Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-11

~ mere 10 hIs. O'idiou "oh' "
see her right away" said he, as the door
was opened.
You will find her here; walk in it
you please, replied the housemaid, throw
ing open the door of the sittingroom.
Mr.. Averill stepped quickly forward
Yes, there she sat, stitching as before on
some kind of primrose -colored stnff, with
her eyes as black and bright as ever. But
the brimroses were faded in her cheeks,
and she wore cap Oh her head.
IL have come for you again, Augusta.
Am too late this time ?" cried the i'm
patient lover.
The roses came back to Aunt Augusta's
checks, and the red-hot arrows shot out
of her eyes once more.
BLESS us If it isn't Sam Averill,
nose and all J" she said, holding up her
hands.
From twenty to fifty is but as watch
in the night, then the years are past aud
it is only when an old lady mods trium-
phantiy at you from the looking-glass,
saying, Here L am, my dear - or when
children that you have nlrsed in your
arms come around with the rights ard
duties of full-grown lncn and women,
that one is no longer young at fifty. But
) the sight of Sam Averil's gray hairs and
wrinkles were as good as a looking-g lass
to remind Aunt Augusta.
'Sit down, Sam" said she, "and let
me look at you. 1t seems like the real
old times to see you once more. You
look wonderful natural, but dear me, how
you have changed! You've grown old
as well as myself
But Mr.. Averll Was not to be diverted
BY any side issues.
"Augu3ta," said he, earnestly, 81
made serious mistake once. 1t was not
mistake about my ewn mind, however;
, that remains the same it always was. Ev-
cry woman I've ever seen seemed like
talow candle beside the sun when think
. of you. | have made my fortune, and
r all | want now is you to come and share
it with me. 1t is you, or nobody, just as
it always was"
Maybe Aunt Augusta's heart throbbed
: a little with the old yearning toward the
: love of her youth, but she shook her head
j.. with unhesitating decision, as she put out
her hand to stir the cradle where her
/, youngest grandchild lay asleep.
ut can never be, Sam," said she. l
won't deny that it was all mistake my
S marrying Stanton. He didn't turn out TO
be the man | took him for. He proved
S contrary and oruery, and beside he wrote
/ letters in disguise. But that is all over
t and past, can't be undone. And now
! am in the midst Of my children with my
f grandchildren growing up about me-, and
G | am in my right place. shouldn't be
contentcd to leave everything and 60 off
to rev country to begin the world over
t again, as it were. | am too old an oak
n to be transplanted.
r Well, after that Mr.. Averill might
S have talked till he was at the age of Me-
t thuscah. Aunt Augusta had made mp
t her mind, and an earthquake couldn't
: shake it.
r So Mr.. Averill again went away alone.
!. swell, Amelia, Augusta wouldn't have
a word to say to me-" said he, walking in
: upon mother and me as we sat at supper a
few evenings after, mot word"
d II want to know if that is so - cried
r mother. nuttcring up another plate and
a knife. Lay your overcoat right off and
sit by and have cup of tea with us.
, Augusta always was decided, and you
D couldn't turn her after she got her mind
fixed. She wouldn't keep you waiting
c long for your answer, either. Well, it
/, is likely it is for the best we will hope
I, SO" pursued mother, reaching over to put
!. an extra lump Of sugar in Mr.. Averill's
:. cup, as though to sweeten life if possible
g for him.
: ut serves me right in taking it for
granted that Augusta understood my in.
f tentions. l must have been sef-con.
4 ceited, inconsiderate fool. B it seems
e hard that body can't work his way out
n of bunder in whole lifetime.
0 Mother looked full of sympathy, and
dropped smother lump of sugar In Mr..
, Averill's cup. To my astcnishment he
Q seemed to relish it the better, as if life
were growing sweeter and sweeter.
n Mother and Mr.. Averill sat up late
n that night; SO late that as had had a
I hard day. l went off to bed and left them
talking over old times and purring like a
: couple OF cats beside the kitchen fire.
i After breakfast the next morning, mo.
ther followed me into the hall when
l. started for the office.