Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-02-11
General Literature.
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$50 you're going to marry John Wheel
er, are you, Chat, and move right into the
house with the old folks? said my uncle
Peter, rs he came in suddenly one morn
ing, long ago, and found me buried in the
pretty mysteries of lawns and laces, and
knots, and bows of ribbons, and the glow
on my cheek as red as the heart of the
sweetest rose in the wreath ON my white
silk bonnet.
Eyes, 1 suppose So" said I, bending over
a heap of dainty ruflling to hide my en-
barrassment.
"well, child, give you joy of your new
mother-in-law," said he, peepng round TO
see what my busy hands were doing "and
Chatty, if you haven't hard life before
you, no one ever did have. I pity you
that's so my heart aches for you, little
niece; and believe if that old termagant
does not treat you like human being, I'll
slip round into the grove back of the cot
tage with my shot gun, hunting quails, and
I'll make mistake and shoot her ha!
ha y and that jolly old uncle Peter Whita-
ker leaned back in his chair and laughed
! right merrily.
"You know, uncle Peter, it's an old say
ing that n mother-in-law and daughter
u-law are natural enemies.' Now do you
really believe that there is mother-in-law
| in this world whose heart has not tender
place in IL somewhere which may be found
that she may be touched tenderly, low
ingly, if one can only find the right key?'
"Well, / don't know, sis. am afraid
! n. =. /
lived on the Downing farm, joining Wheel
er's, did think / never saw her equal
she thought no one knew anything but
herself. NV wife couldn't get along with
her, and you know Sophie's way is kind,
and gentle and forbearing. I felt some-
times as though it would be Il real satisfac-
ton to me to make mouths at her and go
yeh yeh! She used to make me feel very
ugly, and spiteful, and devilish, as though
l would enjoy calling her names. oh, she
had an eye like a Norway rat-so sharp
and bright and cunningr'
"Why, that's energy, uncle Peter" said
l, beginning to feel that I must stand up
for Johns mother.
'Fiddlesticks - said he, shutting his to-
bacco box with click, and slipping it into
his pocket, and rising to leave.
"yyou uncle - said I "as Mrs. John
Wheeler, Jr., we'll be good friends, won't
we? And you'll come and see ChaHy, and
she'll visit you and if she should make
any discoveries she'll tell you"
Xyosu be renIiod sipbinp. "and if Won
: e,,d on, tbot GRANNY Wheeler has n dror
, ofbrn,ou blood in her veins. LET me he ad.
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