Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-01-08

was al once mOth=rly asd fuSsy, and af-
iorded a marked contrast to her daughters
easy, quiet mAnper; but IS she said, "the
girl was eIacily like her poor Pa%aifv lsl
Now. onher sHtranec, shs began such
tornado of questions, aimed at Mr..
Hunter, that, under their cover. Polly es-
eaPsd, carrying the sleeping child with
her. Once in her own little room, she
satdOwn on the first chair that presented
ITSELF and burst into genuine flood Of
tears. HE was gong away! Oh! how
could she bear it. She loved him; yes
she did, and now, she would never see
him again" and at tie thought her tears
flowed with greater violence. Gradually
another thought forced itself upon her
how coldly he had told her Of his going. |
"And poor fool. cry at the very
thought OF parting. Love q man who
cares not the least bit for me =, and the
girls face flushed with shame. .os 5,rs,
"Its unmaldenly! Polly Jackson, you
deserve to be whipped! t-s -s;.,..a %
She tried to say it Indignantly, but IL
was failure, the poor little voice trem-.
bled, aud the tears she had brushed away
gathered again She had not noticed
that the wee thing in her lap was regard
ing her with pair of wondering eyes,
but she was made aware Of the fact by q
little voice trembling with sympathy for
Aunt Polly" as she always called her
saying, .rsr.G Ia ..r.sr.) .,nl s. g
What, ith tn matter? Who ith it,
Auntie 2" .s..... I.s. .r. -... r 4...
Rather startled by this unexpected ad-
dress, "Auntie" rallied her forces, and
replied, dbbing, I'm afraid, ,irrae '-..e
"Only headache, Kitty. Come,
dear, It's time you were in bed" o..
On receiving this explanation, Miss
Kitty looked very wise, aud pursuing up
her mouth, followed her cousin without
further words. .. -. r...g. ,~., ,..-s
After she was put to bed, Polly return
ed to her room to battle with her first
, real sorrow. ,-..-.-.-..
MIR. Hunter had read her silence right.
She liked him and grieved at the thought
Of parting. ''F s'
"By heavens!' he said to himself, that
night, "if winning her depended on my
self, l would saw wood TO the end Of my
days My little darling! Miner I won-
der what right ha1o tn'call her mine ?
Do | not belong soul and body to Edith
Hallam? ? If she would free me from this
cursed eugagemcnt-but as gentleman
cannot ask her to do so-besides, I think
she really likes me. Nothing to be done
but follow out my destiny" D'' ''. w .''
And the man groaned In very anguish
then he made up his mind to leave at
once, "for my darlns's sake, he had said
to himself; for you see that though oul
!. hero is lazy, perhaps weak, he is still .
true gentleman.
The next morning Polly locked pale
and heavy-eyed, and in answer to her
!. mothers inquiries said she had head
ache, and this time it was no fb.s 10 y
4 "A,e you going to show me that gler
Miss PoIlyp' Mr.. Hunter asked, after
the meal was over. H. 3 90 '"'n'9s'ohH7 .
"Me come too," put in Kitty. ''Hfo'
!, Polly who had no desire for a tete-a
tete, readily consented to Archie's inward
d disgust 929 '--9 '&A s'' '''' Y .'s'1'' 20
d About an hour after, the three nigh
, have been seen walking slowly toward thu
wood. Polly's heart was very heavy
but she exerted herself to reply to hei
! companions gay sallies, for he was 10 thu
: best of spirits; he was determined to lool
neither backward nor forward, but to b
''happy while he could" lias 70 y
I On their starting out, Kitty had takcr
& possession Of her cousins hand, and clun,
to IT like leecn Every now and thel
!. she would look at Mr.. Hunter stealthily
d shake her little brown head, and sorew u,
her mouth till it looked like diminutiv,
, rosebud. Evidently the little lady wa
,ylill atiease upon some point {oHoq Hsi'
~ AT the place in question, they seatet
themselves upon fallen oak tree anc
! Mr.. Hunter would have lifted Kitty ul
beside him, but she drew back with
:, comical attempt to initiate he's cousin
3 dignity of manner. eaqIedallsd3 III a 3
,hWell, little one, ara you angry will
mo?'ioa ii 81 .mi5 mofl 19lls, gi bg
s'Yeth, is. Why did you make ~!
, Aunt Pelly eryI2" she returned. indig
nantly, yods sai ao g9ral iali lga X
II oh, Kitty y gasped poo. Polly. !.
| " Eyes, sou didth cry, Why DO you go
if she wanths you not to !? I heard he
thay tho, when shp though I ,warth asleep
! she thaid--o but here the young lady
saIf. .
communication was cut short, BY, havin,
the pnntleman's hand laid ON her lin AM