St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-02
In THE MILL

"Io'l 'Iic plinS green on 'Iic Slle Oi illt
path which led down the hill-Silc-- -
Along this path walked one of thc most
Respected lawyers of the tuwn--a mi,,ll,
a%ei man, of calm but striking face
who moved slowly ON, now and then cx
changing Il word with the notary VIII,
accompanied linn. Their steps were di
rcctcd toward mill not far oil. who's,
owner, labJrng under old age and i'll
ur-S, wished to make legal transfer nI
his pr pcrty to his son.
4 few steps behind followed another
coulic-an active, intelligent looking
young man, and Il yonng and beautiful
woman. lie spoke 10 her, but she seem
ed not To hear. She WAS silent and
she locked before her as if she dill no,
know that any one was by her side
Wien the miIlcr's house came into
>ight in the valley below, the lawyer
turard back, saying, '.Now, cousin, you
write II tolcrabe iand, what say you to
learning Il little about drawing Il con
tract !'
Hut the cousin shool, his head You
may 90" said he; II will fake Lesson
from your wife meantime
''DUnI make him too wise, Veronica =
The young wife only bent her head
asscntingly. The sound of the evening
bell came from the town behind them.
Her land, which was Just smoothing
back her dark hair under hcr straw hat,
glidcl down over her breast and while she
made the sign Of the cross she began to
repeat the Angclus in Il low voice. The
eyes of the young man, who, like his
relative, belonged to Il Protestant family,
followed with an expression of impa-
ticmcc the slow movement of her lips.
y few months befoIc the youn" ar
chtcct had come to the town to attend
70 the bulldIng Of church, and since
then had been an almost daily guest III
the lawyers house. With his cousins
young wife he soon established u lively
intercourse. They were drawn together
by their common youth. rs well rs by
his skill i'll draw ing, an accomplishment
which she cultivated with zeal and tai
cnt. Soon, however, it was not the
drawing lying before her on which his
IJe' i'''e' O. iC 't' ''1'i ict III ''ic eN eh-
ing, but the little busy hand; and she,
who had formerly thrown down her pen
Gil every moment, now worked silently
and dutifully, as if fspell-bound beneath
his glance. They were themselves hard
ly aware that each evening, rs they said
good d-n'ght, their hands rested a little
longer IN each other, and their fingers
g,aSPeI each DINER a little more closely
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