Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-04

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ever was in my life"
on will be L real spinner now,
katic,' said Alice, taking success for
granted with her usual buoyancv.
/ Yes, sid Katie; :, little blind spin
ner.''
At this they all looked very grave, but
Katie could not see them, SO the happy
smile still rested on her lips
The dictation and writing ont of that
story was time full of happy excitement
to Our three sisters, and Phil Lushinoton
and his mother were scarcely less interest
ed For Mrs. LuSlington had called at
Paradise place soon after Pills uncere-
monious visit, and her pleasant, kindly
face now seemed like that of an old friend
to them all
At last the precious packet was posted
by Bes>ies own careful hands, and then
there was nothing for it but-to wait
Waiting is hard work enough to all Of
! us, but our waiting comes to an end some
day, here OF hereafter; and ut last, one
evening" at the time Of the last post, rs the
three sisters sat around the fire, came the
sound of the postman hurrying up the four
steps that led to Mrs. Busbv'S door, and
It's the story come back Its some
thing big and fat. 1t can hardly get into
the box 1t has squeezed itself through and
fallen on the tloor'' cried Alice. too wildly
excited to be able To run into the passage
and see what the big fat > hing was like
Even placid Be>s colored up, breathing
quickly, rs She gave an anxious look :l
Katie, pale and with lips apart, her hand
GraSping the back Of the sofa.
Then Boss and Alice made rush for
the hall door, bat Alice was quickest, and
raising the prckrt from the floor, with
trembling fingers tore off the covering and
-ix long strips Of paper, closely printed fell
t,uttcli inc on the oil-clo.h, With a little
cry of rapture Alice gathered them up
heItrr-skel;cr. and cll>ping them against
her bosom, fled ba k into the plrlor.
1T isn't rcturncI' Oh Katie, love, it !,
all printed, every word Oh. my darling,
if YOU only could see it
Bat Katie had thrown her arms around
Bessie neck, and her face wls hidden on
tlat loving, tender breast.
How Alice read a oud the ">lip> how
kltie, dear, sweet spinner of those pretty
yarns. passed her fingers fonlly over the
words She could not sec-lll this and much
more my readers may imagine for them
selves. They may fancy. too. thc appear
;. ~ plI ,.l;,'.,, =,
rushing in, waving the yellow backed
magazine in his hand :t~ though it were
'',,,,, ;,'., ,s.I;,', 'f ~,
X 4tic and her sisters Bnt the climax was
when thr editors cho41c arrived and
small a, it, anonnt might have seemed to
Others it WAS 10 Katie an FL Dor,do-thc
iir-t fruit, Of a mine o; incxhaustible
Iitl'>.
-Nnd ht'I' I'th "ii i'"' desert iItf' inI
another HhoFt story t'lMe PACK 70 No' -
III tho,c IoN- cI">riy pflhl'" >lpN 'h.l are
- WtI'ohl" a ~I-l!t I" All "l "> slaves oi
inc pen. ma III i',' II "'t9 Titc'' upon
"rt"'rn 'H' wv" VINO ""'h'i - "'.l-'hl,
= '"9''h'F' "i.4e ir>.c 2'''"''' 4" "h"'''" "
Hh4tfS over IVORY ulI.l'uIl'>' u'tl = 'i' '''
"n''it'""> ON 81 4r'''i >''''''' ~ "ii'''i -,
I1N'h ono t'Itt. "!I'" 'I'N' " "''''''
MAKE ihtHl lt'I ne hN M gun" i am ~
money invested III 'Ar l"itd>' or 'ii' p'hh'
'f some ~uGh "rll-ill"l pace
- - lhe @i''In- "r''",'' "i'l -F' ''i''
>ummrr hett ana thr i-nnd"n streets gre"
!t', and dusty. IN" hhnd SPINNER 'oIied 1T
hrr 'oolh' Ahl chapter i.er ch'!'er WAS
added /" i'>t-EroWIn@ pile OF manu-
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ll''I were "'''' more ,h''''' y, -'' 10
dFo"p i"f "A''t "i i'>h ar 'th" gree,
ilrIi~. ana h".->Ir ANXIOUS eyes ho'''
! h"t hd>i1 ~ N'tiy : ch'tA u an evening,
ani >,rtn@t l3i.or @! mothih-' ana
Mic" >p"h' 81 her companion restless
l""P and mu:t"r'" WORDS that showed
tn" ",tlv" hrNn WAS >l!,l at work n"'
Katie, for once in her life "h-iln''e' de.
rI-lrtd 'Arr" W. nothing the matter. ami
Worh"d Al her story dly by day
50 III last. just ~ tn" dry, baking heat
grcw most Intense. and when tn" pave
m"nt seemed hot al y"lr feet. the long
story WIS hni>hrl-tiHi>hel and posted,
mI tAc d,ar Hind spinner promised tc
lot The loom stand still and rest awhile
90 lttr' too late Some tiny deli
cat. wheel in the mlchn'ry WAS strained,
ana 20 TIE loom worked Un against The
simmer, Will. worked on and spun
,tr-,n.rr 3imlr~-. endless. Unronncctin"