Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-10-22
Of wood piled on it.

10 nave llVed years slnce sne ncard those
footsteps on the porch. Why had she
been such fool?
Itwas five o'clock now, and the roost-
ers far and near began to herald the ap-
proach of dawn. The sky turned from
black to gray, and whitish smudge in
the east announced the rise of the glori-
Gus sun.
Mrs. Cuthbert put out the lights and
went to the front door. A drizzling rain
had set in and the damp, raw air made
her shud9er. She went back to the sit
ting-roon, and, in dreary, mech anical
kind ofway, lit the fire there and in the
little Kitchen then brought baby down
stair, washed and dressed him as usual
and put him on the floor to play while
she prepared his bread and milk.
But baby was not destined to>get his
breakfast just yet, for at that moment
light step was heard in the entry, and
tall young man walked into the room.
The bread and milk were dropped any
where, and Mrs. Cuthbert flung herself
into his arms, sobbing, crying, and beg
ging his pardon all in breath.
"I'll never do it again. Won't you
forgive me, George ?"
"Forgive what 1 haven't anything
to forgive" said the astonished George.
"Oh, yes, you have. l know it was
dreadfully wicked of me; but l will
never do it again
"What on earth is the matter %
"Won't you forgive me ?" was all
Mrs. Cuthbert's answer.
Eleanor, what Is the matter ?" de-
manded the distracted young man, all
kinds of awful visions flying through his
brain. "What have you done %
"Why, didn't let you in when you
came home last night. l only meant to
keep you waiting little while"
"When came home last night? Why,
| haven't been within fifteen miles of
the house since seven o'clock yesterday
morning I've just come down on the
four-thirty train"
Didn't you come home last night 2"
gasped Mrs. Cuthbert.
"Come home {? No, of course | didn't !;
I've been working at the office half the
night. Didn't you receive my telegram
saying | should be detained in the city
all night ?"
"No, | haven't received any. What
does it all mean %
in rather + an ihcObernehht STYLE to be sire,
but she made him understand, and he
was greatly puzzled as to whom it could
have been.
Mrs. Cuthbert, now that her mind was
relieved, began to remember that she
had eaten nothing since dinner the day
before, and was soon flying about, broil-
ing ham, and poaching eggs, stopping to
have hearty laugh over the charred re.
mains of her husbands supper, which
she took from the oven. Then they sal
down to the tea table, baby and all, and
ate their breakfast.
That afternoon the village youth who
did their "chores" was unusually late il
coming, but when he did arrive it wa
with such a budget of news that his tar
diness was forgiven.
. He had been an eyewitness to tn,
capture to two burglars at Squire Jones
they had been discovered in the very ac
of carrying off the silver.
Laws, how they fit p said the boy
"They smashed Bill Williams head il
with the plate basket. an came mos
near hittin' ne an when we had 'er
/. caught tight, how they did talk The,
told about how one of 'em tried to ge
into this house, but Mrs. Cuthbert woul
not let him in. He called to her throug
the window, but she wouldn't look aroun
at him. When he left the window sh
came out of the house. and he ran away
: She chased after him, but he hid till sh
:, went in again. After awhile she cam
:. out after him again, when he an his p;
was hidin' under some bushes, an the
was afraid to tech her, cause they see
:, suthin shinin' in her hand, an didn
. know but it might be six-shooter.
"My scissors, suppose, F" family mu
INJURED Mrs. Cuthbert her husband onl
heard her.
j. "Wa'al, they're safe enough nova
= l guess I'll fetch the coal," said Il
, boy, with the stolidity of true son
the soil, seizing the coal scuttle, b
1. dropping it again to rummage in the i
ner pocket of his jacket. Here's lie
ter for you, slr-the man said l mig
:. as well bring it long, as his boy cou
:. = not get up this way fore to-morr
= mornin', an you might be in hurry.
"My telegram" said Mr.. Cuthbel
handing it to his wife. "What cony
nience these modern scientific discover
~ are !''
n,
1t The capitalist who made his Thousand
n while the soldier was standing betwe
en- him and the enemy for thirteen dolla
month, now, when the financial SKI