The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-07

Joy Ila,ifc!d,s COurtship.
1t was toward the end of August when /
received long, loving letter from cous II
Joy, inviting me to spend the balance Of
my vacation with her at her fathers coun-
try-housc in Pennsylvania. My vacation
had already lasted three weeks, and as the
school 1il not open until the end of Sep
TENDER. had still about Eve weeks, in
which might recruit ii self after my long
and weary period of teaching, broken only
by these three weeks of hot, dusty New
York.
was syared ont, body and soul; and
could hardly expires IS sufficient thankfuness
ut the prospect which now opened before
me, OF country air and fare. mountain
stream and rural rambles, health and re-
taxation.
OF course | acr pied the invitation at
once, and equally Ui course | told Charley
Cartwright all about it the same evening.
Charlie and had been engaged now for
about n year, alt.r u courtship which |
think lasted only as long. We were to be
married in the wiucr, when Charley's UNI
Gle was to take him into partnership; and
| did really wish for an opportunity to gain
Il little health, and a little flesh on my
bones, and not give him such n skeleton
for n wife ms | looked then. after my sea-
son of grinding at the daily routine Of
tea hing; for though would go back to the
school, it would be only Tor two months,
and then gooa-by to it forever.
How Charlie ever came to care for me
could not imagine.
was such little freckled thing; so diff
fldent, when ont of my daily walk of life
and knew so little that seemed to interest
him. Yet he certainly professcd to love
me very dcvotedly; and his attentions TO
me had been unremitting. lie was such n
great, handsome, stalwart fellow, that /
suppose he mistook the prospective inter.
est he felt in me for love; any way, | did.
WE'LL told of my invitation, and he was
delighted at the opportunity it gave me to
recuperate He delighted me, too, by
promising to come and pay me visit after
| had got fully settled; and SO | started of
watched him from the carriage win low
as he waved his handkerchief after me-
and wondered whether cousin Joy was as
big flirt us ever, and whether Charlie
would run any risk if he really kept his
promise and came to see me ut ''Mountain.
side"-as Joy Hartfelds father had pref
tily named the summer home in the coun-
try.
Mr.. Hatfield was wealthy city mcr.
chant who had married my aunt and Joy
was his only child
She and | had been playmates together
years before; and close correspondents ever
since; and both from my personal knowl-
edge of her, and my letters from her,
knew she was, as | said before, big fiirt.
Indeed, she detested the summer, be-
cause, instead of being taken to The various
water places, where her coquettish instincts
h., lad f,,lt eha l,n
insisted on putting it, dragged off into the
Pennsylvania wilderness to vegitate with
the ground hogs and chipmuaks.'
1t did seem rather hard, for she was II
lovely, giddy creature, only eighteen years
old, and seemed only fitted for the gos-
samer life of the ballroom. But Mr.. Hat
field insisted that she had enough of that
through the long winter, and that in the
summer she must return to the mountains
and "build herself up,"-a favorite express
sion of her fathers. "Just rs il" she would
say, 81 were church, or n barn, or some
other ediiice.'
However, Mr.. Hatfield always had his
way and a very sensible, pretty way | con-
sidered it. when on that dry, DUST evening
the wagon from the town of Sarsiield stop
ped before the low-rooied house he called
the ''Mountansde." Right on the noun
tain side it was, too; and behind II the
gloomy forest rose thick and green cX-
tending high up in the distance. while be.
side it trickled gently down the slope II rip
ping brook, that became n mountain tor
rent before it wandered down to the lis
river.
Such welcome as ! get from JOY, an(
from Aunt Hatfield, and even silent Mr.
Hatfield HIMSELF / felt at home at once
and drew in each inspiration of the fresi
mountain air with renewed thankfulness
and blessed my fortunate stars that haC
brought me to the "Pennsylvania wilder
ness"
What we did in those happy DAYS coult
not half remember if now cared to. 10,
was brighter, more beautiful, more like
fairy in gossamer than ever. The wood
around were presently noisy enough will
our wild shouts of laughter; and the bah
bling little brook where we fished for trou
and caught them, too-seemed to cch
our enjoyment, and keep measure with it
music to the songs we sang.
Then we went pony-riding up the will
mountain road, startling the squirrels an
rabbits; or we gathered roses and ferns TO
our scrap-bOoks and lunched luxuriantl
beneath the shadowy gloam of the hug
forest monsters. Sometimes we astonishe
the neiehboring town by canlering on til
ponies though the single tree embowere
street on our way to the "store :" while til
country beaux gossped and looked askanc
at US, as being from another world. fol
got that | was homely little New Yor
school. teacher, as the reflection of Joy
wondrous beauty seemed to shine upon mt
and render even my freckled phiz attrat
tive.
OF course / wrote Charlie long letter
describing our various doings, and equal
of course like the willess thing was
pictured Joy in all her radiant beauty {
something it was daily delight to be III
ISOLATED with. And Charles letters wei
quite ms long as mine, and made especial
charming by frequent mention of JOY, an
m occasional message to her, TO which sl
was nowisc slow to respond, and that
wittily that | could not but forward thcl
duly, as halfiestingly desired. And SO i
the time Charlie wrote that he was actual
coming, these two people were as well a,
qnainted as two young folks we'll could |
who had never seen each other.
And when the station-wagon drove III
and Charlie leaped out of it, and shook n
warmly by the hand-he didn't kiss me-
Joy received him as an old acquaintanc
and we were pretty soon all as happy NJ
friendly as possible.
Now our rambles and mountain rides o
tanned new zest, since one had cavalie