St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
THE END OF THE WORLD.
EY EpwAEp EGGLE>ruN.

Chapter l.
IN LOVE WITH \ pITCIMAN.
Il don't believe you'd care IL cent if
she did marry il Dutchman, She
might aS well as to marry some white
folks know
Samuel Anderson made no reply. 1t
would he of II" use To reply. ShrrwS
are tanned only by silence Anderson
/ had long since learned that the little
shred of influence which remained to
him in his own house would disappear
whenever his teeth We're no longer able
to shut his tongue securely in. SonoW
when his wife poured out this hot lava
of drJHmeNtHm dd hOmiHcm. he closed
the teeth down in IL dead-luck WaN
over the tongue. and compressed the
lips tightly over the teeth. and shut his
timgcr-ualS into his work-hardcncd
palms. And then, diStrIISting all these
precautions, fearing lest he should hc
unable to hold on to his temper even
with this grip, the little man strobe ont
of the house with his wifc'> >hrill voice
in his ears.
Mrs. Anderson had good reason To
fear that her daughter waS i'll love with
Il "Dutchman. as she phra>cd il i'll her
contempt. The few Germans who had
penetrated to the West at that time
We're looked upon with hardly more
! favor than the Calitorniam> feel for the
! almon-cNed Chimamam. They were for
eigners. who would talk gihhcri>h i'll
stead of the plain English which cNcrl
body could understand. and they were
not Vet civilized enough to like the vel
| low SIlcIatu>- biscuit and the salt
raising" bread of which their ncighhnI>
were so fond. Reason enough to hate
! them
only half an hour before this out
burst of Mrs. Andcr>nn>. She had set Il
trap for her daughter Julia. and had
fairly caught her.
'.,luIc, julie, ,lul-y-e-cc, =" she had
called.
And Julia. who WAS down in the gar
den hocing bed in which she meant It"
plant some ''J"hnml .jump-up>. came
| quickly toward the house. though she
| knew il would hc OF no use to come
quickly. Let her come quirkly. "r let
her come slowly. the rchukc WAS sure
to greet her all the same.
"WhV don't You come Whcn N0u rC
called. Id like t" know You're never
in reach when You're wanted. and
You're good "dfor-notlrIg when y"u are
here -
Julia AmdcrSon'> earliest lesson from
her mothers lips had been that she was
good for nothing. And every day and
almost every hour since had hIought
her repeated assurances that she Na>
good for nothing. II she had not been
good for IL great deal, she would long
since been rood for uothiuw ~ the re-
suit "t such teaching ii"t though tli>
WAS not tine hrS'' nor io' ''l""S'il','il, i,
nor the ten tii"u>i'iidIh 'l"i' she ii""
been t"ld mat >lt WAS zoo" i"F h"Ih mag
the accustomed Insult N'cl'i,u l" sung
her now more thal' ever N"> IL '''A''
"tlll% almost 'l"h'''li' sue Wis ."N'!'
nlhG I" irci 'ilr woman n"'N>"'''l'iS /"
her nature Or, was II thal 'hr ithurl
words oi August Ntilc hIh hiah'' hcl
sure that she WaS g""d tor Something
that now ller heart felt hrr mother III,
sun I" ne >'lle' >ei''Sh' li'-h''''''"
lie
Take tins cup "t tea over to Mrs.
Malcolm :. an" tell her tha' II am |
quite as good as what hnrrltd OF her
last week. And tell her that they IL he
Il neW-1allEled preacher i'll the school
ii'"' -,
Tim, Il pfeachih ABOUT 'hc ehd "l 'hc
world.
julia dld not say cS, ma am, III
usually meek style. She smaltcd Il lit
tie yet from the harsh words, and :"
went away in silence.
Why did she walk fast Had she
noticed that August Wehlc, who WAS
'brcaking up her fathers north field,
was just plowimg down the west side OF
his land If she hastened. she might
reach the crosS-tence as he came round
to it. and while he was yet hidden from
the sight of the house hy the turn OF
the hill. And would NOT lew words
from August Wehle he pleasant to her
ears after her mothers sharp dcprecia-
ton 1t is at least safe to conjecture
that some such feeling made her hurry
through the long. waving timothy OF