The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-10
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Taking for Gran ed.
With marks Of It rough, stormy life all
oven hiu, nau OF about ii y ycuis.gray
aud sunhuiut, Eat iu my office. found
hlm there when weni in Que morning
not lOng ago.
'llere is somebody waiting for
you, Elw,lI,' said Mr. Bigelow.
look, d around, aud the muu rose aud
held out his hand,
'Ave,il-my nome is Averil,' said he
looking sharply at me out OF pair ol
shrewd gray eyes. 4 an an old friend
of your mother but have not met her
Tor u matter OF five-apd.tweuty Years So
thought Id call aud usk after her aud
her family
Il am glad to see YOU said |. Arc
you relative OF my motberY
No. replied MIR. Averill. we were
of the same name, but not connected
uuless it may be very distaully. used
I to know her and her folks, though as well
as did my own sisters, and better too.
Lets sce-Nhero is your Aunt Augusta
now2'
She is living with her children in Port.
iand.' said L.
Pretty well, is she, do you know :?
asked Mr.. Averil.
Very well wheu we heard last. Aunt
Augusta has good children aud pleasant
home, aud se,ns quite happy
'Um.m MIN That is NICE said Mr..
AveriI, iu,nbliug ut rough nugget ol
gold that hung charm from his watch
chain.
hadn't much TO DO that day, so
talked off and ou with my visitor till it
was time to 90 home, and then took him
along with me. ! left him iu the sitting.
room and went to lind mother. She was
mixing biscuits for supper, looking
through her glasses, aud singing snatch
Of some old, haElorgotten love ditty of
her youth.
Mother = said |, breaking in upon her
song. Come in the other room. An
old friend OF yours wants to see YOU
Mother looked up over her glasse-
An old friend? ? 'risn't any IF the
Maine folks, is p rhe a,kcd.
Because. il il was so much ts dog
that bad troited across a corner Of the
State OF Maine, on his four leg, mother
would have run, with her arms out and u
smile Of welcome without stopping to even
wash the dough off her hands. As it was
with only IN indefinite thought OF seeing
'au old FREUD she went. with dust oi
| -four on her nose. ard without her CON.
pany cap.
A. soou as ,he had stepped inside the
| ei,tiuG.Ioom door, she stood and looked
at her guest, aud he stood aud looked al
her.
1t is Sam, "A, true as you are born !!
-be said, ut last.
Theu they both laughed, aud they
both wiped their eyes, 'hough they didu'
seem like that sort OF people, especiall
Mr.. Averil.
never knew mc,her to forget be-
housekeeping before, but this time sh,
let The biscuit hurn til! they were blacl
Us my shoe aud when she mixcd som'
morc she put IN sugar Instead Of salt, uu,
left out tho saleratus altogether. Bu
her checks grew pink. aud her cap string
flew, aud she nor her guest seemed L
know the difference.
oh, honey cried my mother, hop
ping up from the tea.table rs soon a. sh
/, was seated You haven't lost you
sweet tooth. have you. Sam -
How you DO remember = returned Sat
admiringIy
Il should think l ought to- auswere
my moiher, with girIish laugh. tn
way you used to pick up walnuts to car
~ TO the crossroads store aud trade 70
: molasscs and make candy Of! Speakin
. Of the cross loads store, | wonder if yo
|, know our old storekeeper's daughter, sh
= that was Sarah Curly, has lost her hu
e band 2
No, has she ? Strange l never hear
. of it, replied Mr.. Averill, appearing I
4 a,tou,hed az though he had been heariu
from bis old ue shbors every week.
'Yes,' sand my mother. She marie
one of old 81 Seaver's boys, the olde
one, Jonathan, aud he died sudden-u
at once we'll, it must be something iii
I half.a dozen years ago,-and left his wi
: : aud so many children-iive children
else six, don't know which.
/, G'You don't say = calculated Mr.. Ave
ill, passing his honey plate for the thi
time. No, evidently he had not lost b
sweet tooth.
After supper, mother washed up 1
) dishes and talked and Mr.. Averill smok
!" his pipe aud listened. 1t was the fl
time ever allowed anybody to smoke
j., my house, but | had nothing to say no
even flied his pipe aud lighted it
, him. Aud then he told the story of
life which had been full of strange Il
interesting adventures. He was evidel
ly msn who did not read much and "
could not have written well, but he co,
talk not always dramatically, perha
but always with force and fascination.
. 1t seemed that years and years ago.
father and my mothers father lived il
town in the valley of the Kennebec.
mothers father was large farmer a
Mr. Averiil's father was a very sm
farmer with very large family. So
Souugest SOD, Sam, came to work for
grandfather My mother aud my u
Augusta were young girls-they W
twins, aud | suppose by the way Il
lock hnw that they must have boen v
pretty then. Ny mother was early