Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-07-13

shouting:
"Oh, nanny, what dye suppose Jack
and me seen? the boat them two went ont
in, Mr. .Darrow and the other, hoaiin' down
down stream bottom up. They are both
drownded."
'Shaw, 'tain't the boat" cried the mo-
ther. "There's plenty 6l boats"
They hired 1t Of Jacks brother, and
he named it after his sweetheart, The
Arabella,' and there's the name on it."
said Ike. eyes, and they're gone to the
bottom, sure"
And then, as she sprang to her feet,
Rosetta knew that there was something
left in the world-a grcst deal of Misery
and sorrow, if Ikewas right, and NJ 'urice
Darrow had really gone to the bottom, and
lay there cold and dead
"Oh, don't take on so, don't 7" D eaded
the landlady. Though | can't won Ter,
to be sure; and he courtin' you so beau
tiful, and such handsome gentleman,
with such kind ways Well send out
and see; perhaps it is not true. There
may be other boats named Arabella, per-
haps."
And through the still summer evening
Rosetta sat crying softly, lamonting too
late her Ignorance of her own fondness
for Maurice Darrow, and longing for him,
now that perhaps she should never see him
more.
Nine O'Clock came-ten--eleven-mid-
night. Still she sat on the porch, sobbine
softly. In those four hours she had not
once thought of Charley Carlton.
All Of a sudden the tramp of me,
sounded on the road. Had they found
him? We're they bringing him back a.
drowned men are brought? Her blood
curdled in her veins. She started to he
feet, The landladv ran out. The feet
"All right" cried voice, ''fhoy'r,
safe, and comm along. The boat got
away, that's all, while they was landin,
an come down the river. They've walk
ed it home. BE here in minute. TolC
'cm you'd made up your mind they was
drow1ded."
My sakes vhat skeer J" cried the
landlady.
Rosetta said nothin! but ''oh DEAR
but she could have said great deal. Ii
moment there were other steps-thosc
Maurice. The landiady, because Of hel
nj ghtcap, had slipped away, They vert
together quite alone. The moon seemet
to smile down upon them most graclously.
"DiI you think me gone to DAvy Jones
locker ?" asked Maurice.
II thought you were dead, said Re-
setta.
"Have you been crying about 2" ask
ed Maurice. 'Why, thought you would
not have cared SO much as that. Rl-
setta, now do you really like me just i
| little 2"
She let him keep her hand, bat said
nothing.
"You know | love you, said he. "Wil
YOU not think better of what you sal.
once, long hgo, and promise what you
would not promise then? believe that
you will never repent it. for will try tC
be a true aud tender husband to you, dal
ling. Rosy, do YOU love me?"
suppose she did, for she let him kis'
her. Every one does not think kiss th'
seal of love, hut Rosetta did. She woult
neither kiss in fun, nor for simple i'sng
She not only let Maurice kiss her, but sh'
kissed him back.
"Oh, if you had been drowned, Nlau
rice" she said, "what would have becom'
of me ?"
A month later, Rosetta went witt
Grandma Muir a shopping for white sati
and tullc for Rbsetta's wedding, and at
certain counter familiar face met then
: 1t was that Of Charles Carlton.
, Rosctta's first thought was that he ha
grown very small and mean-looking some
, how. He had not altered in the leas
but Maurice was her standard now.-
, Charley was very pleasant and clvll--'
why should he not have been ?-and hin
! ed a congratulation. Then he wondere
: why he had never seen before how vel
! pretty Rosetta Muir was.
There were two dimples in her cheek
and her mouth seemed overtlowlng Wi
smiles. She was choking back laug
She had Just remembered that three mont
Y before she had gone into the country
!. die of a broken heart, and that this s
y the insignificant cause.
: ..Graulma," she said to the old lad
d going home, ''don't you suppose that pc
IN pie are sometimes iusattc without any o
ic ever guessing it y