St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-27

master was there too.
CHAPTER VI.
i NIGIIT At PEIE ,JoNFs'a.
When Ralph got to Pete ,Ionos's hC
found that sinister individual in the ari
OF kicking one Of i many DIGS out OF
the house.
Come in, stranger, come in You'll
lind this ere house full of brats, but
cues, you Kin kick yonr way around
anon" 'oni Take cheer. liclc, gil
out 90 10 thunder with you And
with ihcs' mild impcralivcs lie boxed
one of his boys over in one direction and
one of his girls over in the other. Il
believe in trainin' up children TO mind
when they're spakc to- lie said To Ralph
apolu@ctically.
But il seemed 10 the teacher that Ii,
wanted them to mind just 4 little L,iurC
they were spoken 10.
"r'rap~ you'd like bed Well, jest
climb up the ladder on the outside o! the
house. Takes up thundcrin' >i2ht oI
room 10 ha>r Il stairs inside, and W,
ha'n't got no room to spare. You'll iino
a bed i'll tlc iurthcst corner. My Pete,
already got half of it, and you can take
t'other half. Fl Pete gocs 10 taEln' hi
half in the middle, and trying 10 make
you take ycurn On both sides, j'>t kick
him
In this comturllcss bed "in the turdcsl
corner" Ralph found sleep cut OF the
question. Pete took three tuurtl!S vi III,
bed, and Hannah took all hi> thoughts,
So he lay, and looked ont through the
cracks in the ''clapboard," (as they call
rough >hiugIr, in the old We$D ut th,
stars. For the cloud, had HOW broken
away. And he lay thus rccuunling Il
himself, ;s miSrr count, the pieces that
compose H. hoard, every step Of that
road from the lime hc had ovcrtakrl
Hannah in the hollow to tie fence
Then hc IMAGINED again the pleasure OF
helping her over, and then lie rctraced
the ground to the box alder tree At the
>prin", and repeated To himself the con-
ycrSation until he came 10 the part III
which she said that only time and God
could help her What dad sle mean
What was the hidicn pant "l her life
What was TIA" connection between her
aud Shockrv
Hours wore ON. and ill! the mind Of
Ralph llart>uuh went back and Travelled
the same read, over the fence, past til,
box alder, up 10 the inrNplicabIe part o
the conversation, and stood bow ilderrd
with the same puzziins Questions about
the bound girls life.
AT last hc got up, dr,w "u hi, clothes
lookin. dowm over the blue" "ras> pa>tur,
which lay Oh The hrrdrr hctwrrn tia,
land OF Jones and the land of Means
The earth WAS white with moonlight
lie could not sleep. WHY nnt walk
1t mi .ht enable him ~ sleep And once
determined ON w.,Ihin1, lac did not he>i
tate a moment IL 10 the direction il
which lac should walk The blue gra>
pasture twas ii not like unto the garIcl
of Eden , lay right before him. Iha
boN-alIer (wa. it not tree ut lie
stood Just in si4ht. To ~pIiuL over th,
fence and take the path down the hil
and over the brook was H. quickly dom
rs decide upon. To stand a"tin undo
fine L,x-,IJ,r +, r,;nh ,o,,in o,,r th,
farther fence. AMI tu walk down tin
road toward the schu"i-hou-e, was :.
easy and 80 d,linhttllI that it WAS dom
wiIhout thounhI. For RaIuh WAS 4 MAJ
fall ,t ,Lul vhr. when II, saw un wron,
IN .,,,,I,;,., tI,,t ,,,.r..oJ ;,..lf u,
.,,t rn i,Ii,,y I,i. ;mnuI.,. v,;tI,,,,t LJih
,r.,,;,u And ,hiI L,,.n;u. co,nn,r,
with tI,. stnrs and rh, mrmnry Of ! J,.
li"Ittul WALL. w,r, :, much better than
tL,. ,.nm,unr. ,I.,r, I.I,t Crr,E If. In,
lac threw himself into his ninht cNcnr
sion with .utlu,ia,m
AT la,t he stood in the LITTLE hollow
where first he had inined himself TO liam
n,h # ,yrs fine very srut nt vhirI
SI,ncl,. t.n L,J mo, linn g., f.y n,rr
;,u. L.f,,. H.. L.,n,J ,,,iu.t ,L
ceE,. .,,J ,r;.J +, so,ve ,noin ih. npzlI
of HANNAH. tr,uhl.. Far ,I,,t sho h,,
troubIcs l., dill NOT d,uht Neither III,
he Jouht tbat me rouIJ helm h,r if h
c,ulJ J;.co,.r vI.,t tb., ,,r. Hut h.
I,,d II, cIuc
All ,t one, his heart .,ooI sill H.
heard the tLud Of horses hoof, com;n,
law, ,h, rand Tn,;IJ,t ,,,r,ou, H.
h,J unt fair Ii. nwn L.nI;r..s IT.
sLr,,,l, L,.l r,r,h.r Inf, ,La t.n.,-o,.
NOR Tho Lnr.nm.n un,, ,.IInn;na
Tba,o ,ver,. ,I,rc. nl tI,en anJ ,Lrrn ,va
one ,iourr that seemed c,miI;.n tn RaInL
Hut hc ,,u}J uot ,.II ,,Ln :, v.,. N.;
,Lar .nrII l.. r,,on,,,". -,.,' H.
horse wI,;rh yaS =. .nrr.J ,.;,I :, v.h;t,
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