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

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his index finger rs if it were il piece of
srlgar-canc.
They were standing, lis it was said.
on the veranda that run along the shady
side of the house, where Mr. Mayne
and Rosy were wont to do their churn-
ing. 1t was here that. one fine morn
ing, when the spring was opening and
the lilacs We're III bud. four or five
months ago, i strong and pleasant face
appeared through the lattice, and Il
stranger asked if Mrs. Mayne would
take a summer boarder. The farmer
was away on Il jury ; and Mrs. Mayne,
looking ut the stranger, and thinking of
her empty room and of the added money
rolling her hands into her apron and
rolling them out again. thinking she
liked his face, thinking there was that
half-mclancholN something in it that
she had noticed in the dumb creatures.
a> of IL soul struggling with its expires
sion. finally decided i'll the affirmative
and the stranger had said his name was
Rodney Montcith. and the minister
knew him and he had taken his knap-
sack and himself ny stairs and into her
front room.
The minister did know him he had
paid his board regularly she had grown
fond of his still grave WAYS: and when
Farmer MaNur came home he found his
wife and daughter watching the new
conner build some strange cUntrivancc
for the model of an improved lifting
lock. down at the falls of the brook ::
and he grumblcd the rest Of the sum
mcr.
But Mrs. Maync and Rosy had Ia"
thought of grumblimg. TO Mrs. Ma!nc
her lodgrr WAS 4 superior being. who
knew m"lc than the minister; and to
Rosy he WAS Il lover The handsome,
stately girl. who knew how to behave
like Il witch with ali her statclincss.
could have told the exact moment when
She took her place, with cog> and wheels
and screws. i'll the phantaSmagoria of
hi~ llram>. and She had ut first Il mis-
chirvous delight in making him feel her
power.
She Wa> aware. certainly. that there
WIS charming quality i'll his gentle
and dctcrrntial manner which assumed
that she knew every thing of which She
was ignorant WAS aware. too. that he
side her ignorance he was learning :
self: but hr seemed tn her 80 dreamy
and i;Ir away. seemed To live III >uch a
remote region from every day. that she
said +, herself She would ;IS soon think
ut i;lliiu" in love. in return. with one ot
tia, town paupcrS ~ with Rodney Mon
trlth. and. indeed. there would lie IA
great difference hctWcem the two II she
did. She >;id. fer he was no more tit Ia
take care of Ein>r.lf than Il child and
under that conviction she Immediately '
toOk his wcll-WoTn WaIdIohc under hcI
protection. piece 10y piece. and in his
absence. till She had it in complete uI-
der. and he never ANY the wiser. Bat
~ Rosy dHIncd and patched i'll that
superior manner OF which her father VAS
50 proud. and which had taken - many
prizes at :" many fans. She could not
but feel that She Wa> 1T work nu the
garments of a gentleman. and there
/ daWmcd upon her Il >rm>c of her supreme
Stiffness in laughing at the absent mind
ed WAYS of Il man Who stood H. much
above her ~ the hills that lit THEN
heads amou" the stars of God. al,
above the plains.
liul tor I'll thai she WAS Il woman.
and could not help c"puetting with him
II little. She had Ia nut on her new
print and make herself rayi>hiug Will
appi, blossoms and then " Whcn she had
completed the work of rurhautmcnt. =,
to walk with George EiNc> alnn" til,
banks of the brook. where he laN study
ii. uut the faults at hi~ design. and ai.
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