Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21


knew her only safe course was not to
speak upon the subject at all. / said
nothing, feeling SIRE the time was not far
off when her cup would run Ger, and she
would be compelled TO unbosom. l took
a little vicious pleasure in the thought.
The next day came home to dinner at
two, as usual, and, not feeling very WELL
concluded to remain in the house the rest
of the afternoon. We were in the sitting
room, lounging on the sofa with the
morning paper, Minerva working wors-
ted Maltese cat, and the children playing
about the room. We heard Bridget at
the front door, then heard some one as-
cending the stairs, and presently gentle
man unknown to me smilngly entered
the room, caressing morocco case that
he held in his hand; bowed to zig, called
nv wife Mrs. Green, as she is, cast
glance at the children, looked around the
room as if in expectation of seeing some
thing or somebody else, and then APP
preached my youngest child, and patting
her on the head, said to my wife, Can 1T
be possible, Mrs. Green, that this is the
little one you wish to have vaccinated !
She must be two years old"
"Vaccinated /" exclaimed Minerva in
surprise both my children were vac
cinated before they were two months
old"
at appears as if there was some mis-
lake, said the doctor; "but note was
left at my house this morning, desiring
me to come to Mrs. Green, at NO. 10
street, and vaccinate child:
"Oh, dear me y cried my wife, Il Won
der what declare do think boarding
houses ought to be suppressed here
she checked herself and informed the
doctor there was boarding house ct the
foot of the street bearing the same num-
her az ours; also there was Mrs. Green
who boarded there. "Yes," she added
fiercely, mot only one Mrs. Green, but
taco, board there" There was, grieve to
admit, something in Minerals tone that
seemed to say, off I could get my hand
upon them they wouldn't have occasion
to board anyaohere very long" :
"Ah, yesl very likely it was one Of i
those ladies who requested my services,
said the doctor, bowling himself out OF the
room. Although Minerva did not care
lot whether or not the doctor went to the
right place, she nevertheless stepped to
the window to take note OF his move
ments. But after few minutes | OBJ
served that something else had attracted
her attention. Her eyes seemed riveted
upon some object before our door, and |
imagined she turned pale. inquired
what she saw, but received no answer
for at the same moment che quickly lett
the room, despair written on her brow"
and descended to the hall below, where
Bridget had just admitted person from
the street | heard Minerva protesting
and explaining, while Bridget, who had
come half way up stairs, groaned out the
interruption, "God save US !" The visitor
departed quite speedily, and my wife re-
turned to the sitting-room altogether a
vanauished and subdued-looking being.
"Oh, Phineas p she exclaimed beseeching-
", "do for Heavens sake take the num-
Der off our door, and put on the old one.
I've borne all | can. This house for the
past three weeks has been the hating
place for every butchers boy, every gro
GERS boy, every coal man, every bill col
lector, every plumber-everything. Dry
goods, flowers, letters, medicines, dress
makers, hair-dressers, hackmen, for Mrs.
Green, have tormented me perpetually.
But I have borne it all, as you know,
without speaking, until now and now,
Oh Phineas pierre she shuddered- Zone
of these two Mrs Green's, at the boarding
house, is dead, and the undertaken, has
just been here and insisted upon packj4g
me IN ice just think Of it, Phineas
You aoiU go back to our old number,
won't you ?" Certainly, my dear; inn
mediately. To be packed in ice is not
only chilly, but must be a very monoto-
NOUS sort of existence, wholly lacking in
variety, and therefore altogether unsuited
to y0u."