, with
Harry at the oars. 1t was very small,
containing but two seats, and when Mrs.
Elton and five children were ensconced
/ therein, every nook, even to the stern and
helm was occupied.
e There is no room for Miss Chalonerr'
calculated Harry in blank dismay.-
: Mamma, Miss Chaloner is not in the
e boat ~
: Mrs Elton looked feebly around.
h "Give me Rosa-let me hold Rosa in
h my lap" she faltered scarcely knowing
o what she said.