St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-12-23
VOLUME 81 --NUMBER I743.

! Will gaZed at me moment out of his
great blue eyes, and then went out OF the
room, and his surprised, disappointed
look haunted me all the evening" Invent
off to slneing-schooI, and | remember
how harsh and discordant everything
sounded TO me, and how heavy my heart
was was glad when it was over. !
dill not stop 10 talk with any of the boys
and girl-, but ran home as fast as | could.
where's WILL SAID |, as soon rs | got
| inside the door. lie has gone to bed,
replied nv mother. lie doesn't seem
to feel well tonight. oh what if he
should be sick and die, L thought. L
should feel like a murderer | tried to
prop myself up in my anger by thinking
over all the ugly things he had said to
me; hut at the lonely tribunal of my
own conscience | felt condemned, and
convinced that | had been the most to
blame. When went up to our room,
VIII was asleep, with traces of tears
On his flushed face, which made
me feel 50 mi-crably mean that could
scarce resist the longing which came over
me to wake tim up and tell him how
sorry was for what | had said. As
stood looking at him in this softened
mo d. hc stirred unea-ily in lis sleep.
In a moment the old animosiiy came
back, and my heart grcw cold and un-
loving SO laid down by his side,
with NV mind agitated between anger at
him and the trndcrer brotherly feelings
which would assert themselves, until at
| last fell asleep: and dreamed that |
had been away from home for long
time. and low was coming back |
was 30 happy III the thought of seeing
| Mother and Will that | ran all the way
up the Village street. A. | FASTENED
,lorg. kept thinking of VIII. and how
bitter our feelings had often been toward
each other. | -aid 10 myself: I'll nuke
him love me now; for | know what a
warm. lovinL heart lies underneath all
hi- fun and mischief | reached the
house. and | pushed open the front door.
Not a sound was heard. Ii seemed 50
strange that no one should NEE, me.
Tn, little rarlor-door stood open, and
the sun hickcrcd through the grapevines
that shaded tn, windows, and painted
In, tiltrriug leaves down on the cay
ra.-carpct. looked in. In the center
ul tn, room wa something covered with
= white cIorh. Somebody was dead.
| Vas If Mother CoaH il be VIII |
hnlrird forward and raised the Gov
err. and there llv NV only brother.
ri,fl and cold in the ,Ieep of death.
God had then taken me at nv word. and
VII wa. ,,,rc withou, foroivinn me of
my cruel worL- | thouoht of Ills little
innrlsiye o,ucr.u- thing. he had done
and I rccnlIerfed how cold. distant and
rruellaut had been. Oh, how | did
feel | praved and nrayed to God TO
let me saw one word TO nv brother. |
heegcd VIII to come back. and | would
meyer .noak ano,Lcr unkinJ word 70 him.
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cam,. to die the recollection of the unity
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