Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-05
WOODSTOCK, W., THURSDAY, SEPT 5. 1872.

that cnyironed her? He must have
put his curiosity into form in some
way, for before the evening was oyej
the girl found herself explaining tC
Inn that, though she was Scotch by
name, there was but little ticottiSI
blood in her veins, "My father wa,
half Spanish, andmy mother was Who'll
ly irish, and so | can make no claim
to being very pure in race If Tn
anything, its a thoroughbred
And then she Iapsed from that subject
into one that was naturally more in
tercsting to her-the BIighs, namely,
and whence they sprang, and whom
they had married, and in what way,
they had distinguished themselves in
the days gone by,
Undesignedly and almost mcon-
sclously there came about a certain de.
gree Of Intimacy between these young
people, even on this the first night OF
their mecting-m intimacy about
which there was an indciinablc some
thing which cannot be put into a word
photograph, but which nevertheless
strikes the obsewmt and the mali
cious, and the interested, as being ra-
thcr more than kind, and entirely un-
necessary.
Now Mr.. Bigh, the botrothcd of
Miss Dundee, the owner Of the Chase,
and the uncle Of the innocent often
der, was neither malicious nor obScry-
ant by nature, but he was interested
just now through stress of circumstan-
ces. 1t would have hurt him if 1'heo
had maintained that air Of suppressed
unhappInesS which had marked his
demeanor on the morning when he
first heard Of the approaching wedding,
For Mr.. Bligh was blessed with one
OF those dispositions through which
was a colossal VEN OF desire to set all
crooked matters straight. It would
nave been a flaw IN bls scheme Of
bcnevoIence if Thco had not come to
an amlca0Ie conclusion concerning the
case but still, Madge ought not to
have been so entirely obIlvlous fthcir
relative positions as she appeared to
be while she was tc9chlng Iheo new
and ingenious mode OF playing cats
cradle, pastlmo which Theo found to
be eXhlIaratlng for the first time
Young blood will have its course. lal
Anu every 0os HIS 0"F'
l ''c'c C'''''c " "'l WHEN II was IT,
Nc"'e'' 70 'ler Su''o'lI'! 50 '"'oe"'y
''''V II maze ''er dIAAy' ana Sh' Oe-
''' ' e"-liNc "oI''''''
W "Ii Nho"' "heh people WANT 10
oe 'o9e'''eF ana nave no Spec'aI efid
ol "'''' 'i''' may Dc Sno0lco a'o"o III
'.'c l'l,''Ne' pace lor oo'"g So now
'"ey "eFl'e ana invent mo'i'e'' ano
eA'l'''S' ana warp opportunities Inc
coon'ry Is caPi'aI stage Whereoh to
'"e niue PIo'S' ANA SO III
''l'S case every run, III .ne 'lc''i'y was
or'SSeo III 10 "SSlSO Ill ''e oei'oue-
lilen'' ana every PolhI OF view from
whence "'ly''l''S co''Iu poSSloIy DC
seen was called upon to contribute to
the i'rther'hce OF love stratagemS'
All this time while the excursions
were going ON, to "look at" some
thing or other that not one Of them
ever saw, the uncle and nephew were
in the house together, and | am sorry
to have to orecord that it was not the
guilty one who suffered most. The
elder man was profoundly and iustif-
ably unhappy, because he feared that
the two people he loved best in the
world might deal him the hardest
blow 4 man can have dealt to him
The YOUNGER man was cycitedIy and
fIfullv unboppy, tmlv. but then he