St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-24

to he protest. She then put the ten
penny nail sometimes used to faStcn tn,
window down. III its place. as if to say
Come i'll. If you can. Then she pull
ed ont the folds of the ChintZ curtain
hanging on lis draw-string half WAY III
the window. If there had been an,
other precautinn possible, she woulc
have taken it. But there was not
/ She took up the note and read it
Julia was not Il girl of keen penetration
Her training was that Of Il country life
She did not read between the lines o
August'S note. and could only under.
stand that She Was dismissed. ont
ragged by her mothers tyranny. SpuInct
. bl her lover. she stood like Il hunted
creature. brought to bay. looking tnI
/ the last desperate chance for escape.
1 Crushed No. If she had been weak
rr. if She had been of the quicttr. tlailcl
sort instead of being. a> She Wa. elias.
/ tie, impul>iNc. recUpcifItlVe, she mighI
have been crushed. She was wounded
III her heart of hearts. but all hcr prid,
and hardihood. of which she had not Il
little. had now taken up arms against
outrageous fortune. She WIS Stung al
every thought of August and his letter
of BctScy Malcolm and her victory. ui
the fact that her mother had read til,
letter and knew of her humiliation
And she paced the floor of her room
and resolved to resist and to he rcNcmg-
ed. She would marry anNhndy. that
she might show Bct>cy and August they
had not broken her heart and that hcI
love did not 90 hcgging.
. Julia take care. Many another
woman has jumped of that precipicc
And she would escape from her moth
CT. The indications ofatfcction adrnit
ly given hy Humphreys We're now all
revived. She could have him, and she
would. He would take her To Cincin-
natl. She would have her revenge all
around. am >orrN To show You my
heroine in this mood. But the t;iirc-t
climes are sometimes subject IT, the
ticrccSt hurricanes. the frightfulest
earthquakes
After an hour the room seemed hot.
She pulled back the chintz curtain and
pushed up the window. The blue
grass in the pasture looked cool as it
drank the heavy dcw>. She climbed
through the window ON I" the long.
old fashioned upper porch. She sat
down upon an old-t;IShiuncd >rttce.
with rockers. and began to rock. The
motion relieved her nervousness and
famed her hot checks. Yes. she would
accept the first respectable lover that
offered. She would go to the city with
Humphreys. if he asked her Ii is only
fair To say that Julia did not at all con
sidcr-Shc was not i'll Il temper to con
>idcr-what Il marriage with Hum
phrcy> implied. She onl y thought of
il on two sides the revenge upon Au-
gust and Betscy. and the escape from
Il thralldom now grown more bitter
than death True. her conscience waS
beginning to awaken. and to take up
arms against her resolve. But nothin =
could hc palmer. In marrying MI.
Humphreys she should marry Il friend
the only friend she had. In marrying
him she would satisfy her mother. and
was it not her duty to sacrifice some
thing to her mothers happiness. per
hup> her mothers life
Yes. YES. Julia. Il false spirit of self
sacrifice in another path over the clitl
la such Il mood a> this. all paths lead
into the ably -.
Her mind was made up. She hraccd
her will against all the r"lrnting~ of her
hcaIt She wished that Humphreys.
who had indirectly declared his love 81
often. were there to ottrr at once. She
would accept him Immediately. and
then the whole nclGlh"ihn"d should
not say tllIi she lldd htrh deserted 10y
putchnan. For IN her anger She
found her mothers rpiiiIrt> expressive.
\
lie WIS there. w ~ II tn" d'\lI th"i
planned II Docs hr rlih All ih"~r "r-
p"ttuniIl'~ t"r Nl"t" that are :" sure
I" offer themselves liuinPhir\>. nav
mG I"d a iIi" nat turned uI%lIi nat" day
~ 1T III" I'm her rud "i the I"n- upper
porch. >hi"hln@ III, ''S'I' Ndll M Il
'"''-' ''''' '''''I )" '''' VIZ - WIN u '''
Na> a'r"-'"il'''l
I'ld Hr >ii>i'', 'I' >'iuS-F III 'H'
heart "t JulI1 Anderson INA ne CUE
that her pIld" Ind defiance hid 10y I'M,
time reached hl@h water m"lN I'lH
he h"NInc tins from seems her There
Win hri bonner sun "i ne t">' ""d
started III through ttir d""r al the upper
hall. the only opening I" the p"r'h.
tcInt. lie turned back ahd sat himself
down upon the farther en-" "l me N'tt'r
from julia. ii" "hdrr>'""d human
nature r'it''IIH' ana han h'n L"hS
practice IN making Gra"'iHi 'pPl"''"t>'
lie begged hcr pardon l"r 'i'' "'nS
Ing manner III winch II" had '"mm"iil-
cated li't'l'iS'ic" 'ill' mus, "c 50 Terri
hle t" heart $" sensitive! '"iia was
just gong t" declare that she ana not
care anything Tor what august >iid or
Thought hut her natural truthtuineSS
checked the transparent ialSri""d.--