Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-12-17

beery ielio6," Was his angry verdict
The fellow talked long and earnestly |
then took Letty's hand, aud pressed II |
feryently, Burke turned his hack on them,
aud struck across the hills, The girls
mother should hear Of this at once, he
said TO himself. decidedly, Then he slack
ened his pace, What was II % himf-
Why should 10 ven himself about this
girii Or NEEDLE ia her love AFFAIR." lie
went slowly back 10 the hills, Hut the
blood rushed with strlnge beat through
his veins,
In an hour, Letty was hack, aud NJ
work, with redoubled yigor, TO make UP
for lost time, Her mother scanned her
innocent, meek face, with GREATNESS
terror,
Surely there wai no guilt there She
would not doubt herr she would not ask
u question,
~ have dressed the table with iiowers''
the mother said, "and made u eake-areal
brides cake, l hope william won't be
angry, hut this IL 40 different fran we'd
dings IN Virginia, Oh, Lefty, ifyou and
1 could only 20 10 the old house, aud sleep
fur one night IN tho room which was
mine when l was child' l think Just
that little thing would give IN years OF
llfc,"
"There they eonel" cried Lefty, ~ the
big Crawford carriage was seen dashlng
M tho road, Sho grew yer, pale, ana
shrank back. Tho gih had always been
AFRAID OF her brother Williams aud his
wife, she suspected, would be as hard n
ruler, aud more vulgar one
hut Mrs, fancy led her TO the porch
.You must welcome them, Lefty" sic
said,
The bride watched them, from the car
rIago window, with keen, Jealous eyes
/ Her father had given her hint, aS to her
future course.
"Youye made a good match, sophy,
he saId. "BIll Taneys got as long q
nurse AZ any man In the county, ana the
mrm's comfortable. but the old woman
an her da'atcr'll DO u drawback. Theyl
try to ride oyer you rougli.shod, likely
Just take your stand at once Lot 'em
see you'Il be mistress In your own house.
"Trus. me for that, pappy," said MISS
/, sophy.
The whole Crawford family had accom-
panied her, to see how she would hoid
b. her ground,
When poor Mrs. fancy stepped FOR
:. ward, therefore, her thin hloe reddenng
" and her hands held out, the bride received
her welcome with n careless nod.
al hope you will be happy In your new
home, my dear" said the gentle lady.
"oh, no doubt, ma'am! l general!
hold NY own pretty well. Come ill., pap
y py. Come, Sue, ! want you to see m
house, before It Is dark. Here's the Nv
e y, Ing room. Bill must ut that up for
parlor-double.q quick, too. Dye heal
, Dir. fancy ?" laughing loudly "fo
" needn't trouble yourself, ma'am, to sho'
!. the way. Come along, all of YOU"
ia William stopped, and looked with sue
den pity on his mother, and then followe
" his wife, who went, talking loudly II
:. the stairs. ,u,.
1t Mrs. fancy and Lefty placed The ~!
per on the table. The bride came IN, VI
noisiest of the noisy party She wei
" hastily to the head of the table, saying
This Is my place, I believe
q. William gravely motoned his mother
" A seat among the strangers. His Wi
10 bore herself 10 though she had been mi
~ tress for years, and found fault free
r. when the humor seized her The brea
was dry as clalf, the ham was hitter VII
salt, she said.
- "That's your idea of cooking, moth'
W Taney, oh I'll give you hint or tw
10 tomorrow. We young people have pr'
W, crossed, you know"
nc "Not that mean to tako the WORK o
DC of their hands," she said to her siste
''' aside. "No, no! If we feed 'em, they''
ei rot to earn their bread"
Lefty overheard the whisper, and b
scared face grew shade paler.
every nice old silye, William" 50
or the bride, directly, weighing the spo'
ne on her finger, and then reading tue MAJ
W. Il" .Cleayeland,' eh? You must have u
ny altered, please, to our initials. cal
or use spoons with strange names on EN-
m william glanced uneasily at his moth
But the latter did not speak. "Very w
~. nv dear, it shall be as you please
said. o,., a
lie AS the days heightened into weeks Z
icy bride found her sway becoming more aps
ter lutte. 1t occurred to William, sometln
that she might share in the work. ID
aid like most farmers Of his class, he W
used to see his mother drudge, IN
morning until night, and vagely suppos
nat it was her natural condition OF life.
ply carried the keyes, and delt out
ad provision. Her rudy, animal oea'
mt, pleased him; it was pity, he thought
ap- mar it with hard work.
be, Meantime, Mr.. Burke had taken io'
vas ings with neighboring farmer. He k'
lad q close scrutiny on Lefty soley for
led. mothers sake, he told himself. She II
,m, the "beery fellow" twice, and took lo
,st, walks with him; she receiv ed letters fr
sh- him by mail, The geologist found t
hat this matter interested him more than
hey fossils, even.
One morning, Lefty came into the 70
~. ,rhare William stood Joking with his W