St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-08

Stocklup lo-llolTOW. Anu Joey, WI
you promise me one thing-never again
to wish You were dead Z"
"Oh. Miss Clayton, you don't know
it will kill me if | can't sing"
You can sing dear boy; you shall siI-
at the concert Christmas eve, in whole
neW suH lis good as Horace Drake is.
know some one who wants to make a
present. y
Was it the hungry look before her
that half sttied her words just there
"a present to ii little boy like you, and
it will buy new boots too, Joey"
The tears were in Alice's eyes then,
for the gladsome smile had gone from
her face to his,
Turning from the schOOl-rOOm dooi
she fingered at the foot of the stairs to
hear again the "Gloria - I'VE praise
Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee"
and she accepted it, Il song of thanks
Giving to Him whose ''little one size
had received"
In the days that followed a or, It
peace rested over her heart: t =.
enough to watch The light in joe : :, =,
though his cough Increased so rapidly
that he remained at home the last week
to save himself for the concert, only 60
ing ont to practice.
Christmas eve-;lud Ernest Dent
waited III Aunt James parlOl. As the
anticipated hour drew near it must he
confessed he harhorcd little anxiety
as to the first Impression his betrothed
would make. His mother would love
her i'll the end. but she was naughty in
her manner. and not altogether pleased
with his engagement gay, rollicking
sister Kate would take her right into
her atfcctionatc heali.
80 hu>ily thinking he did not hear
Alice till, with her hand in his, she
stood directly in front of him. her eager
eyes seeking his verdict. Ernest. for
Your sake | wish my appearance was
more in accordance with your taste.
tried very hard to have it different.
/ Don ask any questions, | cannot tell
YOU Tonight why :" then as faint
/ shadow lifted across his brow, "lou
are not ashamed OF me !-becallSe If
You are.
NAY. my darling. you know me bet
] Ter than to m>ludyc me; | was only
/ thinking how toI once il would delight
+ me Io see Nuu in some delicate color
. There forgive me it WAS IL passing
Thought. ana am th"u%htlr>>: you are
50 unSclliSh my own, true giIl
] Yes. she did forgive him. hut the look
had been given, the word had been
spoken, and somehow 1t hut her aS
never before. while the sting remained
in her heart till i'll front of St Mark :
church she stopped and broke the 81
lcnc" neither could seem t" shake off {:
ION. Ernest. listen 1t Is joey
"Oh. y"ur Joe; d" y"n know Weimer
says If he hves-what Is 1t, are you :"
cold 1t he lives he Will make for
tune. He l. exceedingly Interested in
the boy: wa> going t" lit him for the
concert. only some one got ahead of him.
| must get the child something to-
morrow, Just hecaII~c he belongs to
YOU.
After hearing that voice Alice va.
strong. and the excitement. together
with the frosty air. had given her a
glowing color hy the time they reached
Mis-. sherwood
dear Miss Allce. SAID Minnie >hcr-
wood. who WIS III the formers Bible
class. 'h"w SWrctly N"u look, Isn't
MIR. Dent very proud of N"u III ASK
How >h" Wa> tried i'll all directions
that night!
Minnie criticism was correct: til,
= black m"IInn !'ung IN graceful folds t" the
: talt i"ill Alice always moved quietly
hutcd rutii"- partially covered Il white
neck that many belle would have coy
' "trd. and dropped over the wrist
. around which were hmtt"ued perfectly
hl II,IG hll
) her own hands colled ;" easily looked
darker still for their crown of heather
blossoms. and IA tiny bunch of the littl,
l bells relieved hN Il single tra-r"Se sup
pIicd the place OF a brooch.
Ernest "dS proud "i her AS he intro
dnct" hci I" MS mother, and II any
: hhuttur on the part "t III" latter chlllc'
| her iutnle dau%httr-ln-IaW, Nate Den
made up Tor 1t III c"rdialItN. The
evening WAS spent III pleaSam, company
! albeit Il ci"uh ShadnWcd Mice spIIll
sue Sr'Ic'iN knew why. \ comment "
a MIS-. Dent hdd reached her hearing
p. "blark Is grhtcrl. ut any rate: we ma!
L as well make the best OF IT. But the
t she WAS worn with teaching and eNtr;
. care ana Whcii she bade Ernest go0'
=, nlSilI II WAS tle Saduest parting sh
B. lad ever gwen. Sht slept, half resolve
/" % release MN from Ills engagement th
II i"li"WihS day.
win the mornings dawn came
e message; Joey Is very Ill and want
A You to come.
II Aye! she had foreseen 1t the nigh
Is before, listening to the professor
Words-"if he hvesF Hastily scril
e "lihg TO Ernest line eXcuslng her al
o Sehee' she was OH lis the earl% Christ