Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-04-22

salt in my tea, and sugar on my pickle
and green wood ON the fire and when
scolded him, he whistled
Then after tea, we sat down TO stud,
Somehow, everything that TrolIo did SCENE
to me to be wrong that night lie bange
bis boots against the table leg. lie wouldn
put on his slippers. His nails were dirty
he wouldn't clean them. He asked Keza
for another piece Of cake and after all h
had done he got it. He sang " Hail Col
umbia " on n very fat squeak for twent,
minutes. lie set down on the cat. III
wouldn't brush bis hair. lie got Keziah t.
show him his sums He flung sofa pillow
at the ceiling, and they came down on tn,
custard batter. He seemed to me the mos
dissgreeablc boy ever knew. When h,
went to bed told him so.
remember just how he looked. stand
ing-with our little brass bed lamp in hi.
hand-in the entry, to say good night Il
was one Of those old.fashioned one.wck ed
lamps that gave almost no light. His fac,
looked dim and odd behind it in the dark
entry.
lie started to say something, but gave il
up and didn't speak only laughed and
trotted of up stairs, kicking bis boots Of
and letting them drop down through the
bulustors. lie was a merry, happy 60 luck =
little chap. If you were cross to him, he
might plague you but he wouldn't scold a
great deal himself
The next morning it was the same. II
was a very dark morning, and showing in a
slow, hard way. We woke late, and / had
to hurry Trollo up--I don't suppose / was
very gentle And he threw pillows at me.
and when | ordered him down to see If
Keziah had got breakhs', he hid my tooth.
brush. | needn't have ordered him around
so much, but | thought that was part Of
the fun OF having father and mother gone.
| rather liked it to be able to say you
must and you mustn't, to Trollo 1t
didn't occur to me to wonder how Trollo
liked it.
Well, it was one thing aud another be.
tween Trollo and me till school time. Such
little things they seem now But they
did not seem little to me then. was cross
aud cold. And | was afraid keziah Phipps'
old man wouldn't get his back up, after all
and we shouldn't get our corn.balls And
everything hit me, somehow, Just the
crooked way You know how it is on a
cold morning. Not that | want to excuse
myself | wouldn't excuse myself for the
wide, wide world, for what | said to Trolo
at last.
He'd plagued me abou, his luncheon, 49,
for it was so snowy Keziah thought he'd
better stay over till afternoon, or thought
he plagued me- He nibbled at the pie, and
took a squash cooky Keziah made for me.
And when told him how much trouble be
was he said
Hee-he-hee-ee-ee
He had a funny way of laughing out,
like a waterfall, or a little bell, or little
shower. When | felt pleasant, liked to
hear him laugh When | didn't, it didn't
make me any peasanter
It's nothing to laugh at, said l.
Hee-hee-he-ee-eel said Trollo.
didn't say anything to that, but hurried
him along little to the door. | didn't
push him exactly.
Come, Herod - said Trollo; " le' me
alone, and say good by /"
My nane is not Herod " said |, with
an awful air.
"Oh, we'll" said Trolo. " don't let's be
so cross l wished you were coming too.
Just it snow.
He stood a minute on the steps, turning
his face towards the road-the pretty, mis-
chieyous little round, red face 1t looked
graver, somehow, that minute, as he stood
looking at the storm. And he spoke back
in his gentest, prettiest little way, as he
went down the steps and waded into the
snow that had already begun to drift in
shallow, greyish piles against the fence.
Good by Herod :" said Trolo.
But still | felt cross aud he called me
Herod. And didn't want to give in to
him that way, suppose. However it came
about called after him down the walk
There, gol Aud don't care if | never
see you again"
Trollo did not answer. The wind blew
in between us. He trudged off stoutly into
the storm, his little red tippet flying in the
wind across his ehouGer The snow
whirled up, and a minute or less lost sight
of the little tippet, aud came in and shut
the door
shut the door, but did not shut away
the words | had spoken TO Trolo. As
told you, they seemed to me to come back
and knock on the window to be let 10 again.
If could, would have unsaid them,
think, even then. wished | had said
something little different, somehow.
| passed rather a lonesome morning
The storm grew worse Keziah Phipps
warmed over the hash and piece Of squash
pie for me, and went home early. She said
may be she shouldn't come over again
" The old man was riled about it to-day,
anyhow-his potatoes burned yesterday
aud then it did set in and snow at such q
rate!' But she'd come if she could, for
she'd promised my ma, and | could heat up
the coffee myself, for she'd cut the bread
and butter
So | said, Very WE'LL and | didn't
urge her to come, for | was thinking about
the .corn.bals. | hoped Trollo would get
home in good season, and we'd have some
fun. | opened Keziah's old umbrella for
her, and kicked her little path to the gate,
and then came back and stood iu the door
till she had got out Of sight and then
came into the house alone.
1t did seem lonesome, do the best would.
My footsteps echoed up and down the stairs,
The doors slammed after me and made me
start. The fire winked at me, as if | were
going to sleep. | built it up and put
things in order little, picking up some
slippers and an old mitten of Trollos, that
he had left kicking around. wished that
Trollo would come. 1t gave me an unhappy
feeling to see the little slippers, as if | had
been homesick.
| went to the barn for company before
long, and fed the pigs and shook down hay
for lautboy-lhat was the horse - for the
night, although it was early, aud locked
everything up, and came back again, Won
dering what | should do next. wished
that Trollo would come.
had been in the barn some time, and
when | crossed the little side-yard to come
from the barn to the house, was surprised
to see how the storm had gained. 1t was
blowing, by that time, furious gale the
wind came up in long waves like an incom.
ing tide. 1t took my breath as stood in
the barn door. The air was gray and
dense with snow and sleet. There was a