Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-20

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slight figure of Annie in the south window
bending over her sewing, with sad, far-away
look in the blue eyes, and mournful drooI
at the corners of the pretty mouth Some
thing wds the matter, Miss Antiss made uJ
her mind then and there Annie had mo-
heard one word of the brisk conversation
going on around her, that was plain enough
to be seen. What was the matter? thai
was the question Miss Ann went over anC
over in her mind, while her tongue kept timt
with her needle. She would keep her eye,
open and find out, for like a good many Other
rise women, Miss Antiss never asked ques
tions when she really wished to get at the
bottom of anything. So now she threaded
her needle, settled her spectacles again, and
went on; for, as she said to herself Talkin
kinder covers up so, people don't think you're
watchin' on 'em, and so is kinder throwed of
their guard If you keep a-talkin'."
Frightened No, not very. 'Twan't the
last one see, bya jugful, or of other animiles
either. One night the old COW came bellerine
home, tail straight up in the air, and some
thing dark-colored and yellow right between
her shoulders; the creature jumped off the
COW street up tree close by the barn, and
from one branch to another way off in the
woods agin; it was a catamount, and the
poor COW had to be killed. it had tore such a
hole in her shoulder"
How perfectly dreadful Just suppose
there should be any catamounts around
here ~ and Lizzie glanced with shuddeI
toward the grove of sugar-maples by the
river.
"Do tell more about it. Wasn't that a
very wild place ?"
"Wild ?" guess it was Why, when |
was little, if any of the men-folks didn't
come in at dark, big fires would be lit, and
all the tin pans aud tin horns would be
banged and bowed all through the woods,
everybody carryin' torch, till they found
EN-, or what was left on 'em. We girls had
a scare one night. My Me aud Ruth and
Lizzie had been down to Uncle John Greene's.
1t was kinder late and dark, and we was
a-runnin'. The boys had killed bear that
day in the corn-feld, and so they went and
got it and sot it up nat'ral as life, right in
the path we was a-comin' by. We was
a-laughin' and gigglin' they could "a heard
us mile off so they hid to see the fun.
Pretty soon we come kerslap on ter the bear
and then such a screechin' as we sot up
Father he come out, and warn't he mad
Such lickin' as every boy he ketched got
was a caution.
"Our folks was Quakers Ny mother
father used ter winl at onr bav;,' cod
times. Many's the time me and Liz beth S
throwed our white dresses in bandbox out
the winder to our cousins, the Greene boys,
and elm out arter them, to run away to a
dance, footin' it four or perhaps six miles to it,.
tbem n;na uoojs ,,,,,,nn,t ~ I'.i;,', 80
ter-the wolves ~, each side of 9s ann,'S,
tba trnas F;rst o,o .onld ,,oi,, ,nd ha,,l
make vour hair stand nm straiabt XIX and then
a doz IN mora would linz in III ~ soa,,,ad os
af tbav ,yas oIosa 80 n,,n boai. H. ,,'a
would elm il a.goiu Tho hr;Jce oyer the
river we had tar cross Was last ,,ine ,,oIes
,,;tb ,ba harl- on ~ 80, - n ,. - 80.
tbom ,ras oa,t;o,, I;5',,ts 49, a. S,;ol.
s,ors ,nmoh oan t,lt 49, Sa,;i,,o'
,han tha ,aoon ,ras ~, , Ill 500 ~
wolves a.sLnIL;r' aIonc, tha trao1
I, ,,a had ta.oL ,i. - III, - :.
and ,va allns Ia,,' ato,i,;y; "s' Rm, ,, a ~,
r,as o,I,d 70 e,ot ~ -,
S"mt % ,,o,, ,,,''nt ho,,, hoo, .,,,h -
,;ld or;rii ama non, ,'"', Ill I, ;,j
W. ia rrn ,ar r,;IIas ;s I -. ,i,nua
,,as n,alf ar,,',,hara 40. ),
g Times l. cbamC,ad . siro, IT,, ao,,. so;d
Amt Ann ouardedlr at 49,, u"S'' s'S,,9o so'I !
was so dreadfnl u,iId for tbo,,, do,,s ~,
IN me- ia il fiva o,olool, ."
