Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-07-26

"All readyr' whispered George.

Qulck us tuOuBnJ tucN sClzcu upon inc
form of the sleeper, bed clothes and all,
bore it swiftly down the stairs, out into the
snow, and were just about 10 deposit IL in
a huge drift, when shrill scream broke
the stiffness of the night, and oh horror |
ii was that Of a woman And in their con-
sternation they dropped their burden
plump into the middle of the drift.
"Good heavens ~ exclaimed George, at
isn't Sam, but some woman, as I am a sim
ner, and she has tainted. Run and call
Hannah"
With admirable presence of mind he lift
cd the limp form Of Eva Stanley and car
ried her into the house. But her cry had
already been heard, and the inmates came
rushing into the hall just as he appeared.
"Georgei John for goodness sake,
what does this mean, and who have you
there?" asked Mrs. Carpenter all in a
breath.
"Blessed If 1 know" began George ;
"thought II was Sam, so we concluded to
give him n douse in the snow, for getting
into the best bed and trying TO euchre US!
Quick I believe she has fainted."
"Just like you ~ scoldod Hannah, as she
assisted in depositing Eva once more upon
the bed from which she had been so uncer-
enormously taken. "Beginning your tricks
upon each other before you fairly get into
the house. Clear out nowr'
Long before she was done with her III
rade, her discounted brothers had betalle
themselves down stairs, where they al
most went into Mysteries over the joke.
"a pretty kettle of fish," said George,
rolling over the floor and letting of peal
after peal of laughter.
"I should think 1t was" replied John,
holding his sides. ooh, my. But what the
dickens is TO be done about il; ; and who do
you suppose she s, George?"
"Some guest of Hannahs, of course !;
young and pretty at that. I don't know
how it is with you, but feel particularly
small and extremely cheap-would sell
myself at very low price,"
"Cheap?" roared John, "cheap? 1 would
actually give myself away this blessed
minute, and throw in something to boot.
What we are to do, 1 can't say; but 1 be-
lieve shall dig out Of this place and get
back to the city before morning. haven't
,o, ,bo oo,,rooo Go Gao ,io ,,,,,; - nm
FL ,.n, ;,
no bonar has,;1, ru,,;nn an h,s hoo..
and would have nnt his ,hroo, t., o,.oo,,
tiop lint for tbe .nnoaronce or Hannah
who at orco ossor,od bor o,,hor;,,,
"You are not going single STEP" she
said; "but don't wonder you feel asham-
ed of yourselves. What on earth possesses
Won IL more than T can telI-
"Tbars RIGHT. Han mitch in and scold
away. III take apv amount inst now t,r
am meek NJ a lamb Rut who is n vo
have played so shabby n trick on 9~ said
Georpe
"Tricl, , 7 sbould think IL was wbv II
is Eva stanley inst os nico n voupg th,na
as ever lived. She il our school teacber
and This is her week To hoard here and +
knew well enough Won bows wonld, Inc
sauabbling over that room a. u.unl. 40 q
nut her i'm tbere little Thinking vou wouId
come home in this stealtbv manner"
"Eva Stanley Whewl A pretty school
teacher ~ and repeatipp his sisters words.
he gave lurubrious rroan.
"Has she recovered ?o questioned John.
vainly cndeavoring 10 restrain his laugh
ter at the wry faces his brother was max
ing.
"Ycs. | soon brought her TO. Int don't
believe the moor girl will ever get over her
fright. She said that the first thing she
knew she was being lifted nm and carried
ont. and she was so much alarmed that she
couldn,t uttor n sound . lint tbo momont
she was being abducted. or something of
,bo l;rd ond nod ius, ,i,,o 10 ,,,,or =
scream when she tainted. II ia too had 7
declare bovs. sbould not wonder If she
had taken her death. being dragged ont o.
n warm bed at this time of night and drop-
ped into snow drift in that fashion. No
wonder that she cried, poor thing"
"Cried. did she ?' repeated George. with
groan.
81 should think she did. lust took her
in nv arms and let her have her cry out
while explained to her how she happen
cd to be mistaken for Sam, and so became
the victim of your pranks."
'That was neat of you, Han. l am aw-
fu glad you hugged the poor little thing.
w 1911 yOu Iuu just gwen heT u DTotutIlN
squeeze for me-'pon my honor do. oh,
dear! am in sack cloth and ashes from
this time henceforward and forever" re-
piled George, with another dismal groan.
"And how on earth do you expect us to
stay and take the consequences ?" asked
John, beginning to look serious. ~ am
for taking myself off instanter l had ra-
ther face masked battery than this pretty
| teacher, after making such fools of our
| selves"
~ don't care if you had" answered his
sister, Indignantly. "The only way to dc
is to brave it out, both of you, and apollo
gize for your rudeness. She is not a bill
stupid. but pleasant and merry. and nd
doubt Won will have n iollv Iauob over ,bo
affair.