Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-13

{ the weight; but the peculiar odor that the
sun drew from the leather was blown up
his nose, and down his threat, and into his
ears, by strong south wind that blew,
and before Que had time to think whether
he had better or better not, he was lying
fast asleep by the side of the road on the
grass.
The Point road was lonesome, and it
must have been quite an hour before any
one came that way. Then man and two
horses. and cart loaded high with laths,
were seen coming over the hill; that is,
they would have been seen, if Que hadn't
been asleep just then.
Halo! what's all this?" said the
driver when he got opposite the bag and
Que.
"All this neither stirred nor spoke,
Whoa whoa, therew called the driv-
er to his horses.
Now, if Que had been taking only n
light, after-dnner nap, he would have
been wide awake us soon rs the cart stop
ded; for the kill was long one, and the
rumhling had been us long, and merely
from lack of that lullaby, well-condition-
ed BOY should have Weakened at once.
But Quo didn't.
81 declare" said the driver, " if it amt
that bran new mail boy" Thereupon he
went up and looked at him.
Bless the chick, if he amt asleep"
continued the driver. talking 10 himself.
This driver had habit of talking to bim-
self, " hen he was always sure of having
somebody worth talking to-"
Now, won't those Pointers growl for
their mail, when it's II couple of hours
late? The first day, too! Que'll catch it. "
Then he gave Que little roll, SO that he
rolled from the bag over into the grass.
" Guess I'll take his bag along for him,
and save him the scOlding.'
The driver threw the bag on the top of
the load of laths, and let the bag-boy
sleep it out,
When Que had slept half an hour long.
en- he started up. crying, I've been
asleep, and my bags been and gomez
But he was bright boy, and all the
brighter perhaps for having just been
asleep; so he looked round, which is Il very
good thing to do when you get into trou-
bic and the very thing that half the peo-
pie in the world never think to do.
There are tracks in the grass; and
there is Il cart track in the dust, and it had
two horses, and these foot tracks went
back TO it, Why the lath man must have
taken it,"
Que started towards the Point rs fast rs
he could go, and consequently, when ht
got there, which was just fifty minutes af
ter the bag got there, he had no breatl
left to ask any questions about it. Still hi
painted on to the post office.
Who are you?" asked the postmaster
"Im-a-bag," gasped Que.
bag of wind" said the postmastc
emphatically.
A-mail--bag.' said Que.
" IIumph So you are the new mail DO.
Are you9 Send your bag down by eX
press, and came Yourself by accommoda
ton didn't you?'
1.-The lath mans got it; where is he?'
Que had recovered his breath little b,
this time.
81 don't know anything about the lat
man." growled the postmaster.
But when Que began to cry, which h
ana at once the postmaster co''ldnI stan
that, so lie dragged the bag from corne
and threw it on Que's back.
There, take your bag and 90 home
IN don't lie two hours late the first da
next Ilme' lie dldn I stopto lhlhK 'h'
There cannot be two first days to the sam
lnlhS' que dldn stop 10 lhink Oh Il
ellhcr' but started homeward rs last us III
noW'lt IS wonia let NM ..
CUES nine brothers treated nm VIII
great respect, when he got home. In
family had been to tea, but each one la
saved some part OF ms supper Tor QUE Sc
though he had an lhdlgesiio!e mixture
there was plenty OF lt,-whlle It lasted.
" Did you have good tlme' Que?
was itluh' go.
" D!I you get anything ior IT.
Dld You get tlred?
Gong to keep 1t up?.
st Gan 60 next TIME?
" Did YOU like lt?'
" DId you see any boys
,,AhyDody give you llt?
10" all 'oSe'heT 'he questions qua come
for seVeral weeks AMER ,h"I everything
went on suiootnly enough 0ue lii'a
pretty good l'me ana louhd II some iun'
IL Is Il way Ille woIlu Il's' 10 let you III
once ana men run on slilooth Sroun
sometime before II puts ano'her snaS
your way ana II maze no exception
que S laVot' ono uly' III Ine lirst
- August wind spranS up 1t wasn't
very Mncommoniy mSh wind, .,o.
" "hat dickens OF "lnd' fala VG'
"heH ne st@o1' OF urea 10 S'aru' on III
= Top OF inc NH WIN i, MS Dag -,
i " 10 declare, saio me- - shonluh
! wonder Il OIL II 'ne wihu pew me away
'9ue was " truthful 10y, OUT ne ulu "ol
ucr very niue, Whth he found TWO second
afterwards 19aI inc Wiuo was blown
+ llh away, Du' nc ulun wohuer aC III
wlleh ne l'y' lnlhute IaleF against
E huge nPpiellee; part'y because Peopl
SeheralIy SeV hlouSu wondering wle
!hty get Ut t"e Gnu Oh ahylnlnS' ooC mos
8 y because because lile dow stunned que Sc TIA
! he Uiuh Nho" ahythihS lof IN nouf'
= =. ne men he gradually came 10 hlmSeH' Il
ol4 IN l hhow where i. ne was. ,,
lie looked about TO see whether he wa
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