Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-08-21
sEWING-MACnINE MAN.

" broken my needle Do go and
'pe Carrie, and hurry hack a"
S.id the young girl addressed, Il
al 10 make myself useful 20 that
n oncs :" aud putting on her hat
her way 20 the PRINCIPAL dy-goods
.be village The proprietor came
,o meet her. and. after exchanging /
,e.jes of the day. he said
u,ftt won't you come and look at 1
ssWing-machines MIR Sandersan, /
= pl,ase Miss Mohat, this Is the |
them, and hope he will persuade |
fuy one.
Sandrrsnn was very handsome
0an Of the Italian type, and his hair,
~ 10 herself. was a. black as mid
ia his ewes shaded In a dark blue,
,,ice oh. oh oh his voice lit was
nd tlear As the notes uf fiute, and
4 the disooriant whir Of the wheel
monotnnous motion Of the treadle,
.lI-yes-she thought she would take
ng.machinc no, this one-this was
ttiest-if Mr. Doyle didn't think pa
mind. Mr.. Doyle didn't think pa
roi,d NJ would undertake to make
rigbt with pa. And how about learn
IN that would be all right too Mr..
on the agent. always taught the pur-
and any hour that Miss Moffat would
Ten O'Clock tomorrow morning
mi Sanderson would be punctual.
N Carrie left the store Mr. Sanderson
his moustlche thoughtfully, and
he had never seen 50 pretty a girl ;
lad travelled "some"
e bought a sewing machine" said
bursting into the room where Mrs.
ras patiently waiting her return.
t only told YOU TO buy needle, she
red. ~ didn't say to bring II in the
he"
your needle forgot all about it.
rht the machine for myself
nt why. when you could use mine "
don't know. never felt attracted to-
yours. This is pretty one, with an
6h | see. Youngl"
he machineT
10, the man.
Ses indeed. You should just see him /;
splendid stylish for sewing
kine man. Such dead white skin, blue
! ewes Do you think pa would mind
Expense for never stopped to think OF
a pa thought OF it, and pa minded it,
<gh he said nothing when told of it, and
Ia his willful daughter on the head, and
i her he hoped she would learn TO work
4 as it might come useful but he didn't
II the Young man the task of teaching
&Old man Moffat, as he was called, was
Il of parents who were among the first set
Il around certain fort, which gradually
n into a city, though, even at the present
Ring, very small one. He kept the only
lei in the place for many yrars of his life,
4 was happy and affluent. When Carrie
4 about ten years old his wife died, anC
4 Hall undertook his housekeeping. Bu'
fortunes even then we're on the wane. H'
Il paralytic stroke. Another hotel wa
med, and took away the ma jor part OF hi
bonn. He became negligent when all thu
l seemed against him, took to drink, ant
fy thing went to the bad. :" The onll
*ignorant of the real state of affairs wal
=one. next to himse {. most interested il
h-namely his daughter. She wa
<ght up ia idleuess and INDUCED in ever.
sewing-m chine man was punctual no
on the first day, but for many days AT
81 Somehow il took a long time to teacl
ie.-not that she was slow to learn. No
a He Sanderson, told her over and owe
h that she had learned more rapidly thai
1 lady he had ever taught, and he ha'
4 agent for the greats. M Co. for tiv
b. and in that time he had travelle
me" Then Carrie said that he said tina
|to encourage her. He became earnest
assured her that he was incapable of un
D that in her pure presence falsehoo
<ld turn into truth as if struck by fairy
tic wand. Mrs. Hall was deep In nc
6ekeeping duties, for cold Moffat" LEI
/ to find out if woman could keep
q, knowing by experience that it ism
|Fy man who can, and she couldn't pla
|ch-dog to Carrie SO the young peopl
"a left to themselves There were so man
bps to learn. For at least week Carr
with her arms folded, working the tread
IA her feet. That was the first thing
In. Mr.. Sanderson said. This gave thel
bortunity to convere. And If you ha
b them Just separated by the machine, yo
hid almost have thought them Romeo an
|iet ON the balcony especially when Mr.
1l like the old nurse, popped her head
HE door. which she did occasionally I'll
h week or two Just for the sake of appea
les. Then again, 80 many accidents ma
aed. If the wheel started well, which
dom did, the work was wrong, or the te
h, or the spool gave out, or the thre'
Apped, or the stuff puckered, or the need
oke, or the stitches were 80 big you cou
/ EN- with pitchfork, or the pesky thin
3 so heavy it had to be oiled, and tn
rrie got the oil all over her dress or t
,rk. Sometimes the "old'' machine act
Il as If it had sense, and worked like
arm. Again it was as contrary as Ma
nose garden wouldn't grow. On such
hons the sewing-machine man would
lew the whole thing, and Carrie thou9
|neyer could get it together again but
h. and TO show her that it was uninlur
stitched yards and yards just as quick
|btning. and worked her initials and h
II flowers. and quilted and hemmed, a
nbroidered and tucked, and gathered a
|fled, and felled and frilled, and one dt
|the crowning act of high art, he made
Ne!
|And then Carrie, who mentally owned IL
Il had flirted with him, got angry. and as
| him what she had ever done to lead him
|ppose that he might speak of love to b
Eng a young fellow of spirit who had tr'
ed some" he fired up in his turn, q
ld her that he never should have so spok
she had not given him the most mark
hcourgement. "And you know you did
added, in conclusion.
Being only a sewing-machine man, and
hesterfeld, and wounded and angry, he
pt stop to pick his words No sooner s.
ban she replied ! didn't"
Oh You didn't, didn't your Very w
ben, you didn't Far be it from me to c.
|bdct q lady, especially one whom
|hom | haue loved 500 tenderly." FIJI
pg himself softing, he siezed his hat Q
bshed out of the room, firing parting s.
the door. "And when ] am gone--i
yer perhaps you will repent this, N
foffat. Good-by-forever
The clock struck four as he closed the d
Flth a---slam it would have been called
been r woman but no man has ever
|een accused Of slammipg door, and J d
lot--no, l dare not-be the first TO do
be sound Of his retreating footsteps cob