Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-10-21

would b. useless, | assure you, Dan has
no fearof broom as long as it is at a
safe distance from him. | speak from
experience when | tell you, that your la
Dor w,uld be lost if you had one. l am
sure, don't know what to do, that mon
key ls the greatest torment any one ever
had. Dan seemed to think Susie was
getting personal, and grinning horribly
he tof good aim and threw the hat. 1t
hit hf right in the face and nearly
knocked her down, but did no serious
injury but alas for the hat it had seen
its bes days and was but battered ru-
in of what it once had been. Poor old
beaver but an hour ago so smooth and
glossy.now likeness of nothing upon
the earth or under the earth. Mr.. Riv-
ers surveyed it with rueful countenance
and exclaimed sentimentally, ''twas al
ways thus from childhood's hour" Just
thena large cone hit him on his nose
and ,e looked up to find Dan busy, strip
pingthe pine tree on which he sat of all
it ctntained. We unanimously voted
thatregion dangerous and left Dan s'mon-
archIof all he surveyed" When we
,,o, II Lo,oo bo oapoo to ,noot rc with
Susiy's point lace shawl wound about
his 1rck and my best bonnet on his head.
He hid in his hand volume of poems
thatM Mr.. Rivers lent Sue the day before
and eemed to think he was dressed fiji
for any thing.
We all rushed at him, but he was OF
his guard and not to be caught. H'
turned and started for the house, but il
tryingto avoid us he did not look wei
to his ways and ran right into Uncl
Edwards arms. We rescued our prop
erty at once, though not without som
damage to it, but thankful there wa
any thing left
One evening Snsic and went out t
make call, and when we returned W
found Mr.. Rivers and his friend in tn
parlor waiting for US. There was to /
twilight excursion to lake a fe
miles distant, and a sail by moonligh
and they would like our company. "
started off in high spirits with no though
of that monkey, and reached the lake
: safety. So far everything was we'll: b.
) just as we were ready to push the bo
off Dan sprang into it. 1t was no u
: to put him off, he had come to stay, al
: stay he would. Rejecting that VIII
5 can't be cured must be endured" ," we l
| signed ourselves to our fate and we
: Everything "vuV "Otf- 20. =" -----~'---
for a wonder, behaved himself, and
e were even getting sentimental, when su
G denly Dan, who seemed to have gre
e affection for Mr.. Rivers hat, snatch
d lis broad panama from his head a
rt tossed it into the water. Susie was t
d ribly mortified and looked just ready
d CRY. She told Mr.. Rivers that he NIL
rs do lust what he was mind to with
lg monkey and she wouldn't say word;
IS her part she wished he was back VIII
he he belonged. She could not keep
he of mischief herself, much less keeT
or monkey out-and she was sure she
to not know what in the world to do.
il Suppose you let me take you botl
OF, hand and see what l can do % said
ap- turning to her with smile. 81 N
Try what | say" continued he, as she L
rks ed up at him in surprise. Then
at voice dropped so low that we, at our
he of the boat could not hear what
way said, but we could guess, for Susie S
the was rosy red.
chit Mr.. Wheaton turned to me and v
wife ed to know if he was to be left a
his 81 won't promise to keep you from
y OF chief. for | need watching myself,
cool will promise to love and care for yo
and my life.
rily, No matter what | said, but at Cl
the mas there is to be double wedC
tree and while Susie and Dan 60 to the
ror sonage to live, | leave the roof that
aged tered me in my orphanage for DO
with the far west.