Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-16

f"eui Nih a low, slgnincant laughs
"Only, that would advise you TO stiel
to your business, whatever tits; or. tc
put my advice into more compact and
portable form, always remember TO hoe
out your row."
"YOur advice is sensible as we'll a.
characteristic" " he said, coldly bet when
the leave-takings we're once fairly over,
and be was at liberty to drop the mask
Pslie6'ShrFSs SssaF1i iaN5TS Speey,hed vrqrr
ho loved, even Says unbclieving soul
might have been satisfied with sight Of
the bitter, unsatisfeG tears that his humil-
iaiing disappointment wruug from him.
Five years have slipped away. bringing
little outward change to tie quiet DWELL
ers beneath Squire Strong's comfortable
roof. The squire and his wife still 90
about their daily duties, with the same
quiet yet energetic faithfulncss, while
their seats in church and at the weekly
prayer meeting nre seldom vacant, even
when the wintry drifts and summers heat
discouragcs many young Christian from
venturing beyond the shelter of his own
roof As for Say,-no one has noticed it,
and yet, there is a change, deep and abid-
ing as it is beautiful.
The quick, sharp spirit that so often
gave offensc in her earlier girlhood has,
somehow, uncoDsciously, perhaps, become
toned down into pleasant briskness that
is pleasing to all, and fits we'll with The
matured and more softly rounded face,
that kas lost its look Of keen suspicious
ness, and wears an expression far more in
keeping with the ever kindly, often tend
erly sympathizing words that now seem
native to her lips. Nor have these graccs
of mind and body been suffered to devel-
op in unnoticed obscurity. More than
one Of the young farmers thereabouts has
been seen to tie his horse at Squire Strong's
gate on Sunday evening but it has been
observed that the same team was never
seen there twice even the most unchar-
liable gossips in town have alwnus n~~---
pyat"H .oo.,,o have begun to shake
,hclr adats knowingly whenever a certain
grave, handsome, middle-aged gentleman,
in garments of unmistakably city make,
has made his appearance at the depot in
the village, is received and entertained by
the squire with his usual hearty hospitali-
ty, and introduced to friends and neigh
bors as, "Mr. West, friend of ours, from
the city," "a city lawyer" the gossips
say, while "rich and widower" is added,
with sundry significant mods and winks,
when the said "widower," accompanying
Say Strong and her parents to church,
hands her to her seat in the choir, with an
air of grave, old-fashioned courtesy, be-
fore seating himself with the old couple
in their pew below.
1t has been noticed, too, Of late, tha
Says cheerful face. has grown strangel,
thoughtful, hot sad, exactly, but unde
cided and doubtful, as if her heart aut
brain we're refusing to agree upon SOM
point of more than usual interest to thei
owner.
1t was pleasant, sunshiny Sabbath
the first in April, aud as Say Strong too
her seat in the choir, she noticed that tn
singers already present were clustered tc
gethcr, peering curiOusly at somebody G
something in the body Of the church,
what, she had no time to ask or see, tt
at the moment Of her entrance the leadt
gave the signal, and every one droppe
into his or her scat with the habitu
promptness that system of careful trail
ing had made easy and natural.
As they rose to sing the opening hym
Says eyes wandered, for an instant,
: the dear old faces that always looked I
0 at her with that little touch of prldcf
i, tenderness that she alone saw and fe
]. and that warmed her heart and mellow
P her voice as by some magic power. b
to-day, quick rush of emotion chok
y down the half-uttered notes, and her he
6 grew giddy with whirl of surprise, je
g pain, for there, in the very scat next
q their own, was tall, well-knit figure. {
" too familiar to her strained gaze,
J" though the boyish red and white of
p complexion had given place to the
III and beard -darkened hue of ripper
v manhood, and even the closely curl
10 hair had lost something of its old-tl
rd gold but the clear blue eyes looked
Just as clearly and unsuspiciously into
nd own as of yore; indeed, she fancicd'
lis a moment, that there was a half-smile
on tender recognition in them, as, witt
to mighty effort, she put aside the thronI
III bewildering memories, and her sV
voice rose, full and clear, in the first
nd of the old familiar hymn
wn Return. ye wandering sinners home"
qsa se