Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-16

appointed. To add to all the rest. it
was saturday night, and was distress /
ed bevond me sure to think must 90 to |
the house and stay over Sunday with
those girls, without Frank to help me
along. 1t was quite late, and glorious
moonlight, rs l started to walk out
and | reflected with pleasure that it
would be uear midnight before l should
rea IN the house. then would let my
self quietly in with my II ght-kcy. and
l should be safe for one nigi at least.
All this happened as l expected. But
what was my surprise, on entering the
room to see Franks form as usual on the
bed.
" Well" said quietly, "old fellow,
did You miss the train too ?u But he
did not answer, and thought if ne was
half as tired rs | was, it would be pity
to wake him. l missed the usual "haw
hee"-"haw hee" of his usual heavy
breathing, but thought he was too tired
even to snore So, speedily disrobing.
without even striking match-for the
moon gave light ,nough, even though
it fell family through the foliage that
surrounded the IN use--I was beside him
in n twinkling, and was soon fast
asleep.
The fatigues of the day were followed
by such nj ht of rest rs comes to us
sometimes; when we neither move nor
stir through all the night. When the
first bird began to stir in the early NOR
ming, thin<, oppres ed by the fear CT
hop should get through the day, sud
denly | was broad awake. | opened nv
eyes to see if Frank had awakened too,
and. oh, horrors! it was not Frank alta
but the beautiful Miss D., the "rettest
or the gals-and the one | feared most
of all.
For moment my heart stopped
beating. If I had been n woman, l
was so scared l should have screamed
murder, and then tainted. AS it was,
my first thought was to jump and ru 4
ny next was that my first move nent
would waken her, and then matte rs
would be worse than at that mo nent.
While l was thinking hard and fast
what to do to get both myself and her
out of so terrible dilemma, cast a
glance at the face of the still sleeping
beauty beside me. l had in my boy
hood often gone to my mothers room
to say good night after she had retired,
and seen her, tall, singular woman,
in dimity hight-gown and close-fitting
night-cap, and had never b. en- i'm
pressed thereby. But oh, this vision
no cap or pin confined that rich brown
hair; but beneath one cheek it lay in
masses, pushed Lack by her dimpled
hand; from the other it rolled back in
waving curls, and streamed upon the
pillow. Her cheek was flushed in
sleep, and one lilly white arm was
thrown up high above her head, over
the curling waves of brown hail, while
the dainty night-dress. "just swelling
with TIE charms it hid" was such a
miracle of puffs, and lace, and beauty,
as l had never dreamed of.
Don't imagine that fingered, as am
lingering now to tell the story. 1 was
all this g in moment, in the twinkling
of an eye" but l think my gaze, min
gled as it was with terror, establishment
and delight, must have had mesmeric
power, for, fringed eyelids Enclosed,
and the large brown eyes looked full
into mine, Every vestige of color f. T.
sock the fair cheek. l knew that in a
minute more she would do what l would
tain have done myself shrek or faint /;
and for once in my life l got the better
of my bashfulness, and acted as if had
never known fear
"Know you what it is when anguish
To a Pythan height dilates you
And des pair subimes to power ??
l suppose this was the case. l had all
summer hardly Jared to look her in the
face and call her Miss Dale now said
softly, but calmly:
Mary-d MT scream or be frightened
we have been the victims of very
unfortunate ACCIDENT but if you viii
only be calm, none but ourselves shall
ever know it. No one knows that
| came home last night, it is still ear
liest morning; turn to your sleep again,
and think of this My as dream of last
nights weaving"
She gave me such a glance of relief,
and thankfulness, and trust, from her
beautiful eyes as 1 never knew before
and then bursting into a passionate
weeping, turned an buried her face in
her pillow. You may believe dressed
quicker than l undressed the night
before, and that / left the house more
quietly than 1 entered it. Not even
Carlo, the watch dog, noticed my de-
parture.
l walked miles just to kill time and
drown thought, l didn't 60 that day,
nor the next, nor never to COhasset.
tele 1raphed Frank that ha 1 been sum-
mOled home; would n, send me my
trunk, &c.
l went 70 Philadelphia and entered
the law office of the eminent Judge P.
l had b, en- with him but o year when
he was appointed I'm ted States Minis
ter to France. He got me the position
of Secretary of Legation, and l was
with him abroad for three years. 1t is
astonishing what three years in French
society will do for man, and especially
for one who meets it under such favora-
BILE circumstances as did. You W ould
not have believed the story l have told
of my former bashful ways had you
seen me upon my return TO my native
place.
My former bare face Vas adorned by a
famous moustache, and do not believe
a man in The world was ever so much
improved or altered in appearance by 81
small change. The bashful law stu
dent had likewise become tie calm the
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