St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-17

10 lovc her and she bad answered til:
It he would have broken her heart il /
had not loved her. And So in Il raptul
and ecstasy they had fingered till IL
tide had swept llcm up; and late /:
night, all drcnchcd with dew and the 81
wind, but warm and flushed with happ
hess, they had parted-cach, when alone
10 doubt the moments truth, to rene,
the nights rapture when assured that
WIS real. ALI 10 Charlie Carlcia
could not choose to annul such scenes a
these; lie could only regret. for Flora
sake, suffering and rejoicing together 70
his own, that she had singled him out f.
her rrgaid-ihat regard which was
crown and glory itself.
For the way had been no smoother fo
them than for the traditional true lovers
ana stern parent had ordained th,
daughter Il duenna, had forbidden ali in
icIcoursc with Charlie, had made he
young lie Il burden TO her, and had com
lIandcd Charlie never to cross his thrcs-
hold again till he was able to place hi
daughter i'll is comfortable home aS she
had Il right TO expect.
81 don't mcan," sud Tie rich old mer.
chant, ''to say that would not select
You aS Il sOn-in-law among many; bat
my plans for my daughter require that
her husband should furnish rs large :;
sum in their mutual provision rs she her
self will bring. And till you can do this,
excuse me If | request you to release her
from her engagement, and TO be seen by
her no more. You yourself must realize,
| II you have her interests at all at heart,
! that 4 continuance of the relation can
only Linder her establishment for life in
i desirable way"
But how could Charlie leicIsc Flora
from her cngagement-Flora who rcfus
eel to he released And there they were
~ present, Flora going out every night,
wrctchcd in all her flIuncrs and furbe
lows, Charlie watching her from some
dark corner of the pavement aS the car
rage lamps illumincd her, Il vultIre
gnawing his heart, and hunger gnawlng
his stomach and just now, in the broad
noon, he stood leaning against Il lamp
pos; and pretending to read Il letter, while
he was in truth only pondcring on hi,
dcplorablc situation, and wondering where
in the world his next meal WAS to come
from. He was startled from his rcveric
by hand oi his own.
..Iust the man | want to scc," said IA
voice hc knew, and he turrcd 10 meet Il
person 10 whom hc had spoken of hi,
square mile of woodland, AMI who now
informed him that he { .uId put him into
communication with parties who would
purchase it, and proceed to avail them
selves ol lis timber AMI water-powcr, and
would ut once give him Il bond Tor IL deed
to be executed in thirty days, or after Il
survey of the tract.
II Sccmei To Charlie that the broker
WAS an angel dropped from heaven. That
purchase moLry would establish him in
hu-imcSs. where with care and economy
hr mi.ht advance from small 20 great
and Flora had promised she would wait.
He closed Il barGain on the spot, and
the bond for the deed was given that day
and placed in his wallet; and having
sold his watch to procure the whcrcwith-
al for his journey, Charlie and two of the
contraclin. parties stnrtrd together by the
niaht train to survey the purchase.
The bond for the deed having been CIV
Tn, it WIS impossible, Charlie knew, for
the purchasers to retreat; but in some
va.ua way he found himself trembling
lest. after all, the inspection should prove
50 unsatisfactory, anl the purchasers
should plead 50 Justify TO he freed from
the obligation, that dccency would re
quirc him Ia do rs they desired. Bat
then when he thought OF that mile of
timber; those large and lofty frees, i'm
meu>c in girth, straight AZ arrows, al
most an arrows flight in height e; that
brook, ioaminT from fall 10 fall through
the whcle-it seemed 10 him impossible
that they could wish To rcccdc anl with
ing, and led the way on horseback up
the rough country some half score miles
to the woodlamd and displayed it to his
companions at last III lis full extent, sat
i>licd that they could not but heartily con-
cludc the arrangement, and pat the prom
iScd ten thousand dollars in his hands nj
once.
When he had performed this duty,
Charlie sought the hut upon the place in
which lie allowed old Flamen and his
wife TO 1--we, on condition OF keeping dep
relation from the timber. 1t was alter
their boistcrous welcome had quietcd that
he began to observe Il thousand mods and
winks and quirks passing between Fla
men and his spouse, till the by-play be-
came SO amusing that Charlie, happy and
high-spiritc! !, could not at last hinder an
ouibur-t of laughter, only hushcd by
amazemcnt at the smokers and slaps and
Jerks and outlaws with which the two
joined him.
$50 you knows all bout it, Mars
Charles p said old FIamcn, rs soon us he
could compose himself, his words still
broken by many a chuckle. $50 you
knows all bout it? But spcc't didn't
cross yer dat me an julie we knows too!"
"know all about what % cried Char
lie, opcn-mouthcd at their unaccountablc
behavior.
"'Bout lis yer lie busincss-dis yer
lie runnin' oifn our Ian like water, and
swimmin' on's't julie and me can't drink
outn it, and catches our drink in de hol-
Ter logs"
'What ~ cried Charlie. "What do
you mean. For Heavens sake, Fla
men"
"'Den yer hab'n hcern? Jcs yer be
still, den, Mars Charles" said FIamcn,
getting up and cming and laying his