Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-01

10 you know what brought this fever
on your wife, Mr.. Strecter p
mo-" in a surprisedtone.
:" Shall l tell your"
/" Certainly. am anxious TO know"
"You have worked her nearly to DEATH"
4" You are speaking Of my wife, not Of my
horse"
Granted, and yet / say again, you are
working her to death"
[" Really, doctor, such language is unpar.
donable."
"And yet you will pardon it. And fur
thermore, by your great love for the self
sacrificing woman we have just left, | shall
perform an operation on your eyes that you
may see even as see"
And then, in bis own peculiar, abrupt
manner, he placed the cold hard facts be-
fore him, from the time she came a bride,
beautiful and accomplished, to the village,
up to the date Of her present illness, in
which domestic cares only had haunted her
feverish dreams. In concluding he added (:
Il truly believe if she takes up her old
burden at once, that before year has passed,
the grave or insane asylum will receive her. {"
The strong man shuddered.
AS heaven is my Witness sir, have on
ly permitted, not sxacted this sacrifice. She
voluntarily took her place by my side and
has uncOmplainingly kept step with me-"
fNo, she has not kept step to follow your
own figure. Unable to keep up with your
long, rapid strides she has fallen, faint and
footsore by the way. And now you have
but to go back and take her in your strong
arms and carry her awhile. tell you she
must have rest for both mind and body, or
l will not answer for the result Aud it
would be better if found away from here"
"Yes, begin to comprehend; and it can
be found away. And" offering his hand
al will take care, doctor, that you do not
get chance to administer another such a
dose to me-"
Then see that you do not need it," said
the doctor dryly, as be mounted his horse and
rode away.
Mr.. Streeter went back to the room where
his wife was sitting, propped up by pillows,
and a gush Of unutterable tenderness SWELL
ed in his heart as he glanced at her pale face
and almost transparent hands. He sat down
L. ..,I
"You don't know how glad l am that you
are better"
"Thank you. Yes, am almost we'll now
shall soon be able to be in the kitchen. /
am sure must be sadly needed there by this
time"
mo, you are needed here. By the way,
would you like to have me put the farm to
rent this summer, and you take the by and
go back to the old granite hills7"
Oh, could you May go2 and the
voice quivered with excitement; then visit
J fully, " But the expense, Newton. 1t would
} put US back SO much"
Yes, there it is; the old doctor wa,
right" he thought And then aloud ado
you know what went to the city for the
: day you were Iii"
ITO deposit some money for more land,
think you snid." she saPliAd s~s~-ily.
"Yes; do not need that land. | have faI
! more than l can cultivate now. And you
3 shall have that money-or at least all thai
!. you want of it-and go home and stay THU
f summer and try to get some of your bloom
: back"
"And you ~
Never fear for me. Only hurry and gel
7 well enough to travel, and l will either g
g with you or place you in the hands Of kinC
( friends, and you shall be sheltered in the ole
!, home-nest this summer. shall write to-day
J that you are coming"
r Mrs. Streeter could hardly believe it wa,
not one of her leverish dreams
n But it all came about in good time, and
: she arrived safely at home, where she was
i petted, caressed and cared for to her hearts
G content
r " You are all trying to spoil me" sh,
5 would expostulate IL shall never be fit for
farmers wife any more"
: And why not, pray ~ asked younger
s sister, as she tangled spray Of apple bloom
}, among her curls.
: "Therc if you ever put your hair up il
that ugly knot you wore when you cam,
home, farmers wife, or presidents wife, II
). PIP
: pinch the baby" suggested Fred.
d "No, he shall never suffer for the sins o
his parents" and size ran off with the house
!. hold pet, as was her wont, to relieve tn,
mother of all care.
}, And thus among loving friends, riding
s. walking, aud, when at home, reading, musi
d and writing long letters to her husband, tn
summer passed swiftly away.
e And now he had written that he was com
Q ing, and she was counting the days that mus
l. eapse ere she could look upon his face and
II be clasped to his heart. She was eager to
&c 60 now. II holiday was over. Healt
d had returDe l. and not for an instant did sh
o shrink from the old life.
e And when the husband came and saw tn,
d wonder one summer had wrought he agai
told himself that the good old doctor wa
5 right
! A few days were given to the old friends
s Judge Streeter had recovered his equipois
IT in the financial woodland then they turne
% their faces toward their Western home.
L 1t was evening when they arrived, and til