Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-12-03

| tess, Delng glossy black, ana worn Dfush-
cd back in wavy masses from her low,
white forehead.
Such was Edgar's two cousins, with
whom he had been passing his time sinco
his return from the Crimca. The young
| soldier had by this time recovered his
health, but was always finding some ex-
cuse for delaying his departure. The truth
was that Edgar had fallen in love. How
could he have helped himself?
Left alono with two such fair creatures AS
the Leslies, continually out walking, rid.
ing and picnicing, playing croquet, sketch
ing, &C., being nursed back into health,
and almost lie, by two such aflectionate
| little dears, Edgar would have been less
than man, (or moreJ, had he failed to be
be struck by their charms. There was but
one drawback TO his pleasure, that of not
having fallen in love with the elder, to
| whom he lad so long been engaged but wI6l
her sister. Had the matter lain only be-
tween himself and Annie, he would not
have cared. They were too good friends
not TO be on preiectly good footing, and
indeed, were mutual confidants.
Edgar could not help regarding Annie i'm
| the light of n sister, and she in turn looked
"P " MIN WIN 'eelIhg Oh alectiohate
p',u' Il, n'r pis pro'her' le hau' pc
side, tolcrable good guess that certain
stalwart Scotchman, brother officer, who
had saved his life more than once in the
ni'iiv"' was more ilkeiy TO OBTAIN her rove
t'lan hc was hlihseiI' Ills lcellhg towards
N"rS' however, hau always Deen oi a dii-
1t;
i'icn' NH'u. iier SraVl'y ana qulelhess
h"u iiilposeu certain restraint upon INN,
ana gave her an authority over nm which
HVi SIstel HeNcr hau' ne never could Hlrt
"''u 4n'"S "9 io uiu WIN AhHle' not tna'
sue i'"u c'cr uoho ahythihg 10 prevent nm
''C'' ~ No'"s' ou' io coulu scurceIy teIl
wy io i"S'',o'iooiy ieir"inou from at
~ i''"s "' N' nis', l"ueeu' Z" seemed
i'NeiS cnoush 'ha' lhe oid engagement
"ouIu ne perseVered III.
In inc hrst weeks after his return, Edgar
ielt certain tender interest in Annie, of
very different nature from that he now felt.
and which under more favorable circum-
stances, might possibly have doopened into
something warmer and less Platonic than
brotherly affection. This was averted by
the opportune-or inopportune as you
may think-arrival of his Scotch friend,
d., IJ,,'.i C,i,'. - us
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t,,a,,e,, - a. IL Az, Ho''S' i'uu's"
ma s,,Io n,,l T,a,,s,..ci, Pio''
which aro nsnoII, c,orontoris.ia ~ 80
tr,.,,,o Iro ,''''
,,,,,Ii.l l'l,..y III w" pure
siouate or earnest his stron, ,,o,ico looror
cd into a rich boss sound aud roiIoI -. =,
the ouaintlv expressive broad scotch
At first moor Edg,r ro.o,tod HE s.;,,,,,,u
intrusion and duriro bis ill,o,., 10 .,o,.,1
Camnbell with nj, tbc nrovorhioI ,Ii,,,o,,,to
sy and pceyishness of an invalid. The biz
north countryman, however. took it all SO |
pleasantly, and attended him so closely,
lifting him up in his strong arms, whenev-
er Inc himself was unable to move, as ten
DERBY as his mother could have done, that
Edgar, with tears in his eyes, voted him a
"trump," and was not very iealous arter
all, when he saw how deep a hold his
friends virtues had taken on his own faith
less little sweetheart's affection.
Mary's tender eyes, perhaps, afforded
better consolation than his friendship for
Campbell: and if a strict ANALYSIS had
been made, it might have turned out that
Edgars claim to disinterestedness and self
denial were microscopically small. Ger
tain it is. that in no very long time. Ma
ry and he foolishly enough. thought fit TO
fall mutually in love. The old peoplo
meanwhile were in n state of blissful ipnor-
ancc as to the love comedy which was he.
ing enacted under their very eyes s. and
tbo old IosIio was in tba bobit of conor,t-
lotinr Edoor on tho sotisc,ctor,, ,yo,. Il,
which affairs were gottirg on Edoor civ.
roouc. chose to tol<o tbo old ooptlon,on mn
wrongly. and looked wonderf,II, inrocon,
ms he listened 70 his intondod f,tbor-ir-
laws flatterinp inuendocs.
How long this state of matters micbt