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

| his horse in cool way, and stood still
Il few seconds while he scrutiniZcd Ralph.
Then he rode on in the same easy gait
as before Ralph had Il superstiiious
horror OF Henry Small. And, shudder-
ing with cold, he crept like thief over
the fence, past the tree, through the pas
turc, back TO Pete .Joncs's never once
thinking of the eyes that looked out of
the window at Mcans'S. Climbing the
ladder, he GOT into bed, and shook with
the a"uc lie tiled TO reason himself
out OF the foolish terror that possessed
him, but he could not.
Half an hour later he heard latch
raised. Were the robbers breaking into
the house below lie heard Il soft
tread upon the floor Should hc rise
and give the alarm Something re-
strained him. lie reflected !lat Il rob
her would be sure 10 stumble over some
of til, 'brat>." SO lie lay still and final
ly slumbercd, only awakening when the
place in which lie slept was full of the
smoke OF frying crease from the room
below.
At breakfast Pete Jones scowled. lie
was evidently an"ry about something.
lie treated Ralph with rudcne>S not To
be overlooked, as If hc intended TO bring
on a quarrel. llartsook kept cool and
wished lie could drive from lis mind all
memory Of the past night. Why should
men on horseback have any significance
to him! He was trying TO regard things
in this way, and from Il General desire
10 keep Oh good terms with his host he
went TO the, stable 10 offer hi services in
| helping TO feed the stock
"DIdn't want no satthtndcd help
was all he got III return for his we'll
meant offer. But just a. he TUNED to
leave the stable he SAW what made him
lrrmblc again. There W., the same
sorrel horse with Il white left ,iprrl"ot
and white nose.
To sh;lkc. off his Nervousness, kaIph
started 10 school before the time. But.
plague upon plaques Mirandy Means.
who had seen him leave Pet" .Ioncs's,
started Just III tine to join him where he
came into the biz road. Ralph was not
IN GOOD humor after his wakclul n.4ht,
and 10 be thus dogged 10y Mirandy did
not help the matter. 81 he found him
self speaking crabbedly tn..lhe daughter
ot the LEADING trustee III ~p:tc OF himself.
CLEANERS cot Il bad cold thi- mGrnin'
from bcin' cut late last night, and She
can come TO spellim' school TOM ght,
began Mrandy, in her :mn,t ,>impering
voice.
Ralph had forgotten that there WIS to
be another spelling school. 1t seemed t"
him an age since the urtho%r;,phical con-
iict of the past night. lhis remark of
| Mirandy's tell upon hi- ear like :tn'ccho
from the distant past lie had lived 4
| lifetime since, and was not sure that he
WAS the same man who was spel!in" for
dear life against Jim Phillips twelve
horrs,brlorr. hc.wa-->orry to hear
/ that Hannah had 4 cold. 1t seemed TO
( him, in his depressed state, that hc was
To blame for il. In fact. II seemed TO
him that lac was To blame Tor 4 good
many things. He seemed to have been
committing in in spite OF himself. Bro
hch nerves anu Slc'l'''s9 h'SI'S "l.'" lc-
sun III lhoIpid coii>'lti''e' Ant WHAT
business had he l" wander over inns very
road at Two rltcN III Tue morning. aAd
TO see three %ai"pln& h"r'tneh, one ol
tl'em on 4 morse Will i whl't Ir'' lore
100, ann Wii''' iioNe W n"l ''">''''S-
III" he "a''lil'l@ i'r' ''ll';!'' "' he went
home from the h''! H'dr "I Il "HIn2 pa
'%.'i', % h'''' '''9 nm III 'I'' morning n, :
Ana because i'e l1i' S",''y IL '',' eros
WIN Mira'''y' ana !" i''' '''''''' - ''"'i'
llahllah he "hiE r'p"ed 'li'' iiaiii''il
was smart @IIl.
"lr~, sand MirHndE, ''Hh ihl"k"
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hl> ears.
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