The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-10-22

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down stairs, and don't let us have any
more dawdling Come: there's no time
| to spare"
How Lottie ever got into the kitchen,
and in what manner she contrived to be-
gin her cake-making, she never knew.
Harry going at six ! She was such child
that his going away seemed to her to end
everything finally between them. She
should never see him again, over and
over she said to herself, as she mechani-
cally weighed the flour and the sugar for
sponge cake, beat her eggs, and commence
ed to mix the ingredients. A great many
tears fell into that cake, and they so blind
ed her that she did not see her mother at
! her elbow as she was dropping it into the
pans, until a sharp voice startled her.
''Lottle, what has come over youo You
haven't put a bit of paper in the bottom
Of those pans! 1t would have burned for
certain, and here it is almost ). Hurry
| 60 and get some paper, quick ="
Lottie, still mechanically, searched the
drawers of the dresser in vain; and spur
red to action by the sharp voice and BY
| the sound of the clock striking ), she rush
ed up stairs to her own room. tore off two
half sheets Of paper from the pile She had
!
had the cake into the oven in such mira
culously short time that even her mother
was astonished
There now, pick over these berries.
| and set the table Susan hasn't finished
ironing, And fetch up the butter and"
| The voice buZzed in Lotte's ears, as she
hurried from one thing to another. At
last everything was done and on the table
tl,-n ~
snpper-bell admonished l.otte TO hurry
with that Never was cake so unceremo-
nously tipped out Of the pans and 50 rough
ly cut up. The papers had burned on, and
there was no time to stop to pull the trag-
ments Oft, So Lottie made the best Of It,
| and left them on, dumping the cake-basket
down on the sidehourtt, with a long sigh
OF relief.
She did not dare TO 60 to supper on ac-
count of her swollen eyes, and oli account
OF Mi Davenport, whom She was afraid
to meet And if Harry was going, what
was the use? She could not let him 20
unmatched, however; 50, running up
stairs she hastily donned walking dress
and hurried out Of the back door toward
the Village. From the post-otlice she
would be sure to see him pa5A, and il
''would be some comfort Just to do that" "
thought poor Lottie, trying to swallow the
lump in her throat as She hastened along
once in the post-otlice, she daWdled
aimleSSly about the counters, asking for
this and that, and keeping her broad hat
pulled low over her face, lest the marks
OF tears should he seen. She waited a long
time, watching the street. but Harry did
not pass. The clock pointed to five min
uteo uf 6-perhaps he would be late tor
the train At any rate, he had not passed,
and there was no other road to the station
One minute Of g. Surely the clock must
he wrong. so; tor the whistle OF the
train sounded With it, tirst stroke, and
Harry had not gone by. Hehad been late
then. l4ottie turned toward home in hur-
ry. Ii she should see him
She did not finish that sentence, for She
had no idea how seeing Would help the
matter; still She felt more cheerful rs she
Aastened along the sunny road She had
almost reached home when she saw the
object Of her thoughts coming toward her !
1T 4 round pace There wa no yalise in !
his hand. and he still wore his fisher coat |
Lottie's heart gave a great bound, halt Of
relief, halt of apprehension. The first feel T!
Strides go6 of65dd9g4hR} of65dd9g4hR}hte|d HAT d ns ar se ie2raaHhd and
he looked down on her from his altitude |
ot siX feet with a smile that betokened |
ANYTHING but displeasure.
W here have YOU been running 10, YOU |
naughty child And Where-why where's |
Your seal rlmg
"At home, responded the puzzled Lot
tie, family.
why didul you come To- supper and
Did me good-by =
You haven't gone
I'm going, though Will YOU give me |
some sponge cake for luncheon ?'
More and more amazed Lotie made no
reply at ALL
did You make the sponge-cake we had
for n ,"pRsr l1;s y
Made it m a hurry, ddAl't you ="
why? R"
"You didn't get all the paper off, that's
all See what has stuck on my piece. YOU
small deceiver! Why didn't you use the
post office instead Of sponge-cake9 Eh ?n
A small strip Of greasy paper was laid
in Lottie's outstretched hand. Upon it she
read the beginning Of her last epstolary
production Of the afternoon:
My DEAR HARRY: | don't know how to
write this TO YOU, and am very much ashamed
to take back what | said, but | never meant to
say it, / had TO, because Mr.. Davenport"
Here the paper was torn off, and, be-
sides, was taken torcibly out of Lolties
hand, which was clasped in two Others
''You wrote that TO me? You mean it ?
Say yes n
For some time after Lottie'S reply moth
ing connected OF sensible was said on either
side; but when they had reached the gar
den gate. and were philandermg under the
elms Lottie said
'But don't see how YOU got 50 much
paper on your cake thought it was all
in little fragments
Harry laughed.
Il couldn't break it easily, because it
was 50 tough-no otfense to the cook-so
took 1 whole bar | couldn't eat it, for
I'd no appetite, so | turned it over and
looked at it, and singularly enough / be-
gan to get hungry immediately Let's have
sponge-cake for our wedding cake, Lot
tie II
The trial OF John p Phair for the muir
der Of Mrs Freese, in Rutland, VT, term-
mated on Saturday in a manner that goes
to prove that murder will out Early one
morning in June last the residence OF Mrs.
Ereese was found to be on fire, and in the
ruins We're subsequently found the remains
OF Mrs. Freese, who, it was asertalned,
had been toully murdered in her bed, and
her house set on fire for the purpose OF
concealing the crime. The limbs OF the
! body We're burned off and nothing re-
naming but the blackened trunk. She had
received four stabs in the neck and a cash
across her throat The object of the muir
der appeared to be plunder, as she was
known to have had a large amount of
money and some valuable .iewely and
silver plate. None Of the plate or money
could be found in the ruins, and the fact of
robbery rs well as murder and arson was
fully established Suspicious were entered
against several persons, and a reward of
S250o having been offered for the arrest of
the murderer, John F. Phair, of Nergen-
nes, was arrested. He had been seen with