St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
A Happy New Year.


El MISS AUGUSTA LAENED.
The pallid face of the last day of De
ccmhcr looked III ut Mr.. Edincott'> Ii
hIary window. 1t SAW Il lofty room.
| tIc>cocd overhead and carprtrd with
crimson. The carved book EASES. rang
ed against the wall. were adorned with
the >cdatr. rcticctiVc-looking marble
heads of great scholars and thinkers.
which reminded one of embodied mem
orN.
Near the heavy library tahlc-a per
feet intaglio of t'rI!itag,' and leaves. done
i'll >om,. dark wn"d sat Mr.. Edinrott
! himself. The red li"it from the CRATE
caught the projections of the table. and
| the glass doors of the book cases. and
cut funny little capcr> on the top of Mr..
Ediucott'> bald head.
The master ot the house WIS casting
up Il long column of tigur, "n the back
of an old envelope: and H. HE sum in
creased. his face daikcmcd uutil an IN
mitigated tI"Wn settled upon IL.
1t WAS Il face dc>iglrd tu !c >U..>hiu}
and genial. The scattered white lau
about the full. round fn;ctcud Wa> H.
silky a> Il hahN'> trc>>r~ To hr ruirc.
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corners of the blue eyes. and tu" strong
lines drawn from the handsome n">1ril>
downward. past the curve ut The check.
a> delicate and fair skinned a> Il girl :
still Hiram Eudic"lt face. at il best.
WAS one of \atuIc'> plcISautc~t invita-
tiOm> to trust. confidence and good viii
"Famil\ rNuru>,~ for fhr \c;Ir." mut-
tered MIR. Endicott. with the trnvl
dcrpeniur. a> hc rumhl,d the cnvclnp,
in hi, hand and began >triIin" nervous.
Iy M and down thrloom. ..It>runuuI
tn ruin an AStor. How can Il man,
credit stand. with such = pr,o>ur,. as
bny. ,ot w,i"hiur urnu m, ,"
he door opened. ANA ItuN >"N an
girl entered. bringing Il Scuttlc of l.lV
crp""l coal. The master "t the h"u>'
. paused in his walk. and watched h"I
with Elum expression. IL II acting Z;
part badly. while she deposited Il couple
of >Iczcahle Jumps "1 incl on the dtrllh
ing fire.
stop. Ellen; stop. hat are N"l
putting on tW" Jumps at Il time t"I
Well. well. he sighed bitterly. II hr
licvc every body in this house is bounC
To ruin me-"
Laws. sill. responded Ellen. i'll SUI
would keep hcttcr'n one.
"Thought :" broke ont Mr.. Eudicntt
..What business have ynu t" think ,"
The girl hrdlcd. hcl color rose. am'
she tapped her neat shoe against thr"aI
pet but still she WAS t"" respectful an'
we'll trained I" answer her old maStc
t back.
"lt's not your fault. after all, Ellen.
l.; Ii L, Il, L. 4
low of his hand and looking at her >us
piciously out of the corner of his eye
:.you are only Il cats paw
The girl was molliticd at once 10y hi
Sottcncd tone, a> her face showed; hll
anger gave way toa blank look of won
dclment at what he could mean hN cal
ling her Il cat 'S-paW.
t. where is Your mistress. Ellen, am
Miss Grace -
"Mis>ll>. sir. is down in the pantry
srpcrint,ndiny the New Years cake
You knows. >ir. she is one a> allu> at
tends to such things herself And Il
for Miss Grace, she's either feeding he
birds. "r pl9Icticing her planer-mu>I'
"r talking t" Mr. liawlcN Ill the parlor
one % them three things I"u may u
sure OF, SIT.
Mr.. Endlc"tt received the lni"rmHtl"
with Il Snlif.
- &c" and say want t" see them h"ti
y Immediately, here III the library.
Ellen went ont INTO the hail. ana Si'',
the door hchInd her, holding the '"aI
scuttlc III her hand. ''Ncil, now,
never, >aId she t" herself; III Il puai
D. steak haunt got Il holt "i master IN
time. Hes always been the pheasant
est chilpeS' S'htitn''lS aS"il an" no
nc ; aH grumpy !i'" "S tli'"r''H a.
r. van ''N'i ~ 81, - III '''''r'n; w.; II i
q. ptis""a"le l"f 'ht lih'S "l MN to !
ealing names An" she gave hei iie''
SrnIIluI loss;
ne li"ill u""r ncll rang 1t IA"
twice, as m'icll a> I" say; III c0ld ct
+ mere III 'nt nipPihE Wllld an" l WIS
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