The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-01


down there yet, perhaps, in time to
interrupt his plans. Heaven forbid,
that we should be at the mercy Of such
q man y
His proposal was instantly accept
ed, the deer being placed in the skitl
in order to tighten the canoe, and i'll
less than five minutes the little vessel
of bark was gliding over the CLASSY
lake, and was soon hid by the points
of land, as it shot close along the
shore. ...
Mohegan followed slowly with the
skiff, while Natty called his hounds to
him, babe them keep close, and, Shout
dering his rife, he assembled the noun
tain, with an intention of going to the
hut by land.
While the chase was occurring on
the lake Miss Temple and her COM
panion pursued their walk with the
activity of youth.
The path they had taken led them
but a short distance above the hut of
Misunderstanding, and there was 4
point in the road which commanded a
birds-eye view of the sequestered spot.
81 would give all my other secrets,
Louisa" exclaimed Miss Temple,
laughing, and shaking back her dark
locks, with a look of childish simplici-
ty that her intelligent face seldom eX-
pressed, "to be mistress Of all that
those rude logs have heard and wit
messed"
They were both looking at the Sc
Guided hut, at the instant, and Miss
Grant raised her mild eyes, as she an
swered-
81 am sure they would tell nothing
to the disadvantage of Mr.. Edwards. Z"
"Perhaps not; but they might tell
who he is"
"Why, dear Miss Temple, we know
all that already" returned the other /;
81 have heard it all very nationally
explained by your cousin"
1.-The executive chief" interrupted
Elizabeth-'yes, yes, he can explain
any thing. But what did he say?"
He said, that the kings Of England
used to keep gentlemen as agents
among the different tribes of Indians,
and sometimes officers in the army,
who frequently passed half their lives
on the edge of the wilderness"
"Told with a wonderful historical
accuracy! And did he end there?"
"Oh! no-then he said that these
agents seldom married; and-and-
they must have been wicked men, Eliz-
abeth but then he said-that-that-"'
"Never mind," said Miss Temple,
blushing and smiling,-''skip all that.
"Well, then he said that they often
took great pride in the education Of
their children, whom they frequently
sent to England. and even to the col
leges; and this is the way that he ac-
counts for the liberal manner in which
Mr.. Edwards has been taught"
"And so he made Michigan the
grand uncle or grandfather Of Oliver
Edwards"
"YOu have heard him yourself,
then" said Louisa.
Gotten but not on this subject.
Mr.. Richard Jones, you know, dear,
has a theory for every thing; but has
he one which will explain the reason
why that hut is the only habitation
within fifty miles of us. whose door is
not open to every person that may
choose to lift its iatch?'
~ have never heard him say any
thing on this subject" returned the
clergyman's daughter; "but suppose
that, as they are poor, they very nat
urally are anxious to keep the little
that they honestly own"
BY this time they had gained the
summit of the mountain, where they
left the highway, and pursued their
course, under the shade of the stately
trees that crowned the eminence. The
day was becoming warm, and the girls
were plunging more deeply into the
forest, when Elizabeth suddenly start
ed, and exclaimed
"Listen there are the cries of a
child on this mountain is there q
clearing near us? OF can some little
one have strayed from it's parents?"
"Such things frequently happen, >
returned Louisa. "Let us follow the
sounds; it may be wanderer starv-
ing on the hill"
Urged by this consideration, the fe-
males pursued the low, mournful sounds
that proceeded from the forest, with
quick and impatient steps. More than
once, the ardent Elizabeth was on the
point of announcing that she saw the
sufferer, when Louisa caught her by
the arm, and pointing behind them
cried
''Look at the dog"
Brave had been their companion,
from the time the voice of his Young
mistress lured him from his kennel, to
the present moment.
When aroused by this cry from Lou
lisa, Miss Temple turned and saw the
dog with his eyes keenly set on some
distant object, his head bent near the
ground, and his hair actually rising on
his body, either through fright or an
ger. 1t was most probably the latter,
for he was growing in a low key, and
occasionally showing his teeth, in a
manner that would have terrified his
mistress, had she not SO well known
his good qualities,