Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-03

Hies NuO'o hcW lhto the houac lor nor SUI
bonnet, TO follow them but by the time she
got to the bars, her mysterious visitor and
Quits were driving rapidly down the road
The strong minded woman shouted after
her husband, " You'd better come back, tell
you !" But the wind was tue wrong way,
and carried her words into the potato patch
"Sr,' SAID the gentleman to honest Cutts'
have very simple question to ask you
but | shall have to ask You in confidence !
will give you five dollars if you will promise
me not TO repeat my words until Tomorrow.
wei, sur replied Cuts, 81 shouldn't
Ike to answer any question that would make
trouble among my neighbors. have my
hands iull, can tel you, to keep out OF
scrapcs now but I've done it, and haint an
enemy IN the world, as know "
But sir you need not reply to my ques--
tioh' unless you are perfectly willing, SAID
the stranger,
ASK your question: then, SIR SAID Cults
and | will not repeat IT,
Well, Mr.. Cults, | ann laying fence ON
the Brlslcy place, that I've just bought and
! was directed to inquire OF you where l
could buy cedar posts A fellow IN the store
said, Cuts can tell you if his wife viii let
HIM but she won't. She'll insist ON telling
you herseu, aud perhaps offer TO drYR Slth
you, wherever you 60 50 order thcinF f.
"I told them 'oo'lld sec you and ask you
only aud the young iellowsb bet ON 1t. They
are to give you ten dollars, and to two or
three widows in town cord Of wood each,
1t ! succeed in asking You thisquestion alone
ana making sure your wiie won't Know my
business uli aiter breakfast tomorrow morn
ng
QUITS kne" his wiies " standing too well
TO ieel very sensitive, ana taxing the bnl
from the stranger he smiled and said
LII 20 with you to look out cedar posts
ana keep dark Tor the Jokes sake but l
don't know as shell lot me stay IN the house
tonight lor ! don't own IT, replied the
good natured Quits
suppose You 60 up TO my place and see
to setting the posts. viii send boy to
tell her you had to 60 oft suddenly on little
business, and Will be back IN the morning
SAID the stranger.
"lll do that, replied Cuts " for never
quarrel with her, but let her have her own
way. l don't want to worry myself about
triiles.
Good man. said the stranger, there
are no trhes in life. The smallest act is inn
Portant and this easy good nature Of yours
will ruin your family. Battle that spirit to-
day, and next Sunday take your boys and 60
to the house Of God, whatever she says and
be a real man-at the head Of your own
house and family
d" Its rather late to begin said Cults
shaking his head in way that would have
warned others from the trap in which his feet
were fast You see the purse is hers he
added, " and that has been a crueler teiter
than her loH to me. But | will try to begin
E anew, for her good as well as the children's" !"
The boy was sent with the message, but
the boy wasn't sharp enough. Maam Cults
discovered the whereabouts Of her lord, tack
led up and went after him
All the way home and till far into the
night she used her eoquence, both in plead
ings and threatenings to find out the mystic
rious errand Of " that hateful town nabob that
had come into the country to separate happy
families
But Cuts yielded himself up to dumb
spirit for the night and no measures could
induce him to talk SoD any ss6ieei lest sl$
should pry the mighty secret out of him !
About midnight She wore hersefou and
went to sleep; but at break Of day she began
again. He then yentured to say, " As soon
as breakfast is over, I'll break the news to
you"
You'll never eat morse i'm my house |
can tell you, cried AantipPe, "tlll you've told
me what that ere man wanted OF you y
Then you'll wait good while to hear
: it - said Cults, " for I've vowed ia never
tell it till had first eaten my breakfast y
and with these words he went out.
Maam Cults endured the torture as long
as possible and then got breakfast She
called to the door to no one IN Particular
Come y
But Cutts dldn come And alter awhile
she went out to the barn and found him seat
ed on an upturned half bushel measure, calm