Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-07
aetisttllany.
Tom,

T.wlnr T was the belle of Rushtown, and
th,t Dolly was the incest little thing in the
word9 i'll 90 down and prove the asser-
ton. -, ~,
pardell donnod his daintiest walking dress,
% ,rsw on his lavender kids, put on his CLOS
.io.t silk hat over his crop Of curling hair,
ond suryeying his handsome faultlessly-
s,,ircd self in the long mirror, sailed
forth. q
saais Il mile from populous borough
,nJ the Bnrdell Place was one OF the most
s,e,rly of the many superb houses of which
:, ,r,s composed. Thomas Blrdell, nv
h.ro was The nephew of The late owner of
tbe Brdel Place, and on the death Of
I,,t gentleman had inherited his entire
'ronsrty. ,r greatly to his own amazpment,
rs Wr, Julius Bardell had quarrrled with
syrry M relative he had in the world, and
onnonuced his intention of leaving every
dollar charity
Th,l he did not, but relenting, made a
viii IN his ncphew's favor, brought Mr.
TNona, Bardcil from college in Ger,
MANY, ru where he was finishing his educa
lion, to Rushtown..
He was lwenty-lour, an orphan, hand
some and flcnJed. and had some private
frfune before his uncle's death. That he
was unspoilp,, modest and one who held
MI women us little lower than the angels.
nav be attributed 10 the fact that he had Il.
mother who was II true Christian lady,
who loved him, and whose death, when he
m iu,t altained manhood, was the heavi-
est sorrow of his life.
Rushtown was an unexplored country to
my hero, but DR.. Lawler, being the only
physician in the place, his residence was
easily found.
The hall door stood open, the parlol
i or was also stretched lnvitngly wide,
and after vainly waiting for the ring TO be
answered. Mir. Bardell stepped inside the
vestlbule.
A voice high above his head, and in the
palor, called;
Tom, is that you?
The speaker, Dolly Lawlcr, whose
name, be it here recorded, was Mabel, bul
who had been called Dolly from her era
die, being at the top of II high step-ladder
scubbing the paint over French window
heard u voice say:
Ii is Tom, certainly.
Hand me my soap, that's good fellow
said Dolly, from the lofty perch where
she was seated, facing the back windows
you know am afraid to look down OF
turn around on the ladder, am so sure It
ct giddy.
Where is the soap? came in voice
munlrd by laughing
Close down by the ladder, where it ha'
just dropped. Don't dare to laugh ut me
sir for am in the depths of atll cton
Papa has invited the heir to that splendll
BUdr Place 10 drop in without ceremo
n.y. Did you ever, and we just in th
middle of spring cleaning! So | left Jam
/ tn finish up stairs, and came down mysel
tomake the paror decent. There goo
my brush, now! Hand it up; that S
dear,
The brush was handed up, Dolly no
daring to take her eyes rom level, al
ready feeling her head spinning with gid
diness.
Wecannot he grand, Of course, and tn
A0aSe Will look mean enough after Bardel
Place, but we can be clean, she continued
Mubhing vigorously at the paint. An
you know, Tom, he is sure to fall in low
with Julia, and it is such splendid chanc
br her, poor dear. She does so hate ou
economies. She has gone over now I
Mrs. Simpson S TO finish her blue muslin
and she cant help clean, because it Wi
>loil her hands, and they are so pretty
Julia is lovely in blue, because her skin
SO lair, and her hair and eyes are darl
She will just be perfect when she is ricl
Tom. | hope she will have him, and pap
and can jog along forever. We don
mind cheap things us poor Julia doe
There, Thrt paint can't be whiler. II
coming down, now, and you can move til
hdrr over to the other window for III
Tom.
But cautiously descending the ladde
Dolly only c,ught II fleeing glimpse Of
ai ngurc out ~ the garden gate
Well, she said, tagging AT the heavy lac
Der if rom was in such hurry he coul
not wait to m we the ladder, he might, !
least, have Sald good morning.
Then, being the sweetest tempered {
women, though only passabIy prett
.irI, Dolly ,cendrd the ladder again, in
soon forgot Toms rudeness in the Absorb
Ing duties she had undertaken.
In thr meantime, Mr.. Thomas Bardel
,mkug with laughter, wendell his WI
mMewar,I, inwardly determining to max
ID, next call 1T DIR. Llwler wnen Mi!
Dolly WIS less engrQssed in the task
ce,uing paint and the difficulty Of mai
aiming her equilibrium.
For that must have been Miss Doll
with The dainty lillle boots and pink cal
70 dress She had lovely brown hai
though could not see her face.
The next call made by the heir of Ba
dell Place found the parlor shining wi
eemincss, Miss Julia Lawler, IL real
@utiNI girl, arrayed in the blue musli
4 the piano, and Dolly, also in blue mt
Ill., bniuing. The appearance Of the b
M1>Iin> was the result OF Thomas nardel
apparently careless intlmatiOn TO busy L
.Awcr that he intended to drop in
Dtryeniug For II wonder, the Dort
'emenibered the fact, and the " Lawl
yts were arrayed to receive their que
Dolly IN half an hour, decided that 81
iNrd the new conner very much indet
Nl that he would makea very nice broth
Nnen he fell in love with Julia and mi
',rd her, us of course it was his manii
"s'ny to do.
For Julia really is lovely, thought I
Ed'll little Dolly, and when he hears
ANS ne must lose his heart
apparently the singing WAS as power
magnet as Dolly supposed it would
W. scarcely day or evening passed Il
'F' Bardel did not drop in. Tom La
@r lhe Doctors nephew and student,
1"cd Bardel to be frst-rate fellow, Il
WIS always bringing him TO tea. III
I garden OF the Bnrdell Place, as su
~rF came on, offered most tempting
,"onltlcs, for The presentation OF b'
i'eS to the fair ladies ut DIR. LawleI
A. he sure, Thomas Bardell did not KIN
p'N 1ulla share always adorned the p
@' While Dolly cried over hers i'll
.u room, ana sometimes pressed her
nlN upon the card of the donor.
9Gily hllle Dolly!
for she knew Mr.. Bardell WAS fall
gVper and deeper in love with Julia.
3 not fairly haunt the house? Did he
sEn enlranced when Julia sung, even
6HanS all the orderly arrangements
'gn,ly work-boX in his abstraction.
, was not the picnic on the Bare
'ooGds, to which all the friends far
,! ,H nad been invited, solely the result
't'a Ti wish to see the place?