Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-07
The Screws of Mary Jane.

11er1e-1 Ine Walls q 3rleE 01ruSrip
COMPANY room- stood noble lsekins
yOush. WITH : glitsszing razsr peSsed IN
his trsnbllsg. Uplifeed hand.
=. In order that Cur readers nay sppre-
siate this tragic sItn1riou il viii be nee-
sssary % iafaru them that the yo1sh in
q1estioa Was 10 oshsr than Napeleeo
Boo1parse Welliugssa Smith. enly ssa
Of thai celebrated JOAN Smith. whose
uAme has been loag familiar 70 the ears
Of Al civilized people
On the birth of his son Mr.. Smith
pe-ceiEsd Eith the pr0phss1e eyes Of
! father thas he vas destined u become
enc of the great usn ef the uAtioo. and
resolved aecorSingly 10 give hin suit-
able name As he Vas unable 60 de-
ei3e which was the greater 0f these TIVE
hs-ves. Bonzparss er Wellington. he ecU-
sluied 10 besteE beth names upou him.
and thus Il vas that ogr bero became
Possessed of cognouen II 0uee Gigri-
fed ard soaOrous and peculiarly zarta-
be 10 tie rare 0r'3sr eG gsniEs ef which
even 1t that early ags he gave ipdisgz-
table eTi3eres-
We commence cur story at the tine
Ehsa CIR herO, having graizAted with
I AstIDesi01 II the p1bIie school. had re-
tired TO the coQnry fgr the p1rpcse of
rscuperatiug his overtssked energy prior
70 ecuuercing the tcIlscns ascent q the
Hill cf >cferce. whose summit he vas
Z destined 10 reach much sooner than Is
usuAl vita thoss who strive 70 enroll
their names IN -Fane's pr0D3 tsaple-
N1peleo1 Boazr1rte-Es viii eaH him
81 for shorJ-wzs yogng and his heart
susceptible. and i i % be EoOdsrsd II
that he fell deeply. desperately IN love
with shs fair Mary Jane HarGgrip and
The p-usuecriEs ten thcCsan3 dollars ef
Ehieh il vas runcrsd she Eould be heir
sss q The death q the cd faruer2 His
lGVs was warmly rs.iPrVcaseG by tie
beautiful 0bisct. b1t 1t seemed that eEsn
with these ygzaz zai sriens levers the
.,.c1rSe 0f true love vas Ees d.stised
% rua suoosh- As have elsewhere re-
marked NAry Jane was fair 70 look up
Ct Il Is trzs. iI-uatGred and enTiOgs
yC1nS hiiss eallei her eTuss-eyed- but
iAe EsF she hai Wien speaking 70 yog
u l1okiuz quite beEeud ySu- and sppar-
emily 6xIuE her ziztfzl E1zs On tie dis
tau. hills II The hs-izon 0nly gave her =
dreamy exPssssioa which was greatly
admired % her lovers Her hair, Ehich
10 tie un-ultiTstcd eye. appeared red
aud indeed Ezs - called vas e that
rz-s tUe greatly admired by many Of the
Cd masters Her nose vas Cf th2s sype
> Ehied II cur uupolizhe,i l4Hgage "
ssyls p1E. b1t the Frs1eh call IL -.
.-1zzsse As fsr \. B. ks vas / uo5ls
specimen q manly Saxon beauty. HE
hair. au<tachs- sye-b-uEs and eys-lAsh
Is were blos5s- hls eyes l9oksd like :
; eoEYls Sf b1llsss f9at1ng in b9ster-niIk
his sgurg WIS as tzI aud zuPyts a. !
beAu-Pol=- Was Il ssrangs that thess
.. Two Togng hearts sooa learned 70 best
a. ous2
NSeAiug remains % he ds1e bst Il
} r,oeurs Farmer HariEips approval
With uzRly iseisi0a ogr hero sxPIainet
the STATE of aEAirs 70 tie old gsntlsaAn
exPe-siuz. of eg1rse- his unqualified AZ.
protasiqa- To hEs zss0uishusut and 3iz
gust. hsEsTsr- the stern FArent q IL
beautiful Mary Jane replied. Look,
, hare yoz1g azn. you Jest shave u TIA
: ere z8ssa<hs o o'y0zru aBi - 10 EorA
: like Al ho0sst uzn AID pat IN , crap
and II yC1 s-eeee,l. there VIII be I'M,
engggh % talk abo1t Mary Jz1e- Bz
rs1=aber I i5u'i zsut % 1ore f1olish
. nszs. % ARE sighia' and singiH-' y.
o1s - l5Ee- Ugas % earssz' Enisr Mar
James Ein,ier. a-keepin' every o.
awake I'll Twelve AZ night NoE. yos
hear VIA: 1 So. yoU1g aza; % 2s yol
} want zbozt L
Tkus spaks The 6iuiy hsarsei parszt
l. Ess hard very hard q the yguthfs
} loverz. bit Ehz1 dies ho-uy-hsuisc
huer care for ..I0Es's yo1ng drs4a :
Lag zzi eo1vuIsJEs E1s the ssEzggi'
2 vhi.h zxirzsed cur he-o's manly ba=o1
/ bzi o his G0dyinz ksoor be Is rseor5s.
tAa; I've and TIE ProsYeet Ct ten tho1
6 sz1d dolIzrs IN The future carried Il
: day. Unly that zoruinz K had f0ull,,
eszusei SIXTY hairs N that bezztsfz
I uzzsse- tairsF q ezsh sids- and Il
: scIs czrisd gracefully inward Ike II
s-ske Ersaths fruz Nictolzz Ee3is-T
I. Vipe- Was il strange tkat lis kzs'
: trs1bisi - be raised tie giltsssln1
. bIsSe- bessrs -kese ruthless strike TIA
u1stzcke vzs 70 be szsPt iuto stiITloa
-stzs gIo-is1s bIood= 1GstsShe- Thic'
hai teen rzised zIsh sizhs ard Pzssr
and tee zpPliz1ioa Ct Hz1sr7zz eosGl
ard nFSseris1s unZzeuts2 Alzsl i VI
? sizkt zl-zlztsi % Eslt Kart {
ss0os- Whea bs 6ssos85zd % dime
that day. FaE1es H2rdgrlp gaze > gTis
ed sf fzgyEOEsL bss NA-y Jsns leave
z aSzk - pattes5e that J. alEo-t ~
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