St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19

OilS. he must row his own boat, that :
all, for I'm gittil' sicl; of the way things
Is Goin' on, anyhow"
Here the speaker found some unusual
obstruction between Il couple of back
teeth, and proceeded to dislndge il with
ali possible dispatch.
But. Daniel" intcrposcd his wife,
why can't You begin IL do we'll by
Tommy RON! You forget that he's
seventeen Y ears old old To De pun
ished, and obi enough to feel a little
natural independence. Now. you've
done little more than feed and clothc
him from his halNhond up. Of course
YOU mean To give him chance when a
little older: hut if .,ou keep Oh at this
rate. he'll never sec twenty one on this
/ farm. Eve often heard YOU complain
( that he takes no interest III anything
either in stock or growing crops. |
think there is good reason. Daniel. Iou
/ don't give him an interest in Il single
thing. Yes. You did give him Il calf
once. hut when the butcher came along
you sold il and put the money in Your
own p"ckcJ. lou let him drop corn
for Mr.. Blake last spring, but ii all
went toward paving of Il debt YOU
owed that neighbOr. Tommys Il good,
industrious boy. but You know he's
high strung, and is bound To learn 4
trade rather than go on this way. lie
may lind place at Sunhury. | don't
know. ! do wish the hoy could stay
with lis, and lie will If We are Just Il lit
tie more liberal toward him. | think
its all false economy. Daniel. that
makes Il parent close i'll his dealings
,l H. =,
day. if not now.
We are happy IL state that this good
lady did not conclude her remarks with
the usual flood of tears. She reserved
them for 4 more suitable occasion. ana
went about her work. Ireading softly
in the direction of her husband. who
now stood with one foot on the wood
box. his elbow ON his knee. and his
head buried i'll his hsln,i.
II hurts poor human nature Iu he
told the truth III reference IL itself. 1t
nfirr hurts one more Ia have il told 10y
one Whu loves him than by Il casual ac-
quaintancc. After Il few moments re-
Election. however. the afflicted individ-
ual put, Il prov i>ion "n his former as
>crliun hy hoping he nr she didn't i'll
tend To wound his feelings; which
thought gradually mcltS into the con
cltISi"n that the offender may be ahout
right after all.
MI. Deliver WAS pa>>in. through this
trying ordeal. OF course his wife knew
il but N"u wouldm't have thought it by
her looks. Bless Nou, she appeared a~
unconscious ~ need bc and didn't seem
the least hit surprised when he straight
rncd up. and said in his usual tone:
"Wrll. wife. Nou may have hit the
nail on th; head. don't know. Come
/" tliink it over, like enough you have
aiut certain ~ tu Nour hittin' it Iight
square. hut Inr Willin' to turn over
new leaf hy WAY Of experimental YOU
know. With the agreement of hackin
uut if the thing don't work. IIow's
hat ,!
No. i; wasn't silvery laugh. 1t
didn't >uund one particle like 1.-The rip
pling If the waves upon the pebbly
shore. Me- 10. But such a hearty,
that Daniel laughed quite heartily him
self, and WAS sorry, wien hr got through,
that il hadn't lasted longer.
"Why. you odd creature there WAS
tears in her eyes. hat she'd been laugh
ing, you know Il don't think we've
got t. tuln over mitch ofa new leaf. l.
but Il strong arm cncirclcd her waist
and drew her into the adjoining room:
and there upon the sofa. side by side,
they sat and talked until the old Dutch
clock in the corner coughed eleven
times then Mr.. Dciverwent out To feed
his stocl; and his wife 10 prepare The
dinner.