Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-26

A1N feNhE taaicot ~NA ~ "as bAht HiEu
smbitios to help her through With ker
chores sRd get her iEto class. Jake's
guardianship Of the glrl vas an excepted
fact TO the school and village rosnd about.
Nv boy dared play any tricks os Amanda
Liza.
jest you Walt till / get my luck. an
I'll teach sou was Jaks's sdmoutinn,
sscgmT snisd with clinchiBg Of his stur.
dy list that ably scanned the srguncst
The girl took it all veT, quietly ia her
genlle way, sBd seemed to have kindly
regard for Jake-Ineniing his coat occa-
sionally OF dsrning his stockinss-s thing
Jake gallauiy declared "she shouldn't do
aeVer again he wouiil't have no ladies
Hsitiu' on him"
Ladies! The girls used to nudge each
other and smile; bat ior all that they
we're very god to Amanda Liza, whose
faded dress and meek ways set her aI art
from the noisy vouihfulucss Of the rest
Oi US. We never besrudged the extra
polish which Jake ii his capacity OF boot.
black bestowed upon her shoes, and We
do not laugh when those same shoes made
their appearance Que Cay adorned with a
rcsplcndent pair of steel .buckles,I which
were afterwards discovered to have been
! obstructe4 from the coschmaB's rig in
which Jake Occasionally did duty, aud to
which, | am sorry to add, Sc was Igno.
minlousiy obliged to restore them.
Occasionally, ou some rare holiday, We
girls had the privilege Of drive out into
the country, when the Squiulpoes' ssper-
dnnuatea Sorre, covered with an clabo-
rate netting to conceal its de61isnclrs.
and picking up its tasSeled ears with quite
show sf spirit, would set off OH brisk
trot, animated, no doubt, by the prospect
Of grassy nibble along the road. Gay
Iimes were those Jack was at his jolli-
est, aud VIC all-old Dobbu included
forgot our "short cols8Ons" and long lee
lures, and grew hilarious together. Even
poor Amanda Liza, quietly slowed away
in the back seat, frightened up in the SUI
light, and was meekly merry, Once 1
remember old Dobbin caatercd along so
friskily that be upset the whole party ON
a mossy bit Of Iislng ground and, whisking
his long taIl factieusy, quietly bc,ook
himself to pasture, while we picked our
selves up as best We could.
I'VE might have had worse luck, said
Jake, as he plucked Amanda Liza out OF
the heap, shook her cut, and wiped the
dust from her black apron, leaving the
rest OF the party to look after themselves.
Which we aid, scoldiug aud laughing by
turns, and giving, quite by accident, the
front scat beside Jake to Amanda Liza
! the rest of tie way. ALL the twilight
Ibat summer evening was warm and me.
low, the fields were giIdcd, the meadows
! fragrant, and we heard a refrain Of the
grand eternal poem on the joIting seat OF
the cid wagon, though Jake was Silent the
rest OF the way, looking iuriively now and
then at the girl beside him, and being
very attentive TO old Dobbiu. Poor Jake
Amanda Liza had shot up clean cut ofkls
reach since then. and what we wanted TO
know was whether tae girl woald remcm.
Der him now in the days Of her elevation
A wealthy uncle, a splendid home, and
money gu her own accOuut-ah no won
der We had not seen Amanda since.
They touched her off like a sky rock
ct, aud she vanished, said Jake ruefully
Had she vanished for good Then po
ciicaI justice was myth. and Amanda 5
patched shoes and faded dress were no,
mere worthless than She. We waited
We watched the windows furtivcly. We
pricked up our ears at every ring Of the
door-beIl, 1ut weeks passed, aud the gold
en- coacb-aLd.six iu which our Cinderell.
was to arrive did not rattle up tle drive
to the Squimps Academy.
think we had almost given it up, and
Amanda Liza's base forgetiulaess and in.
gratitude we're becoming an old story
when enc day at noon Jake came rush
ing in among US, hot and shining, ant
heldisg between his thumb and finger a
dainty billet He looked like an ombod
led "hurrah" at that moment.
But to tell the truth, Jake could moi
quito make ost the writing, for with al
his opportunities" as our Worthy prin
cipsl designated his vicinage to wisdom
and learning in the capacity Of shoa-bIack
the lad was quite unable to decipher ma n
uscript-"hadn't the patience" he de
cIsred.
Jennie Smith read the letter for hin
amidst general applause. Justice anC
righteousness had triumphsd, it tarpeared
and Amanda LIZA had proved herself :
regular brick, d" as Jennie, with beamin;
eyes, observed, handing back the prec
ious scrap Of paper to Jake, who carefully
wrapped it in bis ragged handkerchief
The letter contained brief invitation t,
the lad, urging him to come and see hi
cid friend-a day was appointed for thu
visit, and the street and number whsr,
she was to be found were written out in
round, schoolgirl hand. A fashionabl,
and wealthy quarter OF the city, wher,
Jake was not likely TO be very familiar
Jake SET himself to work without los
Of lime about blacking his boots, albei
the appointed day was somewhat about
} week ahead. But it would take dea
. of fxing, he explained confdeDtally, l.
get ready, and he hadn't much to fix with
, Jake's normal condition was not that Of
} dandy, certainly. He could only, as
f general thing be lurcd by the prospect G
) a drive to "red himself up" as Mrs
! sqaimps said To be regaed and lot alon