Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-26

ITS 80 convenient, fathcr-there's only
the road between it and your farm thought
il would make such II nice home for her, and
so / intend her TO have it, but in a different
name As soon as the deed can be legally
made out for Susan Powell, she shall be the
owner-but not before"
"Oh, William !" she murmured
yes" William continued with the cheer
| fullest possible air l mean exactly what
say. l think you three have stood in the
way of Susan's happiness long enough And
you can't deny that Evan has acted like
man ask you, therefore, TO show il by re-
ceiving him as man. He is waiting at the
door. William turned towards his father,
and looked him steadily in the face. The old
man made two or three visible efforts TO
speak, and when he succeeded his voice
sounded strange and husky. lie only said
Bring him in"
But jeremiah, without waiting for the
words, was already at the outer door. "Come
in, Evan :" he said giving him a strong grip
of the hand ~ am glad to see you here"
Evan Powell entered the parlor q single
glance was exchanged between him and Will
liam Lane, and he understood the situation.
He walked straight TO the old mans chair and
offered his hand, which was taken. Susan,
acting wholly from the impulse Of the mo-
ment, yet doing exactly the thing she should
have done, took her fathers other hand.
The old man held them both, looked up at
their faces, and said, with a singular, quiyer-
ing SMILE "You d0 seem tolerably well suit
cd to each other" 1t was too much for Su-
san she kissed her father, then threw her
arms around Evans neck, laid her head upon
his shoulder and wept to her hearts content
In another minute, tears were running
down the old mans cheeks. jeremiah and
William walked TO separate windows and
ga2ed steadily through the panes while
Lydia Maria, with a corner of her apron
pressed to her eyes, extended a hand to Evan
aud said, II reckon it's one of the things that
hdce to be-"
William came back to the group with q
flashing face. He had caught the tact in
which others were lacking, aud easily remov-
ed the embarrassment which still clothed them
as with II garment, by telling them where
and how he had found the horse and COW,
and how cunningly he and Evan had intro
duced them into their several stables the
night before. The arm chair required Susan's
aid but in all other matters connected with
the gifts of the day, including the purchase
John Perkins's farm, she was entirely inno-
cent Evan Powell contributed his share Of
talk and joke, and it was amazing how swift
ly the old unfrendly feeling wore away
All at once, Lydia Maria sprang up with
suppressed scream.
"Oh, Lord :" she. cried-Rnd it was the
first, last and only time in her life when she
was known to be guilty Of such reprehensi.
BILE eNclamation-"Oh, Lord my turkey, my
turkey :"
Well, it must be confessed that the turkey
was too brown on one side and too pale on the
other; that it was dryer than it should have
been, and showed various other slight defects
which sent anguish into Lydia Maria's soul;
but to the six persons who partook of it that
day, at dinner, it was simply a mixture of
white and dark ambrosa of the gods. No
Christmas turkey, on the table of country
house, ever did taste, ever will, or ever can
taste, better than that one