Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-09-25
WOODSTOCK w. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1878,

she opened her book, aud began +
read,
ut Ia very provoking" SAID her In
ward thoughts, "Ilow the girls woul'
laugh nj me ! | wish could recollec
how much there was In tho purse an,
she entered into a mental calculation
which left her widely astray from th
real sum, Figures were not Aup
Sues strong point
Ton -twelve-illtcen dollars !
must be, she thought I'm glad it's NJ
more but to he sure a good man.
nice things can be got for that Sh
began 10 think them over until wba
vita subscriptions TO magazines do
nations 10 one thing aud anotl or, ano
the purchase Of carbon photographs
chromos, wood'cavings, aud what no
the fifteen dollars had hcen made {,
do tho work Of fifty, and had grown
corrcspondingly important in it
owners eyes, Exeter reached the con
ductor returned.
NO message, ma'am, | leave the
road here, but I've tclcgraphed 10 hay'
the purse sen, on IT II Is found ant
il you'll give me your address, III set
that it reaches you safely
So the address was written and pret
ly soon tho conductor appeared once
more.
IIere is a paper ma am for you to
show the other conductors, | guess
it viii take you along as far AS Spring
field, hut after that | have no influence
aud you'll have to manage for your
self You understand.
Yes thank youa The usand times,
murmured Aunt Sue, expressively ;
and she said to herself. "If that mans
hair had been dark, he never would
have excrted himself in that way. It's
a perfect confirmation of my theory,
aud shall write to Dora the moment
| get home.
Now Aunt Sues theory was that
ligh ht.haired men are always attracted
and drawn out by dark.haired women
and yicc cersu She had clung to it
under many discouragements, and on
the present occasion found Il certain
satisfaction IN the opportunity afford
ed of testing its correctness. 'Not that
1t needs proof she thought. Haven't
| tried il hundreds of times.
That paper was sort Of circular
addressed to whom it might concern
or rather to the conductors of the y
Nj aud Q Railroad, and setting forth
that Miss Susan P, of Bunbrook,
having been so unfortunate as to loose
her purse and tickets, those officials
would please help he' along as they
could, and ob1ige G W Lansing. I'd
Division. 1t was a little like free
pass, a little like begging letter
aud with some trepidation Aunt Sue
to fire it off at conductor No.
3 who now entered.
Black hair : she inly gasped 'Oh
dear =
This is all l have to offer by the
way ofa ticket, in dulcet tone, feel
NC, as she atterward confessed, like
, hand.organ man or a blind mendi-
cate passing round the hat.
Black hair proved propitious. Ills
eyebrows elevated themselves Il very
title, to be sure but that might have
lrisen from sympathy; and his ques-
ions were poliet and to the point.
Aunt Sue grew more comfortable, and
,egan to be intensely grateful to G w
4ansing I'd. Division. THE dear good
nan, she thought, 'ifhe does find my
,urse declare | must send him some
hing. Such Kindness ought to be
ncouraged. | owe it to other women
0 do so. Let me see. 1t shlll be
book, think something practical,
nd at the same time entertaining.
he composed the note that should 60
nth it, and passed in review before
er mind all the books she had ever
card of, from the Koran to Froude's
History of England. 4 wish knew a
tile more about conductors and their
.stes,' she mused, so as to be able to
IL what he would like best. ,
No was also a dark haired man, and
ruff in manner, which was disagree
Die in itself affordlng a triumph to the |
leory. But No 5 Il decided blonde, 1
as so much gruffer, that the theory t
lffered violent collapse. And when /
o 6 entered, brown haired, brown c
,arded, and SO dovotedly polite. /
unit Sue became so confused among c
e colorings that she abandoned the v
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