Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-10-06

next room She must be alone, or her very
reason would go. She reached the stairs
fairly crcpt up on her hands and knees, "a
the solitude of her own room.
Perhaps an hour after some impulse forced
her 10 the window She looked out. Up the
path came train Of men carrying something
over which was spread a white sheet, that
hutterod o little in the wind
Only a glance then she fell to the floor,
and lost everything for a time in that blessed
inscnsiblily.
The body was carried TO the old brown
farmhouse The face was swollen and am
recognizable, but the widow remembered the
clothes. 1t was the body of her son.
The evening before the funeral of poor
Charles Manson, Annie Linn wandered out of
the house into the fells-not towards thc
path which had formerly been her avoritc
haunt she could not even look towards that.
She saw the old brown house on the hill,
but did not venture to approach more near.
Some one came out of the door and walked
down the hill Annie knew her in an instant
lit was his mother.
She did not attempt to avoid the meeting
She stood there, passiyely awaiting whatever
might ensuo, not even looking up as she
hearu the ioot-iai, come nearer.
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mere ''ooA 'ne "''""' 'An or arms eA'
tenled' Annie ieI iu'o mem WIN Que cry
upon whicn the smothorcd grief Of the past
Gays went out
IL was long time before 'nere was Woru
spoken theh Tears came ana ofoNeu WINS
PeTs "h'en made eaoh he'r' ue'r TO tue o'n-
er'
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enough ni never o.1med YOU never s''S'l
we 9on care what people say-We UNDER
stand one another now.
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lie became frequent visitor at the house.
but as he had usually some osienslble bust
ness with 6er iaiher' 1t never occurred to
Annie that his visits had any connection with
herself iancy he gave Mr.. Linn a hint
lrom the ilrst but the old gentleman wisely
held his peace and suffered events to take
their course never dreaming tina, any daggh-
ter OF ms could be insane enough to refuse
one oil the richest men IN the county, and
III every respect all that a reasonable woman
could desire
When the truth dld dawn upon Annle''
mind, she was sorely troubled but 1t was
dilhenlt to know what course TO pursue.
Martin began to ask her to drive out with
him. and, as the invitations were given in her
laiher's presence, he accepted them for her