Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-31
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1IoW uo Jou 1OOi eo-Oay, Ouooeh, i"N-
ried Mrs. Whitaker, anxiously.
81 really don't know, mother" re-
piled Sue, laughing. 81 haven't had
time to think"
And so Susan had grown plump and
rosy, had a buoyant step, light and
sparkle in her eyes, the radience in
looks and spirit that comes from sound
mind in a sound body.
One Monday, Sue was in the clothes
yard. trying to hang out the clothes.-
She was short. and the line hig Oh up, and
the wind blowing gale. 1t was GER
tainly provoking wind. 1t blew Sues
sun-bonnet off, and her curly brown
hair into all sorts of tangles and tousles.
and the table cloth she was trying to
hang up kept tapping back all over her.
Sue stood on tiptoe, straining her arms
up, and struggling in vain with the re-
fractory table-cloth.
Let me help you, Susan" said a
pleasant, manly voice. Sue extricated
herself from the mazes of the table-cloth,
to find Charlie Goodman beside ber.-
Charlie was working in his south lot,
which joined the Whitaker's garden, and
seeing his neighbor's distress had come
to the rescue, like the kind hearted fell
low he was.
'Oh, thank you, Charlie" said Sue,
with perhaps more color in her cheeks
than the wind was solely responsible for.
1t was so vexatious to be caught look
ing so And Sue FASTENED to roll down
her sleeves, and conceal her bushes un-
der her snn-bonnet, while Charlie hung
up the table-cloth and let the line down
within her reach.
1t is as pleasant for woman to be
helped as for man to help. Sue felt
quite a glow of gratitude to Charlie.
''How nice it is to be tall p she said.
''Im ever so much obliged to you
mot at all. | am glad to do it. A
little body like you ought always to have
a tall man round somewhere handy, to
help her. said Charlie, looking not un-
admirinely down on the flushed face and
tangled brown curls under the sun-bon-
net.
Nonsense, Charlie !' said Sue, slyly,
STOPPING to pick up a clothes-pin.
Charlie went back to his work, won-
dering he had never noticed before what
pretty girl Sue Whitaker was.
Somehow, Charlie found great deal
to do in the south lot that fall. Any de-
ficiency on his part, hitherto, in motto
ing Susan, was more than atoned for
now. He always had an eye out in the
direction of the Whitaker mansion. The
number of errands he discovered that ne
cessitated his 'just running over" there,
was really surprising. Of course, he
was often thirsty, and obliged to step
into the kitchen for drink of water
Then, nothing could be more natural
than that he should stop and chat few
minutes with Sue.
Rogers might often have found pleas
ing model for statuette group illustra-
tive of New England life, in the Whita-
ker kitchen, consisting of Sac in a big
bib.apron, that only served to set off her
plump rounded form, with sleeves rolled
up, pie-plate gracefully poised on one
little hand, with the other deftly cutting
the edges of the crust, listening with ro.
sy cheeks and downcast eyes to Charlie,
who looks manly and handsome in spite
, of his shirt sleeves and overalls, as ht
leans, straw hat in hand, against the
pump, and talks with his lips, of the
weather, perhaps, with his eyes of fal
different topics.
, The interest Charlie took in Mrs
Whitaker's health was truly touching
| He called so often to inquire for her
E and listened so politely to all her symp
t toms, that Mrs. Whitaker took grea
D fancy to him, and was always telling ev
cry one what remarkably nice youn
e man Charlie Goodman was ON whicl
i occasion Sue generally discovered sh
! had an errand out in the kitchen, 0
v anywhere out of the room. In short
d Charlie not only loved his neighbor a
S himself, but a great deal better.
d As for Sue. the memory of the youn
: school-master had faded like a mornin
e dream. She came to see such an lntel
e est in Charles prosperity that, ratht
than have him waste so much time, ST
h consented, in the spring, to move perm;
t. nently over to the Goodman house. ST
!. made as brisk and blooming a matrc
as one often sees. and "they lived hapI
a forever afterward, as happy at leas
as is possible in world which som
d times has sharp trials for even the mo
loving and united hearts.
Of If any one still asks what cured s.
n- san, I shall reply by quoting Miss A
ic colt Love and labor, two beautif
OF old fashions that began long ago, wi
b. the first pair in Eden.
* The ordinary expenses of the Natio
ly al Government are just about three tim
IS, as large as they were before the WI
w while the interest and pension list