The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-10-06
Their Two Summerings.

Rose Ellis, with eyes as blue as the
June sky that was smiling down on the
fair earth that lovely morning. and hair
as palely gold as the first rays OF early
sunshine, and face as pink and fair as
ever maiden's face was. And Vera, her
elder sister, tall, with beautiful, serious,
gray eyes under jetty brows, with lus-
trous jet-black hair, all waves and rip
Piles from her broad, low forehead to
the Grecian coil low at the back of her
classic head-the two of them, sisters,
standing under the big chestnut tree at
the lane gate, reading letter, that one
of the farm hands had just brought
from the village postoffice, along with a
bundle of weekly papers a letter whose
envelope was heavily monogramed and
crested, that was written on faintly-per-
fumed, cream-white paper, in a square,
beautiful hand, and signed Cornelia
Caryl, and dated Newport, a day before.
Roses blue eyes danced as she read it,
and she clasped Eher hands in a little
ecstatic way she was in the habit of doing
when she was pleased.
"Vera, it is just too splendid for any
thing! Aunt Cornelia is just too good
isn't sheP OF course it will be you
it should be you! When shall you go P
Only think-a month at Newport"
Vera folded the letter slowly up again,
a smile coming to her royalty beautiful
mouth.
81 am not sure it is l who will ac-
cept auntie's kind invitation. You
haven't been away from the farm for
three years, Rose-not since we all
spent the delicious week in the Catskills. 4.
am very sure it is you who will go TO
auntie's cottage at Newport, dear. 1
hope So"
Rose laughed gaily.
"What an idea, Vera! Indeed, l
shall not even think of such nonsense.
You're the beauty of the family; you
will go and create sensation, and come
home with photograph of my future
brother-in-iaw in your pocket-hand-
some, wealthy, elegant and-a German
count. or q French duke, or an English
lord, just as like as not. Maybe Rus
sian prince! OF course you'll go, my
Princess Vera!"
Vera laughed-she could not help it
at the comical little way in which Rose
salaamed to her-veritably princess by
royal right of loveliness, and grace, and
womanliness.
"Honor bright, Rose, wouldn't you
like 10 gop'
The serious gray eyes looked in the
sunny blue eyes, and then tiny flush
began to warm to deeper lusciousness
on the wild-rose cheeks.
That's not fair, Vera. That's what
I should emphatically call a leading
question. Do you want to 60, tooP"
"And under what head do you place
your inquiry, I should like to know"
Rose tossed her pretty head imperi
ously, with light laugh.
won't be catechised, but Aunt Cor
lielia's letter must be answered, all the
same, by return mail, according to re
quest. We will decide whether you are
to go or not-this way"
She stopped and picked up shining
little pebble from the edge of the flower.
bed, and went through some mysterious
motions with her hands behind her,
then held out two tightly CLOSED, dim.
pied fists.
"Take your choice, Vera If you gel
the stone, you go. Vice versa. That's
fair enough, isn't itP"
Vera reached out her finger daintily
and-touched the fortunate hand, while
Rose gave little shrek of delight.
"Now-now! OF course you'll be in.
troduced to my brother-in-law-tht
count, or the duke, or the lord! Let's
go right back, and while ! rip up the
Swiss suit to make 1t over, with pink
and blue Silesia, for one of your toilets
you can answer the letter. To morrow
we'll go to the city and spend the forty
dollars, butter-and-egg money, we've
saved, and on Thursday, the seventh
you will start on your tour of con.
quest.
But-somehow there were tears, in.
stead of smiles. in Princess Vera's gray
eyes
Was there ever another such an un.
selfish, darling little sister as you'll
Rose! Rose! l hope for your sake there
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