The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-06
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luNtu uIe UhcVPfClOuhIy, anu Tell asleep.
Certain soft touches aroused me, and tick
ling in my ear. / sleepily turned and half
sat up, but hand pressed inc down, and a
laughing voice said =
"Ot, lie still little longer. We've
made you into log-such a lovely log
DO keep siill. You'll spoil all IL you move"
But WHIST is this in my esr?"
'Oa, nothing but tOad-sool. There,
I've moved l., and I'll lift this lichen off
your eyelid, 50 that you can take a look at
yourself. You can't think how beautiful
you are.
TIE witches had covered me all over
with dus,-cOiored shawl, and had covered
| that with sods aud mossts and strips of
bark to simulate halI-decayed trunk,
scattering pine needles over all, and stick.
ing into interstces, ferns, lichens, ard
fungi, til, as Amy said. it did look precise
~ like log. Lastly, they threw down a
shawl in careless folds, get lunch-basket
on my chest, and eood off to see the fleet,
which they declared to be "won derful"
mo human being would guess" said
Esther. You'd impose ON Leatberstock-
ing himself Oh, girls, do call Alice and
Marian. They must be satisfied before this
about those wretched trout. Don't breathe
q word, but lust ask them to sit down on
| the log and make themselves comfortable"
"On me Thank yOu," said |, speaking
az well as | could through mouth full Of
lichens.
"Oh, they ehen't really SIT down. Lie
sill-qnte still, dear lily. Don't move
an iucn, please don't; promise that you
won't. 1t wi be such fun to cheat Alice"
Very well, | won't. But be quick. m
comfortable enough now, but all this blank
ct shawl and bark may grow uppleasanly
warm | never realized before Just how
Daphne felt in the lauiel'
"GoCd-by, Daphne. Gnod-by, Queen
| Log. Wen be bsck Soon" With ringing
laughter, off went the girls. Esther linger,
ing to give q final touch to the licben over
my lett eye. | smiled to my-elf at the odd
position, but even as smiled dropped to
sleep again. The day was irresistibly drow-
sy, and there was something delightful in
this wOod-sumber, which even ia deepest
Inconsistencies | never lost hold of. The
last thing saw, as my eytlds fell, was a
broad ray of sun stridng half open parcel
of forks ard spoons which lay in the grass
Mrs. Pendexter's property these, and
careless enough of the girls 10 leave them
thus. But what did it signify -? No spot on
earth could he safer than these summer
woods under the shadow of the New Hamp-
shire hills.
This was my thought as fell asleep.
was reused by sound of voices which
even my locked senses recognized as up.
familiar | opened my ewes. Two men
were sitting on the ground close TO me.
but half turned away. They were shah.
billy clad I; one in velvetcen coat and rough
corduroy trousers the other whose clothes
were dark, bad u led handkerchief tied
roend his neck. This man had thick
beard, d wild. long hair yelling pair of
savage gypsy yves. But it was the other
face that frightened me most. 1t was
snug, shaven face. but with an evil. cruel.
furtive look. which do not know how To
descrte Faint with sudden fear, l Law
quite still. 1t seemed the only thing to dc.
But, oh, where were the girls | thought
and what would happen il they came back!
"Give va that there basket off the log!"
were he first words | heard. 1t was the
velvefeen man who spoke. and the other
lac, ;,o o.. IA 'NcS3 II 'is,oI ,Sf ,b:skat
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-, kai tho otbeT man lnokinc IN .,Real p"
aslSed he of the red neek-cloth
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