Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-08

ively that he, too, possessed great capac-
ity for being moulded by some such hands
as those. :.
Suddenly she turned. Such dimpling
snilei such rosy embarrassment Tom,
great, black haired, jetty eyed giant that
he was, thought this plump little blonde
an angel. Thought! why he was sure
of it,
After while he came partially to his
senses, and said, 81 am looking for one
Malvina Barker"
''And that is me-" said the rosy lips.
"Then I've brought you baby" he said
abruptly.
A good deal of establishment can be put
into a pair of bright blue eyes without
spelling them-and so there was Fortu-
nately,at this point the landlady appeared,
and so, a moment later, did Malvina's
mother, called up from the cellar by the
voices.
Negotiations were soon completed.
Tom, again in his little room, found it
The loneliest, dreariest place he bad ever
in his life looked upon.
a couple of days later he concluded 1t
would be inhuman not to go and inquire
after his little charge. In an incredibly
short space of time he was seized with the
same impression again. Then he went to
take to baby, who had not yet learned
that the moon is more distant than the
door knob, a box of geographical blocks
Then he went to inquire if it needed
pocket money, and he told Malvina that
he knew she was not kept awakewnights
with it, because her eyes were so bright.
This time Malvina's mother told Tom
that of course they were very plain peo-
| pie, aud no fit associates for young
gent" like him, but that if he wished to
Stay, thre was plenty of strawberries and
cream for tea.
Tom stayed, and after tea the moon
came ont. Oh! that wicked, shameless
moon Tom, by its. light, told Malvina
right out that her eyes were bluer than
Heaven-her lips sweeter than roses-and
all that.
When they parted, Malvina went to
her room and cried.
What could such a perfect king of a
man mean by talking like. that to her.
OF course, he could not mean to marry q
little school-mistress only home on a va
cation
Tom acted queerly. too, when alone in
his room. He took pencil and paper,
and figured aud calculated. He made a
list of all the little properties he possessed
He added them up and he added them
down. Then he set down list of all the
things he was accustomed to spend money
upon that could be dispensed with. Then
he brought out book on economy, where
it tells how a man can live cheaper with
frugal wife than he can alone. He was
astonished to find that book SO intensely
interesting!
The next day Tom went again to see
the baby. In fact, it had seemed to him
as though the afternoon never would
come. He had more waiting to do at the
cottage, for Malvina's mother received
him, and she did not appear. At last his
impotence spurred him to ask.
II don't want you to see her again,
young man. will be frank with you
and tell the truth p
ooh Mrs. Barker" cried Tom.
"She's a simple child, sir, and is in dan
ger not to understand that attentions from
one like yon can mean nothing"
"Dear Mrs. Barker, you mistake me en-
tirely. [ must see her this once. | must
indeed. If she sends me away l will not
come again"
LON conquered. w hen he explained
to her about his small income and con-
suited with her about its sufioiency, she
told him that he ought to be ashamed in
deed to waste such heaps of money on
one. He should have sent half to the hea-
then.
Toms income has thus far held out bet
ter than when he was single. Young
men, try it