Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-09

into q corridor, facing sometimes one another,
so that the door Of the opposite room being
open, Miss Minerva fanced, when she went
10 the bureau for her spectacle case, that she
saw through the mirror in that opposite
room a head of golden brown bent down
upon two little knees In an attitude Of desc
lation, and putting on her speciacles, Miss
Minerva looked again. Surely Kitty, Kitty
Terhune, was weeping in that opposite room
iit TO break her little heart.
Miss Minerva stood trembling for mo-
ment, then went directly 10 Kitty, who made
one little movement 10 recover herself
al have a headache" she said.
Tut, child said Miss Minerva, " be-
ware Of provoking the attention OF malady
Of whose malignity you know nothing.
Kitty Terhune, if you don't want TO break
my poor old battered heart, tell me this
minute what is the matter Would you
rather I had stayed away dear, aud come
another time 2"
"why, no" said Kitty, lifting her fearful
eyes "he'd be left quite alone then"
Who'd be left quite alone 2"
Why, Horace, your brother lie ex-
poets you 10 stay, you know, when GO
When You 60 where What do you
mean, Kitty Are you going 10 visit your
uncle Joshua, aud homesick beforehand p
"I-I'm going there to-to stay" sobbed
Kitty. I'm not going to live here any more. "
"ls Horace about 10 break mp housekeep-
/ ing, aud board with your uncle Joshua 2"
] Moo; ann "
Kitty Terhune," said poor Miss Minerva,
/ if you don't want me 10 shake you, tell me
what you mean. How in the name Of com
nonsense, can you break up housekeeping,
| il Horace doesn'tf how can YOU board with
| your uncle Joshua if he keeps house Y'
Because, Minerva" said Kitty, setting
/ her pale lips together" because We are go
| ing to separate
kitty Terhune "
1t won't be Kitty Terhune much longer.
/ Your brother Horace has made mistake
[ he finds that am ignorant and stupid and
unappreciative Of his tastes, and suppose
am. And I'm going home 10 Uncle Joshua
he's the only one that loves me in the world. -
kitty Kitty :"
~ know I'm ignorant ard stupid, but it
/ isn't very nice 10 tell me so."
lon are the wisest, the brightest, the
best of little Womenl
"Oh, Minerva" faltered Kitty, " I'm so
glad you do love me little, aud you're not
ashamed to own 1t, Your brothers so cold
and cruel; he hates my dear, good old uncle
Joshua, and calls him dreadful names"
why, Kitty "
" Yes, indeed he said he was an old muif
don't know what that is, but You must
own, Minerva, that it don't sound very nice
And he won't have his picture in the sitting
room, and where my uncle Joshuas pictur,
cant be, | shan't and won't :" Aud Kitty
began TO cry again.
Miss Minerva stood irresolute a moment
%.
man, gave her a hearty hug, aud went Oft in
search of that monster of brother of hers
She found him on the south porch, lazily
watching the formation Of a gigantic and
wonderfully intricate spiders web, the pro
prietor Of this architectural gossamer go
ing on with his work as II accustomed u
the presence of the professor aud seemingly
spurred on by it TO prodigious efforts.
" Easy, Nlin," said Horace, wammgly, t.
his sister; don't disturb this new project.
think it's an ingenious one for entanglinl
wasps."
"Ilorace Terhune," began Minerva, "you'r'
a cold-blooded wretch. What have you don,
to dear little Kitty 2"
When her brother turned his face ful
upon her Minerva saw nothing cold-bloodeC
there. A constrained expression of suffer
ing, tightening of the lines about the sen
sitive mouth, slight quiyering of the nos
trils, all these rendered il almost old an,
haggard the crow 's-feet about his eyes wer
so yisibly deep, Minerva knew he had slep
not wink the night before
Kitty has told YOU, then. Of her grey
ances aud herdetermination TO oavenge them,
he said with sad little smile "ltsa pity
Minerva, she insists upon so public an
noisy "A way of retaliation. | expect we'
have that dear old Uncle Joshua about on
ears directly. If | had only taken every
thing into consideration, | might have ha
moat and drawbridge here, and saved my
self much Inconvenience.
beg of you, Horace" said Minerva" Il
not Joke upon so serious a subject Whe
did this begin ?"
Begin With the creation, Minerva.
haven't the least doubt but that Eve wante
the garden of Eden arranged TO suit herself
and if Adam had only let her spoil the d
vine harmony Of it, she'd have been too bus
TO listen TO the serpent. ltwould have bee
better, perhaps, than TO have been drive
from their Paradise"
The professors voice trembled. lie gC
upon his feet and walked TO aud fro.
She seems to feel more than anythin
= else your dislike 10 her Uncle Joshua"
! don't know any one have higher respeC
for, or for whose society | have a keener re
ish. But he isnot the kind of party 10 hedg
> around with divinity, is he, Minerva Yo
: wouldn't, now, for instance, advise my ha'
ing bust of him, aud crowuing it wit
laurel ON each anniversary of his birth 2"
: Well no" said Minerva.
IL amounted TO that in the main" pu
! sued Horace. Have you seen the library
"The sitting-room No"
Stting-room said Horace, his ey,
leaping into a blaze. How exasperating an
ridiculous it is 10 use the term either a
brary is library, or it's something else. /
! you remember that ! had the apartmeI
yaulted, and of a peculiar shape for bus
. and pictures
"Yes and you wrote me that you had
> last secured those suited IN your purpose.
Exactly, Minerva, at great mental M
: physical cost, not to consider the real on
! lay in dollars and cents, They are painting
= in black and white, Of some of our favori
authors and artists the most exquisite thin
, conceivable for the purpose, in broad II
t frames, the pictures themselves mounted ,
:, paper of negative tnts."
They must be very fine Horace" sa
d, Minerva, her eyes kindling, 81 have tire
- before me-"
|, "Of course youll be delighted with theI
g Oh, how is it, Minerva that she has no SO
!, TO appreciate these things q"
= Pooh nonsense she has
>, " No, no, no, Minerva; she's a dear lit
= \ woman, every bit of her. love her, Mi
= as devotedly as the day took her little han
6 in mine aud chose her for my own beio
: God and the whole world. love her ma
than did then. II does not seem possih
I 10 me that can live without her. She
y physically perfect-one of the loyeliest
Gods creatures, aud endowed with an
: ganization that is simply without flaw. 81
4 is most amazingly thrifty and industrious,
a splendid logician for details, an excelle
- housewife, an inspired cook has quiz
/, and infallible eye for all the amenities
= life. believe she is faithful, aifectionat
- but You know the Italian motto, Eve
5 medal has its reverse Her reverse is
!. blank The aesthetic portion Of her so
!, : is as uncultiyated as a barren moor--eoi
- pletsly unexplored. If | read 10 her, 81
y goes 10 sleep; il talk to her, she is eth
- ignorantly impatient with my subject or st
y pidly indifferent"
y "a calumny, vile calumny " broke
n Minerva" unless you chose 10 read h
= some paper of your own on fossil develo
ment, or talked to her about something tn
d shocked the dear chld's simple faith in G.,
% and humanity, or rhodomontade that 81
4 eouldnt get into her sensible little hea