St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-03

would not he SOmewhrlc 4 yDlcanlI
eruption. But if there was any sea .
molten lava beneath, the world did moi
discover it. Wild boys were sick Of hav.
ing Small held up to them aS the most
immaculate of men.
Ralph had failed to get two schools
for which he had applied, and had 1T
tributed both futures 10 certain ~hru"s
of DIR. Small. And now, when he found
Small at the mouse of Granny Sanders,
the center Of intelligence rs we'll as Of
ignorance for the ncighborhood, he trrm-
bled. Not that Small would say any
thing. lie never said anything. lie
damned people hy silence worse than
words.
Granny Sanders WAS not n iltlr fiat
tered by the visit.
why, doctor, howdy, howdy
Come in, iake. 4 scat. | am clad to see
you. lowed you'd come. Cd DR..
Flounl,r us ii to say hc larnt lots O
things of me Bat most OF the doctors
senc hcz been kinder stuck up, you know.
But | know'd you fer a man,.."t intrlIi-
gence."
Meantime, Small, hy hi- crave silence
and attention, had covered the old laa
with hrticry without sayin" one SINGLE
wor,l.
''Many's the rlSc I've cured with
yarbS and things. Ni9h upon twenty
years AGO they was man lived over on
Wild Cat Crick aS la Il brrakin' out ON
his side. Twas the left side, .Ic. below
the waist. Dncior cuuldn'; d. nuthin'
Twas Doctor pcachlm He never
would have uothin' 10 do with ole wo-
mans cures. We'll, the man WAS goin'
10 die. Everybody seed that. And
they come drivin" away over here all
the way from the Wild Cat Think oi
that AR never was - iiu-Irrc |.
But A. soon As | laid eyes ON that air
man, says, says |. that air man, says |,
has got the shingles, says |. know Il
the minute seed it. And ii they'd 4
gone clan around. nothin" could 4
saved him. -ay~, says l. ii, me Il
black cat. - ji-t Killed Il black cat,
and let the blood run all over the swell
in. | tell yen, dIctbr, thry'- no'hin'
lkrit. That man was welt il Il month. -
"DiI Won u-r In, blood warm >" ask
rd Small, with a >oirmuity most r,liiv.
in".
These were the only wnr,l- he hai ut
tered since hr entered the cabin.
'Law. vr-: ir.t let il run l@hi rul
of the cats tail ONO the hr,akn' ont.
Fer airr>iprlu-. | don't know nUthn' =
200 a. the blood q. Il black hen
"llow oil ," asked the doctor.
"Thrre vou showed yer ~cienc,, doc.
tor, lnry'> no power in q puliet.
Lac "id"r ihr biark hen ihe better Ano
yo" N.''" 'l'' cure i'' I''',i''''''/. -AhU
here the "'h woman gol down Il DottI'
"i %reaHr. NAT lie nom placR
d"@. IL II rendered r'2hl, II II hh"rh
the hii'h s'!l'- OH "i any rhr"Inatl/ you
ever sc. 'nt II mn>t '"' rendered II
Inc h''I" "i ''l' moon. i'>e Il BLACK
"o@ lie Il Il | worth no more nor awliil'
ones
Aud al tins time Small WIS smelling
OF the unc"rkrd bottle, taking liitlc Oh
his hn@er ard feeling "i 1t, and thus feel
ing his way t" in' heaii-dr'er than heI
h'l"---ol 'hr "'" "l''"' Ana lheh h'
went round the CABIN GraNrty, hlims
c;'H separate p""'h ol dIitd yArh> IRON
lis nan, smelling "I II, anu then, by max
M an lnirTr"5aIlch-point OF lIS silent
face Ia managed t" ~ a lecture iron
her on each article IN her "H.|'s ""tcoL
with the most marvellous stories Illustra
tive "I their virtues. Wien ihr Granny
''''' 2'' ll't HI o' ms '''',' h'"rIy' lie
"''~ ''''''l ~ ''''' ''' "''''' ~ '''''" t'''
pot
lhere WAS something W''ld about ihi
silent ma" ability 10 turn the r"nNtr-a
tIon aS he chose I" Lave 1t 90. @I;In.
by lie ''r''nhy lea, Table lIhhiIn2 corn
bread whiIr he frank hIS %iaS~ g! water
havin1 declined even her Sas~aira-, Ia,
ceased TO stimulate her medical talk an'
opened the VEN at 3"S-Ip. Once started
Granny Sanders was sure t" ailul' t'
: the robbery. Nnd once ON the robbery
the doctors course WAS clear.
Il low SomehoHy not i"r away - II
ihl' ere business.
Not by Il word, no; even ty Il nod
nnt hy ,ome motion "i The ryridS' per
hapS, Small Indicated that hr a%rrr'
with her.
"N ho dye spo-e IT,
Hnt Dr. Small was not III the ita!'It "
Supp">h5, lie moved hl* head IN =:
quiet way just the least p'rcrptIble h't
but 50 that the Old creature UNDERSTOOD
tn'l he cohiu give iiSlIt II he wanted |"
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