St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-13

tne intention of stopping his wagon.
Martin heard the noise. opened his win
uOW, and ran down stairs. As short aS
the distance was between the door and
the gate of the little ward, he never for
got the scene. The harbor below the
street lay white i'll moonlight. its silver
sheet unrut1ied by Il single breeze. \
wagon lurched round the corner. and
rolled by. He heard scream. and SAW
figure flying over the fence. safe III
slde,-Edgar Willis then he SAW Il
buggy swaying toward him. and toward
Matilda; he cried out in terror. seized
her III his arms and almost threw her
over the fence toward Edgar. Then he
picked up the proprietor. who WAS
thrown ont, but not nearly 80 much in
jured as his carriage and horse were.
Amy came to the door in perturbation.
and begged everybody to come right
in, while old Martin. hardly awake to
the state of things. murmurcd that he
guessed New London would have some
Thing to answer for artcr this. Edgar
Willis declined. muttered something
about attending to the proprietor. and
glad to he intimate with Il celebrated
man. offered him his services. Matilda.
wondering whether Young Martin had
observed his cowardicc, could not help
altering Il pr"verh for his bcneiir Il
have heard. she said. about people
laughing on the wrong side of THEN
mouth. and now am going To laugh
on the right side of the fence
Il thought the wagon fellow did not
see us. and >prang over without know
ing hardly. Matilda. | could have
helped y"u: but. good gracious. you
never could have expected me to lift
your weight over the fence. am not
a blacksmith"
That speech killed all the riches and
with Matilda. She turned to Amy.
Young Martin still standing beside her
i'll silence, and. as Ed"aI Willis walked
slowly down th, street. said. Il will 90
in. Mrs. Pell. for few minutes
think your son must hc used ur. Try ing
to put me over the fence. You did it
like lightning" turning hel face toward
him.
''G"u Src. my son strikes when the
iron is hot" said old Martin. HE did
:" when hc WAS in New Lord"n."
Young Martin put his hand on his faith
crs shoulder; the gesture WAS enough
old Martin WAS mum from that mo
mcnt.
Mother" asked Young Martin. cant
YOU give Miss N"rthwn"d some rcticSh-
mcut ?"
"Oh. am 81 put by! What will You
havc-i cup of tea p
"Nothing in the world. thank yuu
ID" l"u suppose thar my brother Will
liam will hear amy thing from Mr. Willis.
and bring the wagon fnr me ? | cX-
pectcd I" meet him at Mis-. MillcIs
ahnut this time
Martin might go round with l"u.
said Amy. Il am afraid Nuur folks
way down on the Neck. will worrN if
you are late. | should worry. if ! had
such Il dartcr out all alone. The sharp
old woman looked nj young Martin. and
he knew that then and there she had
OWNED his hopeless secret. Matilda.
.ils". intercepted these glanccs. and WAS
aSt"niShed and disturbed. Was Il circus
man I" hc thrown out ut his buggy at
Mr.. PcllS door. that She might discover
secret impossible {" learn otherwise
W hat did it mean ! luung Martini too.
wa> miScrahll clustered hr had Il pain
ful sense of his mean home. the humcli-
hess of his mother. the COMMENCES of
his father. Not III this fashion would
he have selected to make Matilda'> ac-
quaintaucc. y shade fell upon them
all. Old Martin got up tor his pipe.
ais" embarrassed. Young Maltin. tell
iug him To sit still. tuund it. and held Il
match for him to light it, Well. it WAS
something t" >cc this little fellow -"
gentle. and through goodness 81 refined.
Matilda thought. rising to 90. She held
hen hand ont to Mrs. PcIl. and thcu
kissed her. There were Tears IN Matil-
da'> eyes: why. no mortal could guess.
''Nhall wait upon y"u to Mis-. Mil
lcr'> - asked Martin. simply.
IF ynu please"
And the pain walked down the yard
Mrs. PrlI saw with kind of di>may
that Matida'> bonnet WAS just above
youug Martins Hat cap. Il wish.
father. he had on his tall hat" she said
old Martin pounded his knee with his
fist. and broke his pipe
Lord. | used to smash pipes in New
London. But it's no use. Amy. we
amt high cmough up in the world for
them \urthwoudS Martin must have
hlnwcd ont his wits with that darncd
ullrlidc: hc has gone from one hie thing
to another. and now if he ain trying to
reach up To that six foot gal"
I'll tell you what he's got to. He
put that gal over our fence when he
thought she WAS in danger. when Edgar
Willis jumped over. and left her lchind
him
old Martins cup was full. He could
say nothing. hut stared ut the fire till
Amy began to hc alarmed. Then he
said. solcmmly, "Supposc go there.
"WhcIc upon arth. tlthcr!'
''To New London. to tell EN- this
man there who used to advise me ON
Jest sich pints."
Amy put old Martin to bed ut once.
with spoonful of picra and jim. and he
was himself the next day.
Matilda shook hands with Martin at
the Millers' door. and saying the sim
plest thing she could conjurc up, tolp
him that but for his impulse that night.
she might have been much farther off
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
caught YOU. Oh. heavens :" and he
clapped his hands together with passion
Il am all gratitude. But You mustn't
thank me. Yes. you may-hut only
did what | ought to have done for any
helpless person"
"And Edgar Willis p
''He is not a blacksmith. and is to he
excused" This was Martins first sar-
casm.
well, good night and Matilda put
out her hand again she only felt the