St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-05-17

he pall OF water WAS hardly set
down in the sink when there came !;
knock at the door. and Cynthy found
standing hy it the strapped -pantaloons.
the ''rcd-top' muStache. the watch
seals. and all the resi- that went to make
up the new singing master. He smiled
when he SAW her. one of those smiles
which are strictly limited to the lower
half of the face. and are wholly me
cilanlcal, as though certain strings in
side were pulled with malice afore-
thought and the mouth ,icrked out into
Il square grin. such aS an ingcniouSly-
made automatom might display.
lis Mr.. Anderson III -
No, sir: he's gone to town"
lis Mrs. Anderson in -
And 50 h" entered. and soon go; into
conversation with the lady of the house.
and despite the prejudice whica she
entertained for muStachcS. she soon
came to like him. He smiled 81 artiS-
tically. He talked so tiuently. He
hunored all her whimS, piticd all her
complaints. and staid to dinner. eating"
her best preserves with Il graciouSneS>
that made Mrs. Anderson feel how great
was his condesccnsion. For Mr.. Hum
phrcyS. the singing master. had looked
at the cOmcly face of Julia. and looked
over Julia's shoulders at the broad
acres beyond : and he thought that in
Clark township he had not met with 50
fine Il landscape. 50 nice Il figure piece.
And with the quick eye of Il man of
the world, hc had measured Mrs. An
dersnn, and calculated on the ease with
which he might complete the picture to
suit his taste.
He staid to supper. He smiled that
same fascinating square smile on sam
uel Anderson. treated him as head oi
the house. talked glihly of farming,
and listened better than hc talked. lie
gay" no account of himself. except 10y
way of alluSiun. He would begin Il
sentence thus. Nv hen was travelling
i'll France with my poor dear mother.
etc. from which Mrs. Anderson gather
eli that he had been Il devoted son. and
then he would relate how he had seen
something curious ''whcn he was din
ing at the house of the American min
lister at Berlin. This hazy air re
minds me of my native mountains i'll
Northern New York. And then he
would alludc to his study of music in
the conservatory i'll Lcip>ic. To plain
country people i'll an ont oft thc-WaN
" cStcrm ncighborhood. in lib. such II
man wa> better thsn Il lNccum full ot
lectures. He brought them the odur of
foreign travel. the flavor OF city. the
"uthenc>s that every body GRAVES.
He >taid to dinner. a. / have said.
and To supper. He >taid over night.
He took up his board at the house of
samuel Anderson. Who could resist
his tntrcatN ! Did he not assure them
that he felt the need of Il home i'll IL
cultivated family ! And was il not the
one golden opportunity to have the
daughter of the house Taught music 10y
Il private master, and thus give Il
special cridt to her education! How
MIS-. Anderson hoped that this superior
advantage would prov "kc Jealous re
marks on the part ol her neI%lIb"ls
1t VAS only necessary to the complexion
OF her triumph that they should sly
that she WIS stuck ur. Then. too. To
have 50 brilliant a beau for Julia ! \
beau with watch seals ;ud Il mu>Iachc.
Il beau vino had been t. Paris with his
mother. studied music III the ou>crNd-
tory Al Lrip~ir. dincd with the Am,ri
can minister IN Berlin. ami done ever
81 many more wonderful things. Vas Il
prospect To delight the ambitious heart
of Mr>. Anderson. especially ~ lIc fiat
tered the mother instead at the daugh
ter.
lies Il independent citizen of thi>
Federal mon. said Jonas tu CNuthN.
'caIlic> his head like lac WAS intimately
'puainlcd with thc 'mrricam eagle his
self. and most everything bcsidc>. Hell
carry of the gal if something don't al
resi- him in his hcdl"ng career. .li>t let
me "it It chance at him When hc> SOIL
in luttic>t into the ;Imhcr hluc above.
and I'll cut his kiIc--tlimg fer him. and
let him fall like fork ed iigl1min' MO Il
Clnthl said she did see one great sin
that he had committed for sure. That
wa, the putin ON OF gold and costly
apparel. 1t WAS >ut down in the Bible
and iu the Methodist Discipline that It
WAS Il sin {" wear gold. amd she should
think the poor man hadn't II" SnIt {"
regard fnr his >onl. Wcighip" il clown
with them things.
iiut Jonas only remarked that he
guessed his .icwclry wasn't no sin. lie
didt remember muriim" lgin WcIliu'
pewter.