The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-25
si,c Y.iSer's VIII.

Old Ephraim Popplc wa dead.
Tho October blasts shook down showers
OF maple leaves, gittcrlng in red and gold
the river, rushing through its rocky gorge,
>hadowed by gloomy spruce and hemlock
trees. made sad, sepulchral moan, and the
satin-brow chestnuts, falling from their open
musk, seemed to tap IKE funeral myers on
the old shingled roof, as the iamiiy-a de-
ceased miser is never at loss for plenty OF
felatives-sat around the great, open fire,
1cncath the room where the corpse lay,
slill and slrouded, with sort OF sardonic
grin upon It's white lips, as If 1t were secret
ly chckling over tie commotion below.
"Wcl, quOth nehemiah Popplc, the
halt-brothcr of the deceased, Satan has
rot his own at last.
~ GU hadn't ought to talk so, Nemy re-
spondcd the first cousn--a lanky, tallow-
faced individual, in black. "Trutl amt to
hc spoken on all occasions"
Dear me y SAID Mrs. Marchley-who
had been Theresa Mararetta Popplc before
she married dry goods clerk and went to
the city to liye--'how nervous that wind
makes enc l 90 uejest inc country Ne
"c"i'" ~ ici plo''''I Pic"Sc ''"i'" '"o
my scGht-hottle' -.
''oush' nc never was "-s0ih 10 uiG.
observer hGphe" uhGolhioItapiy "'tfcu III
81 sunny -s'aIchIu SI III WC
Years siGkLailu 10 drop on IKE 'Ilis at last
""l, wal IT 5 truc' Us nlotnI T brlerIy re-
hiurNeu III ciaSs-lllee'lh iast wednesday
we re an grass OF inc helu anu ho"ers Oh
the medder.
- suppose hell cut up fat, observed Ne
hemian' VINO was not ut all choice III ms
dialect. twenty thousand dollars at
least
'Dross-all dross : groaned the nephew
with the shirt-collar' "What IS goid 10
clear consclehcc' sea-,
But nobody spoke Il word to poor little
judith Apsley' the distant relative she
scarceiy ventured TO can herseli COUSIN
who had taken care OF the dead old mlser
mp stalrs-who Tor TWO long ara unn'teraply
weary years had in'hl'tereu 10 ms "n','is
ana caprlces' ana borne inc bruht OF MS
favage tciipeI' Nopouy except Harry rem
nei' tlG Lirea man, WHO stoou her st'uhci'
lflrhu through aii' anu VINO was one u"y
Cwhen they could alord) to be her nus
band.
Don't iret, judith, sad Larry, IN a
whisper don't NINA 1t, because they all
feel above US"
IAN, larry, 1t seems so lonesome! far
trred judith, uhcohsciousiy tWihing her nm
gers around the strong hand that had taker
'''N ava NVP'N We ~ ~ 'N'y ''''
10 me- nu' ne WAS all inc lilcIu ana pro
tector had, and now he gone
And the tears sparkled INTO the maldenl
hrlght brown eyes
Jnhlth Apsley was very pre',y, WIN pai'
brown halr. strcaked mere ana therc WIZ,
H''n' long eyei'Sle.' anu '"''''rcu i'PS' iu''
ana RIPE, anu voi'eiy'
Mr., Marchi,y-Her own laughter wa
f'"-h'''eu anu lroeNIe',' WIN cast III on
yV-S"'u sue Wa uVslS"l"B P"'S' vi
N'nrn'ah TohPie tloush' sHe sly am
'Nu'rhanu' me nephew win inc Shlrt
r"Ilar was o. OPINION tha' doI'ar wee
WIS an cNorn'aht cI'rRc iOr such zee
's me hld ne able TO render the oid mise
who Jay IN ms conn "hoye stars Inc ufs
COUSIN IN niack never ilau any confidence j
hcr from the beglnhlhg'
Ioor lttle Juulth' VIA Ephfalh ioppi
had been nara enough upon her' put Il
seemed al indulgence ny me sac Oh ines
aurvFing narples'
Pu" """i''' ~" "iH." ii'i,y ',H
men, the tides oil MS rough nature stirred |
llrir ue'P'S' sl,r'ns9 " w sp"'hie u gu
nuns tears Never ni,hu 81" Leu CT
have thclr own way Mo'hef give you
home, ana De g'aa OF the ch"hc'' ull ca
make one OF my own Tor you
80 the Dleak autumn u'ya iaPSeu n.y. on
by one until the loherai was over ana III
VIII was read -. 80,
Inc VIII ana OF COURSE llNc an VIII
1t proved an uhm'tl8ateu uisNpPo.'sl'e ,n
ne mouse ana nan llc urn VIZ i1i.