Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-23

grant To me and i was he, calling a me 70
come down and walk and ! went down, too
readily perhaps and We walked through
half dozen tuues-such tunes as seemed
like the music of the spheres with varia-
tions Sometimes when I've been passing
your room Mr.. Royburne, you've drawn out
strain or two Of those very airs on your
violin. and 10 has seemed as il ! ,moncd rose
leaves. and I've had 10 sit down ou the stairs
torecoycr myself However, when reached
home that night and locked mp, I'd found
ont something hadn't known when went
out had found that loved jules Adder
les. whether be- loved me or not. Il was am
embarrassing piece Of news to me it was
both pain and pleasure curiously twisted to-
pcther. II made me start at every step and
ect nervous at every knock. and began to
look m the glass with more attention and
worry about my face, and grow absent
minded about the bills and the huuse-kecp-
inr tin one night met him on the stairs
hc was going rp and / was coming down.
and We didn't do either. and dear. dear.
what an old fool ann can't think of that
time without tears and the band outsido boo
the moonlight playing Nv love is like the
red. red rose. Aud vet he couldn't really
have loved me. Won know"
~ don't know ANYTHING Of the Mind"
broke IN Mr. Roybnrne, almost angniy 3" I'm
sure that he loved YOU
81 like to think so." She said smiling 90
herself and looking into the fire but YOU
haven't heard all. We weren't going 10 be
married for a wear or so. because he was only
cashier in a bank at Croltiord, the Pactolus
Bank L hate the very sound of It's the words
burn my tongue-and his salary wasn't big
enough to please HIM and then was in no
hurry ] wanted to make money myself,
and life had grown So sweet, ! was almost
afraid Of my good fortune; and perhaps !
was just punished for my want ot taith iu
Gods providence. Well. one day ! had
great surprise. Aunt lluldah dled, aud !
went away TO the funeral and when the law
vcr read out the will, She had left me five
thousand dollars in stocking Ihcmght
! reached home Jules came TO welcome me,
and showed him the stocking and asked
him to guess and then ! threw the whole
part of which was shining gold and silver
ON the table. and 1t uug with a pleasant
sound But it seemed to me that Jules had
/ something ON his mind that night, and !
rallied him about it hut that made him put
out And then put the money back into
/ the stocking aud locked 1t into NY desk,
/ while lac held the lamp, and remember that
/ when opened the desk he caught sight Of
| the daguereotype ia had taken to give him
/ ON Christmas. and begged it and wouldn't
I lrt him have it, because il wasn't good, and
/ meant to sit again. and after he had gone
put it into the fire and said nothing. But
when hc said goodnight there was something
odd about him: he looked at me long and
searchingly as if he'd like to see my thoughts
themselves: and once or twice he began to
speak. and broke oil with a kiss, and finally
/ he told me that | shouldn't see him fora few
davs AS he was going ont of town on bank
business" Mrs. Dunn paused. and sighed
profouudlv MIR Royhune walked To the
window. and shivered as he looked out on the
wild igh..
at Wa, only few DAYS later when Lang
tom. the assistant cashier. who boarded with
me came into INV private parlor and said he
wanted to sneak withme econfdentialv about
Jules. Yon can't tell what chill It gave
me- Thought nothing but he had dropucd
dead and ia rather it had been so 1t
sesp. ,Iule. had been using the bank 5 money
to speculate lie mad lost. of course. and
InnGton had been the first to discover it,
and be came 20 me. ne said. ina order that |
,nioLt warn ,Lles that if couldn't be kent
lon,, from tbe hoard of directors. as they'd
already oot wind of something wrong. unless
bn could rnrlace the money INN diately by
heo,sino, mr. borrovino Y6u may Guess my
foelirrs made no ouestion but Jules had
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