Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-20

Augusta Casbrook Davenport, Janu-
AIRY, 1873" Gu>se wrote The words slow
ly, in her very best and roundest hand, on
tue fly leaf of her new diary, her mouth
following every stroke of the pen, with
IN up twist for the Is and IS, and down
twist for the tails of the gs and ps.
There" she said, with Il long sigh of
relief when the page had been carefully
dried. THAT looks beautiful; almost, no,
not quite, rs well us Miss March's writ
ing stopping to look ut the prim letters
critically, with her head on one side "but
its like hers, any yhow.' Cheerfully, "And
now ought TO begin writing in it right
away, or | shall forget what happened.' "
Every day in the week was carefully
marked and dated in the new journal,
with such II number Of lines reserved for
each day. Gu,sie wondered how she
could ever fill them all. But there is
nothing like making beginning and this
is how she began:
lueSdaq January lst.-This is the first
day OF the new year, and its vacation.
New Years day is i day to make good
resolutions on. | am going TO resolve
not to get out Of patience with those boys
so often. Mamma thinks this is good
resolution to make. 1t was very cold to-
day. Papa took Us all to ride after church,
and Stald up in the parlor till ten o o'clock.
WedHeSiay, january 2d.-lt was very
cold to-day, but the sun shone. | went
out TO slide with the boys in the morning,
and Jamie pushed me down; he is IL mean,
rough boy. Went out to walk with mann
ma and Miss March this afternoon.
Thursday, january 3d.-ll rained and
the wind blew to-day, and the boys had to
stay in the house. We made mollsses
candy to-day, and Dick took bites out of
the candy when we we were pnlling it,
and | locked him up in the pantry. and he
got out of the window and chased me up
stairs to rub my face with Il wet towel. |
wonder if every girls brothers are horrid,
like mine. Then we went to bel
Frlddy, January 4h.-lt iained and the
wind blew all day, The boys had to stay
in the house. They played circus and
Indians in the schooIroom. They made
an awful noise. The boys wanted me to
come and be " Minnehaha," but wanted
to saty with Miss March and learn to cro-
chet. shall be real glad when vacation
is over and the boys have to study, they
make so much noise. Then we went to
bed.
Saturday, January 5M.-It was pleas
ant to-day, and the sun shone. The boys
played " Duck on n rock and | played
with them, till Harold said tried TO walk
like Miss March, but | cOuldn because
my dress was too short; and then | was
mad, and went in, though Jamie tried to
coax me to come back. Boys are awful
teazes, anyhow In the evening we bad
"magical music" and darling Miss March
played, and then we went to bel.
sunday, January 6h.-We all went to
church. wore my lovely new striped
brown stockings, and Bob called me :,
giraffe right coming out Of church.
wouldn't sit with the boys this afternoon,
and papa read in Golden Deeds" to them.
| missed it, and almost cried We went
to church in the afternoon, and in the
evening papa talked about our being gen
tie, polite, and unselish to one another; OF
course he meant the boys. Then we went
to bed.
Monday, January 7h.-lt rains hard to-
day, and the wind blows
Gussie stopped tn stretch her cramped
hand and wiggle her fingers. Mamma
came into the room just then.
Writing up your diary, little girl
That's nice. I'm sorry papa forgot all
about it till Saturday, and you have had