St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-31
Chapter Nv.


Chapter Nv.
THE WEE BROKEN.
"po\crtN." SaNS Brlangcr. lis AWAY
Suprr>titioII>. 80 j. extremity of ANY
sort. Julia'S healthy constitution had
escaped the threatened illness. the fr-
Vcri>hnc>> had gone with the headache.
She felt now only one thing: that to
escape from all her embalrI>>ncmt> She
must have Il friend. The hard piou>
ness of CNuthN AIMS face had never
attracted her sympathy. 1t had alwaN :
seemed to her that Cynthy di>apprnNcd
of her affection quite a> much aS her
mother did. Cynthy'> face had indeed
Il chronic air of diSapproVal. y ner-
Vuu> Young minister said that lie mcN cI
had ANY '.libcrtN" when sister Cynlhy
Ann WAS in his congregation. She
seemed aNcr>c To all he SAID.
But nov Julia felt that there WAS
Just one chance of getting some advice
and help. Had she not in her dream
seen tyuthl Ann with Il broom She
would ask help from tNntly Ann.
There must he Il heart under her rind.
But To get Ia icr. Her mothers at
lccti"natc Vigilance never left her alone
with CynthN. Perhaps it WAS this very
prcrauti"n that had suggested tynthN
+ Ann Ia her a> Il possible ally. She
must contrivr to have Il talk with ncI
/ somehow. 6ut how ! There WIS one
way. Black eyed people de not delay.
Ri.ht or WIun". Julia acted with >haTl
/ decision. Before she had any very
definite view of her plan. She had arisen
and Slipped ou Il c:Iiic" dress. Bit
there WAS "uc"I,>tarir. Mr.. humphrey
kept Iltr hours. and he might lc on tho
from porch. She might meet him in th,
hall and his contingency seemed Wui>,
T." her than would the chance ot meet
me "A tribe of lniiIir<. She listened
and locked out "t her WiudoW. >h,
could moi hc sure. but she would r,Il
the risk. In stocking feet. with beat
in" heart. she went down the hall /,
the back upper porch. for in that day
porchcS were built at the back AND
front of houses. above and below. One,
on the back porch she turned to th,
right and stood 10y Cynthy AIMS door
But IL new fear took possession of her
If Cynthy Ann should hc frightcmc,
and scream,
"CNnthy! CNnthN Ann - she said
standing 10y her bed in the little bar,
room which Cynthy Ann had occupie,
for five Years. bat into which she haC
made no endeavor to bring one ray %
sentiment or one trace of beauty.
"Cynthy! Cynthy Ann"
Had CNnthN Ann slept anywhere hu
in the l. of the house, her shrek villa
woman could help Shriekimg II littl,
when startled ! her shrek must hav,
alarmed the family. But it did not
!, "Why, child! what are yom doing here
lou are out of your head, and you mus
go back to your room ut once" An,
Cynthy had dariSen and was already tug
ging at Julia'S ann.
Il amt ont of my head. CynthN Ann
and ront go back to my room
until have had Il talk with YOU"
. "What is the matter, Jule ~ sal,
. Cynthy, sitting on the bed and prepal
ing to see begin again her old fight he
tween duty and inclination. Cynth,
always expected temptations. She ha
often said in class-meetimg that temp
+. tations abounded on every hand. an,
f as soon us Julia told her she had com
t munication to make, Cynthy Ann WA
+ sure she would find in it some tempta
, ton of the devil to do something sh
hadn't orter do, according to tn
I Bible or the Discipline, strictly con
Strued. And Cynthy was ''strict con
/ StructionlSt."
I Julia did not find it 50 easy to sI
e anything now that she had announce
/ herself as determined to have il convcl
2 sation and now that her auditor wa
4 waiting. 1t is the worst beginning
e the world for conversation. sayin
T. that You were intending to convers'
= Whenever an Indian has announced h
. intention of having big talk" h
Il Immediately lights his pipe and relapse
into silence until the big talk sha
}. break out accidentally and NATURAL,
: But Julia, having neither the pipe n'
Y the Indians stolidity, found herse
o underthe necessity of beginning abrup
:, ly. Every minute of delay made h'
5 position worse. For every minute il
o creased her doubt of Cynthy Ann
IS sympathy.