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


anywhere about, do object TO his being
abused and called names, responded Char
ley with an easy good-humor which not even
his own i'll doings and Alice's glib tongue
could upset. They all laughed at this cool
aud easy turning off, and then the evening
came to close, for Jenny at least, for sud
denly Grace caught her wiuking very hard,
aud cried out
What are we thinking Of Why. it's
more than an hour past that child's bed
timei"
Aud the next thing Jenny was whiskei
of IN Graces arms, and the next thing after
that she was fast asleep aud dreaming, per
haps Of the fairy princess in the beautiful
lighted garden, or perhaps of Charley's lark,
when he danced IN the barn. and Toasted on
pies and doughnuts. Bat the Processes
am sure, We're upperlnost, and sleeping or
waking, for the next few days, her head was
full of tnem. The weather, however, soon
became the great subject OF anxiety, for
June though it Was. the evening damps aud
fogs had been so chill that fires had to be-
kindled ON the hearths and in the CRATES at
morning and nightfall
"What'll become of all those fine lanterns
if it rains ?" Charley would ask, rather az
gravatingly.
4
so you may Just spare your croak" Alice
would reply, very decidedly
And it didn't rain There was not even
fog to veil the brightness of that lovely
June twilight. It was wedding party, so
the guests were hidden early, and Jenny
had the pleasure of seeing all the princesses
don all their inery and drive away in state.
All the neighborhood seemed 10 be going,
too, and over the fences and the gates the
maid-servants talked TO each other about it.
Jenny watched the whirl of the carriages
until she was tired, and then she began to
notice the little groups OF people on loot
who were hurrying by on the plank walk.
Where are you going 2" She called out
to an acquaintance, a girl two or three years
older than herself
ITO see the lighted gardens aud to hear
the music, was the answer.
! So, then, all these people were going to
| that scene of enchantment aud they were
not hidden any more than she
Away went Jenny with new thought,
in search Of Mary Maloney, the nurse-maid ;
but Mary was off with Bridget the cook
They were following the fashion of their
neighbors in chatting over somebody's door
way.
"Oh, dear, what shall do p sighed
Jenny.
She wandered through the deserted house,
for even papa aud mamma had gone to the
wedding. All at once she came upon Nicho-
las the coachman, mending his carriage
harness
80 Nicholas, dear good Nicholas, go up
ON the bluff with me 10 see the lighted gar
dens and hear the music z" she cried out
breathlessly.
" can't, missy" he said, az If he were
very sorry for her sake that he couldn't
"itll take me all the time ill have 10 90
up and fetch the rest of 'eln to mend this
| liked to got throwed out comm back. al
along o. this break in the strap"
"Oh what shall | do z" sighed Jenny
again. As if TO answer her question, there
across the way, hanging over her gate, was
Nelly Slade. In q minute more the children
were consulting together and in miuut,
more again they We're hurrying up the panl
walk in the beautiful June moonlight
+ 81 must get back before mother does,
said Nelly anxiously, on the way.
Why 2"
"Why2 well, because she'd be worried
you know, and wouldn't like my going on
| so late with another little girl"
Then for the first time our Jenny hegal
r TO think what she was about. She had for
: gotten everything before but her own pleas
y ure; and in moment she bethought her
y self OF Charley That was just what he die
in his lark-it was the wrong part OF hi
g lark, Grace had said. But she couldn't turn
:, back now, for oh there shone the Lowell
e gold and red and green aud purple lights
e and oh there sounded the beautiful music
o. What scene it was 10 such fairy-lovin
n ewes as Jenmys those great bubbles O
| "A.
e night, swaying and winkiug from the tree,
g and lighting up every bank and bower.
Is "Oh isn't it like story. Nelly, exactly
t And oh hear the music But want +
IS see the princess don't you ?"
e What princess 2" asked matter-of-fac
IS Nelly, looking at Jenny as if She though
k she had suddenly taken leave of her senscs,
S Jenny laughed.
5 "Oh | meant the bride you know
y always call her the Princess Nav, becaus
y she is just like the Princess May in tn
o story book lent you she is so beautiful
with all those curls the color of gold riul
o and her shining eyes aud her pretty smil'
r But oh come here, come here, Nelly, let
Is climb up ON this arbor aud we can loo
y straight in at the window 90
l. Up they went with many "a scramble an
e q scratch But what did Jenny care for tha
when she was to be- rewarded with sigh
n of her Princess May 2 TIP they went, an
d alghted like two little birds at last upon til
N top Of a low arbor. from which perch the
Il had full view of the interior OF the draw
1f ing-room. \ full view OF papa aud MANN
n and Grace and Alice, aud the beautfl
Is Princess May, as she stood receiving the coi
a, gratuations vi her guests. A full view {
& the great room, with all the pictures and I'll
l. - a
y ing vines. A full view of the great thron
of people, moving hther aud thither, and lool
|; ing, in their brilliant colors like parteri
ID of flowers, swept by a summer wind. An
the mysterious band of music sent forth i
sweet, gay strains; violins and flutes an
,e drums, tinkling and playing and beating, ii
Jenny was wild with excitement.
- Sitting there upon her perch she forg,
in the time-that it was growing later All
later every minute, and that the early moo
e, had slipt away and left everything outside
ia the garden Examinations dark as dark coul
'e be- She forgot all these things, and no
r. she was TO get home until somebody can
We TO one of the windows and cried out
We "Oh what crowd of people VIII
I'd it's regular INVASION
n 1t was like the clock striking twelve
in the old Cinderella legend for, suddenl
b. everything was over TO our modern Cinde
b ella for, following the tones of that voit
a came another voice from the lawn, addres
nj ing the people and begging them to dispers
e, as their occupation of the grounds interfere
II with the enjoyment of the invited guest
N. This voice sounded very familiar to Jenn
1t sounded just like her fathers. 81
to stretched forward. She stood tiptoe and
ke one of the lanterns, a great blue bell
ny flame, swung out, she saw face as familii
as the voice, Her father as sure as Il
he world
IA Run, Jenny, or your father will see you
said one of the girls beside her.
lg Run guess ! shan't," retorted Jsnn
>" Indignantly; "it's mean to run"
And so, instead OF running, Jenny juml
ce up and calls out
~ 90 papa papa :"
~ Mr.. Raymond came toward her.
he "Why, Jenny, what does this mean
how came you here p he asked, in gray
I'd displeased tone.
"Oh, everybody was coming, papa, al
N, the house was all alone 'cept Nicholas, al
,h- Nicholas couldn't come, so | come up vii
De Nelly Slade aud lots of other people"
TX, But, Jenny, you had no right to con
~ up here uninvited and without permissio
to aud at such an hour too. Don't you kno
lei you've done very wrong Here" witho