The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-03


the Crown would be-
Suddenly She rose, leaned toward Tie
stranger and said
+ Pray tell me what those three leaves
are. Sticking ont oi your waisicoati
The young man looked down aud
found The twig, with the three leaves,
which hsd fallen upon him while he
slept, II was caught in the Zap of hls
. waistroat
II must have fallen from the great
beech tree just outside the village, be re.
piled, had nap under H.
The girl listened atteniiyely waiting to
hear wba, Ne would say next When he
I had ceased speaking she began 70 qnes.
I ton him narrowly, tin she had ascertain
ca beyond doubt that be had really fan
en- asleep under the great beech tree. aad
/ that, moreover, be knew nothing Of the
I wonderful power and properties attached
! 70 the tree. For he was a sly dog, aud
pretended to know nothing
I As soon as She had done questioning,
( she went and drew him another jug Of
beer, aud pressed him 70 drink, telling
him al the lovely things she had herself
dreamt, aud what pity Il was they bad
never come true.
/ Just then the shepherd came from the
field, driving bis sheep through the VIII
I laae.
As be passed the Crown Inn, he saw
the two sitting in the arbor IN earnest
converse, aud be stood still moment,
and said:
All, yes, he'll be sure to tell YOU the
beautiful dream, though can get moth
/ Ing out of him. And then he drove on
his sheep.
When the girl found do what She
woud, she could not learn anything
about the dream, her curiosity knew no
bounds, and at last she could control her.
self no longer, and asked him oughtright
what he had dreamt whilst sleeping un-
der the beech
Then the young man, who was mis-
chicyous rogue, aud in very hight spirits
about his pleasant dream, with Ely look
and wink, said:
Ah! had most glorious dream,
which must come true; but dare not
tell you what it was.
But she worried and teased him so that
I Ia last he drew his chair towards, her
and told her quite gravely:
dreamt should marry the daughter
of the landlord of the Crown Inn, and
that after a bit sbonld become landlord
myself!
On hearing this the girl grew as white
as lily aud then as red as a rose, and
got up and walked back into tE5 house
Then after some little time she came
again, and asked if he bad really dreamt
it, and was quite in earnest.
To be sure, said he; she who appeared
to me in the dream was most certainly
just like you!
Then the girl went again into the honse
and did not return. She walked straight
TO her own room; and thoughts flowed
through her brain like water that runneth
apace. First one idea, theu another
chased it away till back came the first
thoughts. There was no end to the con-
fusion? lie knows nothing about the
tree, she said to herself, be dreamt it,
and whether | wish it or no, it will sure
ly come to pass; there's no possibility Of
changing that. And with this she went
to bed, and dreamt the whole night Of the
young man. When she awoke the next
morning, she knew his face by heart, so
often had she seen il in her dreams dn-
ring the night And he was a good
looking fellow, too
The Young man had slept soundly ON
his bed of straw. Dreaming Beech,
dream, and all he had said to the land
lords daughter were alike forgotten. lie
stood at the door of the tap-room, and
was just shaking the landlords hand, and
wishing him goodbye, when the girl en-
tered On seeing him ready to start, an
indescribable feeling came over her, aud
she could not let him 20.
/ Father, she said, the beer has not yet
been tapped, and the young man has
nothing 10 do; conldn't he stay day
/ longer, aud earn his board and lodging,
and get something beside for the journey
home? ....
+ The landlord had no objection to make
to this proposal, as he had just bad his
morning dfaught, and was in the best Of
/ bumOg.
Somehow the beer-tapping progressed
4 but slowly. Then came boitling the wine,
and when the cask was empty aud the
bottles fnIl then the girl thought he
could help in the 1ed-work, and when
that was flashed there were so many
T things to be done in the garden that no
one ever thought Of before So week
after week slipped by, aud every night
she dreamt Of him. Ia the evenings She
sat with him in the arbor By The house,
aud when be told her how roughly
stranger, bad treated hin, aud what
hardship. be bad gone through, II was
really very singular, but gust or hair
was sure to get into her eyes, 50 that she
was obliged 70 wipe the corner Of ber
aprou.
Aud 10 IL came 10 pass that - the end
of the year ti.e Young man was stili la the
house Aud then the floors wete veil
secured, and white sand aud fF twigs
siFewn ia an The rooms. aud the whole