Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

ner leeole hahd-a harsh' UNJUST Ieter'
laAlhg her WIN lnhueiltV 10 her absent
lover, ana stating mat II she dlI hot l'l-
medla'ely reply, clearing hersell' all was
over between thehl' lhe le.'or was al
reauy olu' mo.her DaV'ng la'u away W
tue l"ul''y blo'e' Amy resurlo,' uer t'sNs'
"e' ""aro th"' 'uu c'ys'd' H""'e' VI naP-
piness had sIPped from her grasp ana lay
snINereu l" atoms on tue grouuu' N'ear
netseil rom ia'se cn"reeS'. IoIsoo'u II
ALBERT Marsnall dio not kho" hcr nature
oe''er' Ie' hInl take MS course. 0ne never
Wro'e as"In' anu 'heHeAt 'hu""ei -po't was
A'per' 'n"r'iase-" ,'e"7"'" ~ nasty "'
u suggest revenge inat was ALL """ Tue
years roIIeu on
co"ie rlsn' n','le a'ons Vi ms "e'''
~ squire ocuuuor sent "ie "''"ce-
pie, urged Desire'
"ra"unIo'"er 'ooheu ai'er 'iie"' WIN
scoIn' lnere 20 tneili TWO c'eet"rs, coih-
Ior'ih each o'her' uon suppose Desire
ever new III the lace Oh froVluehce rs our
Amy mas thougn'
ABBY returned from tue WISH huch
strengthened IN spirit, ana retlred 10 reau
book from the kockybeach CIR iuIatlnS IL
Drary by The light Of private candle. l
know OF no stronger contrast IN lie thah
our plalh herolne' seated IN rocking
chair, ana the Old-World people she read
about in that book. She mingled with
duchesses in velvet robes and ministers of
state: she climbed Alnine heights and
dreamed among ruins. She was aroused
by feeble but dignfied cough. Grand
mother sat on the top stair. I'm night-cap
and shawl, waiting solemnly for the candle
TO be extinguished. 1t was "nuts' to the
old lady to catch Abby thus. As for try
ing ones eyesight by reading at that hour
in grandmother's youth. it would have
ranked with witchcraft and the Black Art.
81 wish that had never founded the Ii
brary," thought Abby, returning to reali-
ty with sigh, and whiting out the can
die.
The library was kept in closet by the
doctors's wife, who wrote for the county
paper. The girls of Rock ybeach paid two
pence volume, and launched rccklessly
into the world of romance.
Down in her little house the dress maker,
most timid and shrinking of women, was
guilty of a bold deed. She wrote to Sena-
tor Albert MARSHALL Her courage oozed,
ana she left the missive anonymous from
sheer terror. 1t read thus:
"If Mr.. Marshall will visit his native
pace again aiter so many years oi asence'
,r' w. lSs N'
.,- l.'''e 80 Oo'9 u w ,' ~ 'u'' y" ',e
Daa,.7',s,' ~ -,
oazed ahout him lilo ono in a., franco How
Old no fol, o,nor,, ,l,o scoros or o,,iIdhood,
tIo mich, horo loo,, =, 1,;,, Va, yyinI,,o %.
turning ar,er a tweptv years, sloon instead
of a nrosnoro,,s ,,,o, =, Lie ,rir,o ,,I,o Iod
,yarlod HE ,.,,. ,ri,t S,,,o
lives -, he inouirod or n sn,oU ho,, ana
was diracted ,o ,ba bopso or tho hill
"Jn.t too late, All we'll She NAV bavo
altered too I only wonder she has not
married hoc,re And n,,v II ia n rich
match. Abbv has learned worldly wis
dom at last" lie smiled rather drvIv at
this idea
"Can sec Mrs. Cracker p, he asked oc n
smart servant.
"Well. Ipeyorl or conrse Won can't"
said the smart servant cIosin, tbe door in
dirnantly.
gardener wheeling his barrow along
the path added. "The babbv ain't week
old. Won see. sir"
The discomfitod siranrar fusbe, ourrilv
Was the letter boaxP Was he broupbt
here to nlav tbe fooI9 VOL, be micbt dis
cover friend, in tbe gr,ve-vard
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inuustrE ueiore' inc il'lie animal whlsK-
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