St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-02


woods Station and back. on Sam coach.
and always sat on the box. and drove Il
part of the way. but never where heI
driving would excite remark. 1t is
/ SIIpcTiluoII~ To state. that on these oc-
c;r>iomS there WAS Il happy heart hcncath
| Sans linen duSter. or that the banter
in@ remarks of his brother drivers were
borne with smiling cquamimity. not t"
SAY pride: for sam WAS well aware that
| Mrs. Dolly Pages brunette beauty. and
/ his blonde bearded style. together fur
miSIcd Il not umplcitSing MbIcdH of per
>onal charms. BESIDES. Sans motto
/ WAS. 'Lct thoSi. laugh who win and
he seemed to himself t" l,e on the road
{" heights of Happiness beyond the ken
ntoriimarN morlalS especially ordinary
/ stage drivers.
Il don't calkclatc to drive stage more
than Il year or two longer. sam said to
/ Mrs. Page. confidently, on the return
from their last trip together to Pimey-
woods Station. "l'Vc got Il little place
down in Amador and an interest in the
Nip-nnd-tuck gold mine. besides Il few
hundreds in bank. I've Il notion to
settle down some day. in Il cottage with
vines over the porch. with II little wo-
man to tend the flowers in the front
garden"
~ if Sans heightened color and
shining eyes had not sufficiently pointed
this confession of his desires. it chamcrd
that at this moment the eyes of both
were attracted tn Il WaN-sldr picture ::
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their ru~ii.h hri"htu,>>. and the lady
v,> tnt:,II,. .uurnii.rious ntIuIiuu heard
s,.,.,, an f,.It an, embarrassment sen
timrut b,tvccn Them MAS successfully
fnLooeI. 80 far =, urtcriurr wa, con
c,.Iucd. for that time. And 80 sam
fnuud. >nu,.v h.t tn hi. .di>,pnniutmrut
il continued to fall ont. that. whenever
h,. GOT uunu d,Iirut,. oInuud th, l1LI
,,;,. of like = hummiur bird. darling
hithcr and Won. 50 that il WIS impo~Si
hlc to put Il finger upon her. or to get
So much a> a look at her brilliant and
restless ~ iuu~. But unhudN ever tired
of irving tu find Il humminy bird at
rest and 80 sam never cave up lacking
for the uprnrtun, moment Of speaking
his mind.
Meanwhile. Lucky boz Camp WAS
having Il fresh sensation. norylnilcd
band of gamblers. robbers. and road
agents." had made u swunp upon lis
property of lariou> kinds. and hand ~rlr-
rcctlcd IN maxim. off with il. The vrrl
night after the. ride lust mentioned. the.
best hni>c> in sam Eic,'~ team were
stolen. making it necessary to substitute
what sam called -, par nt uIncrl
r:I\u>,.>." To put the climax to his
mi~tortunc>. the road agents" attacked
him next morning. when. the .."rmrrN
cay lrr>,.>" hrr"miug uumaita@rahlr. >anr