The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18

is proper l should remove. II You
will APPOINT a committee, gentlemen, TO
wait on me this morning, | will draw
up in writing n set ofregulations--
He stopped, with some Indignation, TO
see who it was that so familiarity laid
his hand on the shoulder of the High
Sheriff Of.
"a merry Christmas to you, cousin
Dickon," said Judge Temple, who had
approached the party unperceived :;
Il must have a vigilant eye TO my
daughter, sir, if you are TO be seized
daily with these gallant fits. | adj
mire the taste, which would introduce
a lady to such scenes =
at is her own perversity, duke
cried the disappointed Sheriff, who
felt the loss of the first salutation as
grievously as many n man would a
much greater misfortune; land |
must say that she comes honestly by
it. led her out to show her the i'm
provements, but away she scampered,
through the snow, at the first sound of
the firearms, the same rs if she had
been brought up i'm camp, instead of
first-rate boarding-schoOl. / do
think, Judge Temple, that such dan
gerous amusements should be sup
pressed by law; nay, l doubt whether
they are not already indictable at
common law"
In my humble opinion, this young
companion of Misunderstanding re-
quires looking after. lie has very
dangerous propensity for turkey"
"Leave him to my management,
Dickon," said the Judge, gravely,
"and | will cure his appetite by indul-
gence. 1t is with him that | would
speak. Let us rejoin the sportsmen."
Judge Temple drew the arm of his
daughter, through his own and adj
vanced to where the youth was stand
ing, in a musing attitude, leaning on
his rife, and apparently contemplating
the dead bird that lay at his feet
Misunderstanding and Mohegan had
drawn aside to the place where stood
their youthful companion.
II have greatly injured you, Mr..
Edwards" said the Judge" But,
fortunately, it is in some measure in
my power to compensate for what |
have done. My kinsman, Richard
Jones, has received an appointment
that will, in future, deprive me of his
assistance, and leaves me, just now,
destitute of one who might greatly aid
me with his pen. Your manner, not
outstanding appearances, is a suili-
cient proof Of your education, nor
will thy shoulder suffer thee to labor,
for some time to come. My doors are
open to thee, my young friend, for in
this infant country we harbor no sus-
picions; little offering to tempt the
eupidity of the evil disposed. Become
my assistant, for at least a season,
and receive such compensation as thy
services will deserve"
There was nothing in the manner or
the offer Of the Judge to justify the
reluctance, amounting nearly to loath-
ing, with which the youth listened to
his speech: but after q powerful eff
fort, as if for sell-cOmmand, he re-
Piled
81 would serve you, sir, OF any 9th
er man, for an honest support, for
do not affect to conceal that my neces-
sites are very great, even beyond
what appearances would indicate but
[ am fearful that such new duties
would interfere too much with moro
important business so that | mus
, decline your offer, and depend on my
rifle, as before, for my subsistence.
Richard here took occasion to whis'
per to the young lady, who had shrunl
) little from the foreground Of The
picture
"This, you see, cousin Bess, is thu
natural reluctance Of a half-breed t.
e leave the savage state. Their attach
ment to wandering life is, verify be
7 lieve, unconquerable."
cit is a precarious life," observed
t Marmaduke, without hearing the Sher
I ifs observation, "and one that bring
/, more evils with it than present SUI
S fering. Trust me, my young friend
: my experience is greater than thine
a when / tell thee, that the unsettle,
life of these hunters is of vast disad
: vantage for temporal purposes, and
= totally removes one from within til
s influence Of more sacred things"
If "No, no, Judge" interrupted tn
e Misunderstanding, who was hilbert
IS unseen, or disregarded stake him il
F.; to your shanty in welcome, but tie
Y him the raal thing l have lived
|, the woods for forty long years, an
IS have spent five years at a time will
|. out seeing the light of a clearing big
J. ger than wind-row in the trees an
e | should like to know where you'll fin
e man, in his sixty-eighth year, VIII
W can get an easier living, for all yor
lie betterments, and your deer-laws anC
Y as for honesty, OF doing what's rigl
1t between man and man, I'll not tur
IS my back to the longest winded deaco
r on your patent"
g "Thou art an exception, Leathe
stocking" returned the Judge, noC
4 ding good-naturedly at the hunter
Of "for thou hast temperance unusu
le in thy class, and hardihood exceed
:" ing thy years. But this youth is mac
re Of materials too precious to be waste
b, in the forest. | entreat thee to jo
ID my family, if it be but till thy arm
lie healed. My daughter here, who
st mistress Of my dwelling, will tell thu