Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-04-17
A Night with n Bear.
a TALE or THR BORDER.

Night with Bear.
rALE or ruR BORDER.
"Tell you what, Roxie wish father and
Jake had some of those hot nutcakes for
their dinner; they didn't carry much of
anything, and these are proper NICE
Mrs. Beamish set her left hand upon her
hip, leaned against the corner of the dresser,
and meditatively selected another nut-cake,
doughnut or cruller, as you may call them,
from the great brown pan piled up with
these dainties, and Roxie, who was curled
up in little heap on the corner of the
SETTLE knitting blue wooden stocking,
! looked brightly up and said
Let me go aud carry them some, Ma.
| It's just as warm and nice as can be out-of-
doors, real springy, and ! know the way to
the wood lot. I'd Just love to CO."
"Let's see-ten o'clock said Mrs. Beam.
ish, putting the last bit of cake into her
mouth, and wiping her fingers upon her
apron "Its a matter of four miles there
by the bridge, Jake says, though if you
cross the ford it takes off mile or more
You'd better go round by the bridge
anyway"
"Oh no. Ma; that isn't worth while, for
Pa said only last night that the ice was
strong enough yet to sled over all the wood
he'd been cutting" said Roxie, earnestly
for the additional mile rather terrified her.
Did he ? Well, if that's so it is all
right" replied her mother, in tone of re
lief, and then she filled tin pail with nut
cakes, laid a clean brown napkin over them
and then shut in the cover and set it on the
dresser, saying
and von'u reach ca4n before thew eat thei,
noon lunch Now GET on vour leogins an,
thick shoes and vonr coat and can AMI NIT
tens. and eat some cakes before Won start :,
as NOT to take theirs when Won Get there,
al wouldn't do that, neither NOT if
never had any" replied Roxie. n little re
sentfully. and then She pulled her squirrel
skin car well over her ears. tied her nrett,
scarlet tippet around her neck. and held M
her face for a rood-bve kiss. The motbe
gave it with unusual feryor. and said. kindly
"Good-bye TO Won. little Girl Take 200,
care of vourself. and come safe home +,
mother"
"Yes Ma. Rut may wait and com
with them. mavn't ~ THEY'LL LET me rid
ON old Rob Won know"
"Wbv. YES. Won might ne well. I supnose
| thouph mi he lonesome without Won all dav
baby7 But il wonld he better for Won t,
ride home. 90 stay"
II was lovely dav in the latter mart n
March. and although the ground was GOV
cred with snow. and the brooks and river
were still fast bound in ice. there was some
thing in the air that told of sprinp-some
thing that set the san in the maple tree
mounting through its million little chan
nels toward tbe binds already bepinping I,
reddeu for their bloomiup and sent In
blood in little Rockies veins dancing npwar,
too. until il blossoned in her checks an,
lips fairer than in anv maple.tree.
GLOW nleasant il is to he alive :" sal
the little girl aloud while squirrel runnin
nm the old oak.tree overhead stonned am
curlinp his bnshv tail a little hipber upo
his back, chartered the same idea in hi
own lanpuape. Roxie stonned to listen an
laugh aloud. at which sound the souirr,
frisked away Ia his hole and the little cir
SINGING merrilv went IN her wav crosse
e.river ON tbs ice and on the otbar nan
stopned and looked wistfullv down sid
patb LEADING into the densnT forest ava
from her direct road
81 really believe tbc cbeckerbarries mn.
have started IL il 81 snringv, She tbongbt
1--WE a mind 70 90 down and look in @ha
Jake calls .Bear.berry Pasture" thouch
told him tbev were moi bear berries II,
real checkerberries." So. saving TO berse
Roxie ran a few steps down The little natl
stopped stood still for minute. then siowl
turned back. saving:
Ono. I won't either. for mav.be vouldn
get to the camp with the nmt.cakes befo,
noon. and then they would have eaten a
their cheese. No, I'm 90 RIGHT on. and II,
stay there any time at ali. bnf come hack am
pet' the carbohydrates. besides mother sal
She'd he lonesome witbout me so I'd bett,
NOT stav. ANYWAY"
So Roxie aatierinp herself like many n
Older person with the fancy that She w,
qiving mn her selfish pleasure for that
another, while really she was carving o,
her own fancy, went singing on her wa,
and reached he camn inst as her faith,
struck his AK deem into the Loo where i
meant TO leave if far an hour and Lake, h,
, handsome elder brother, took off his "a,
pushed the curls back from his heated broy
and shook ont the bav and grain before al
Rob. whose whinnv lad alrsadv nrocIaima
dinner.time.
"Whv. if here isn't sis with fin KEITH
and + ii he bonnd some of mo'aun,s mn
cakes in il - exclaimed lake Who ha
rather nonrned at The said caLas rot ha;,,
ready before he left home and Then
caucht the little Girl nm in his arms Hiss,
her heartily and mt her on Roh's baci
whence She lid down saving cravelv
flake. Ma saws I'm Getting too Ola +,
rougb nlav. m he twelve next lime"
aAlI rigbt old Iadv: Tll Get y y"u ma
Of snens aS9d now am or tSo for a M
dav r,cS =" langbed Lake nncovar;ng N
tin It'll ptIe shiIe bis father said y
W. ,,o W." hann nnm an nId ,,o,oa, i
fore you're n yonng ONE vii wee III Il
Tn,no 81, do,s,, ~, no, and hara so,,a ii;
na inc w. 5,' ',nod ~ br;nn ne tbo mmt
and cot here n sucb GOOD e season sv T" "'' '"N
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