Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-08-18

dear old VIII, she had stumbled upon such
lot OF friends
"Can you give me something real good
to eatf' and she glanced at the table with
us dirty dlshes ana the scanty remains ol
our supper.
Ihat tapie was ci9areu OH Ill aJlhy
Piate was "asheu, anu can o' cnlcho"
opeheu' Aunt bet'y hlaue cup OF .c"'
""u anotner surreu up soii'o n"P7I"'NS'
anu a"o'ne' VI US 'nous"' W S'o"' mum,
anu iork py running 'heii hl'o 'ne srou""
seVerai uIhes' on, they were llNeIy unios
Ior le" minutes, youu pe''e' peiloN''
Ohiy lhe 'uuBe-ho never "loNeu' pu'
,ooNou I" n'i. "no u'u 'o' ''en' " 'o','V
MN, pu' ""'"'' 0"' 'p''"'''"H VIZ"
Siea' i''cios''
hiio Si'o ''o--Snu 'ne qu",''"o9s VI o"'
S"iiou"ui"s' 'iu no' "heo' hei "PPo'i'o
We an S'oo" "iO"iu "nu ""i.o" upon hoi'
guess IoNoi uay Wn'ie she iiFeu WIZ
US out "n"' sue '"us"eu "po"' "e' '''''
''ea' '"oio
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~ P"'t,"s w 9'''0 80
"' o"' '"0 """so anu h"''' "'''' "N"'
'nto tho s'oIonouso 10 s'ccP
hou 'ninN 'n"' "no" we gov '"cio VIC
shou'u pe i'Nc'y u .aih oNci 'no "onooi-
lui event. p"' We uiun - no' "oru was
SpONV" VC"1o,,n"s II, D'' ie.Non 'nvi'
was co,'s,ue'"p'e 'ni"N'ls uo"e ''''' n'sn''
by ns' We were an up anu P"cins III
io,' Vi '"o '"oi.' i"e 'ca"s'er n"u gi'c"
"'''00 VI '"' ."'' ~ "o ia" ie'' WI" U.s.
"'u an '''o o''ioi ooSS WIZ "Ner 'neie "
ie"', nv" '"i"s' were A"ore WASH
''oNV VI "o'h uohe III 'ue cauiP 'n"' u"y'
anu "o' iiiucn ior WEEK
me" the 'uuBe calleu us tose'heT, anu
'oiu us "ouiuh no we were ge''ins
demorallzed that MISS browning was uh-
happy because she ielt she mad interrupted
our arrangements, ana we must come right
down to steady days work after that
wen, we trled to, but we never could get
back to old times. There was good deal
OF rivalry among us, and some cutting
things were said. The Judge sent letters
IN all directions Tor VIII, but three weeks
had passed without word III reply. we
had all IN turn offered TO accompany Miss
Browning TO San Francisco, but she said
she knew no one there; VIII would be
5 ure to come before long, and would be
disappointed il she should ieN e; besides,
hadn't she eight of the very best brothers
in the world? She would stay II while
longer and she would help cook aud mend
for us, so as not to burden uS too much
she had few new books She had bought
for VIII, and she would read to us eve
uinrs. We came up an hour earlier than
usual, and our table was always ready for
us, and it had many an extra touch that
none but woman would think of. We
were silent set of men during the day,
but each did his best when we got home.
Stories were told, songs were sung, and
with her reading we were all entranced.
She always called US by tho names which
were first given her, and ever so many
times she went through the introduction,
acting out all the parts. 1t seemed funnier
To fer than il did TO ms. She talked to
South Carolina about the beauties ofthe
Southern sky. and of the flowers and trees,
which eclipsed anything at the North. To
Nutmeg she praised New England, and
she had some favorte topic to discuss with
each ofus.
OF course we were all in love with her,
but none dared to boast of having received
any sign of preference from the lady. We
had all proposed TO her once, and some Of
us half dozen times. She just made light
of it said we were crazy, and didn't know
what we were about; but she came to
know after II while that we did.
There was an open war. We all acted
like madmen, except the Judge; he would
not answer any of our taunts, but was
most pleasant to all. Yet he grew to look
real careworn, and every time he met any
of us alone he would say he hoped viii
would come soon. He talked to us about
keeping the peace, and appealed to our
honor rs men and our love for our old COM