Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-19
And lust then voice behind him

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sir Give poor old woman anything
you like, and she'll tell your fortune
true
1t was queer, high-pitched voice,
with false ring to it, like the .'frst
old woman in play; and the figure
he looked upon, wrapped in great
cloak, with a handkerchief about its
chin, and broad hat upon its head, was
a mere bundle of clothes in the twilight,
but from the shadow bright black eyes
peeped at him-Gipsey eyes to a GER
tainty. though Ira had never seen
Gipsey before.
"Here are the pennies, said he, "but
my fortune is told already"
II don't believe it, said the Gipsey
coming closer. ..0r if it is, you can
tell me whether tell true or not. Eh !!
this hand holds an awl and a last, some
times, and draws waxed ends through
leather"
"In other words, I am shoemaker, .
said Ira. "Well of course you know
you are right. Go on
..But every shoemaker is not like
you," said the Gipsey: "You read a
deal in books, and you know the Ian
goage they speak in far countries; and
what do you after lamps are lit ?-write,
write, the things they put in books
Fate never meant you for shoemaker" :"
Ira laughed. 'You are shrewd wo-
man" he said; ''you know how to fiat
ter very well"
sIt's a hand that has good many
things in it," said the Gipsey. Glove
among the rest. You like girl very
we'll Sir; don't deny it, You like girl
very we'll.
Il like all girls" said Ira.
sBut you love one" said the Gipsey.
Did you ever have your fortune told
by a genuine Gipsey? If you have,
YOU know that she will have the truth
out Of you somehow, laugh at her pre-
tense as you may. Perhaps this was
why Ira, paling little, said nothing,
and so made confession.
.You saw her to, day." said the Clip
, sey.
This time Ira flushed.
"Why didn't you say what was il
your heart?' said the Gipsey. "Tc
love girl and never tell her so; F.; il
that the way you make your luck"
"You have seen me talking to a young
lady, Mistress Gipsey," said Ira.
..The stars saw it, said the Gispey
e Listen she likes you; but she'll nev
er marry a shoemaker. -
+ The shoemaker knows that" salt
L Ira.
..Other men work hard to win thei
n loves" said the Gipsey. ''Ycu can b
}, great man. As for money she ha
= enough of that. Throw the last an
n awl away. Go to the great city yondel
= Come back to claim her when somethin
= is written after your name besides shoe
k maker Your lucky stars bade me te
7, YOU that-the stars that told me ths
e you loved her.
n "And this" said Ira, touching th
re crutch under his arm !; must l thro
ct this away also? Have the stars locke
deep enough into hearts to know that ?
;" ..If she is true woman she will 10y
Or you better by pitying you little, sal
TX the Gipsey, and the voice fell and alte
i ed little as she said it, and then bot
nc were still. Ira spoke first.
O. s.Gipsey," he said, ''since you CT
m read my heart, why should l endeav
it to deceive you? do love the lady
of whom you speak. Sometimes | ha
lg fancied that were | what [ am in q
er things-just what l am, no more, b
Id with name of which she might
ut proud, that | could win her. But
n Shall never seek to do it. She is ricl
[ am poor. That sets a barrier betwe
:" us forevermore She is dainty lad,
hit [ shoemaker. There is no beauty
hit a man that | could ever see, but strengt
ell that left me long ago. am to proud
lat ask all and give nothing; and thou
ad no other woman ever may touch l
heart, only these changes could make
bo ask for hers; that she should becol
T.. poor as [ that she should have
to Shame in my humble calling that
ow tween US should only be pure love,
Nv pride on either side.
a33 "And this can never be between
No beautiful heiress, to whom social positi
in is everything, and lame shoemak
o;r who comes of people neither rich ]
oil great, who will never be either himse
aao m and if he climbs at all-he is very pro-
Gipsey, but that he cannot help-wo,
not do it for the sake of girl who CO..
lay not love him just as he stands now,
he who would blush to own that love. r.
en- en- the stars again, Gipsey, and find ri
1T er, fairer, and more worthy lover
Ign her, and leave me, as life will, the
l. - known cobbler, who will keep the M
'n'' ory of the loveliest woman he has e
d met in his inmost heart forever, but
'"h never WOO or win her, unless S
changes come to him as only come
hey fairy tales. What do the stars
- aJ, Gipsey 2"
doe .That mans will cannot alter the
1sle u, said the Gipsey, and in moment n
'n@1 a. she had fitted away into the shadow
n 'ii the trees.
uch Ira did not 60 home to supper I
night, nor did he see any one to 81
hef Il to until morning. He made his wa
ooo VI the top of the green hill that basked
~. ool the moonlight that evening, and
y" there all alone
The lights in the village shone
hap like stars come to earth awhile
lself grown grosser. Overhead the real S
re- shone with their pure diamond ligh
also But the radiance that caught his eye
the oftenest was that which fell through
'orn- white curtained window of an u
sha- room in Miss Wharton house-her
Ver,s room-where, as he knew, she sat
the solitary evenings-not many, for
lows heiress had host Of friends, as '
heiress has not? And the dwelling
ooed often full of guests and resonant of II
erly, and laughter, and the sound Of m
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