Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-02
ONE NEW YEARsNA 4 THOUSAND

Betty Wilmarth-ahd a quaint, piquant
little beauty she was. hey used to call her
a changeling for where he found that Span
ish face nobody kn1s. Somewhere far
back in her ancestry, il nay be- an old beau
ty bequeathed it; bh out of II race Of
blondes her face had llssomed as dark and
rich rs the pictures of lose Spanish women
where the lovely colord remed to be retiring,
every day, farther into he shade of the can
yas-a golden, tawny kin with a crushed
crimson on the cheel; delicate features
with a fine curve to IL nostril and n short
one to the red lip tht gave a glimpse Of
little white teeth and great black, shading
lashes subdued TO SIT glow. Yes, Betty
Wilmath was a beauty full of innocent ca
prices that set you won ering what would be
the next, and kept you interest alive; with
temper that struck sarks, but which was
in the next moment 81 sweetness impul-
sive, warm hearted, a chrming, wilful piece,
setting her lovers by th,ears and making all
the other girls devouth wish she would be
married aud be done with it for of course
there was no chance for nybody else so long
as Betty Wilmarth was hound.
But Betty Wilmarth vas in no sort of a
hurry to marry one b, one she tlliped of
her lovers lightly as tistle down. Petted
and caressed and indulpd to death. as peo-
pie said, She declared tht she neither wanted
to be an old mans darlig nor young mans 8
slave and old lovers onsoled themselves
and new lovers took the turn, and she was
heart-whole and happy, nging away through
life, and counting her wenty years in the
unshine as a cloud night count a row of
rilliant beads. But on of these lovers was
OF to be filliped of 8 lightly as the rest /;
/ I'd that was her mothe young step-cousn,
i'll Maunder. He hadome down TO Frene-
rough from his maintain home in the
lep forests, after the d,astrous fire that left
IN only bare rock for lis inheritance and
we're, save for his mther and some old
gdies, he had never zen q woman and
BY struck him as a GODDESS might have
strk clown. Not tht Will Maunder was
q own by any means-his mother, a lady
VII carried her ladyhod into the woods,
Unattended to all that ;and a certain wild
gra and rude courtesy accompanied his ev-
cry ton. But he was brawny, long-leg-
ged alwart fellow, for d that, and his fair
face "a been sun-kissed With many treck-
le, a. his fair hair curld close to his head
in tig rings but Betty inew nothing about
any eek head with clor curls Of the same
, descrion, and would hve liked it no bet
ter if he had and, ofall things, she de-
spised eckles. She hadu ideal Of the face
|
win hem some distant lay-a day distant
enougho borrow enchRtment-a slender,
knight shape, perhaps perfect counte-
nance, 6 auburn locks
"dhlored, as HA crow
Enciree hem, so frAyed th bAsnet where
shan bite line divided can the hair,
, GlossJtye, glossy below"
She wod not have like it all il she had
seen II and if she hadbut known it, the
massive nbs and shoulders of viii Maun-
der werIuch more like he ancient knights
she dread about than possibly could be
J this absn and puny idealhe had set up.
'Ihe IS of chiyalry &c over now, said
Betty, VIA sigh.
ghtisagreeable, ed, cheerless, dan
Z gerous nuncomfortabl days you would
have toun' 'iem," said WI.
"Cheerl or not, they'e over"
What kes you "a. so, Betty2" he
Al asked, tronher he sat her feet.
"Oh De'se they are" she answered,
o. throwing uher pretty rms and clasping
: them above head as he leaned it back
among the h,ysuckles, ad looked as sweet
IN as they, and ade poor Wills heart beat
ek, looking az "Oh, because they are
oH Nd Who would q great aWentures for any
Sys body now-s? castles, kill giants, enter
- II would-iyou, Bett."
.Hs, 'Oh, dear Ii How tied / am of hear
Jri. ing you say 80 They void, for anybody,
,sy, low please d., VIII, lear, any more
bS here are no CAS- here ; | don't want any
". hing OF "ii1 lsts; AM you're a giant
ourself, you h "
= 81 wish wa Betty. I'd change with
ssd nat little Hop-ly-thurb Fred Sammis,
the ~
and "Oh, that shri ID detest bim-be's
1gSe nTSl lch a spoon"
;DY II thought youln't lib slang, Betty"
" II dont-trom body lse."
ti,t But if you lit yorself, you've no
o. "Oh, dear me Z onl those criticised
IN in 40 were PerIect Lselvs what delight
r. j, easy gong Wor- void be- 1t seems
ally me, ,N,iit miN IitS MauT thai you are always
OM ,uTe you've not been ID o it. don't SEQ
/ Is iy fault in you, Be- Ia added presept-
lood "Oh, there, therein no he still with
yur incoming Con, Ind sing this new
Slg With mn, me ~ ~ 1eeS tat, rolling bass. "
20" voice trembling as S.d bers. would
gout and walk with 30 Ia ioft for the
giant that sought hGe would he her
ct slave, waiting o. Last wish and
eyy breath, and woust no thanks for
hi5ains.
toel !, Why ISM d, ~ Snougr him that like
nll as ne h e say. Hes all
vei wen lor 60. COUSIN s,tle too good for
q, sp-eo9sih Dus 1,, as soon think
oI +hng IN ,,5 loYe wa He's like the
rh' sIe Ne%ioun9in 5 tumbling at
youteet' Anu anu 49, ~ ~ ., go on, while
snS % 'okeu III 'he sisss and made her
tpii for sleeP-the j 4.ii the little witch
co. hauor mue1 S'IIl' 7ersation with
ont, innh ineLhi-ahu nsneiy soht,,y Soy the parting
One IoVAt MS sAui IeP S."n.;,s, that would
clArif we're a man, Sove some
sto spiri" and then very Liz naaU naaU sing.
y, ing, she combed out her esaJ he o a
~ INV Bparih Ioi'""eu wv Md know