Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-11-01

WIZ hiSh'b's NOl lubTtI tDIIlb on TO tne
next carr
"IIere are good Seats" said Mr.. c., pre-
| pairing 10 take them.
Next car" repeated Mrs. c., pacidly;
and on he went feeling like a horse with
his first experience of the bearing-rein.
Goodness what are you at now?" For
no sooner was he fully ensconced and com
Portable than madam leaned across and qui-
city lowered his window.
Cant you let mel mean I want il
open =!
1.-The cinders are blowing in on you the
wind is on this side. My dear, you don't
feel in right good temper this morning,
do your Never mind, it'll be all right
when you begin TO feel the sea-breeze."
Mother" said the gentleman after a
while, emerging from his paper.
"Well, BfllyP"
"Do you know, I haven't cent of mon
ey."
, MONEY! oh yes gave you ten dol
lars Yesterday"
n "Irs gone"
"Gonel Oh, well, if you enjoyed your
self with it, I'm sure it's all right. How
tiucn 40 you want now 2?
GLOW much? oh, realy-I suppose you
will allow me to pay the bills ?"
"You may, if it would amuse you. I'll
give you two hundred dollars, and if YOU
want moro, you know how to get it," And
madam began counting it out in fives and
tens.
"Stay," said Mr.. c., nervously: 'theres
Thompson and his wife on the other side.
They're looking at us
care they? I'll speak to them directly.
Thirty, and ten is forty, aud ten"
DO give me the portemonaie," said the
gentleman, reddening. "Don't dribble it
out in that way. They'll think I'm an i'd
lot under guardianship"
"Oh, no" said Mrs. Corporal cheerfully;
'its done every day TO persons who are
not idiots. However, here are two more
tilties. I'm only afraid you'll meet some
of your borrowing friends, and know
what you are with money in your pocket.
Don't think I'm scolding, dear only
But here Mr.. Corporal flounced away.
In time, however, the day passed, and
the next, and on the fourth the family re-
turned to their homes.
"Any letters for me, Nan?" said her IA
ther.
Lots for you, dear papa" said Annie
fetching them "and-and-" growing all
in moment flushed and agitated-''and
one for ma
Mrs. Corporal read it through with ever
increasing gravity.
"Did you know this was coming. NV
daughter? ?" she said, at the end.
YES, ma faltored Miss Annie. ale was
coming to you himself; but | felt as if |
couldn't bear it, and so told him to write"
"A most important letter." said Mrs.
Corporal; 'it is but right that You should
hear it, father" And ma, adjusting her
spcctaccs, read as follows:
DEAR MADAM:-I<ind and truly like n
mother as you have always been to me, it
is yet almost with trembling that | come
tc you now. I would fain, from coward
ice, use a little circumlocution but am un-
skilled at it, and must therefore say at
once that am devotcdly attached to your
daughter, and that shc-well she has refer
red me to her mother.
"To her whdt?" said Pater, with little
jump.
"To her MOTHER
Dear Mrs. Corporal, you know / have no
inheritance; but | am strong, and very
much in earnest, and Annie is willing TO
put up with my income, and thinks she
knows how to add to it. And indeed love
her as | never loved before [IIe was then
twenty-three.l If you think it best, we
are prepared TO wait while, but it is our
~ pOpVipiion that nnrly- p1or to- 1,-
sirable. Dear Mrs. Corporal, pray believe
that next to necessity of being Annie's
husband, is the hope of calling myself your
son. Yours in great suspense,
FREDERICK PONDERIT.
p. S.-Dear Mr. Corporal, l count upon
your influence with Annio's mother
"Good IIeavensw exclaimed the head of
the family; "and there are yet two daysr'
"Father' said Annie, pteously, edo
plead for me. See how solemn she looks
Do speak r.
"My child" said the mother, drawing
Annie toward her." are you sure you love
this young man well enough to live with
him, if need be, in poverty?"
"StopW exploded the father, growing
desperate. "Young woman, do you know
that this chick of yours has not cent to
rent house within"
"Iie has five thousand dollars" said An
ME; and you know have five thousand
dollars"
give thousand straws! Do you think
will allow
"My love-" said Mrs. Corporal, "you are
getting excited sit down and rest YOUR
7 ,I,a. I
ly prefer the husband of my child TO be
little forehanded but if you truly love
him, there is no power in money, or in the
lack of it, that can influence me to inter
iere with your choice. All / ask of you is
to wait year to test the quality of your
attachment"
"Oh, thanks, mother, thanks r. and An
ME rushed, sobbing, from the room, short
ly followed by her mother.
aha, my lady," muttored the sighted
parent, "whats done in n week may be un-
done in year. The impcrtinent iacka-
napes! | never was treated so never
treated any one so; wouldn't-Good gra-
cious | did when | proposed TO Eliza
beih's father did it almost in that idonti-
cal way, and If any one had told me her
mother would he hurt, l shouldn't have
known what was meant. We'll, well, I'll
think more about these things. | had no
idea so much could be said on their side"
Half in dread of what the twelve hours
might bring forth, and half in joyous an
tcipaticn of freedom, Mr.. Corporal began
the seventh day ofhis experiment. Through
much Inconvenience, chagrn, and II con-
ster submerged in lukowarm water, he had
faithfully kept the conditions of his bar
gain, and he was rewarded by finding ON
the dinner table letter ai(er his own heart
or, to speak with correctness, after the