St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-04

IL" whS completely cntrInced by the
grace and beauty of Alice Raynor. All
his evenings were spent in her society.
In her smiles he WAS happy. Listen
lng Ia her voice in conversation. on
drinking in her silvcry tones as she
sang the sweet old songs. or tlillrt
some opera gem, he forgot her who had
been all the world to him. till this
rlIrmin" stranger appeared.
Do not blame him too severely ne
was Young. and, manlikc. very SrIsccp-
tIhlc t" tlatt"rN. and the wileS of this
pretty woman oVcrcamc him.
1t was Il bright Afternoon. The sun
beams crept in through the clear window
pamcS, and lighted up the well worn
carpet. the straight backed chairs. and
shining mahogany table in the dining
room. where Ruth sat alI alone
Her mother and father had gone to
visit il sick ncighhor. and would be
away till night So the little maiden.
after tIdying up, had put on IL fresh
back log, taken out hnr knitting, and
WAS just c"n%rntulat,ng herself on the
prospect of a nice. quiet time all to her
self, when. after Il sharp. little tap al
the door, the knob WAS turned. and
DorcaS Jones walked in.
Now Dolc;iS WAS Il great gossip. She
WAS Il ScamStrcSS. and. in her visits from
one house To another. picked up many
little bits of news. and rolled them like
sweet morsclS under her tongue and
nothing delighted her more than to
communicate Il spicy little piece of gos-
sip Ia an attentive nearer.
Because of her great propensity of
tatllin%. she was Ruth'> special aversion.
and her entrance WIS generally the
signal fnr Rulh'> departure from the
room. But ON this occasion she saw
that escape was inpo>>ihlc. and made
up hci mind to bear the iniliction. Sc
crctly hoping something would shorten
her mothers visit.
Good attcrnonn. Dnrc;l>. Come ill.,
Mother has %"n" ont I" pay Il visit. but
hop" will he III before long. l. it
very cold -
"Wrll no, it isn't ;" cold aS '>pcctrd
to find it. And how are Nou all |
todd Mary Jane it seemed Il long time
sine" Id seen ANY of You. | thought
Id just run over and spend >ncahIc
evening. :" put my work in my peck
ct. and started oil. I'll just take OF my
things. t"r. .r> Mary Jane SAYS. when /
get into this house. never know when
To leave. But. a> | tell her. Il body al
WAYS knows when they he we'll OF. and
that's the WAY feel when get to
Friend MillrI'>."
And Dnrc;I> Laid aside her gray shawl.
aud prim little bonnet. and proceeded
to make herself comfortable 10y draw
ing her easy chair nearer the fine. lift e.
ing her pcticuatS Il litllc higher. and
cIrvatiuw her feet 50 that her damn
shoes might get the fall benefit of the
heat. Then she took her knitting ont
of her pockct. and worked AWAY with \
will. her thin metallic voice. l,crrinr
time to the click. click. click of The.
needles.
Il 'Spusc. of rnu.Sr. vnrl'vc heard all
.ihnut Ella SmilL-nn N"9 IL. till
"'''' N'.i' news ilic> last. and mad"
-, -" near" H. wen. VIZ ">"'
'i'''' '.'N' Nr'k' h'Ir'm" bout the boy ;
',"'"'c, ''," "'I iIn'l"' r"ld me all
,'''''' IT, l'I"''''>''i h"' /" 'l'llir II
''''' "' r"i'>'' H"', won mention II.
~ N'','''H I'''' \'N'''i one "i h'i >'h""l
~ " .''"> '''>' an" N'lI'r sue WIS
>''"'' 'I'H 'h'l, zen III rove WIN
n'r P''''N i1'r; !h""2' must say that
I'N,' '''a ''''I'k hti S""h h-i""kln%'
W, Nun ''i P,iIh 'hrrhN an" "i'i' eyes.
a, 40 ','''''' my "',' l" sun my 'HSl''
W ''i' ','' "'''N' nave '"'il N'l'i'k "'>pii'
'"' ''"'',, sue ''''''c nome >i' NAH en-
S'S'"' IlI Nl"ir l" h'i iAliI'l. Ahd II
vas Il settled thing that when spin"
'''', ne WAS I" come AN" carry h"I oil
- Nus NIl'' I'''i >I' "rh - happy
III" gay as Il i'lih' ana :" busy getting
,';hH' f"''"''a''N' III" poor ttln%
l''l'i' ! """%'l' h,'l ur''>N' Wen, the
"'"'' "'H >i' P''h'" up i paper. ana
,.iW MS lGIn'r M the m;tiIldG" notices.
h!hk what a blow NJ inst She doubt -
S"l a r't'' ll"h i'lih. telling her rs
now ne h''h found ont he had never
l"N'u h'f' nili ne hld mel win some
on" he really loved. and hoped she
would forgive AMI f"l"ci linn. and h''
happier imam ne could nave made her.
l'""' 'hIh"' she looks drrAIiull hut.
&" course. Ni' iilr> l." hidc II. Her
mother Is :" worried about her; hut
tel hcl She : Young. and Will get "Nr
1t. W hat IN unprIncIplcd scamp he
must he
l,ld You near about Tom Ellis No!
T. 'lhrl"u> me 'hlid W h\ they say
mes taken I" drink, ahd Is gust gong
I" riIln as last as Il man can. say his
Wlte can blame herself for II all. She
has the sharprNt tongue and quickest
temper OF amy one round. and leads him
Il sorry HE.
'i course N"i Y" heard the latest
news h"th. hey say Amos Hillary
ana that cousin OF Mary NNnm'S are
really engaged. some one asked Amos
If 1t WAS true. and he didn't deny il.
Well. ! must say | used t" think ii WAS
some one else, but "" are all liable t"