Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-02

"Wcll, nclr Abel. now vuu are OF for
home suppose; trading all done. crops
all ban gained for. .ch and john Dare lit
cd his hat and pushed back his thick huir,
rs he stood on the hotel steps talking 20 a
plain, country farmer in Il suit c' konr.
spun gray.
''Wa'aI. no, not quite Yet, ,John. /
want to oct Bct>ey 4 bunnit: u real nice
one lust a> good Il one aS Il Yorker mi.lt
want Cause Bct>cy'~ worked awful hard
this spring. Times are rood, too. 50 |
guess wei see if my Bct~cv -han't look a.
good a> anybody. S'po~r YOU don't wan,
10 20 along with me, do lou?"
. Let me str-tour o'clue k-l,~. I'll 20.
Uncle Ab,l. III look II the pretty 4ir,s
though: Won won tmind that. Come ON. =,
50 they walked up the street. the fl~h-
ing strongly with the anli1ratrd eat of tie
wont To lie in solemn state in tie ~l:tuc
room all the week. only to bn worn on
Sunday with becoming c;rcfulncs~. Thrr,
was little likeness in the face 4 tlit,r too
fair for manly beauty. with it, blonde
moustachc and setting Of close. brown
curls-to the hronzcd and hoardlc~~ one.
N4tll ttl' l'" I"Nh>' >ltlf 'l4d 2iAN' he
meath the well Mu>hrd nat hnt II" b u"
eyes were the San" III h"iil. ana IKE those
that were closed forever under the >"' Al
the hrpic "Itiild on Nc.' AnrI III III.
where his dead '>ter wa laid when )"hn-
ny was a tiny child II troubled 'I"An
not whit to l." seen with tho rIHn r"0n-
trymAn; IN spite ct hi> pcrtumrd llHlr Hnd
Well-gl"vcd hand hlS heart Wa~ - uu" a
steel to the good trend OF ms h"NL"od.
and tie 1nGulrln@ gianrt> OF h!o c'Mp'h-
ions gave mm no ann"Nance WlFt."N'r
lhrv rcarh'd Mad;tmr koZrt,r> al last
and john lonnerd in the doorway and
>tr.'l@htWaN engaged IN the landH'I" ON
pl"Nmrnr "l iin"Ih% ""' 1Iir lTr'tr-' .t'
of the Girls in attendance: J'~.c Molli't,
radiant with smiles. and think little ar
tilicial h'""n. cam" forward with her most
bcWitchlm@ @i"hc'> /" wait upon til" far
mer, who brought :" attractive a person
with hIm: ;nd tmcN th.t Size W"uIA
show her superior ahl.ItN hN - DONG,
mode mp her mind t" IFlI ne \hrI Hn
mrrcl;uIIN. I""r "d m:n. lie H-Ncr
WAS SO miserable i'll aiI his lir. In Hop
town he would Lave mat" II" trouble what
ever Mis- Crahtrrr, IN Iicr paln dress
and cap with lavender rll.honS, would have
told hlm at once What I" get: AMI her Int
tie @ray eyes would rot have r''nlased him
in the least
But h'rr waS i fine ll.'y. with a great
circumtrrtncr Of black silk trailing "ur
along the carpet, = waist /" bigger than 4
wasp. 4 cad on which the lnlr seemed
struggling in cllmp, ami cnrI> to Get
away l,m tn" shining 'ar''s ~tralp',
tightly around il. :nd a pair Of -crcat lack
eyes lookin" straight It him. while tn,
danlscl held mp on" style AFTER smother. ol
tied them on coquctishIy. lat |crivcd n'
help tr' III Inn.
=" Now, Young u,man. ~how ne some OF
y"ur best b'nnrl~- real good ono None
OF your obi 1a>tI"i'd ""r Times tor my
wife.
Having said lh.- nclc Abel felt that he
had stated the "a Gle afly and should hav,
II" more trout lr-
Miss i">l" "a '"i about :nd returned
with n Whlr chP @ll>v. Trimmed viii
blue. 4 >hir.rd "r''n ,H'in " Nilh red r,.s'
on II. and Il "1aN STA" trimmed viii
scarlet r"rpi'~
Now thi> viii l." just " llat 1ou want.