Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-12-13
Druzy Mi!ler'> spite.
HY FAITH TAPPAN.


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Good mornin' DruZy''
"Gool-mornlny, Deacon.
at seems TO me if had taken Il boy
should let HIM pull them weeds: amt Il"
that dirty work." said Deacon Morgan,
leaning against the fence and placing his
arms ukimbo over the paIln4S
Il presume that he would, bat he s'ld
there was Il nice clover patch next to the
curnlicld. and the fence is too poor /"
leave the cow by herself, SO he proposed
to watch her while She ate, replied Miss
ID uzy.
''.iv.n IA. hope you haven't been h:'>ty
in tahIu' thi- ,tragyltr. Hard ielIn hy
looks what Il body i now lays, con
tInucd II t Deacon. looking out in The road
/ IN an absent sort OF way
/ Druzv did not reply Immediately, bu'
| pcchtd the l'yht SOIL with the corner "'
her hoe, then made deeper burrows. TIL ii
supported all ii ~ou Il carry, The act and
her thoughts ktcplng pace.
YES, maybe IT l. 4; but 1t Is not III ali
itlicull iur one 10 understand lhr I'll Ct
! TIA. persons and things have up n th'tn
. IAlulunv and nntlTonl>m are - c"hNitt-
Inr To our SENSATIONAL natures ~ t"rn and
( symmetry 10 our ewes. took timothy -
h,nu Is he w;,~ ohrdirnt and ttl ht,il, be-
,..tl-e | brLcvtd th 1t II WAS my duty. re-
p..cd Miss DruIy, slowly.
lh,. Dr...on ,lrlr,-i IN throat, hrmm"I
few times, then said " he boy anne t"
'u\ house and asked If wanted II boy TO
,iv,. with me. told lnm did. lie said
me- VAS an orphan and wanted u home.
All that WAS We'll enough. but The mex
uorui:lu asked him what he cllhcrl'ti
IT, be il lt. grew 10 be i III IN. amt Wiitn ne
sad u painter | sce % much III hi> 'r''
and VANS lhtt WAS Ike that Etir ittrhrf
that | told HIN he better look lur'htr-
Thc ncNt that he nd Of hun " t. lItt N"l
had taken hun. | said right oil that )rnHt
lock him because didn't. Ii is Il wond'r-
iul smooth Wy OF ttllln me What my
> ,u,v j.. but W hen YOU have experienced
Iuhu did with Nate. Nou VIII wish. rs |
I,to. tlltt laintin and painters ere some
DIM u,ttui. III pledge that corner lo
i youIer that Your >trtgylrr and MATE
. Fletcher II turn out :,bou. the same. Ii j,
spite work, Druzy, every hit OF Il. N"l
: ~.,nt to teach Deacon Morgan iAth b,
yonr work. | shall always look upon
II lhat boy IL Druzy MIllrr'- >ptc.
: pruzy made no reply To lhr Deacon
: final speech, but resumed her hoeIn@- At
Il Ter hrnmiur several times The p'.,col
J. babe Druzv ;, faint -, od-morning.
II Three weeks before Il, Drtzv Miller WA
p" working in her garden. 4 poorly dressed
II Iorn looking child f twelve years st"ppr
= in the sam" sp' IN II tiIc l'r''''n l"' Jus
l., vacated. ami t>N'l; Are N"" N'NN ~ w
~ Mllcr:' On beng t"-"' At l"f htl IL
- Qurtd " DO You Want - -IN' i poor "'
4 home, III pay 1or What ne VIII Iiei
- lon:
!" Miss DruHE studied TN >hrt'hkcA i''
:. before her moment, then rrnH'h
Yes. | think | should. bat q" n'
- knuw YOU.
"WvA. sud ii" boy, opening tii' ga
= and going t"W."Is tier. ~ WEI yea You /
~ ~ ABOUT ny self, and IL trI t'' tru'h' t"o.
"a "Icll your story. then | Will conciu'
Il about he ,ruthfumrs~. rep plcd l'vuzv-
~ We l.:rd in Hebron. flasher, Moth'
'' u.d |, IN Il nice home ta'h'r made r'
- lilrts lnd he aud Wo' k'l In the EArd'
~ when WAS out OF school Mother mat
~ butter. raised chIchtn- thd took me h''
ter, cyg, and chIcktn@ /" market. lth'
'' DrAcut lived there too a prnn' i, h,'u- Il
~ man, but :" greedy ana N'hc" lh'l
4" borrowed ail OF fathers money. then /"
'' hum such tlatcrinT stories about u mIIe
i another Sac That f'th'f n"rl-'-'" {"
hpu-c AMI everything we owned 20 u,
~, stock in Prospecting some HtH 'i''t
"' would hr very "''H'hN' 9ein me l" !
Il y 10 study an" in"'iiel 'o''l' htH' even
-, hing She wanted IN Il I''" ii'''''''1 ~ W
~ proved that MI. bT''"' >"''' |.'ii'i ~, W., w
~, stock, that he kne" was "oi'''I+1s' Ii
", the officer came ;"I ZOOS "''' ""''''' :,
'I' left Us beg us mother i''''''' ''i' .i'.,
~ spoke ;'iil "''l",' .''' g '''''
- Hl'd OF 4 hrohth lie',,
y ''i nd NtNJ asked .Il-S I)lU/N, uulch
me-. Mr. ~ T. ',':' ,;'1 l' 49,,
ne me home with hlm and said he ""'
M teach me u>t "h't ou-''' - N,""' Il
-, he would D." my pest Hi'h"' ne"
~ came to i''hti snoP 'n' 'I'lA;," ;1 So 81 ,'
-, he was very hlna |" me 'no S''' Pc a.
l. things al "nt 'he Pi''"i'' ''i', f''"
49,. with We "'l'i''' '"''''t" l''A'. ',','' ,,
'.s hlcr used to have: So l Was sure That
''' would help me TO h'e"m' P'Ih''r' rs
had been the means ri 'i,''Nln9 i''' '''
phan. But instead OF h'!Pih@ me. ne
49,; me to the hardest kind OF work, gave
60 poor foo |, and then slnte' me 20 III
:" work than was able TO do. and beat
-, icarfully. So three days ago ran ~
from him. and have walked to TINS pl"'
hod Mss Miller i''u h'''r' i["in i ''''
, if at Hebron OF tle dupiIci'y {" br.'c"t'
,.nJ of his vict'ln, snc was ignorant,
,un- aside from thls kh "-eu2'' ne ''' q
'."' .r.. straightforward story, the rank nor
ON mtnner OF the boy convince" MISS III
own OF me ''uthi''l'''o> "a f'o c,i. ''..'
m. training Oh 'h,a o'Pl I" 'p'
.,r. the work which she h''o pc'h "''''h :
,nts ever since her p'r'his ie'' ii't SIC