St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-06-19
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into the wrong places. somehow. and
doing the wrong things. That is the
way with people. Now there is Welby
look at Welby: the idea of Welby
settling down into Il country parson
simply because his mothers aunt re-
garded the Church as his vocation. and
could have made ii inconvenient for
him if he had disagreed with her. Dear
dropping into Il wearied sort of
abstraction. and staring ut the brown
stone front Oh the opposite side of the
street what fools women make of
honest men sometimes. and what
knaVes,''
! 1t seemed aS if the sight of the Blown
stone front WAS suggestive. and added
il spark to Il new train of thought. ion
he sighed again. and rumpled his Shag-
gy hair with his lalge white hand in an
odd. disturbed fashion.
And Durtnt. he said. in lower
voice. "kin,llN. gentle little fellow as
he Is. made for home life. and simple.
! tender home pleasures to think OF his
maI rNing Il woman like that. and being
worked to death by her. and dISap-
| pointed to the core of his soft heart 10y
her. and dragged from post To pillar. to
her balls and parties and te;lst> and
watering places, God bless my soul"
shaking his broad shoulders like Il
| big watrr-dog- what il blunder it WAS
! And then there's the child" he went on
the next minute, land that slip of il
g"verne>S girl. with her novels aud her
romance and her big l0>t-lookiu"
dreamy eyes. What right has Il pretty .
silly. Vague creature like that to make
Il govelnr>> of herself! ! What does she
know about moulding Il chlld'S mind.
and roofing ont evil tendencies. and
checking little otf->ho"l> of wrong. an5
all that >oit of thing? shes Il baby
herself. Ah there She l. at the viii
dow star gazing. suppose.
The nursery MAS III the highest story
OF the house. and the house WAS large
one, 80 the window at which the Sulita-
rN young figure stood WAS high enough,
and near enough to the stars for all star
gazing purposes. The window itself
was thrown open. and the light within
showed the girl leaning upon the sill
and resting her chin upon her hand.
But she was not looking up: she WAS
looking down. The stars her f"rlorn
%lrilsh eyes saw were the tWlnklng
street lamps, stretching themselves
1t the doctor himself tcit rather neglcc-
trd an" ont OF sorts tonight. he was
not alone III his temporary detection.
Tor his Young acquaintance across the
way was mut OF .PliltN 100 1t was S"
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