St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-11-25

tinued Sandy in a very high key.
"Get up, you horrid man p said Miss
Mary, now thoroughly incenscd get up
and 20 home"
Sandy staggered to his feet lie was
six feet high, and Miss Mary trembled.
He started forward few PAGES and then
stopped.
''Wass 20 hum for" he suddenly
asked with great gravity.
$50 and take BATH replied Miss
Mary, cycling bis grimy person with great
disiavOr.
To her infinite dismay, Sandy sudden
ly pulled off his coat and vest, threw
them on the ground, kicked off lis boots,
and plunging forward, dartcd headlong
over the hill, in the direction Of the
river
"Goodness heavens, the man will be
drowned" said Miss Mary; and then
with feminine inconsistency, she ran back
to the schoolhou>c and locked herself i'll.
That night, while seated at supper
with her HostcS>-the blacksmith 81!
came TO Miss Mary to ask, d,murcly, il
her husband ever got drunk. "Abner, -
responded Mrs Sridgcr, reiIectively,
..le,'s sec Abpcr hasn't been tioht ,inr,
last .lection." Miss Mary wonId like
to have asked if he preferred lying in the
sun on such occasions, and if cold bath
would have hurt him; but this would
have involved an exclamation which She
did NOT then care tn rivp So she con-
tented herself in opening her grey eyes
widely at the rcd-chccked Mrs. Slider
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c,uc,-and then dismissed thc .ubi,c,
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trud,r. As she turn,d the Garner 81
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to fake = t,mniur ady.nto.l, o.;n I.r
nrc.cnt Lum,r. But if was somewhat
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80 that the cuttino snoccb which ou;v-
cred ON her ready tonnun IicJ upon bcr
Inns md sh, contor.oI I,ors.lf ,,;,h r..
ceiyinr his st,nrcrinr anoInov spn,rciI-
lens with evrlid. and the .r,,hcrcJ skirts
Of unccu,amina,ion When sh, rc-cn-
tered IN, scbooiroom bcr cvc- fell upon
In. azalro. with y new sense It revelation.
And ,hon She laucheJ and rhc |r,lo Lovs
all launched. and tbev were all uncon-
sciouslv hapDv.
1t was very hot day-and not long
after ihis-that two Short-lcnncd bows
came to nrict on the threshold of the
school with a pfil ol water, which they
had aborioueIy brought from the spring.
and that Miss Mary compas-iunately
seized the pail and started for the spring
herself. At the foot ofihe hill a shadow
crossed her path. and a bluc-shirtcd arm
dcxterouslv, but gently, relieved her Of
her burden. Miss Mary was both en-
barasscd and angry. ''If you carried
more of that for yourself" she said,
spitcfulIy, to the blue arm without deign,
inc TO raise her laSLcs to the owner,
you'd do better" In the submissiv,
silence that followed. sIs regretted the
speech, and thanked him so swcct!y nj
the door that he stumbled. Which
caused the children to laugh again-3I
laugh in which Miss Mary Joined, until
the c"lor came into her pale checks.
The next day a barrel was mystcrious!y
placed beside the door, and as mysterious
ly filed with fresh spring wafer every