Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-16
VERMONT JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, II

Go away !" he said, angrily, before Bet
tine had time to tell what she wanted.
awe don't want any stragglers nor organ
grinders here"
But we are not going to play" said Bet
| tine, meekly, want to see Miss Falkner."
See Miss Falkner, indeed !" said the man,
sneeringly " Did she tell you to come and
sec her 2"
No." said Bettine but want to see
her for something very important I've
found something that she has lost"
Oh, that's It, is it2" said the man.
Well, you can give il to me Just as wei"
No." answered Bettine, sturdily; |
shall give it TO Miss Falkner, and / shant
give il TO any one else"
Better let her go in, james" said a maid,
appearing at the door. 4" Miss Falkner lost
bracelet this morning, and she's making q
great fuss about it, because twas present
to her. Maybe this girl has found it."
Then the man let her in, but very reluc-
family, and scowliug fercely at Karl, who re-
NAMED outside.
Bettine had to wait only few minutes
before Miss Falkner appeared. 1t was the
very same lady she had seen driven away in
the carriage, and she came towards her with
such kind smile that Bcttine had not the
ing the bracelet.
"I've found your bracelet. ma'am," she
said, "you dropped il when you got into the
carriage:" and she drew the bracelet from
her pocket aud put il into the lady's hand.
aud was moving away towards the door, but
Miss Fakner detained her.
want you to tell me all about your
self" she said, and how you knew where
10 bring the bracelet"
Then Bettine told her little story as meokly
and uncomplainingly as possible. She did
not mean to tell any of their trouble, but
some way Miss Falkner asked her so many
| questions and was so kind and sympathzng
that she could not help it. Aud when she
told about Karl the tears would come into
her eyes, and she felt very much ashamed
until she looked at Miss Falkner and saw
her eyes full of tears, too.
Then the lady left the room and came
back in a few moments with a gentleman
a benevolentlooking old genteman--and
Bettine had TO tell her story over again to
him. Then they sent for Karl to come in,
aud then, after the gentleman had talked a
long time with him, they were taken into
another room and had thu incest dinner they
had either of them eaten in their lives. AT
forwards General Falkner sent them home in
a carriage, telling them he would come and
see them the next day.
Bettine had to rub her eyes every two OF
three minutes, after she had gone home, "a
be sure she wasn't dreaming and by the
next morning she had got to feel quite sure
that it could have been nothing but dream
when she saw that same elegant carriage
rolling into the dirty, narrow street wher'
they lived, aud then such a store OF good for
tune looked in upon them, that Bettine be
gan to fancy, rather, that the old dreary day
had been dream, and her present happiness
the only reality.
General Falkner got Karl q situation in {
warehouse, where he earns what seems {,
Bettine an unheard-of sum Of money, ant
hired for them three OF the coscst littl'
rooms you ever saw, in cottage, a LITTLE
way out of town, where a good German
woman lives, who seems ever so much lik,
Bettine's mother and Bettine has nothing
TO do but TO keep house for herself and Kari
and you may be sure that she is the incest
tidiest little housekeeper imaginable.
The hand-organ is put up in a corner o
the little kitchen, with Bettine's tambour
inc hung over it and sometimes when Kar
comes home at night he takes the organ on
Of the corner, and PLAYS "IIome, Sweet Home,
on it and though the old grenadier's joint
have grown stiff by age and inacton, h,
hobbies up and holds out his cooked hat still
and the gay lady and the soldier begin the
hornpipe, and the dairymaid carries he
eggs and milk to market, and the snuif-tak
ing old lady is as persevering as ever; an,
though some of the tones are harsh and out o
tune, the melody is still very sweet an,
plaintive, and brings tears TO Bettines eyes
But they are happy tears now that sh
knows what sweet home" is.