Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-10-26

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ensued, resulting in the discovery of the
delinquent party and was f3rthwith de-
sired to step into the floor. This | do
clined to misunderstanding, however, TO
laugh defqntly in her face. This thought
it safe to do, for ! was taller and heavier
than she, and didn't believe she would
have courage to attack me, But | reck.
oned without my host.
Once more she stamped her little foot
imperiously, and commanded me to cons
out. | Was confident from that moment
she was fight" to the backbone, and tho
| doggedly refused to obey orders, my re.
spoct for her went up accordingly. For
one instant only she stood surveying me,
her eyes glittering and her lips working
into muscular spag'ns, ard the next, &itS
a aap Ike a young tiger-cat, she fastened
on my head and shoulders, pounding my
thick skull almost to a jelly, before l be.
gan fully to wake up to the reality of my
defeat.
At this juncture she caught hold of my
sprained arm, with the determination no
doubt of dragging me into the floor, whcth.
er 1 would or no. But that was more
than human nature could bear. 1t was
like probing an old sore, and l knucklcd
onto my knees and roared out murder
right Justify. l had no further idea of
slight" The pain she had stirred up was
too exquisite. Crooked pins were nothing
in comparison. In a word, l was COM
pl@teg cowed, if ever 4 botby was.
But the school-marm was sensible Of
her cruel hastiness almost as soon as I,
and seating herself in chair, she fell to
crying, and we both cried in concert. Al
last she came and sat down beside me,
saying she was sorry, but she never once
thought cf my poor arm, and she would
much rather have hurt her own arm than
mine, especially as mine was lame and
] hadn'ta doubt of her sincerity.
There is an old saying, ''the more you
whip dog, the better he'll like YOU" but
one sound thta5Eing at the hands of Eucy
Buxton, made me as much in love with
her as any poor dog ever was; and that
secret-for it always was a secret-ef.
fected as complete revolution in my gen.
eral character and aspirations, as was ever
effected by so simple process in the con-
stitution Of anybody.
o','i' .rL~.la Ea. BaA4a. told tha
little school-marm that he loved her; but
he did, with such pure, disinterested
love as never comes but once in d lifetime
and always in boyhood.
No, she never knew how | worshippad
the ground she trod on, and how l aspired
to become President of the United States
for her sake, and the possessor Of fabulous
wealth and coaches-and-four, for that you
know was a boys dream, and l saw her
so much more of woman than | am d
man, that l hadn't the courage to tell
her Ma-
But 1 resolved to bide my time, and
spur onward and upwasd, and son,etirne
she would Know all about it, how intense
ly 1 had loved her since the day she had
fogged me into submission. and then pit
ty me for having done it:
/ The boy-dre,m spurred me into college I
but one unlucky day, the blacklist in all
the calender, the news came came to me
that she had married a rich Bennington
county widower with seven children.
The golden bowl mas shattered bu. +
have since loved and been soberly married,
though there was difetence between the
two loves that J neftf was quite able to
: define. They were both delicious, but one
was heavenly.