St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-08

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to understand her. and perhaps his eye
were opened crack then he pickef
up the hammer and resumed his work.
Il never thought of such Il thing
Jane"-hetween the blows. "TheTe'
no need of it. At least you'll stay-til
l-till-spring :"
"Ycs. will stay till Agnes comes,
she answered.
: The winter set i'll early that season
and Cyrus went. as usual, into the
woods logging, leaving his mother will
Jane for company, and Il small boy t1
clear the paths and look after the stock
Few but those who live there know
what winter i'll The Numbers is like
when the snow hedges you about. week
out and week in, and passing team i.
50 rare as to bring the household from
kitchen or attic to watch it out of sight
and the wind whistles over miles of un.
inhabited country with nothing to i'm
pede it; when there is nothing to break
the monOtOnN of the long frosty days
| which the almanac SAYS are short, but
homely duties, and the promise of seed,
time and harvest. Ii seems then as i
no sun We're potent enough to melt tn,
mountainous drifts. built as miraculous
ly rs the coral reefs; and ut midnight
YOU wake up suddenly. and hear til,
wolves hoWling in the woods close nj
hand. and timI their tracks about tn,
shcep-pcn next morning. and remembeI
with IL Shudder that there isn't an able
bodied man on the premises. In such
circumstances one needs to have vast
resources in ones self to be in harmony
with ones household and ones destiny
ne" ',',n lirT JUNE" i"S camp
d N''h "''"ie Ill '''S. h' c"l I'r'
nm Il ''i' iio'Il ASu'>' say my 'Iia' sue
>"o'''' 'N l"'' MN ''"T =" "'.'i .ii'
new He"i III anu tn' "i" H1a' "''' a' ,"'
N"., ne '"N Z" "'l' ES'ii'
r''. y" w. ,''H N"S'' ''','
lie N""lo'i , P", h''llS'Il on, so ll"cn
an" even nIS' i'e''r"'i ROCKET I'tu Sd"
II Na>H iihelH seeing ne WIS sure o.
he' "l't rhe had SET ner heait upon
SNOW 'IS 'ii'i" nv" i'''''h ii' '"''" i"'
hel.
II lNi every l"Ncf VINO c"uId resl>'
such an appeal, ana Though Nlils dldn
think II of the least consequence whether
other people hclIrNed III his love or not
;" long a> 1t Wd> Il reality I" himself
ana Agnes. Vet II" was h"uhtlt>> Nat
tcrtd "N hrr earnest desire Tor ms pres
ehce' ana II II N"''Ih please her' why
n"' =" IL ana NOT occur I" nm ihh'
II WIS a> iililch NulG'r WISH 1" make i
r'ra"c oI MS tSaia Tor her as "tHir'
10 see Hlhl. 1t hlpl"hrd very iu'kllN'
however \ru> tl"n%ht anu perhaps
hn">I people W"Ulu agree WIN MN
that thc camp had run snort OF m"laS-
ScS' an" one "i the men was delailtd to
take Il team Allu :" I" w hellheld lor Il
supply I"t Wh"t WIS '"iiee without
hl"Ia>N'> he >iai!c" on me liS' "aN
"i l'''ii'"'i, '''" rus WIN mn, an"
ne "li"" rus "hei' 'hr I"l"S ~
"i'' r''" " i'", ~, ,i,''"'
an" '"'' "lh'i 10 ne N"''l"trS- mere
was n,''''I I'll zen "I WE'VE HllIeN De
."'fn ll"N ana 'hI Ii'r' iifiii "ileh
| "' i'i, -" '''H.' "', ne III" "i''h
'iN'" 'nt, WIN " i'"' VI Pi"utl't
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| ,n,.rg,I, .,,J ,,.-,l ,I,.. H.. ;,t, III
exc. and tL. d,lr. ,Lrrn.nI,r. ,,.,.,,
/ li,y,,r,, mad tIirLnr ,HI tL.,' ,1o-,.,o,l
his lt,,, .,,d Il;uJ.I III. .;,ri,t ,nL -,
Iitr,,ttd ,,,.,, I,uJr,,I lIiIi L,.
trudr.I f,,t,,id ,L,.,inn bi,,,Ir yi,L
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/ hi. own p,iotu field ul by-nnd-Ly la.
h,,r.,,. H. ,,n,id.,. il Inc worn. ,,,,, v-,t,.L
! iu~ tl,r old wear ont hy himself if me-
| had uu1 been lou~cr ON IN. mad th,n
the distance warI.,utrd. if he had nnt
missed the way. if il wcr, not orovino
| colder and darker every momcnt III.
| lnc,y :,hout ~ well vvhrr, Inc v-,S ~ If
/ he had Travelled into \ov, I,mIJ., nr
/ h .d bccn r1-t away an nm i,,.brrr II,
pauscd. and tested ,,r,iu.t ,hc LoIr -,
/ a tI,, To collect his wits There was
mo- list. in nrn.rc,linr further ON thr
vrnur road. In rnminn to This de,.ision
h. u.,tlr,Ilv s,t down h,. tho u..,,. tn
reflect which v,s th, rimht one lie
did not reflect lone. Ioyrlv imarrs
and cnlors tInatcd before his minds
ryp III, had rr,rh.d the firm .,rJ
,h.,c was g, ,r..,t L,,.L,.I,r IJ,,i,,,r ~,
th. Lo,rtb t,, hin, anL l,,r,, W." "i
! In,l,i,',, into hi, .,,,l .n,,,In'. t,' pH
/ hi. c.,,o Tbo,, Lo ,..,,,,t' -, I,;,,,.aif ;.i,
:, st,rt md sat r,,,;orLt nnn,in,r 49,,
! tb. IJ,,I. ri.I,t ,unn With, ,I,a
/ seemed an inscrintion in an mnknnu.m
touour. walked hy tho rruJimr nf sn,,n
,rr,.;,t Iimh fran thn traa aIora Lim'
| which had f,IInn and n;nnoJ hin, =, thn
ornumd rho d,nrorI nf hi, n;tna.;i', y" ;nu
were tno eyidamt fnr coriao,nrn '"'II,, Wn
wnrId La f,nznn st;tf. haf,rn ,'aI' oo,,' M
.vcu if be wrr.. nnt JnaJ af tha h1n,,.
frs, Throuub rho stnrn, and tho J%nr,' %
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