For Annie yas sattinq, ,ba .olLo s,,,oo.l,
ingout tbe White clotb ot a,'J oo,a
fu1iv ,yining ,ba rIa;n ,,,h;sa ,','t,;',1
IN Wild stTavyherries Su,aot inms h'ttass I',ts
Hght snowy hiscu;ts and s,naII ro,,,,d III
fashioned seed.cakes besides the more snh Y
stantial dishes for the mon ,ybiIe Anna
Maria. the help. brewed the tea and made
ready tbe table in tbe outar kitchen for the
birad mon hnt doing IL oil ,y;tb tba same
listlass air and far-euay Iool, Mis- Ant;ss
had watched all the afternoon
Rnth don't Annie look rather snindlin ~"
Miss Antiss said dnring one of Annie's fre.
ouent excnrsions from fhe room
Whv. do Won think so? Shes been
sewing hard. harder than I wanted her to
perhans Won see her so seldom Thai Won see
n change more'n do Do Won think She
looks sick ?"
No. only kinder holler.eved and nimniu
hrnng oyer some Of INV root 'heer. vdu,d
better see that She drinks il and don't set IN.
doors too steodv Nal,a bar ,,,,tar in tba
dower.beds or somatbin, Of that Lind " Mis-
Antiss FASTENED 10 saw for if Annie's tronhls
was a heartache her mothar's hustle and
,yorrv abont baaltb and las Of an,,etite
,yonid he moro ,har ,ha oo,,ld a., ,d,,rda. so
sha srol,a caraIessIy hnt bo;n, the f,miI,
and General oracle ~ tbe ne;n6horhoaS ha,
word. recoived tbe attent;nn ,har daSeryed d.
4" Ann;o favor ma ,,,oro ,ha,, ,ha rast IN
Won " she said ~ I ;gzia ,,ho feiI V, 20 wonder.
;nr ,,'hat nnss;,,Ia rasa,,Iia,,aa ,bora oomld
ha a,,r'',,i Ann;a,s r;r,,i;,,rr ,,,ass of bro,,u
hair v;olat eves and small aiegapt fignrs
and Ami Ann
:. Ur hai,' nla1 p, o,rI ,,bar ,,os ,,o,,,, &,
N;ss int;ss ,.o,t ~, :. uy rnother conIJS,,,
liza, - hmt fotta. thonaIt IL Nos ,ratt,,
=" ha ,,soJ a. 70 Iat mo vesr IL bangin do'Sr
lon,a,;,nas and III ami IL thsr ona ni',ht
No. n.as ,sIae,' rnotber tool the sbsar'
and inst sa,,sd Il ali off DiJn,t I fael hal
yhs1 I wote mi"
raa,, roaJ, !" said An,,io h.;,,-;no i,
,,, taa,o, ..anJ father,s oo,n;,c ;,
Wy r.',i',,' rord 80 ,taI,,ar9s ,,h,r.d
man ,rhasa I;ndr,' hro.,'' 'ag Ia,ad
,'' ,,''i ,',a,',,or ,,at,ao tIa' H., ",';at
h',e, I sa, ,,a,, vii AM A." 4NN'
Snnner r,ssed ~ in a mora o cerer,l oo,
,arsation In ,yb;ch MiSs Gntiss toai- ba,
.,.',, Iar and y. fors
''.,' IA ,,'la,,
tt ~, ~ ,ha ,' ','
au''I - ro ha,a apiat taIl, lei 49,,
GaI haa, Nj. HntiSs ohief "aaom ~" fo 1r"H ;I
;nrr .a,,an ,,ilas IL, tha hot s,,,, ,Lat la,, h,
shse made harself reaJv for Led in on .nnsr -"
.,r,, s;Iant mood nor did sha snaai It'll
and ,,n,'Jarf,,l ~ r., stp,;ad ,';,It
aa,' and fr;Ii Nv, har ni',,,t ,,o,, ooIIar TO-
radiobad 70 tha and 81 her shnrIdars sh,
narched herself on a chair nv the hed ,yher,