St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-05

tons, Olive, but oh | didn't mean TO.
What would papa say if he only knew
it-and Cousin Jack, too"
'.Sit down. you wild little elf," said
Olive, gently forcing her sister into Il
chair, land explain this mysterious
riddlcw
'Well, YOU know papa left me to
look over his letter to Mr.. Thorne-and
he was detained longer than he expect
ed-almost an hour, in fact, and |
couldn't help amusing myself by writ
ing il parody on the letter"
"A parody!'
..les-you remember somebody was
telling us what beautiful daughter Mr..
Thorne had | wrote Jack was in
search of a wife, and wanted to settle
in life, and all that sort of thing. In
short, wherever papa had written land
or estate, ! wrote wife Wasn't it
fun ?" calculated the little maiden, her
eyes dancing with diabierie. But yon
know | never once thought of seudiug
the letter; | only wanted to read it ln
Jack when | went down stairs. Well,
signed it with great flourish of
trumpetS, and just then who should
come but papa and the stranger. OF
course fled. and when | came back
the letter WAS sealed and safe in Jack ;
n,,L.t h,,I, and OIiva il x,s fla.
wrong letter"
was '"''''' " "''' anu
papa 'HrS "ie ','' "S S""'' "H '"'! "c''
N""' I" ''' anu ny
",'H S"''' ""''' '''' ie''' ""'. L,'e
''H '"''' ~ VI WIS
.'''e" P'P'iH ~" i""" YOU; "Se
I" '""'r>> my '"'rur''''','"'S' papa - -"
oPl.,S'u i" ,'H niue j"hTS a." J''h
- ", WIN 'n''' 'i'"'S'''"'"ie 'e,'el
s',''' 't''',''i'H WIN 'he S'ct,e p"t,"iS'
'i'>'' '"'' '',': :. ''' "''''' '.,''' III W.
"hth my i'ii>'h,el "'ahS OUT
an" Hl'iiiit io'ht" ;" oc" "''i'inSlH
lovely III hcr alternate par"NNshs "i
terror ana ianghtri' that olIIr, grave
old sister though she WAS, had not the
heart t" lecture her as r"IhdlN us She
deserved.
The crimson sunset of the very next
evening >honc IadiamtlN into the special
>anctum of the worthy old Jahez
'Ihoruc, of rhnrucNillr. justice of the
peace. and chairman of all the agIicul-
tural meetings for ten miles around 1t
was no scholarly looking library like
that of his ancient romradr. Chester.
hIr a >u,,,rc. linht room. with fnur nm
curt,iu,.d viudovs and nru,m.ut.d
with numerous black framed cu"r;lv-
mos nt u,il, ,.,tttI, and ,,i,ut turuius
liz, wa. seated i'm = I.othcr-,ushi,,,.d
armchair luo, inc over the files of an
agricultural iour,,Il tn find som. coy
,I.d iut,ru.,tiur nm tL, >uhi,rt nt
..uI,n>uI,n,,S" when , S.,>,n, hr,u"ht
| hin, e, card and e. letter
..Th. n,utI,u,u i in tLe u,rlor sir
I,h,z Th,ru,. laid .,sid, his u.vs
manner ,I.,u,,.I al tI,, ,..,,J which h,r,
| tb,! >in,L,. ir,rrinti,u ..I,Lu ,.,
! th,.u ;t th, letter which uuIuu,t,d +,
h,. ,L,. irt,.Ju,1i,,, +, ,I,t in,Iiyid,.I
..IIov II, tr,m my old ,,ller,
chum. Chester. as live, Remark:,hI,
ch,uu, in his houdvritiu". hut Tim,
alter. lis all. Ua>cu't heard from hin
in twenty wears. and haIlo, What i
thise \ prctty cool rcuuc,t. upou m,
word, Ncphrv wants Il wife. and hat
heard that possess a daughter VIII,
has lois of none, wants me tn nj,
him with my we'll known eNpcrirncr il
such matters. What does th,. rl>,.;,
mean ," calculated .Jal,.z. the. fringe. a
rr,\ hair that surrounded his haId hra,
srandiu" absolutely erect with mdinu:,
tinu. IN send .Jctirc> To kick the i'm
pndent Young scamp out of the house.
But with Il moment : reflection carm
calnIut>>. Nv ell. after all. don't So
what thrlr Is III tiir matter that make
me 50 i""Il>hlI angry. GucSS u SCI
wha! Mary SAYS. Am excellent family
those 'hc>tcI> and tins letter Is JUS
like Ichrdrr Chester he was >ingula
III his notions. Rather hard under
standing such matters. but there /
nothing like da>li "i "llgInalItI II
Tins world ana II the boy Is rIrh' an,
Mary don object AT all events. |
see him on tins subject.
And ]ahrz lh"rnr thrust the lrtte
int" his pocket. and strobe determined
~ int" the parl"r where N"nn" Lac.
was quietly awaiting his appearance
The old gentleman face was scarlr
with embarrassment he WAS halt dis
posed t" hc angry with his guests coo
self possession.
Il had Thought of settling III tins VI
rihl'\' MI h"rnc' Said Jack, alte
'he 'ci''ii"illtS "i %,''''n@ ,l''" nee
eN',''nS'"' ','' '''''''i N,""' '".'' III
''i'''c '''''' H"" n'' Il 'rH' i"''' p'e'e
property H"" "''s''' "e "'Si'"S''' 10 Par
WIN.
Piece of property" thought the oil
gentleman. beginning To fire up again
but he controlled his emotion and onl
anSw cred: "Rcally. sir. this is IL Yer
strange request. One can hardly h
eApcctcd to answer definitely upon 5
very short Il notice"
'.Certainly not Mr.. Thorne. | hav
no wish to hurry you," said Jack pc
litely; but am rather anxious to st
!, for myself. and if YOU will favor III