St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-27


house and Mrs. Burrill.
"Mr. Shearsworth, mother. w,
found each other at James Kilpatrick's s
and invited him over to take breakfas
with us, | know he'll excuse our fami
~ arrangements if he's as hungry as
am
Adolphus started. In his alteration
with Mr. Buffum he had forgotten break.
last entirely, but his new friends put him
at his ease in a moment.
''Breakiast has been waiting an hour -
SAID Mrs Burrill, as soon as she had
welcomed her guest. ''Let us sit down
dlrectl y. Eliza, you may begin to fry
the cakes"
AdoIphus forthwith took his seat be-
tween the mother and daughter at COW
little round table covered with spotless
linen, and felt as if he was about break
lasting with the gods. There was coffee.
with no arguments upon the subject eth
er OF IT'S adultcration or probable effect
IN producing degeneracy of the human
species crisp pork fried in batter, and
not sign OF any disquisition upon the
Levltlcal statutes against the pig; rice
cakes, without the seasoning of debate
upon the slave labor which produced
their basis Oh, this was heaven. A
clean motherly face in a clean motherly
cap on one side, and Lofty Burrills on
the other
1t was delightful to be asked how Mr..
l'uttum's stock was doing; if the new
Scotch cows gave as much milk as the
Attorneys; how the cross between the
berkshire and the Chinese pigs turned
out ; and if there was any prospect of
the sorghum's succeeding. Mr.. Buffum
had prize cattle but he had ALWAYS for
gotten their horns when talking with
Adolphus in his anxiety to get him on
those OF Il dilemma. He had pigs but
whether they rooted satisfactorily or not
WAS OF far less consequence with him
than the root of the discussion He had
planted several acres with the Chinese
>ugar-cane; but instead of interesting
AdolphuS in his saccharinc projects, he
had continually directed his attention TO
the Attic salt
Now that Adolphus could sit quietly
over good breakfast and enjoy that am
Irahle conversation without debate, Tor
which he wa, still hungrier, a profound
peace, ~ the Germans say, settled into
hi, soul: and the thought of guardian
Butium tuming over his lonely coffee |
without creature 10 squabble with ney-
cr once entered his head. Oh it was
an ambrosial breakfast.
The meal being over, how could he
resist Lotty's invitation TO the barn, to
look At the motherlesS lamb she was nurs-
ing And after he had patted the little
gh CGr 4"i is itT7 mstrS!s tnr3uEr Er IT. hfi1rf fi1tf
fingers meeting accidentally in the soft
wooD. what logical motive could prevent
his bcholding her gardcn-the violets
which might he pluckcd TO put in her
glossy HAIR, the hrliotropeS which she
could stick in his button hole, blushing
when he said. Don't you know they
mean devotion - icigning to pull them
out again; but finally. ON his earnest en-
treaty. granting him permission to keep
them there.
And at last, when he felt that he real
Iy must 20; that it was high noon, and
Mr.. Hutfum would be wondering what
had become of him, why should she not
20 down TO the boundry fence with him,
walkiu. slowly rs if there were no Buff
fun in the world to wonder? Why, be-
fore they parted, should he not venture
to re-arrangc the one violet which had
dropped, rs they went, from its place in
her silken braids And why should she
not say that really it seemed to her as if
they had been children together?
Then he leapcd the fence and walked
home, scarce daring to look over bis
lest their eyes should meet, yet
TO 60 without one last lingering
glance at her, and again repeating to his
heart that earlier impaired confidence:
'.7HiS is the gill whom | rW fall in love
with :"
"Wcll, Sir! was the salutation with
which Mr.. Butfum met him ON the piaz-
"a. "What reason have you to plead
for staying away from breakfast ?"
None" replied Adolphus, with
especial GOODNESS, ''save !that for once
have been SO fortunate as to breakfast
without reasons
For the next lew weeks Mr.. Buifum