Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-27

JOY Hatf"ld'> Courtship.
II was towards the end of August when
| received lony. loving letter from Cousin
JOY. inviting IN" to spend the halnncc o.
my vacation with her III her fathers conn
trv-hou~c in Pennsylvania, Nv vacation
had already lasted three weeks. and as
school did not 'pcn till th,. end of Septrm
Der. hlI sill had about five weeks in
which | miwht recruit myself after nv
lone and wr.,rv period of teaching. broken
only hv those three weeks of hot dus;y
Mes. York.
WIS Wcarictl out. body and sol; and
could harIlv express sufficient thankful
nr~S at the prospect which now opened he-
\ fore me of country air and fave, mountain
stream and rnrnl r.mnblc>. health and r,-
Y ,aXrti,n.
/ OF coarse | accepted the invitation u
once and equally. of course, Chn liz Car
Wriwht knew all about il the same evening
7 Charlie and | lal been engaged now
lh. Ut Il wear. after u rt-hip which |
lhink l;t>sch only a> l,n-. We We're To be
IN mur,d in tn" winter. when Charles un
rlr WIS - t Ike hi "A into p trtner-hlp: an,
| Iii really Wj>h for an OPP ,riunltv {"
cain u litil,. health AMI Il little Il Sh on my
bones. and no, give him such a skeleton
Tor 4 wife. Il | looked then after my season
ot II n!uv At tn daily routine OF teach
nw: for | WIS 10 20 back l. tie school
hu lgl il would h, only fr two months
Hnd then rood hy H. il forever
How Chirli,. ever t unc Il c,re for me |
-uu. nj mag ne.
wa- such Il little f,erllod thing; :"
,itfil,ut when ont of my daily walk "t
lie: I'm knew - li,tlr tll,t seemed to in
crest him Vet he certainly prot, >srl 10
lov, M very devote ly: and his attentions
"a mr had been mr"miiting He WIS
~u.h u Great. han some. >la wart fellow.
thlt suppose hc mi>,ook th, protective
n,er,~' H. felt in me f'r love: anyway. |
d.d
We'll. trll of my invitation. anl H.
WAS ucli-htcA ii the opportunity /: CAV
me To- r,rup-r.ttr He delighted mr, to"
~ promising in conn. AMI pay M Il v> II
afrr h,A rot fillv settled; and -
>.art,,l Of W tcllcd linn from the car
rii@- window rs he waved his handker-
cIiCt ntt,r Mr-snu W. nDclru n COUSIN
J,v VS. Il liz a flint II ever. and wheih,r
Ch.ulir would run any risk il he really
kat hie promise. and came to me III
VI Nauutlin- >iyc is JOY llltlicld'> ta,hr
h,d pecttily named the summer home in
tn" co,ntIv-
Mr.. iltl",l WIS 4 w alihE rnN mrr-
clHnt WI" hni IN Irr;ed my aunt, ant Joy
W+!~ Il en- On'N child.
She and htA been pllymat"> together
wears before. and cln-c >poudcnt>
ever since: and both from my prs n ii
hroWlrl@c ut her aMl my Letters from her
| 1ilrN ~.n VIZ. ~ | ill before, 4 BIZ
tir;
In,lrrl. ~hr i,t"~tcl the summer. be
.u.n instead Of heinr taken To the vlrinu~
wlt.rina-l.la .la,r-. where her c"qurtti>h in
-tiuct ,oull have tnll swing. She was a>
~hr insisted on putting It, dragged "tt IN
t" the Penn yiv'nll WI itFn' =. I" Ve%etatt
with L.. nru ud hogs AMI chiVmNnks.
l. iii seem rather hard for She was :;
In,,r> oi.l.ryrr,:ttllr,. on Y eighteen wears
IN I'll -...,u. 4 only Il t,..I FIR the r.>>t-
n,,r III. uf ri,. h,ll-Ionn. But Mr.. Hat
,ir}I iu,->rl TIN, h. IL ID en- ~ IN of III II
,hrnn.h ,he }or,, winter. and that in the
,nn,n,,. .h.. nu>t retire to the muuntain-
mi .I,9ilJ herself up.n a f,vuritc rx
p..,-.un of his. Just ~ if >hr would
~. -! u,r,. 4 charh or barn, or some
ether r,I tirr.
II,v.y,r. Mr.. IutIi III ALWAYS had his
v,> onl = very sensible. pretty vav
considered il. when IN HAT dry dusty eve
. niuv the vaoon rom The town of Sal Sliel.I
storm Il lmforc the uw-ronfrd houSc h,
called =. NJ unt:in side Ri.ht on IL 4,