Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-08-07

"You let Mapes aloue." answered
Timms; "he knows what he is about"
"What do you meant" asked Eliza.
"Oh, mean" replied Timms, "that
Mapes is the prince Of good fellows, and
gets invitations where the rest of Us
don't" .-...
Where is Mapes tonight 2" asked
Eliza, now fully aroused.
g. don't know, for sure" answered
Timms. "Hc told me to-day there we're
special reasons for his coming here, but
that he had an invitation to the rich aud
aris:ocratic Squire Huntoon's, who is eel.
ebrating his daughters birthday, and that
he didn't know which way he would 90 :"
and Timms turned away to talk to the
next pretiiest girl in the room.
Petted young women are seldom logi-
cal or patient When the party broke
up, Eliza accepted Timms' escort to her
home, and before they arrived there, she
had consented to become, with the least
possible delay, Mrs. Iimms. The next
= morning the engagement was announced
and preparations for the wedding COM
menced. Tmms was exultant--happy
Timms ...
, For a few days Timms was not much
seen in publc-perhaps for want of cour-
age to wear his blushing honors openly
/ perhaps for want of courage to meet 9TH
er contingences-who knows ? But a
man cannot make arrangements for his
own wedding from a fixed and.point,
and he was compelled to venture out. In
quiet and secluded by.way he met
Mapes. The meeting to him was sur.
E prise Re smiled feebly and extended his
hand. But Mapes intent on business,
strobe squarely up to Tmms aud planted
a vigorous blow on one Of his eyes which
caused that gentleman to measure hi,
length in the dust. Timms sprang to his
feet, and showed fight but another blow
on the other eye sent him again to the
grass, where he continued to lie.
"Get up" said Mares.
"Youl knock me down again." sale
: Timms.
"Yes, will"
I" | wort get up"
" You're an internal scoundrel," sad
Mapes
81 cant help your saying SO" answer
ed Timms
You sawed the log" said Mapes.
What log?" asked Timms.
"Ycu sawed the log" repeatcd Mapes
, advancing step.
"Y es-stop," said Timms, 81 sawed
the log
, Well, you neen't think, said Mapes
. that after your marriage you're going
: to tell that story and make me laugh
!. ing-stock."
: "I'll never speak Of it," whine(
} Timms.
"Perhaps you won't" said Mapes
' "but I'm going to swear you before &c
? through. There's another thing: yol
' won the woman by your d--d trickery
: and know it is in you to abuse her; 81
y I'm going to swear you to treat her kind
Z ly." -a
Il swear" said Timms
Hold up your hand, !" said Mapes.
' Timms held up his tand.
y Now, repeat after me: Il, Sila
: Timms, solemnly swear that | will neve
: bring to the knowledge Of any human be
ing that sawed the log whereby DAME
Mapes fell into the creek and lost a wife
anu IurtnPT. t1dt l. VIII. sue CUuSeu'iuR
T marry Eliza Reed, and treat her kindly
so help me Cod"
Timms repeated the oath, verbatim.
Now, Git up and 90 home, said Mapes
i II don't think you'll be married till you
u eyes get out of mourning, and by tha
J time I'll he far enough away. But don
: think III lose sight of you; and if you d
VI not keep your oath, you'll see me-"
s. Timms arose flom the ground, shook Of
i the dust, and walked away; but when h
. had secured safe distance, he shoute
back. exultngly:
= "Mapes, she's an angel"
y In twenty years. Daniel Mapes ha'
learned many things, and among them this
If Life is very Mu ch as we make it. L
g other words the world is ike mirror
IS and looks at us with the face we present
1t 1t returns scowl for scowl, and smile 70
!, smile. It echoes our sobs and our laugh
e ter. To the cold. it is as icy as the north
g ern seas; to the loving. it is as halmy a
the isles Of the tropics. He had learned
still harder lesson; which was, to forge