St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22

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who had written a prize treatise on
some disgusting and sanguinary sub
ject, and no doubt practiced vivisec-
ton, should be to his thinking, though
for quite opposite reasons, like Words
worths Lucy,
"A maid whom there were none to praise,
And very few to love"
He fancied he knew how she would
look slight, sandy-complexioned her
light characterless hair very neat and
wholly uninteresting, her dress very
upright and uncOmpromising about the
biases, collars and cuffs prim and spot
less-no "sweet neglect" about her,
not even 9Th adulteries of art which,
notwithstanding Ben JonsOn, he
thought most bewitching. She was so
distant "A cousin that kinship had not
made the invitation obligatory. But
his mother had dearly loved her
mother, and when that gentle widow
wrote that her dear Allis had returned,
and that she lOnged to have her ever
beloved Candace know her before she
settled down to her profession, the
ever-belOved and ever-Obliging Can
dace replied at once that the young
traveller should be made welcome.
A caravan of unexpected guests
could not upset Aunt Larkin's order,
nor find her garrison unprOvisiOned.
But she cOnfided to Thanny that she
expected girl It had lived to Paris
would find their way of livin' dreadful
old-fashiOned and common And he
guessed that she secretly dreaded the
incursiOn, as he did. Polite he would
certainly be, and he thought he would
move his books out to the stable loft,
and live us little us possible at home
while DR.. Allis remained. He wished
women would keep in their own
sphere, and let mems work alone BY
the time the two sessions were over,
the compositions inspected, all the
school ''chorcs" done, and his face
turned hOmeward, he was sure that he
detested unwOmanly women, and of
these sinners he reckOned female doe
tors chiefest.
As he opened the kitchen door, Oba-
diah's Sarah stood revealed, buxom,
redarmed, good-natured, carefully
straining aromatic broth into china
bowl. '"Twas her notion she ex-
planned. 81 shouldn't never have
teched the best set-nO, nor made the
soup neither-'thOut tellin'. | took
her up the toast an tea, IS you said, an
she never looked ut 'em. But she said
she must take suthin', an she made it
herself. You never see such IL handy
little thing. My | guess the full soul
could eat that mess. Honey combs
cloyin' alwuz. Inever see the force of
that tex An she's gave her some
~ NJ ,,,AIi,i,,.. u li,lpf+ hn
no taste or smell, $ fur 5 | see, an
she's a-settin' up already, an sez her
headaches most gone, an | never
knowed her out o. bed before in less N
two days, when t really took holt of
her"
What meaning even so close IL trans
lator of different tongues as Mr.. Nathan
Larkin would have distilled from
this speech may not he known.
For ut this pause there appeared in the
opposite door the most satisfactory
gloss imaginable. A fluffy head all
blonde curls, putfs, frizzes, he knew
not what; pink cheeks; laughing
brown eyes; F.; shining teeth n cambric
gown that might have awed him, had
it not even been more picturesque
than fashionable trim slippered feet
beneath its abbreviated crispness-
behold the key to Sarah's voluble Sc
curity.
~ am Allis Putnam" said the phan-
tom of delight, coming forward, with
frank hand Outstretched, "and | beg
your pardon for coming unannOunced
But we found the late train did not
connect. And mamma said Aunt Lar
kin could not be taken at Il disadvan-
tage. Having come, my professional
nose shifted action ut once. Sarah was
the best of assistantsn-shed .
brilliant smile on that staring neOphyte
which Nathan was inclined to consider
il waste of riches -''and between us W,
have really set your mother on her fee
again. Now Pm going to administel
my next remedy, and then you may
talk with her as long rs she'll listen
| think we can persuade her on thi
lovely veranda." And the doctor dis
appeared with her savory broth.
"DOn't she beat all ?" inquired tn,
bustling Sarah, intent on the impend
ing supper. "Pooty's that wild rose
an smarter'n lightnin' 'Tain't strang
the old doctors, that jest look Owlish
an don't do no good, don't want wO
men inter the business. They'd stea
the trade i'll no time. There's sou
cream enough, an told her I'd max
some tip-top flapjacks for supper
Don't you take an extra step for me
Sarah she says. Pm going to feas
on brown bread and milk while stay
There amt nOthin' better'n sour cream
flapiacks, but she's so 'fraid % giviT
/, trouble That's what | call a rea
lady
If Nathan guessed that the name q
this extOlled delight was written o
t DR.. Allis' Index EXpurgatOrius, h
: nevertheless ate his own share wit
, due satisfaction, and equally enjOye
+ the rich preserves, the fruity cake, tn
crumbling tarts, and the delicate
q strong tea, set forth in the best Chin
to honor the visitor, who, much t
= Sarah's disappointment, elected brow
f bread and milk after all.
= How it was brought about neitht
5 Aunt Larkin nor Nathan could hav
2 told, but Obadiah's Sarah, whose Dec
e laration of Independence had alway
e read that she "wOuldn't live out fl
5 nobody found herself permanently il
stalled in that cool and spOtless kitcl
:, Ell within three days of Doctor Ali
' advent. Aunt Larkin having repeate
e for thirty years that she ''didn't see I'll
d sense of havin' a girl clutterin' rOun
+ to pick up after, "and her son being az
e custOmed to accept as final whatev'
d domestic views his mother promulg;
e ted, received the new dispensatiO
e with submission on the one part an
| reioicinU on the other The doctor
e luggage appeared to consist in grei
: part of Franklin Square" novels, an
e the infinite riches, in "A little room,