St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-12-31
A Danbury Family Scene.

\ family St some. pIpteusipuS liNiur
on Nelson street. had il party of five to
Tea Thursday evening. The table Was
set ont in fine st\I,, os the c,nuouy
v,.r, f,nm The. civ and if v.,S .,hSniut,-
" nrrcssar, to SHOW them that folks
may liv, in a village like Danbury and
Vet understand the rruuiremcuts of good
snci,t,. when they v.r, all at fin.
table. ANA the lady WIS prrporiuu to
dish up the tea. her little son. whose
face >hou, like the knee, of = couutr,
,.I,r,,vm,r.> n,ntS nmII.d h.r .,.r.,i,
hl the dlc,s. But She WAS too busy To-
notice He pulled her again. but r--
cei\ inc no r,.spou.,. hc vhisuercd.
Ma. ma -
..Iyhat i il ?"
.Aiu't this one, of Miss p,rry's knives -
hol,lin" up the article in his hand and
looking. as he. prnprrIv should. very
much gratiticd hv such an evidence OF
his discernment.
She made no reply in words. but she
gave him Il look that was calculated to-
annihlatc him.
The tea was dished ont. and the
party were butterinr their hiscuit. when
the youth suddenly whispered araiu.
lOklllH .lI his Dl;ttti Win "A pleased
preston. .Whv. ma. NV plate is diff
frrcmt from the others.
..ThnmaS." she calculated under her
breath.
.Whv. il i. ma" persisted Thomas.
"Now. last see here. This plate has"
"Thomas," again calculated his moth
er. with crimson face. while his father
assumed Il trowu nearly an inch thick.
IF ynu don't let your victualS stop YOUR
mouth I'll send you away from the ta-
bile -
This uuictrd Thomas at once. II.
WAS not Il very particular boy and ne
concluded that the difference in the
plates WIS not of such moment as to
admit of tedious argument at this time.
Several minutes passed without any
further interruption. The Young man
industriouSlv attended to his food. but
ut the same time kept up a close eve on
what wa> going on around him. He
WAS lifting up his cup for IA sin. when
his glance unfortunately fell upon the
saucer. Ii was but Il nlance- but with
the kcrmness of Young eve he SAW that
the two were not originally DESIGNED
for each other.
"Why. ma" he eagerly whispered.
this cup don't belong to
Then lac suddenly stopped. The ex-
preston of his mothers face actually
rendered him sprerhIess. and for = mo-
mrut h, 1unIie1 himself tn his ,ne,l il,
depressed silence: but he WIS youuu
and of an elastic temp,r. and he snon
recovered his beaminr expression. 4
little LATER he observed , I,dv nnnn.it.
nuttinr , Snnon of nr...,v.J ,,,,n.s in
her month. Then he tvitrbed his math-
rr's dress. and said nu,in.
MAJ"
The uuhappy woman shiver.d ,t the
sound. but his remark at This fine nn-
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