St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-07


gold hair, and dark ewes. and blue
Illusion dress lnoped up after the fash
ION OF Dresden china shepherdess.
and is chdHssee like a belle of the time
of Louis Quatorze. All this splemdor
goes into that hammock. and SWANS
there like pond-IiIy in the golden af-
terno"n. The window of my bedroom
looks down Oh that piazza,-and so
do /.
BIT enough of this nonsense. which
III becomes Il Sedate Young attorney
taking his vacation with an invalid
father. Drop me line, dear Jack. and
tell me how you really are. State your
ease. Write me long, quiet letter.
If you are violent or abusive, I'll take
the law to you.
John Fiemming to Eduard Delaney.
| August'1l,
Gour letter, dear Ned. was Il god
send. Fancy what II fix | am in,-l,
who never had Il days sickness since |
was born. My left leg weighs three
tons. 1t is embalmed in spices and
smothered in layers of fine linen. like d
mummy. | cant move. haven't
moved for five thousand Years. I'm of
the time of Pharaoh.
lie from morning till night on Il
| lounge. staring into the hot street.
Every body is out of town cniol ing
himself The brown stone front houses
across the street resemble Il row of par
ticularl> ugly coilins set up ON end. \
green mruld is settling on the names ut
the deceased. carved on the silver door
plates. Sar'lonic spiders have sewcd
up the kry-holcS. All is silence and
dust and 'lcs"lntion. i interrupt this Il
moment. 10 take Il shy al Watkins wilh
the second volume of Cesar Birottcau.
Missed him | think | cnuld hrin" him
down with Il copy of SIimtc-lruNr ri
the Dictionnairc 'uivcI>,l. il | had it,
These small Ballac books somehow
don't quite fit my hand. But | shall
fetch him Vet. I've IN idc. Watkin, j.
tapping the old gcntlcmai'> Chilc.u
lTurm. Duplicate key OF the im.
cellar. IIiInlnian >waric> in the front
basement. inumy Chrops up stains
>nu" IN his ccIcmrnt~.' Watkins glide
into my chamlrl. with that cnlnIl,.>~.
hNpocrilical face, of his drawn ont Iuny
like ;!n accordion but know he Iiin~
ali the way down stairs. and Is "ldd |
have hIukcn my lee. Was not nv evil
star IN the very zenith when IAN up
Ia town {" attend that dinner at Del
m"mIcoS! | didn't come up alt""rthrI
t"I tIrat. 1t WIS paItly to buy Frank
LIN NIn@>toIIr> Iuan mare Maryot. And
now ! shall not Ice able to II IN the
saddle these tW" months. I'll >rnd the
mare down To Nnu at The Pines, j.
that the maine of the place
old Dillon tllIcIc- that have >"nc-
thing on my mind. He drives me Wild
With lrul"n-. l.rm".i- tor 4 mnni dis
ca-rd Nou~rlSc. am "ul, ~ ,c>t-
les t> the ds.> il under this confinement
i thing .'n nnt u~,.,l to I.rkra i nl:,n
Nhn has m,.\rl h al :" much - Il head
ache "r i l"nIhtrhr in his lie. ,,tIap
one "f his leg, il Il section "t uatcI-
spout. keep mm in :. room IA the city
ton weeks. with the hot weather turned
ON. and then expect him to >milr and
pun. and hr happy 1t i> prcp">'cIuu>
| cant he cheerful or calm.
lour letter i the tilSi c"H>"lin4 thing
/ have had since my di>;r>tri. = week
ago. 1t really cIccicd me up for half
AN hour. Send me :: >cIrrd. Ned. -
often a> you can. if You love me. ANY
thing vii! do. Write me more about
that little girl in the hammers. That
MIS- very pIctti. all that ihnut the
Dresden china >hcph,ld'-> AND The
poiid-IiN ihr Imagery Il little mixed.
perhaps. hGi very pretty. dldrl sup
pose Nnu had 81 much sentimental
furniture in Nour upper story. It shows
how one may hc familiar tnl Nrdls with
the rcceptiun-Iunm uf his nci"hbnr. aud
never suspect What l., directly uhd,l
his nian~ird. supposed Nuur lots
stuffed with dry LEGAL pachurnt~.
mortgages and atiidasit>: You take
down Il package of manuscript. aud l." I,
there nIc lyrics and >onuct> and cat
l"nrita~. You really have Il graphic
descriptive touch. Edward Dclamr>.
and | suspect You of short l"sc-talco in
the magazines.
shall he Il bear until I hear from
NuH again. Tell me all about NuuI
pretty mconn"r ACROSS the road. What
IL icr name Who is she ! Who's her
father! Where's her mother Who's
her lover? lnu cannot imagine how
this will occupy me. The more tIifllu"
tine better. Ny imprisonment has weak
cncd me intellectually To such u degree
that lnd y"rn Spi,tolarl gifts quite
considerable. am passing int" my
second childhood. In II week or two
shall take to luda-ruhhcr rings and
prongS of coral. \ >Ilvcl cup, with AN
appropriate inscription. would h" Il
delicate attention ON Your part. In the
mean time. write
Edwdrd DcIdncy To John FIcmming.
August IL, -.
The sick paSha shall hr amused.
Bismjiidh! he Wills it so. If the story
teller becomes proliX and tedious. the
bow-strimg and the sack, and tw" MI