Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-20
Russell PETERMAN,
WHOLESALE
Dealer Ia Dry Goods.
No. 800 Milk St. Boston.

Harrys sense of hearing was very acute.
When Mr.. Peterman again took his seat be-
side his beautiful daughter Harry caught
some words Of his conversation, carried on in
a low tone.
Splendid looking fellow. Mighty proud,
though. Didn't like it because | offered
him money. Bud sign always be poor
Help find situation
These disjonted sentences were all Harry
heard. The rumble and roar of the car
wheels drowned the rest. Harry did not
like it though. The proposal to find him
situation was spoken in too much Of a pat.
ronizing tone. Harry almost wished he had
left him to the mercy of the car wheels.
But when he looked again ut the beautiful
daughter, and caught her looking earnestly
at him, all that vanished.
The fact was Harry Bake's destiny had
met him fair in the face Cupid's winged
arrow had flown. His heart was already
transfxed. He had already determined to
marry Clara Peterman. We cannot tell by
what mental processes he obtained the
knowledge, but from the first moment he saw
her he believed he would marry her. Des.
tiny impressed him with the belief He
believed he had no power to evade it. He
felt assured he would not fail sooner or later
Of calling her his wife. Destiny delights in
playing the most inconceivably strange
pranks with young hearts and imaginations.
If he was to marry the daughter he would
never be indebted to her father for a situa-
ton. He preferred to find his own situation,
and show himself worthy of her So Harry
Blake reasoned as the train rolled on to its
destination.
Harry could not keep his eyes from occa.
sionally wandering over where Clara Peter
man sat. She seemed to be equally intent
regarding him. Destiny was already busy
weaving her web.
! DESTINY weavcs and wsavss and wsAVOs,
Her web is the sum Of all our lives" l.t
Mr. Russell Peterman was cold calcu-
lating, uugrateful man. If Harry had been
rich aud master Of some lofty situation, Mr..
Peterman would have invited him to his
honse, Toasted and lionized him. As he was
only poor country boy, seeking situation,
that would never do. Ho had a lovely
daughter at the right age to think it roman.
tic to fall in love with the good looking
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him to come to the house. So he requested
him to call at the counting room, all the
time secretly hoping he should not see him
again.
If Mr.. Peterman was ungrateful, his daugh-
ter was not Although she loved her IA
Their, she knew he had one great failing, eE-
cessive covetousness. She could see that he
treated the young man shabbily. She was
in every respect lady. But she had good
sense and frmness. So she sat occasionally
looking over at the stranger, and the train
sped on. Suddenly, when they had nearly
reached Boston, destiny impelled her to rise
and approach the seat where Harry sat
Harry had fallen into a revere. He was
startled out of it by Clara Peterman's voice
believe you are going to Boston, sir.
Yes, that is my intention.
While you are in the city will you call al
our house. We are under very great obi.
CATION to you for rescuiug father | shudder
to think Of what would have happened il
you had not reached him. We shall be very
glad to see you al any time. If you have
no friends in the city it will be pleasant for
you to call.
How different this in voice aud manner
from Mr.. Peterman's How her voice trem.
bled as she spoke of her father. How the
crystal drops forced themselves into hel
eyes. Her gratitude was genuine. Harry
knew it, The tone thrilled him with deli.
cous evidence of her sweetness and gentle
ness. There was magnetism, electricity and
destiny in the brief words and gances that
passed between them
Mr. Russell Peterman saw it all. Mr.
Russell Peterman heard it all Mr.. Russo
Peterman was amazed His face was
perfect mirror of his thoughts. That hi
wealthy, intelligent and refined daughter
should stoop so low as to invite {
stranger to come and visit her at his house
was annoying A poor country boy, too
He could scarcely believe his eyes He al
most doubted his sense of hearing. lie wa
jealous in an instant, and he determined t
do all in his power to undo what his daugh
ter had done.
Harry would gladly have accepted the in
vitation, and gone there Immediately. Blu
he could only reply that he would comply
with it as soon as possible. Yet he did no
intend to do so until he had found a situation
that would place him above accepting any
thing from the hands of Mr.. Peterman.
Was Harry Blake presumptuous in aspir
ing to marry Clara Peterman?
No!
No man is presumptuous who only accept
what destiny thrusts upon him. But som
men are so timid that they shrink from, an'
I refuse to accept what destiny has cut anC
dried for them. Was Harry Blake one o
this kind? Do you think he took strang
! way to cultivate her acquaintance and max
! himself agreeable to her ? How could he hel
itf He was prisoner in the hands of desti
! ny. Destiny had already imprinted his fac
: in Clara's memory, there to remain. Desti
: ny had already made him agreeable to her
But what came of it2 Wait, ard you shal
! see.
y Harry was comforted to find Clara appre
. ciated his services. If Clara and destin
! were his friends, what cared he for the ingrai
Q itude Of Mr.. Russell Peterman? Nothing
Yes he was too poor and too proud to sho'
r his face, either at Mr.. Peterman's countin
Q room, or at his home. lie would do neither
Q So destiny was playing with Harry Blake
+. pride. But his was kind CT pride tina
. destiny looks upon with especial favor.
q Clara returned to her seat. Presently th