Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-27

Win an creation, and all the more as FREQ
licd, Here's book, by the way. found
o. your room when went to look for you
where were you, by the way, all the evening ?
and took up to my room to read. lucki.
iy saw it this morning, and suppose you
would like TO carry It back to the Athen.
0Im.' Then remembered my bill which ]
had deposited, and rather astonished Fred by
tearing out Of bed and ainging on my clothes,
aud started down street on the run.
must have startled the amiablo librarian
hy my breathless and somewhat dishevelco
appearance but like a true Nantucket wo.
man, she was perfectly selEpossesscd and po.
ltc and accepted my confused statement with
entire composurc, put Handy Andy on it,
shelf aud handed me my twenty in the en-.
yeope in which she had placed it, expressing
bind wish to meet me again another sum
mcr
il i, religious belief with the islanders,
Chat whosoever visits Nantucket once will
surey return again, and | must say it is o
we'll founded belief There is q spell in that
hamy air, like that Of the sweet waters Of the
fountain of Trevi at Rome, to lure back the
.taveer, and whoever eats Of the chowder Of
S.asconset will long No eat it again
When got back to the hotel the clerk met
ue The crier's been after you" said he ;
come to say that the Atheneum won't charg,
anything for room and lights, as there was no
exhibition; and | told him that be mustn't
charge but dollar for his work so if you II
leave that with me, he'll be satisfied
think enjoyed my last breakfast at the
Ocean House even more than any previous
one, and that is saying a good deal. | had
time, too, TO stop and redeem my watch, with
thanks to the good matchmaker, on my way
20 the boat. The bill got back from Fred
sas uuquestioned it was one Of our Boston
hauh.notes, and certainly came out Of my
pocket.book, however it got there. The coun.
forfeit was safe in the envelope Just as ! re-
ccived It.
As stepped aboard the steamer saw
Miss Minnie and at her side Moloch, that is,
SIR c., who lost no time in making
Doe qmcRde IL leave Miss P" he
4l. "in your care. | did think of going
across with her, but a stern sense of justice,
which is the prevailing trait Of my character
mres me to leave the field wholly to you
owe you t,te-a.tete in place Of that which
+ toe yesterday"
Don't believe one word he says" was
iauies, mean Miss P--'s retoit " he
lying to be of to Sancoty Head sketchng,
l only came down TO see me off, because
] made him come and apologize to you for his
rick
She put me up to it" the victim began,
ghan the last bell sounded, and he was oblig-
cl to hurry ashore in the midst of his auda.
cus iib, and | was left to enjoy one Of the
rlel.antest journeys ever made
OF course Miss P asked me what put
% into my head to give reading, and told
Der the whole story, and got sympathy enough
and fun enough out Of it to pay me twice
over. When it was all 6sished she said,
One thing don't understand, how you had
teo twenties, when YOU only thought you had
,1o"
! am sure don't either. 1t is clear that
Che one gave Fred last night was the same
1 laid away for reserve fund; where the other
came from cannot imagine"
Let me look at it," said she, and took
% out Of the envelope and gave it to her.
She turned it over once or twice. and present.
" showed me mark on one corner. This
is a lesson to me not to be so careless again
! might have injured you very seriously for
ie,' she said. DO you remember the day
Do rained and you went over to the shell.
shop to get me the basket | bought there
YOU paid two dollars for it, and | handed
you the money when you returned. re.
member thinking how polite it was Of you
that you took the bill without even looking at
IT, and put in in your porte monnaie at once
This is the bill. / just noticed the two,
and not the cipher. got it at Benton's in
Washington street the day before left ; was
told 1t was bad at Hovey's, aud then | mark
ed 1t, so as not to pass it away, meaning to
ask father to return it. forgot all about it,
and having only fives in my purse, except
this, gave it for two"
The reader can skip the sequel if DESTROYS
to do SO. think it worth telling. was
kindly asked by Miss P to call upon
her while she remained Miss p, and on
her return from her summer travels was re-
minded of my promise by a note, specifying
the evening. Somebody was there with u
velvet coat and a mustache that was finer than
ever; but really, as Miss Ellen p,
younger sister to Miss Minnie, was so good
as to entertain me, did not find the artist
in the way. As we walked down Park street
at the close Of the evening he asked me to
come to his studio the next day at twelve.
/ managed to get off from the store it
was dull time. and did so. met some
ladies at the studio, Mrs. P, Miss P
cad Miss Ellen. They had come to see a
picture which was upon the easel Just finish
81. 1t was view OF the South Shore at
Alutucket. There was one figure in it, d
young man in graceful attitude gazing upon
the surf. | think the figure was little fiat
tered, though Miss p said not but she
saw things through a very rosy atmosphere
that day. What struck me most was, that a
note addressed to me lay on top Of the frame,
and this was desired by the ladies to read
aloud 1t was as follows -
Mr.. Woodbridge will confer real favor
uoon the artist by accepting this little me-
mealo of one of the happiest days in the life
o. tho donors, which is offered as a slight rep
oration for the Inconvenience broug ht upon
VI. Woodbridge by sitting for his portrait.
With the best wishes Of his friends,
-. c,
MINNIE P"
never had the pleasure of hearing
MIR. Woodbridge read aloud before" said
Miss P, very demurely. IL have un-
darstood that he ia quite an amateur"
have heard the picture highly praised by
competent judges. | hope to see it hanging
on my parlor wall some day, and may add
that my chances Of having paror and of
calling Mrs. c., nee P, sister-in.law,
have considerably increased since became
junior partner in the house of p