The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-30

one giip and swallow il without breath
ing, so as to avoid the smart of the raw
liquor. Still she stranglcd and splut
tered so that half the first draught wa,
wasted. and her eyes were filed will
water. After that he gave her smaller
drinks and she got on better.
"Don't you begin to feel it?r he ask,
ed. after she had in this way iaker
nearly half pint.
Not at ALL" she replied, beginning
TO think that, after all, it was not going
TO be such dreadful thing.
"That shows the strength of the poi
son it has TO counteract," he said.
''Why, you talk like an educated
mani" she exclaimed. impulsivelv.
"Why shouldn't II" he replied. in
surprise, and then added. as il 10 him
self. with an amused smile. ooh. YES.
torgot-its the clothes"
She failed to see what the Joke was.
Beyond this there was no CONVERSE
ton between them. She simply drank
and gaspcd. and wiped her mouth ant
fearful eyes with an embroidered hand
kerchief, Of which the effective part
was center half an inch square, the
rest being lace border; while her ode
Ganymede was kept busy replenishina
the cup as fast as she finished il. Al
intervals of few minutes she took two
more drinks. She would still have
said that she felt 10 effects from the
liquor, but she was conscious of taking
q more generally sanguine view of the
situation than a few minutes before
iler palhlui lears ana apprehension'
llau disappeared: ihcre was evidently
i,g ,i,o,llng 80 lorn,iuapie ABOUT tramps, i
.ney were properly managed. Her timid,
ny ABOUT tils one had wholly gone, anc
si'e ielt luite incilned TO pnironize him.
l. STRUCK ner tia1 IT. would DC shrcwd
lueu 10 ciiiich .he 1cliows lidellty WITH
pecuniary motives; SO shc sad, with
''',e I "lr vi conuescclision
wan, you 10 ,liuerslal,d mat am
Ncr! ihhc' opigeu 10 you 1or your as
sis.alce, aiu lhtenu 10 reward you
nanasolneiy II you continue TO behave
Moil' Us ! iN'Ne no uo"p1 you VIII 90;
h''Vc not,iing WIN me 10 give you Dul
ny Walcl, Wnlcii Is NOT worm much
nul OH rcturnih@ 10 the hotel VIII sec
thal you nave Il hundred dollars in
greehpacks.
Ihe chcc, vi liiis very neat httlc
speech Was, however, rather disappoint'
ing. me tramp at iirst looked aston
isneu' anu lileh the perception oil some
,nlng extremely iunny appeared to
Dreak on nm. Tie grinned from ear to
ear ana ms eyes twihkied as he replied
on are certainly very Kind young
iauy D'l l ihlhk you put your valna-
lioh 100 low; am ho' much OF Judge
oi such articies, Dut should say You
wouiu oc very cheap III hhhurcd DOL
lars' even III these llard times. Coultin't
you put IL higher--say, two hundred
or 'iiree ,i,,iureu uoilars, now Ihai
would sun he cheap; and maybe YOU
would throw IN the watch.
was he chlicEiing over her approach
my s'a'e OF he'plcsshcss! she turned
paic, ana hcr eyes, moment before so
conildch,' were unsteady with fear,
Mhat had nc SAID! Had he insultcd
hcr; lad ne threatened her! She
could not exactly remember his words
there wa, peglhiiihg 10 ne such con-
iuseu lceiinS III hcr hcad. Btt he was
laughlng at hcr. In some way. she
thought, he meant her harm.
"A sudden recollection flashed across
her mlha. a gentleman had once Civ
en- hcr Ill Joke little pcarl-handlcd
pistol, and her mother
liau INSISTED on her carrying 1t when
she went walking III the country. II
was aiways IN me pocket OF this dress,
although siie uiu nor generally think OF
IL once week. ohc put her hand IN
hcr POCKET ana drew IT. Cooking ii
was an idea quite beyond her, but she
neio IL III 'front.' oil hcr, ana looked stead
iiy Ut inc tramp, or rather trled TO, 1oi
somehow ShG couih nor see MN quite
ulsiihctiy. IL seemed as II she had to
o'd '.hn, "'i h n'e, .oa ~ ,;, "''ic.''c :
~ ,a, % "on '' =, ioad s"',e r'o ao ,Mu ''iS a'
Il, y wa" '' ''''' III" ''''o "'c'N'
Sho ,oroo, :, u,o ;,ono.; h.,
dorn,on, ,s - i - ,; 'm '',I,u"',nS ny. w" "
;mnnromt nc ,ho ';n', h;,,n, ;,,"' nv Mas ~ -,
Sho oomia moi hoor 5;',;,'a,, 9 q" ,o,Sc,'
sa;d % IN ,.on,' wv u Iior s'r'o.,n hnai, Mm.' III
ha ali oanppt' M n'a," aplra,e,t -
Inc IN a., "o"', ","SSamS "',S,'or anu urii'
coz, lin; ,I'ro,,n,' ,,;et ,, mom 'nL.
,',oda a'1, tho 'v ,,,nSa. aonn, .'pusn m sn'
oroa tixad am h;s coao T., " n'.p ns' u''
oad nonnor il, r,;o,, ha 49, oa Si,u y, 'h' h'
hohh;n" about m ,r';n ~ eeeu Io1 ~ ~. y.
ooyo iJoJ onothou ] ~ uouSo no.
Tbcrc sooned 70 ho t,ro i" nf ,hom I'm & &"p
;na, oro',,,d Suou on5 ~ ~ wv VI c,oli ".lc
,hs % r,c rocts and ",', trnos aN "p ,oucs, an,
fv;ng around tnr IN smnh . on "o,. anv. =,
arv nannor5 Sha bon o" u; a., uA,a"oa" no VII ~
ho;,a oamah, omd 'i;, i;soa q yin SI's' ,,;1 "
sone,h;n" soft " ns ca;mu,, 'Iu ;a.; niu ,'iu vi
n,m,ter;ns sui .'p,nonsh u, .aii o ,usis."H @ un,
pT,h"S, p,oo.h y a"d ueHsh IL mi''i'i: e lonc
,,owaro n %n"! n,! ,no;c ",u ;,'cl oi ncilig oVer H
ro,nSn "m ~ % u,ow si''ess .lla' ,,lnuc .ll'
;rros;a,;I,Io c.,Iio i'''''' " '"A'''' '''"l ""'
"io'',''"'''
ierIaps 1t was three hours latel
whcn, waking out OF dream that sli'
was at boarding school on one of thos'
horrid mattresses, she opened her eyei
and rubbed them. There was nothing
but blue sky overhead: Aiter an in
stant or iw" Of wonder if she might no
be an angel waking nom a nap on :
cloud, she turned on her elbow and saw
big, rougil-lookiDg man. who never
thcicss produced strange effect of tn
mlliarity on her mind, sitting ten Ol