National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-29


barked, but ] kept doggedly On my
way, walking into the grocery with
a resolution second cnlv to that of
the Roman fellow who Jumped into
a crater, nobody knows how many
years ago.
"a pint of milk if you please
Milk, sir ! have You brought any
thing to put it inr
| thought of my tobacco box, my
pocket handkerchief, the corner ef
my hat, all of the impracticable pla-
ceS for the deposit of the tactical
fluid,
Il never thought Of that y | said,
righting the baby, who came head
upermost with very crimson coun-
tenance, and eyes looking defiantly
into mine; eyes that said as if they
had spoken in 50 many syllableS, Il
wont stop crying. III die first ~
The storekeeper looked on sym
palhetically.
i could sell you a nice little pitch
er, sir, if
The very idca,' interrupted. a
pitcher of milk, and please take the
change out Of this portemonnaie:
for if had three pair of hands |
couldn't more than hold this kicking
little demon with cmr
'Well sir said the storckeepcr.
he does seem a rare one for usiu' his
LEGS. let alone bis lungs. Yes, sir.
thank'ce, sir
Now have always laid it up as a
grudge again st human nature that
that unprncipIed grocery man took
a five dollar bill ont OF NY port
mouuaic knowing that | should not
discover it until it was too late to
rcctiiN the error.
Il wouldn't i.are treated a Turk
so.
took my pitcher of milk with
my right huud, still balancing the
baby slill,uliy against my left arm
and side, and started for home.
Now, III settle your business, my
fine young friend, ! thought. is
itros>ihlc that was ever such an
incolrigiblr nuisance as this"
But my triumph was speedily re.
duccd to The lowest pitch of humili-
alton.
dear me, Nh Beverley, is it pos,
Si5lc that is your
1t was Kate NIilton's self radiant
in spring bonnet, lilac silk walking
dress, close fringcd paraSol, and the
dainticSt of lilac kid gloves. Kate
Milton, with an air of aStOuiStment
that served to make her one degree
prctticr than ever,
My first instinct WAS to turn and
flee ignominioaSly my second was
to drop my nephew and his milk in
the gutter and rcsolutcly deny al
connection with them; my third
prompted me to stand my ground,
Yes, il is !, Miss Mltou-a-tinc
day
Very fine
Kate eyed me obviously, and no
wonder. One sock, curling and
twisting as if a serpent were inside
instead of u babN'S foot, appeared
} beneath my Goa, skirts, ilanked 10y
about a quarter of a yard of Swiss
p embroidery and tuchS, woiully
: crdmped by the fiery ordeal through
: which We had both paSSed--thc
. milk (contomd iO had drippcd
: adown the tull length of my pearl.
, culorcd pautaloouS, and my hat,
, bent and bruised. was thrust rakiSh
J. IN ON the side of my head. | was
glo,clcSS. flushed and diShcVcllcd
take me 'lol all 10 all must have ap
e pcaicd considerably like Il pick
, pocket. or an old clothes man cut
e for a walk
passed on, followed by the sounC
:, uftaint, Subducd laughtcr--a Souu,
1 that Stuug me to the quick.
i 80 Kate and her companions wel,
laughing at me: this was, indeed
!; the mklndcSt cut otall. resolve,
= never TO dance the German will
/, Kate Milton again.
II The houscwaS quiet and deSc,te,
as | -cturucd aud inserted my nigh
- kcy in the little circular lock-
4 What could have become of Bertha
y The cold dew Oo2cd out of my hrO'
I as |. for one instant, contemplate
d the horrible possibility OF my bcin
n let, sort of modern RohinSo
d CruSoc, with that diabollcal ma
n Friday on my hands.
=, Nonsense there is no probahillt
:. of that. sat down on Bcrtha'S 10
- rocking chair, and planting tie la
- hy firmly on my knee; applied tn
~ spout of the pitcher To his mouth.
Il Would You believe it! he wouI
II. not drink "A drop. lie screwed Ii
- mouth as tightly shut rs if he ncv'
~ intended To open 1t again, ~
doubled himself over backWar,
, with a strength of will which won
y have been remarkable IN u III
!. grown man, but simply marycllo
- IN u ten months old baby. pcrs
~ Ncrcd aud he pcrscyercd. pour,
the milk over his neck, his cmbr,
~. dcrcd dress waist, and his coral ~
'rn ulcts; he would have been drown'
..c sooner than open his mouth half
quarter of an inch. Probably
= I such stuff wero our revolutiona
ma fathers made; aud this baby h.
IT,, through some lnscrutablc blund
Of Dame Nature, come INTO {
NO world just Il century too late.
mi | put him back into his Grad