St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-01

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back some night, rob the house, and
murder us all.n
"Please, aunt" entreated the young
girl, ''dOn't be so angry. He wasn't a
tramp indeed he wasn't /; but hand
some young fellow with long golden
hair
IA wig" snarled Miss Cross.
"-and the most beautiful blue eyes,"
Dolly went on, Il ever saw in all my
life. And he wasn't near the house.
And he didn't ask for anything. Oh,
do listen, aunt, while | tell you all
about it. | was on my knees i'll the
path, picking up some currants ! had
let fall, when | saw him, through the
hole in the hedge Brownies calf made
the other day, coming slowly up the
lame
''If you had been looking at what
yOu were doing, you wouldn't have
seen him. said her grim listener.
ale didn't see me, of COURSE" said
Dolly, "Or | shouldn't have looked at
him so intently. And, oh, Aunt LO-
rinda, it was just like looking at a
picture ~
"Stuffw said Miss Cross.
1lC W dlS So anu SO uuSIN
and so shabby, poor fellow And he
sat down under the old tree, took a
crust of bread out of his pocket, and
began to eat it as though he was very
hungry. That went to my heart"
Rubbish ~ said her aunt.
"And l got up softly, and ran into
the house, and cut a slice"
"a slice! Great griefm interrupted
Aunt LOrinda. IA piece big enough
for the breakfast of whole family"
"And | buttered it,"
"You buttered it ?"
eyes, aunt; l only took the butter
that was left in the dish"
"Half pound You go without
butter for a week"
"And | ran out again, and into the
lane, as fast us | could" continued
Dorothy, apparently undismayed by
this threat, ''fOr fear | might lose cour-
age and stopping suddenly before him,
| put the bread in his hand, and said
Il am so sorry for you y and turned to
run away, when he seized my hand and
kissed it" Miss Lorinda Cross became
rigid as marble), "and said, These are
the first kind words I've heard since
tttiilN w bNttStlN Avn iii'
your name, little one Dorothy Wal
do said |. Dorothy Waldo he re-
peated; Il shall never forget it ; and
he raised his hat and went away
Dear aunt, had you been in my place,
would you not have done as did ?"
81 ?" cried Aunt LOrinda- % carry
meals to strange men on the public
highway? | let foreigner who called
my country II bcastly country kiss my
hand? No, indeed he never would
have kissed my hand.n
"Perhaps not" said Dolly, with 4;
momentary twinkle in her eyes anC
then she added, pleadingly, "But dom
he angry any longer, aunt. I'll make
another loaf of bread right away"
''But that won't bring back wha
you've wasted" said her infexible rel
ativc. "a pretty wife you'd be for ;
man who hasn't dollar to call hi
own, giving away bread by the loa
and butter by the pound" Miss CrOs
had retained at least one wOmanly trai
"a slight tendency to exaggcration
''to all the thieves and tramps VIII,
happen to come along"
''Oh, aunt ~ exclaimed her niece
che looked like prince"
IA prince with snort of scorn
"Your head is turned by that trash.
poetry you read. A prince! A likel.
story-in shabby clothes, and nibblimi
crust A disguised burglar, i'll m
opinion. But burglar or no burglar,
she continued, it must he confesse
with some irrelevancy, ''you shal
never marry man who hasn't Il dol
lar to call his own, with my consent
and if ever you marry without my con
sent, you make liar of your mothe
in her grave"
"Aunt, have told you again an
again." said Dorothy, firmly but gently
: ''that never would. have not fol
gotten my mothers last commands"
"Then don't be encouraging thu
Daniel Howell to meet you at every tao
and turn and if you must have som
one to walk home from church wit
= you-I can go and come by mysel
thank Heaven there's Abner Brown
!, and he has IL thousand dollars i'll I'll
bank"
'"But, aunt, Fve known Dan so Ion!
! and he is away so much, that when
! is at home | feel rs though mean,
+ wouldn't like to hurt his feelings"
''Bah ~ retorted the grim maide
'Men have no feelings. And as fl
: knowing him long time, | thin
4 you've known him quite long enough
EBut if he had the thousand dollar
instead of Abner Brown ?" question:
q Dolly, with more spirit than she III
: yet shown.
O "That would be in his favor, certain
/ Iy. But he hasn't, and never vi
s have, with that old father and moth
# depending upon him. A thousaI
II dollars. indeed Where would he z
:. it? The sooner you forget DAM
i Howell, and the sooner Daniel How,
< puts YOU ont of his head, the better"
r ''There's no need for you to talk
: loud, aunt" said the little girl, indi
:. nantly; and then, startled by the 10,
y of malicious triumph on her aun
II face, Dorothy looked around, just
u time to receive farewell bow fro
/ Daniel Howell as he turned from {
d door.
ale heard me-" said Miss Cro'
= ''Fm glad he did ; twill save trouble
d "Oh, Aunt LOrinda, how can you
t. so cruel ~ said poor Dolly, burstil
m into tears.
t. A year and half passed away, du
Is ing which, owing to his frequent a
lie sences and Miss Lorinda's watchf
t, care, Dolly and her lover had met b
te three or four times ats hard" sa
le the young man, on the last of the
a occasions, "to know that can not a
w your aunt for your hand because
er have not thousand dollars Ofmy oW
ul when know there is plenty of roc
at and love and everything for You Mt t