St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-04-26


she turned and looked full at Miss NAL
lows with a wild appeal in her face
which was startling, but she instantly
looked away, and presently laid her arm
on the windOw-sill and her head on her
arm, and began to cry in still, dread
full manner not sobbing aloud, but trem-
bling all over with a pent-up feeling
which was worse than outbreak. The
man tried in vain to soothe her; she re-
PEELED him gently. but decidedly, and
at last he gave up the attempt, and 81
lently sat beside her with grave, trou-
bled face.
81 shall die if 1 can't find out about
those people," thought the excited OBJ
server on the other side of the car. But
she didn't die, neither could she find out.
One cannot walk up to perfect strangers
and demand "Your story or your life !"
it is impossible. So Miss Mallows sat
still, her conjectures ahame, and her
fingers fairly twitching with impatience,
till at last the trssin-et oppAd at n little
way station, and the@little man, rising
shorter than when he sat, said, in gen
tie, deprecatory tone, "Now, Arethusa."
With that they vanished. Miss NAL
lows had one more glimpse of them, get
ting into a brand new carry-all, which
looked as though it might be part of
the wedding outfit, and then the train
bore her away. Her thoughts remained
behind, with the people in whom she
had taken so sudden and violent an in
terest.
II wonder, wonder, who they are,
and why on earth she married him P''
ran her reflections. $50 young and
pretty, and so evidently unhappy And
for all her prettiness, it wasn't an edu-
Gated face, OF even a lady's-he looked
far nicer than she. | feel exactly as
though l had dipped into the middle
chapter of an exciting novel, and then
somebody had taken away the book.
What wouldn't | give to read the begin
ming and end of it That Husband Of
Mine, indeed! Stupid wretch ~ And she
gave the volume vicious little knock.
''HOw is one to endure such twaddle,
when really interesting things like this
are happening in real life all the time
Let me see-where was it that those
people got out ?" consulting her ticket.
"Upham COrners-that is only ten,
eleven, thirteen miles from Patunxet.
Perhaps Margeret Lennox may know
something of them. I'll ask her."
Felicia am tired of calling her Miss
Mallows, which name, besides, seems to
belle her frank, impulsive nature-had
her desire gratified sooner than she had
dared to hope.
Mr.. LennOx was late to tea that night,
and explained the fact by saying, Il
went Tour miles out of my road to see
DaSiu s Dali3 i"piI t ne" s.onn ., .niHsne,, :.
anu' pen''u, "hen So' ;.I .nI,e IL , Was
iooNou up; an" 'o '"uy Ii'n wy ny
III III nis PooSeI. Anu "''"' up Sou 'iiinH, =,
MAJ SeteI nc a., .'a" gone u oe li'aii' 'eu'
NoU ie"ily
nea'ly 'iieu W pump o'u oailH as
10 'ne aye anu ail'e1euents vi Tue oIiue,
o't sue was ,aheh ueal a' once, ana nos
woru coulu ! extract has,er DavI9
hau 'o,n ne' 70 ""r S'o" ni9 e.lu
ooil ana d nam, anu snGu so' d soou nTe'
anu sue oolieu 'lie nam III. was an
anu sue WISH one 10 ash ques',ons
ABOUT thlnSs us didnt cohsaril ner'
men sue PiDcneu ner iips 1iShl, anu oe-
gan TO POKE lne nfe anu as IL struck
iie Ii5I .ias tne leniaih aoou' 'nlnss WniIl f
ulun IoIsn'n Peopie "'s meant W ov :,
po' pelseh"'' l gave ~ up anu oall1 ' away
oh uear What ureauiuI woman
40 you suppose mas poulceu upon tliat
poor littie DAVID An ola maid, OF
course, OF some harpy OF wldoW.
II can't say as 10 that' out imagine
she's go0d,ioonihg' ana that DaVlds Ill
love Win her'
Dear, what makes you think that !"
oh, because OF the pains ne mas
taken ABOUT the mouse. Lots OF new
IGr,it"re' M anu everything reuueu up
hes nought carry-all, sally SAID"
wv no Is Ihis person that you are talk
ing about !" asked Felicia.
A nelgnoGr OF ,a oarsmseven ss miles on
TO % oe sure, 81; r., ont tnat counts as nelghoor-
nIUu nIo,'ar ~ ~ G EoI;oia - en 80 q n.oo' .oe
ond thnronnhIr, rasnsot,ILo - w.,
wav. hnt nooI falIow So nnfortnnots
in his annearance-a dwarf almost Will
tbe head and sboulders of !. crown ner.
son and stnntad lags M b;goer tbor
a cl,ijd,s ;,
mOb ~ almost sbriakad Miss Mouows
.tbot nnust ha n,v I;tt1a NAN ;n 'o"S tha "r .
T come all tba yav from Naw H.
With him and b;S hr;Se ~ and Che njuno ~
cd intn dasnr;nt;on' ,rh;ob Iaft R'N MH,
GannnU os mnoI d~aitad an hnr fn;ond WI .
1T ,,nSt 500 - SI,a n,;nd ssWlu,
dr;ve nver in doy or twon VIC Il
Weathar was ~ @ nnnron;tions bovovor
and tba dav or t,ro nroved neay,1 >
tortpigbt Mrs Tennoy had d"nb1@ :,
errand. being provided with a baskrtfll
of Zonale geraniums to be exchanged fn,
cuttinos from old SaIIv,s famons cbrvS.
anthemums. bnt wha1 after Enool,;no
a Iong time at tho Saidon1nSad f,nn;
Joor IF tha f,ru, .housa +Tnu ID LII thni,
Va - " " ny S enei'