Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-16
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hhat have you got agin Ben Worth, late
ly' that you don't treat him hardly de-
cent? an when you speak Of him, it's
pretty sure to be with a slur. Every.
body else likes i'm, aud I'm sure Won
won't fDd s.oadicr, smarter, better.be.
what do you bate i'm so for ?"
Says face changed from red to white
and back TO red again, behind her impro-
vised screen, before she answered, hesita-
tingly:
4" don't hate him, father, and
sometimes, | do like him very much. But,
father" her voice grew stronger now, ''he
has taken TO saying and doing such fool
ish, nOnsensical things, lately, that 'he
puts me all out of patience with him. A
silly woman is bad enough, but there's
nothing on earth that do so dcspise as
silly man"
Got some O. yer old fathers grit
about ye, | guess" laughed the squire,
with Frightening face, and as he stirred
the clear, golden brown liquid in the kct-
tie, he added, sagaciously: Il under
stand it all now,-Ben needs tine to
sugar of, that's all, you sce," dropping
into the philosophical with a relish and
readiness which proved his taste for that
mode of reasoning; Everybody, men and
women too, has sap season in their lives,
when they're are all sunshine Que minute,
an all frost the ncxt,-they're like ma
pie sap, just sweet enough to be terrible
SichiSh as a regular drink, and not half
sweet enough ter be of any earthly use.
Now what they need is good thorough
bilin' over the fire of experience, an very
often Of real sufferin', ter scatter the
nonsense an vanity in en-, and bring all the
real goodness an strength of their naturs
into ono sweet, firm, perfect whole"
Says lips quivcred a little, but she an
swered with well-assumed Indifference
Il faI hays see seen .saS NGGr that y9S Vas oil '
And the old man bestirred himself to
dip eff the now perfected sprup, while Say
watched with outward composure, but
with an unsettled restless heart, the ia.
miliar process.
Day after day,-a week had gone BY,
and not once had Ben Worth's tall figure
darkened the doorway of his old play
mates home and tomorrow he would
leave for New York, on his way to the
land of gold. Say had grown strangely
silent and uncommunicative of late. and
when Mrs. Worth ''ran in" 10 consult her
old neighbor on the number of shirts and
socks necessary for her sons outfit, Say
asked no questions, expressed no sympa-
thy at sight of the good wOmans tears
and made no offer, whatever, of her as
sistapco in launching the traveller on his
way. Even her mothers hints, in regard
to "that travelin' dressin' case that you
made for your father, when he went te
Boston, hasn't been used since, anc
might as we'll 90 to somebody that it'll bt
of some use to-" passed. unhccdcd.
at was no use," Mrs. Strong admittct
in confidence to herself. Say was he
fathers own child-sot as the hills, whel
she was once sot.'' And there she LET
, the matter, where she had long sine
learned to leave all her cares and perplcx
, tiles, in the bosom. of God-dlrected
f God-sheltered future.
Ben dropped in, for moment on tn
c evening before his departure, to say gooe
n by to bis old friends, and receive the
i hearty wishes for his success and safety
!, "When you see chance to make nv
n dollars, take 1t an make sure o'that mucl
}. ruther n ter spend yer time foatin' roun'
n waitin' for possible fortin' ter spring !
If in yer path "A bird in the hand is wor
l. two in the bush. just remember that, n
lg boy" And the squire shook his your
ID favorito heartily by the hand while
rs wlnked hard, to keep back the moistu
S. that would gather upon his rough lids.
n. "Don't forget the God Of your fathers
lie whispered Mrs. Strong, with her hand
g. on his arm and her motherly face
ah aelow with tender interest, and he'll ne
er forget or forsake you. Remember
promise: They who trust in the Lc
shall not lack for any good thing
The young mans lips trembled, o
he with a shy, sudden impulse he bent
us. head reverently as he pressed a kiss VI
on. the wrinkled but comely face upsurned
to his own "Now Say he said, half lau
hat ipg to hide his emotion, "haven't yol
ma. good word for me, before | go?" 4
he looked searcingly hinto the quiet br'