Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-03

business.
Home it was only dingy boarding
house, ruled over by dwarfed and wizene6
landlady in purple worsted shawl. But
May dwelt in there-sweet Nav, with hel
girlish grace and ready laugh, and hel
braids twisted around high comb on the
top of her little head.
She met him in the hall.
"I'm so glad to get home ~ he said.
Her face flushed little, and her eyes
grew more full of light. 1t was so easy to
see why he was glad.
al only came myself moment SINCE
she returned, and stopped, embarrassed al
having answered his meaning rather than
his words.
But the young men are less observing OF
these little inner shades than young girls
for they are not required to guard the ex.
preston of their feelings, and Harry Bender
was too happy to notice, or, If he did, ii
sounded quite right.
They were drifting toward that hour when
some word or look would prove the Open,
sesame" to their untried hearts, and then
there would be silence full of speech, into
which kiss would come of its own accord,
to be remembered ever after as the awaken
ing from vague, sweet dream into the
sweetest reality on earth.
So the two were little shy with each
other now, and in their game of backgam-
mon, il their hand touched by mistake, they
would feel how very awkward they were,
and pretend to ignore their awkwardness,
and remember it with dreamy smiles upon
their pillows that night.
1t all happened Just so and there were a
few bappv weeks of extra work and much
nlannipg of davs in store One morning
with li9ht hearts and the unspoken convie.
tion thai not even a moral eartbonake conld
nnsettle their well.secnred bann;ness Harry
Render and sweet Nav Linton. accomnanied
hv MAYS Aunt Dodo went IN churcb and
were married with the same ceremonv which
tbe strange minister nsed for the nniting of
connlas whom Cod or Nammon had ;oined
together.
There was nrecious little Mammon in this
ease. Nobody took anv bridal tour They
meyer thongbt of the little exnedient nrac.
ticed Inv the steady voung business man
who sae;ng that bis lrida had sat her hear,
ON conforming to the custom, sent her off
alone for two Or tbraa days wh;Ia be yyorkad
in the Office as usual
Even had tbev tboupbt of this inpenious
con,nromisa tbey would onlv have langbad a,
II There ,yas nlantv of Iangh;no in the
pretty room. all hung with the nice spatter
work, and chromos, and photographs, which
May had practlced upon IN learning hel
little art.
How blonde the babies were which she
na;,tad ,,ha+ 80 ,,,oJdar H., ~ haJ
Pa'n'ou "n"V ioSe-ih"uuei ups 'ney "au
ana sea-shell cheeks, aud ultralnarlne eyes
f" am always happy" exclaimed May
/" when have a baby to paint"
And tben tbev 10th laugbad ika twc
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nappy young luio's as ehey WERE ior no"
tne year nad crept away from them, ana May
did not expect to paint babies much longer
The wizened landI.dv had hurt their feel
;ngs hv ra;s;no tba rant Of tbe room rros.
s', ~ '"''''s '"e 'e'' VI ''' ''''' P'''
PectNeiy'
I" A family is a great disadvantage" she
had said.
But Harry and May thought family
was Just the incest thing IN the world, aud
after their wrath had died down, tried 10
pity the landlady for not seeing the matter
from thar stand-noint
a. T.. IL s,;i. - T.
AZ iast Vhe iaihii, WAS ooIn' IL was
very small one, and Harry addressed 1t as
cOuieur de rose
Three or four months LATER thev moved
Co.. Nj, laola.aI 49,, I'LL no, T, 4, ,,,hor1
t"' .i"s ".0iaieu o"c """iu "o' h'o mhe'e
darling Daoy Is considered nuisance.
Harry wrote to Aunt Dodo about this
time. and Nav put in a postscript.
THE LETTER.
Dear Old 4,,qel Nothing particular is happep.
ing except perfect bappiness We are living In i
nasty little niypv room. twelve Inv twelve whicI
MAY keens AZ nice. or nicer than can be exnected
and I'VE don't often cordescend IN nav attention :,
the outside barbarians NAV is the prettiest nic
ture nj this moment She has got Miss Render in
the bath-tub, and baby is spldttinq the water all
over everything. while NAV has gone off into d
when May laughs she gets as weak as ash,
says, Say as a 'BorrowgOye. ~ Her laughing sC
much sensby depreciates her market value as
wife and mother, OF course My salary is rii
twenty dollars month, and am saving TO buy
well, never mind what; you shall come to see u'
when II il bought. Your not infecitous
HARRY BENDER
May will add T. 5,
N.v.sps
DedreS dulHy III you were only win us
though to be sure don know where we conlo
put you, unless you could go TO sleep under my
painting table, now transformed INTO an ironing
table, or curl up in the baby bath-tnb. The idea
oil iial pretending 10 keep the great secret q
mystery 10 you! mat was only MS sweet way o.
leaving me the pleasure OF telling it. You know
ferth, where the woods went that summer
Welli there Is niue mouse OF iour rooms, moi
Branch railroad, which goes near the little old
village. The little house is not very pretty now
% Gnt 1t can aTn De made 50, and, on, Joy 1t Is arr
conrie GOOD eSonSh fop Hail. ,S' wi9sm Anu anntY
think Of it! am nearly wild; home, a iittl,
house to be the mistress of, and for Hal to com,
TO Well, we have saved one hundred and seventy
dar' nnr onA nseS M sIee Se nundieu ana 1
vance to Hal There is a brave cid oak, and
plenty of greenery all around us, and the great
wide bay in sight, where Hal says the biggest
| Ships 'nat Sail the .s..ovar
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neighborhood for my precious lamb of love
lam so well and life is SO sweet | often hay,
little weepss all to myself for sheer happiness
napp'hhess he " is GOO lor people Aun. uoao, away