The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-07-21

"By heavens, will not give you upi"
exclaimed Hallan, stung by her quiet
sarcasm. "Buts Jennie dear, listen to
reason. Promiseto wait for me, to be
true to me. and will agree to Uncle
Rogers condit' y Who knows what
may may happen hap \ y'ar'P The old man
The girl sts~ back from his arms
with glowinnA SSfeeks and flashing eyes.
"Shame on you, john" she said.
What happiness could attend the
union of two ;+5ople who waited for
death and falsehood to bring them to-
getherP You have said enough. Our
bonds are broken. You are Free"
A faint voice from the cottage called,
Janet"
81 will never give you up" repeated
the lover, vehemently, and snatching
her again in his arms, he kissed her
passionately and turned away. Janet
looked after his retreating form for a
moment, then raised her clasped hands
in mute appeal to heaven, choked ris-
ing sob, and answered her mothers call.
John Hallam, then clerk in the whole
sale fur store of Mink & Otter, first saw
Janet Dudley at the country house of a
cousin, where he was visiting one sum-
mer holiday. She had graduated at the
Normal college year or so before, and
being obliged to leave the city directly
after, on account of her mothers fail
ing health, had sought and obtained the
position of village schoolmistress at
Strawberry Centre.
They had fallen in love with each
other at first sight, he fascinated by her
pretty girlish face, her graceful ways
and quaint, precise speech, and she by
his handsome brown eyes, his gayety,
his fine tenor voice and his gallant bear
ing; and before Johns holiday was over
she had promised to become t some not
far distant time his wife. But few
months after they had plighted troth,
Johns uncle Roger, who had been the
black sheep of his family, returned from
abroad, like the famous black sheep oi
Babyland, with three or more bags full,
not of wool, however, but money. Nc
one knew where or how these bags had
been filled, and no one seemed to care
That they were full appeared quite
enough, for all doors flew open to him
at the first "Baa."
Among others who renewed their
acqraintanee with MIR Roger Wander.
gass, now bleached to admirable white.
ness, was his nephew, whom he had not
seen since his childhood, and to whose
mother he had not sent ore line for fiji.
teen years before her death. The old
man received his young relative with
great kindness, and being also imme
diately fascinated by his handsome face
(Which he secretly fattered himself re,
sembled his OWN, his air debonair, and
fine tenor voice, declared his intention
of making him his heir, commanded
him to resign his situation at Mink &
Otter's-a command which the com
manded lost no time in obeying-ant
installed him in elegant rooms adioin.
ing his own in the st. Sky hotel.
But when Uncle Roger came to hear
of the pretty village schoolmistress, he
was exceeding wroth, and swore, will
many strange and terrible oaths, that il
John did not promise to remain a
bachelor for at least five years, auC
when he did change his state, to marry
his-Uncle Roger's-choice, back to
work should he go, and not q penny
from the three or more bags full should
he ever have.
Now this jolly, singing, fine-lookini
young fellow beneath careless ex
terror concealed an intense longing fol
wealth and all the comforts and lux
, uries wealth could bring; beside which
he was troubled with constitutions
lassitude, as a certain fox once callet
! it, though il is better known to th'
world under another name, also com
, mencing with an l.. And to descend
! from his perch, as it were, and mingl'
once more with the grubbing work-a 'da.
crowd, seemed to him worse thar
death. But then he loved, as well a
+ such selfish nature could love, blue
3 eyed, golden-haired Janet Dudley, ant
hated to give her up almost as much a
he did the elegant rooms at the st. Sky
Here was coil, and thinking how
unwind it cost him week of sleeples
nights. The proposition he at lengt
made to his ladye-love," as has bee
seen, she Indignantly repelled; an
1 swearing, "I will never give you up,
a he gave her up the newt day, as wi
h be seen by the following letter:
o "MY DARLINGTON, notwithstqndin
: your cruelty" Cher "cruelty." poo
u child y "my darling you are and eve
a will be, the die is supposed to be cast.
have acceded to Uncle Rogers wishe
I as you would say, you prim, old fash
d ioned little sweetheart, with menta
t reservation. Be true to me, as sha
h be to you, and may yet lay a fortur
= at YOUR feet. JOHN"
AT THE GATE AGAIN,
Only year had passed, and Mr.. Van
dergaas, already weary OF his nephew
"a fine tenor voice, handsome face. and al
e debonair, suddenly bade him farewe
r one cloudy morning (they were stol
ping at a hotel in Paris), gave him tt
smallest bag of wool--money, | mean
o and again departed for parts unknown
n To do John Hallam Justice, he also WI
n tired of the companionship, and I
l. times had almost regretted entering I'M
the compact with the wicked old mai
= But on regaining his liberty he congra
. ulated himself on the cleverness he hi
!. displayed, for though the larger portic
of the fortune might be lost, he had see