Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-07-07
The Mishaps Of a Night.

there were, as is common in such places,
church, post office, couple of stores,
and district school, the said school be-
ing taught by young lady who had
widowed mother and brothers and sisters
to assist, in supporting.
For the sake of economy, Miss Eva
Stanley boarded around" among the
scholars, and was considered a paragon
among the teachers. Her father had
been respectable mechanic, but died
after about two years of illness, which
utterly impoverished the family. Eva
had, however, she being the eldest, re-
ceived good, plain education before the
great calamity came upon them, and,
noble-hearted and unselfsh, began her
work, of assisting in their support.
The last week previous to the holiday
vacation, she had been boarding with
Mrs. Carpenter, who was making gigan-
tic preparations for guests she expected
| from New York.
"You never met my brothers, Eva,
she said, and then began to give the
pretty young teacher a description of
them: There's Sam, George and
Johnny, the youngest; and such times
as they have when they get out here and
rusticate, as they call it But, dear
me, don't get much rest or peace. for
they are like lot of boys let out of
school. Such tricks and pranks no one
ever saw! The last time they visited
me together, John and Sam actually cut
pane of glass from the windows and
pelted George out of my best room with
snow! You see there is always regu-
lar strife for that particular room, for
the bed is spring one. and they say
they don't sleep on any other in the city.
But they don't get it this time, that's
certain, for intend to give you that
room, and so end the controversy. am
SO afraid that they will break or ruin
something, that am glad you are here. "
II had just as soon occupy some 9TH
er room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do not
wish to incommode your brothers-have
no right to do So"
c"No, you shan't Eva' peremptorily
exclaimed her hostess ''and what is the
use of your going home vacation week :?
Yo,. stay horv j-et -~el ~~--~A,
and do up your sewing on my machine.
Your mother has enough mouths to feed,
guess, and won't miss yours
The subject was dropped and the en-
tire house retired early, for on the NOR
row the brothers, young ardent and full
of life, were to be there. But without
sending any word of their intention,
they had concluded to take the evening
train, which would land them at Holly.
thorn about bedtime. George and Johr
did SO, and when safely seated in The
cars, began to speculate upon the alb
sence of Sam.
'sNo reason upon earth why he shonle
not have been along" said George.
IS "No, for he told ME this morning b.
a would certainly be on hand, ;" said John
81 can't make it out, unless he ha
taken the five o'clock train by mistake.
l. "Not bit of it, laughed John, VIII
is fancied he understood the entire pro
q gramme. at is most likely he took tn
train on purpose to get into Hannah
r spare bedroom, and make us take u
- with straw ticks and feathers %
N II didn't think of that, but | reckol
re you are right. We must contrive t
get him out somehow"
al "Bet your life on that
y The brothers put their heads togcthe
= and laughed merrily over some schem
for outwitting Sam, and accordingl
~ when the train reached Hollythorn abou
er eleven o'clock, they approached th
ut house of their sister in very stealth
P, manner.
to Climbing the fence in the rear, the
q softly opened the window and obtaine
!, access to the pantry, where they demo
" ished a mince pie and quantity (
Of doughnuts. Then with appetites al
at peased, they removed their boots an
ed prepared to investigate the "best room,
e. &c stole along the hall, which was dim
lighted by the moon, assembled the stat
NO and reached the door. The faint ra,
hit of the moon disclosed chair piled Wi
ny clothing and they could distinctly ira
m- the outlines of a form beneath the be
" clothes, and had not the remotest i'd
,ve but that Sam was enjoying sweet repo
"a. upon Hannah's best bed.
it A few whispered words were exchan
for ed, and then as softly and lightly as
oh shod with down, they drew near.
no. 30, "All readyl'' whispered George.
Quick as thought, they seized up
orc the form of the sleeper, bedclothes al
Tho all, bore it swiftly down the stairs, o
her into the snow, and were just about
her deposit it in huge drift, when a shr
.ns scream broke the stiffness of the nigI
af. and oh horrors-it was that of v
ngs man And in their CONSERVATION th
pc dropped their burden plump into t
ESQ., middle of the drift.
"Good heavens p exclaimed Geor
i.s- = cit isn't Sam. but some woman, as |
the oinnei' anu she mas Idlhteo. nun