St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-15

wild, romantic sea- view which lies al
around you, and the awful Race of Port
land. which no vessel can cross, there is
nothing 10 he seen. My ncicc paid me /;
visit about this time, and nothing woull
do but that | must 90 with her over tc
the Island. did So, and 10 my Surpris,
SAW Mr.. LcwiS-for such was my
lod@er's Misunderstanding against enc o.
the huge blocks of stone which lie about
the quarrics, and gazing so thoughttully
ont to sea that he never noticed US driv-
In% by. Then my niecc's husband clmc
to fetch her home and n he had never
been 10 Weymouth before. he, too, must
sec the island, and must 90 with him
and his wife. 50 second time | wcni,
and a second lime. To my great surprise,
| saw MIR. Lewis. To-day he was talk
inc t" 4 tail man in plain clothes, VIII
had just the look Of warlcr cut of Lis
uniform. They Were in the middle OF
thrs sroad, 50 MIR. Lewis might have been
asking his way; but was confident,
from their eager, hurried manner, that
that he WAS not. Yet when he rccog-
med me Ire raised his cap, and the ward
cr-Im sure it was Il wnrlrr-puintc,l
along path us though he was givin@
some direction, and then we lost SIGHT Of
them. But | did not forget the incident
y few ni"hts after this | was SurpriS-
eel, on answering Il knock at the door,
To find some one inIurin" for Mr. Lew
l., tur lac had ncvcr had Il visitor before.
lac stranger gave the name of Brown,
and WAS at once invited up >taii>. After
a visit of about halt an hour hr left ::
and then my lodgcr, who had seemed, |
iancI,d, To avoid me of late, came into
my little kitchen, and began, in the chat
ty manner which had made him 50 pleas
ant, 10 talk about the gentleman who
had just left. He said hc was connect
cl with one of the ch,cf hotels, and had
called 10 speak about an appointment.
Now had lived in Weymouth, maid,
wife, and widow, for thirty-two Years,
and knew by sight cvcry gentleman con-
mectrd with every hotel there, and this
was none Of them. And if my judgment
was worth anything, IlliS man WAS 4
war,!rr from Portland, and, what was
more, WIS the very wardcr had seen
Mr. Lewis speaking with on the island
| was quite sure of this, and knew, there
lore, that Tor some purpose nay lnl.cr
was drceivimg me; but | reelected that
every family has lis secrets, 50 supposed
he had liz reasons for tryinI 10 mi>lnal
me.
Just now 4 complete change took place
in my lodgcr's habits, for whereas he
had previously been the most retiring of
creatures, keeping himself 50 totally with
in doors that scarcely soul in the street
knew him, lac now seemed to bc never
tired OF hanging about the front door
lie cleaned my windows twice IA often
a1 | had ever cleaned them; he painted
my shutters; lac painted my hower-box-
g., and WAS frequently trimming tie
flowers i'll them while hc actually went
two ur three times To the White Lion.
the public house at the corner Of our
street, and drank his ale at the bar. in
stead OF allowing the pot-man To bring
1t Tor lnm, as had hitherto been iLc ease.
took the liberty oi s;yin"-ior | was
quite old enough 10 he his mothcr-tliat
| hoped this last would not grow into a
habit which mi ght lead TO harm, when.
To my surprise, he burst out crying, and
cried 50 bitterly that thought he would
90 int" Mysteries. tried 10 sooihc linn,
and took his hand in mine-hr had a
s"it and delicate hand, too but hc rose,
and mastering himself by Il great effort,
went up to his room. In the morning
Ii" arologizcd for disturbing me hy his
absud ways; hc had had bad news
from home, he SAID. OF cour-e told
him not 10 think any mere of such a
trlilr; but in my own mind | wondered
where he GOT the letters from which bad
=" upset him, as was quite certain the
posiman had not been near my house all
day. All tins time had heard no more
of the situation he rNprctcI; but, soon
after, the sane STRANGER called again
Mr. Hrowm, | mean. He called very
latc "nc night, and went straight up To
10 lrwI,'s room, came down in II very
short time, and left without Il word, aS
L
IA fair chance OF confirming my opinion
he WAS Il wardrr, | was sure lie was
Il tall, bi"-w l,i-kcrcd, and musrached man
who stood very square when le spoke 10
you, a. Il soldier docs; wcarher-b brown
ed, aS all the Portland wardrrs are: and
with IL certain quick, watchlul look Of
the eye, which they all acquire very
soon.
The ncNt morning brought h.avy
fall of ram, with gusts Of wind from the
sea; and on taking up Mr.. L"wise
hrcak fast, noticed that lie looked cX-
cited, if net Wild, and feared he had
taken cold told him 50, but hc said,
NO The fact is. Mrs. Grrr:ir, must
now tell you Il little secret; am mar
ricd, Il ID cNpcri my wife in towm to
day"
"Indeed." | exclaimed, for had
never dreamed OF such Il thing.
eyes, he went on, ''Shc is coming
this evening, and am little worried
10 think what AN unpleasant ride She
Will have"
"Shc certainly viii, poor thing"
said, "but | will do my best To make
her comfortable Mr. Lewis"
Il know you wili,' he replied 81
thank you heartily, Mrs Gerran. We
rely ON you very much
left him his breakfast and went down
stairs, considerably astonisIed by what
| had heard. The weather grew worse
during the day, and by night it was lit
tie shoIt of Il tempest. often thought |
Of the poor young woman who was COM
ino ,ll tina ,,.o,, from, I onJnn IN sucl, :.