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


il was not solitary. There was some one
there A man, wretch with q long.handed
white umbrella, like huge mushroom, stuck
in the sand, and under It he was sitting,
sketching.
A little way from where my horse was to
be tied was his horse aud buggy Somehow
he seemed to expect Miss p, for he
rose up aud came to meet her as soon as
had helped her to alight and before could
secure my steed Miss p and tho stran.
ger seemed to have got wonderousy well a..
quaintcd. | did not remember to have seen
him on the Island, and he certainly did not
come in the boat while was there, for the
event Of the day was to see the passengers
land aud beside that, where would he 60
but to the Ocean IIouse2
Miss Minnie introduced me to her friend
as | came up to them. 1t was Mr. c.,
the artist He was handsome there was no
denying that, with his broad wideawakc and
velvet coat and silky mustache but | should
have much preferred TO see his beauty in the
distance, say pic,urcsquey half a mile of ;
but he was so pleasant and gentlcmanly that
| couldn't quarrel with him.
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on with his work and then she said, as she
looked over his shoulder, that he ought to put
in figure or two; and how it came about !
don't know, but | found myself standing at
the edge Of the surf, tn immediate peril Of
wet feet, and pretending TO throw buedsh
| line into the breakers.
1t was hardly a consolation to think Of be-
ing part Of famous picture, when that re-
quired one to stand with ones back to all
that was Of immediate interest. But il was
much worse to be reused by q shout from the
wretch, and to see my own horse walking
leisurely away toward the town know
fastened him securely.
hurried up the beach, and the rufhan met
me with a look of pretended sympathy on hi
features.
This is too bad" he said d" / am afraid
you will have to leave Miss p to my
care. l will stay with her while you bring
your horse back. If you should not oyerta!.C
him, added the ogre, will see that sh,
gets home but really can't leave just yet
| have got such splendid chance, which
have been waiting for all summer; such surf
and such a light on it
1t did not occur to me then, though it die
afterward that the miscrcant might have OF
fered me his team. Instead Of that he hur
ried me off, bidding me run, which | did. 5
did my horse, just quickening his pace till h
| got far enough away to Craze, and then start
, ing on as got near him. | had to foot tn
3 whole way TO town The beast went saiel,
enough till he reached the stable but ther
he pushed right into it, and, catching tn
} buggy against the Intel, smashed the tol
a completely. Twenty dollars would not max
good the damage, the stable folks said. Iol
t them to send up to the hotel at half past nin
aud get their pay after the loss had bee
t properly estimated.
D One thing seemed n little odd. had VI
il buck ed the check rein to use as hitchiu
| strap. 1t was found buckcd all right, bt
+ rot checked, which makes me think that tn
It horse had learned to unharness himself
!, They are knowing animals, the Nantuck,
horses.
e Then I went to the clerk of the hotel.
= told him | thought | would give publ
|, reading that evening. Could | have the Us
G of the dinning room | would put ii
tickets at twenty-five cents, and at that raj
e would probably secure an audience. | ha
'e heard that one of the Harvard fellows ha
r. done the sane thing in one Of the rural di
At trcts, and nctted one hundred dollars. III
e. clerk said the dining room could not well
ii. spared and would not hold enough, but Il
| Atheneum Hall was the place where su
hi things usually were given. Would he c
le gage it for me He would send and get
Or right away, and would send the town crier
n. announce the reading as there was not til
We to print bills, and that was the usual custo
on moreover.
Id, Then | went to my room to prepare p
oil gramme. 1t did not seem ten minutes
er fore heard the voice Of the herald p
he claiming in vocal small caps that 1H'
th lcW be dramatic reddiRg this erening
We Ah ena nm Hall. Doors open AT SEE
n- PJormaRce Z c'mence I eight o'clock. 'da
at tince tcentyfee cents Then the ding d
's' of his bell died away up one street and y
w, heard coming down the next. 1t was eyid
est the town would be thoroughly canvassed
os- Could | read Well, had tried it in pI
she ate circles, Maitari non sine gioria, aud
'ou the Public Latin School where | gradua
i've had won the Hancock medal, The first th
ng' was to get books. asked the clerk, but
he was book keeper, not a book lender Ill
ever, he thought | might obtain the loar
in- the Athennum, on depositing their valuat
not As | only wanted them to 90 from the Ill
IN ry room 10 the hall up stairs | ventured
all this, depositing with a bold front but b
hat ing heart my twenty dollar bill, and recei'
are Shakespeare, Byron, and three volu
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