Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-12
Losing Them Both.

! always thought her name the most suit
able that could have been chosen for her,
though the only wonder is that old Farmer
Budd did not name his daughter Deborah,
or Rebecca, or Sarah Jane.
Rosanna had fortunately been her fathers
grsnduiUthers name, however, and So she
came as Rose Budd into the world; for Mr..
Budd had made the Anna a middle name
instead of part of the first. and dropped it.
When began to like Rosebud so much
that | seriously thought of proposing to her,
Hiram Roper liked her, too.
He was five years older than Ia plain
man of twenty-nine, with faint scars on his
face and bald spot on the top of his head
poor man, studying medicine late in life
because he had not been able to study in his
youth-only hoping for his diploma in
year, with the practice all in the future I;
and /, at twenty-four, had the Mosswood es-
tate for my own, and money enough to live
on comfortably. There could be no compar
ison drawn between us, fondly hoped, that
would not be favorable to me, and | coolly,
though politely, took my place before him,
and cut him on all occasions with Rosebud
/, young, rich and handsome, and as
supposed, elegantly dressed he, plain, poor,
and shabby, looking ten years older than he
really was-what chance had he against me
And so he slipped quietly into the back
ground, and made love to Rosebud, and
one day kissed her on the cheek, and told
her life would not be worth having if !
could not win her, and she said nothing, but
outblushed all the roses.
After that we walked boldly arm in arm
through the village, and friends teased me,
and the beaux dropped away, and one day
gave her ring to wear upon her left hand
forefnger
Two weeks from that day | went to Lon
don on business. INTENDED to stay week.
but was so successful that | remained
longer. Finally went into business in the
city, and began to know people. | visited
at the bouses of wealthy merchants. and met
their wives and daughters, and by degrees
began to understand that though my Rose
bud was yery fair and sweet, she was not a
bot.bouse flower. In other words. her dress
was not like the dress of fashionable belle {;
her manners were homespun. her education
poor She was very good. excessively good.
but not an elegant iady.
Then. too. she sent me notes in big buff
envelopes, and used little 81" for the per-
sona pronoun, which should have been hon
ored by the capital al"
Al Earmor Rrdd With b;s upcoutb coats
ana FARMER Duuu, Win MS uncouIn cod,S
and wonderful hats and long, struggling
beard and hair, was not the sort of father
in-law | should admire and there was
Miss Uanover
Perhaps that fact was the most powerful
one oil all In the working OF my dlsencnaht-
ment, Tor Miss Hanover was beautifui-all
millinery and upholstery; and fapa han
over was called Prince Hanover oy ms
friends, and had his dinner-table set for
forty every day, and wore fortune of dia-
monds on his bosom, and made friends
wherever he went by his lavish gifts-and
was the greatest stock gambler in London.
Papa Hanover had smiled on me, and
counseled me how to invest, and dined me
with his daily friends, and had said
",Violette, love, this is Mr.. Markham, one
of those country gentlemen we are trying to
make city men,"
And Violette had smiled radiantly upon
me. Since then, how many tete-d-tetes had
| not had with her-how many rides was
learning to dance with her-and had forgot.
ten to write to Rosebud for two weeks. Then
came an anxious little note on thin blue pa
per, beginning thus
Dear Henry-i take nv pen in hand much
trubbled in my mind regarding you, know you
would write if yon was not sick. oh, Henry, il
you are SICK 90 pygraphi ana iet la.ner Solie "
mil bsar from ,,9n am loo tronhIad in m,
| mind We are ali we'll and in hopes that you en-
| joy the same blessings remain
-, Yours truly, RosE BuDp
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