Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-05-28

Amy began to be alarmed. Then be said.
'SuPpOse / 90 there !
"Whsre upon arth, father?7
TO New London, to tell 'cm this GER
you know. There was man
there who used to advise me on Jest sich
pints."
Amy put cid Martin to he'd at once,
with spoonful of Picra aud gin, and he
was himself the ue1t day, .Iff
Matilda shook hands with young Mar
tin at the Millers' dosr, and saying the
simplest thing she could conjurc up. tcld
him that but for bis impulse that night
she might have been much iarIlusr pG-
and showed him the skirt Of her dress
there was rent IN it which turned him
cold to look at. . ..... -..
"Yes," he replied, Il thought the
horse was bearing down on you when l
caught YOU. Oh, heavens - and he clap
ped his hands together with passion-"I
am all gratitude But you mustn't thank
me. Yes, you may-but | only did what
| ought to have done for any helpless per-
son." ..... ...-.f.... t.f...-, .....
"And Edgar Willis 2 a.. -.
.'He is cot blacksmith, and is 10 be
excused" This was Martins first sar-
casm. ...r rf ...5.... ......
We'll, good night'--and Matilda put
out her hand again; she only felt the
ve1 y tips of his fingers, and could not de-
eide whether his hand was rougher than
her fathers. She was silent on the way
home /; her brother entertained her with
an account Of the circus trouble and up
set. He had seen Il lgar Willis with the
man that had been turned out of his bug
gy, and he could not tell which looked the
most sacred. I..re-ss. ....
The world went on the same afterward.
Martin drove work like the very old chepi,
old Martin remarked to Amy but he
fell off on his musical evenings, appear
ing restless of nights, and went about
more. One night he brought home a
bran new suit of clothes, with blue
neck-tie, and told his mother that he had
joined the Cotillion party. Every week
there was to be one, and he had engaged
10 play in the band alternate weeks; the
other nights he should 60 on the floor.
"Now wh1 was that plaguy chap III
New London, +" said old Martin, musingly
1-"who used to cut such tremcnjis pig
cons wings" ?" t,
Martin, said his mother, sadly, 81
almost wish father and / had stayed ir
his New London it might have focraded
your plans, and yoe been the better for it
| feel as il we was your drawbacks and
how could We help being poor ignorant
creatures? And oh, Martin, | see as how
you arc cddicating yourself we did moi
think Of doing SO, and ! don't know how
to make things out"
"You see, interpolated old Martin
''he has got stamini, and status, and 9
sinking fund of character, which We hav
en't.'
"Never you mind, old mau-got bacca
haven't you ? Smoke it. Mother, jist &C
right on helping me. lt'sall right, | tel
you. Where's my billed shirt ?
Unfortunately, at the first party Mar
tin played, perched upon the little plat
form behind one fiddle, clarionet, aud {
flute, he looked very small, and his dread
full instrument very large. 1t was re
marked how very mildly young Martin
played that night. Somebody told Ma
tlda Nortkwood that he was staring hi
head off at her. -
"My,' exclaimed another, ,.if the mu
sicians are going in for staring, lilly vii
have conniptions."
4 "By no means calmnly replied Ma
t;lda, turning her full regards upon Mar
tin, who did not happen to be playing a
that moment. His quiet, fair face wa
! flushed, and his fair hair, brushed off hi
forehead, was curly with the heat. 1, III
was dressed like a gentleman, too; sh,
thought hls dress as we'll fting as that 0
Edgar Willis, though the tailors were no
the same. Martin shivercd at her glance
then he looked back and gave her gray,
bow in return for hers. He was melan
choly, and reflected upon what his moth
er had said 1t was all true. The onl,
way her father (ueaning Matilda's) woulC
allow him to approach her, would be will
money, and by the time he had earnct
enough somebody else would be her hus
band. More than once Matilda looked il
his direction, and perceived that his hear
was not in his playing. He was afraid tt
look at her he might burst into tears i
he did she looked SO pretty. and he wa
50 far from her. She danced every set