Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-05-29

which might have abashed some girls. But
Miss Brent was a young lady not easily
abashed, and if tue very evident admira-
ton in the handsome savage's black eyes
affected her in any way, II was certainly
neither to cmbarrass nor offend her. That
was plain from the manner in which she
received his advances later; else The two
would not have made so rapid an acquant-
ancc, nor have been missing when, by-and-
by, stroll through the grove was propos-
ed, so that Florry was obliged to put up
with the escort of her cousin Fred Willis,
a necessity considerably more agreeable to
him than to her.
Oh, what a cloudy ending for the day
that had begun all sunshine Florry won
dored piteously, when, tho festival at end,
they drove back through the evening to-
gciher, could this he the same Charley,
who, on that very road, only a few hours
before, had said-well, it was not so much
rhdt he had said as the way, and especially
the look, with which he had said it,-could
this be the same, this distracted indivdu-
al who had to keep rousing himself out of
some revery ovcr-what? The charms Of
Miss Adela Brent? Florry greatly feared
il.
Yes, that was it. New brooms sweep
clean, and Miss Adela's hounces and iriz-
zes had swept Charley quite away from lis
mooring'. In week, she could turn him
round her liitle hnger; in another, he had
as completely deserted "thc SoIlest eyes and
sweetest lips as if that and many like
speech had been but empty air.
If Florry had been heroine, she would
probably have broken her heart; have taxi
On TO writing poetry and reducing her
weight at the rate Of a pound day. But
then she was not a bit offs heroine; an army
of little brothers and sisters to attend TO
left her no time for puetry-wiiting, while
Blackville, although as before stated, an
insignificant place, had bracins mo lntain
air which forced people 10 eat in spite of
themselves. 50 Florry, occupied with
small frocks and stockings, did not lose
ler pretty color or roundncss, and if there
were sometimes tears in the "soltest eyes -
and sighs on the Sweetest lips." why. that
is only what is happening every day to
eyes and lips that are neither s9fl nor
sweet.
No. Florry had no notion Of sittin, r,r =
picturc or Jcsroir. She had = s,on, li,1o
heart of her own. rs brave os II was warm.
and whatever tbe trial she "cripred and
bore n"-mct,nboricalIv sncokirg. N,.
tu,o +, Les,owir,, on l,or ,,i,. or ,1f,,
plos mt tbc grin sordnnic ont or
her mower. II was very hard vor, nro.
yokinp. very crul Of Charley no donbt
Int stilI was Charley and sbc WAS mot
going TO make an ouicrv aroins, him. That
was Florry's wov Of lookinp at II. there
are such people now and thcn in This mod.
lev of n world
But hercousin Julia. Frcd WuIis's sister.
was quite Of another mind. JulIa was a
vouur lady who had opiuiops and liked to
sneak them. She considered that Charley
Dennis was beLayirp himself in 4 weak
wicked, and altogether disrracecIl manner.
which Florrv was bound TO resent; and
this quite apart nom her pet plan of max
ing match between her cousin and her
brother, for julia, if Prejudiced, was hon
est. So she had no mccy for tic iruant
Charley, abusing him as often and as open
ly as tlolry'S reserve would allow, till one
day The barrier broke down, ard let the full
tide Of her wrath sweep over.
Fred was describing party OF the pre-
vious evening, at which neither of the girls
Lad been present.
~ suppose nat Miss Brent was there
rs large as li!e?' said Julia, whose habit it
was TO use the pronoun Of ccnsule in refer
ring to Adela.
"fes, she was there" answered Fred,
and laughed TO himself for moment.
Then, aloud, "The fool Charley Dennis
makes Of himself with that girl!' he said.
"And what he can see in her!' exclaimed
Julia. "She is no beauty, certainly"
"oh, as to that, she's pretty enough," D."
said her brother masculine and feminine
eyes are so apt TO see this matter different
ly-"but as out-and.out little hirt as |
ever saw. Friend Charley II lind himself
at the end Of his string one Of these days,
or L III much mistaken"
And crve him right" pronounced Ju-
liza, with vicious emphasis.
"Why serve him right" here unexpect-
elly put in Florry, with moro spirit than
was usual to her soft voice. "Why should
anybody object TO Charley's waiting on
Miss Brent, if he likcs?"
"Oh, If it suits him, IRE nothing 10 say
against it, I'm sure was all Julia could
say !" ans" cr' E'Cl, one oi inc lnfee knew
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10 sPe'h'
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sue Poumreu uo"iI o" fioIFy' una "oN''
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