St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-04

| to say: = and Glenn heaved Il great sigh
of relief, now he had got the words ont.
and pushed his wideawake back from
his broad forehead
"Lor' Glenn, yo take me 50 IInawares."
WAS WinnN's answer.
NAY. lass yo must hev known how
I've thought Il deal of tn very ground
20 tread on. Say Yes Winny;" and
he took hold of both her hands. striving
to look into her downcast eyes. "Im
but rough sort - chap, but yo shall
nlver repent. il Il strong arm and IL true
heart can keep ant of i'll from you. My
strength shall he spent to make yo COM
Portable aw yOur days, and my hearts
aw y"'re own. Don't 20 and break it
10y saving No Winny."
Winny had no intention of saving
No." but she did not veIy well know
how to say ''Yes = so she just let him
keep the hands he held in his, and
glanced up in his face.
There is u language the most litter
ale can read. Glenn Armstrong was no
great scholar; but if he had been an
Interpreter of cuneiform characters or
runic inscriptions, he could not have
been more correct in his reading.
When Wimny turned to 60 into the
dcsolale kitchen that was her tenn
| p"rarN home, she scarcely knew how it
was; hut she had let Glenn 90 away
/ with the Intention of seeing the clerk
about putting up the bannS on the fol
/ lowing SUNDAY >" there was no further
thought about going luto service for
| Winny Watson.
The humble funeral was over. The
feet of the Weared waNfarrr had found
Il rcStin" place beneath the churchNard
sod : and WmnN. with the help of Sally
/ French. WAS gathering together the few
thIuy- that were to bc removed. Mrs.
Simpkins had offered WinnN IL home
for the few weeks that must elapsc be
fore hrI marriage. and Glenn Armstrong
had come acIn~> the moor To escort her
To the llndd,.n Close Farm.
"Thcrc's the old parrot" said Wimny.
looking round after she had made mp
the bundle containing her own bclon@-
ings: Il mu>n'r ." without the parrot.
Aunt said. take care of it = and " immv
placed i chain t." stand upon, :" a. t"
reach the top shelf. where Poll sat
.
NAY. WimmN. I'ud miNrrtnuch it. if |
Wa> Va" rrirH sally French "lud Just
get Nh Hewlett to come down and
throw II int" tn highest pool. and say
Il hii I" prayer over 1t: if til parsnm :
;" learned. til clerk must know as much
~ will du That, surely.
WimmH only laughed. Il bright mu>i-
cal little laugh. ~ she Jumped upon the
chair /" reach down the parrot.
"Wh|. Whatilrr makes il :" heavy
1t ~ iii was stuffed with lead can
mot hold it. Glenn, catch oh -
Glenn Was not i'll time t" catch. and
. the last exclamation WAS caused 10y
Poll slipping from Wimny's hands. ano
falling with a crash on the linoi.
1t fell with Il crash. and the skin
burst: and "ut fell II great heap of gold
~">crci.n> and hali->ovcIcign> ROLLED
aWaN like :" maHN little yellow imp,
set free from hnndayr.
''WelI. if iNrr - exclaimed Sally
, French, who was tn" tI>t Ia recover
, her Scn>,.>.
Vim, stood on the chair in beuil
A., dricd ImaIcmcur tlrm. VIII" had has
. tened from the kitchen on hearing Win
, ny : exclamation. stared ~ if the parro
had come to lie instead of hay ing CON,
'' Ia pieces
-, Precious p"ll. indeed \ hundrr,
, and thirty tour pouuds they counted
| When they had sufficiently rrc"Ncrc,
+ trnm thcIr establishment aud on cN
aniuimy thr skin of the collapsed bind
they found fifty pounds more. in bank
-, notes stitched in Il >oIt of lining.
- Several Years have passed. Glen
: Arm>lr"n" Is the proprietor of the forge
, and also "t u pretty white cottage. will
4 lit of wciI->t"cked ground
NmuN i Stuuter than she used To hc
and has tv" "Godlin' wee things" hang
in" hN hcI skirts Her husband think
hri prcttirI than ever. ~ he kisses he
I">N cheeks. and ro>>c> his children i
the air. when he returns home from hi
, days work.
While Winny WAS staying with Mr,
Simpkin> before her marriage. Mrs
Watson came Ia see her. and talke
much about the prnpricty of lcttim
>, hNgnmc> hr hygomcS of the duty of rcla
lions Ia keep together repeating the "l
e, >.rN ing. that 'hluud is thicker than VA
-, ter" liul Wimny listened coollN feel
, iu~ extremely doubtful whether Mr.
= Watson wnuld have renewed her claim
To relationship if it had not been tu
:, "pEL,Inr> Polk" Temple Bar.