Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-12-19
How Cherry Thought Of it.


iIoW Cherry Thought of it.
que WAS 'hihk'n9 SO ih'ehse'y' th''
llltIe brown-eyed, Grown'h1iled teacher
nat shH scarcely no'lcei the group OF
9'rls on 'he steps until, as lheY moved
aside to let her pass, she caught lrag
meh' "i 'heir conversation.
MeI'eo hao IS 'os OF fnh-fuhs in,'
>"ch queer shapes, Nou KNOW ami tells
what his o'chpat'on Is goina to he"
I'm, apple pirings are better! They
almost 'e., Inc nhih"' Ih'er'up "'i ah
"'her. throw en over your shoulder
ana 'heY II IAN on the nour AIT cur'ed up
ana make me lhi,'hl as plain us can oe
why i Sa"-liush!
Inc laaI "oiu wis uuH 10 her o"r near
'tpptoach. ana she walked on, sm''lng
'aih'iV hl the ldea OF consulting ths oracle
10 o'c'oe 'ler iu|uie ana sellle lle question
thnl Vex',' hef'
one ma PROMISED ralhcf YEARLY. when
J"hn A'lS'"h asked h"r IN" night b-fnrr.
nat She would 'hnH OF 1t She might have
bought with the bushes and glad heart
throhs II 1t had harp'n"d il II d II rent
wny-It lie had come a- II stranger I"
Genvl''e, and there had nicn the romance
"f II first meeting the sweet Surprises o'
n 'Iulin anrtsh growing gradually
wnrmrr and dearer, until there came the
sud len knowledge though 'two to the
world for tie worlds works sake they
were each unto Gtch rs in Ii IDS sigh
ON.
For Cherry acknowledged to hers II
he ""id love John, OF course" That
WAS The 'rnubIe-'hrre was SO M ch
"I cou Sc about ii. Why, she had known
him yer since see Ct u Il remember. They
had built mud oven ard hunted winter
green togttlir. and he had whitfield hor
lid wooden dolls Tor her with his liisl
tck knife, AnL now he had asked her t"
be his wile-"sked her in just one OF their
familiar, common place cnn's by the lit'le
back gate, without even tho glamour OF
moonlight over them.
She WAS kccpily her promise mos
thoroughly. Aunt Barbara helped her TO
begin lis iuiilnenl ut the breakfast table
Heard 'ome one come hnnle with Non
last night, Charity. Was il John AlIstohP
T. S m: said Cherry media've'y
Most folks think You two are keeping
~
Most IoIks certainly thought correctly
last night
You am dumb when you don't want
|" he, ChhIltY. You Know what 1 mean
well enough, sald Aunt Barbara with a
sag"cous nod OF her head. You Two don It
go together so much Tor nothing
Nom it's for company generally ans
wcrcd Cherry, srrtnely.
Yes; and YOU have learned pretty well
now many 1t takes to make company
wen, don't know but you might do
worse.
Chrrrys worn kld boot began TO tap
unthsIy upon The carpet under The table
10 be sure he's not so rich as son e, but
no mere hle Ntu cohllhued Aunt Bnrbata
considering the pros aud cons. '1on'll
nave 10 begin PLAIN, but mat wou!dn
nnrt yon-youfe both common folks.
You could make easy II rag carpet OF even
ings between lhls ana Ch' lsimas; and
unbleached muslin has come down 10 three
cents a.
Aunt Barbara! interposed Cherry,
We'll, what powP demanded Aunt Bar
hara with an injured look. 4 don t know
as it was any great crime 10 be planning
what best toi you
My whole life has been nothing but rag
carpet and unbleachcd muslin. I'd like
change! burst forth Cherry, stormly.
'And there's no use N planning for what
never will! come,
Dear, what flare up! Many better
folks than you havnt Jared rs well all
their lives, Charity Homes
That WAS true enough, but Cherry was
in no mood to hear it just then. Besides
>hc could not endure her full rame; it
always made her feel like an orph,n asv
lum,' she sal and she made no answer
hut began gathering mp her school books
and papers.
Oar thoughts are very like our bodies
n lhis lhal il lhev start off on wrong
rain in the morning they are scircel,
likely to have arrived ut II proper de-lina
lion by night Cn,rry's wandered TO the
end OF the earth hat day.
She knew what Johns proposition Of
u little home meant II quiet wedding in
that litllc viIhge the ,elllng graveIv IN
5, me PLAN lulle Ii use. and then The mo
notonUu, round of home y care 8 and duties,
ear after year for Il lie ime. Just lhr
rag carpet and unbE ached muslin that
Aunt Bal blra had ne9un to 'numerte in
her dislcssngly pracl ic',l way-the way
that so oiren made Cuer1y lebelliouSlS
remark tc hers 1t lh't >he d'dnt believe
he should yer want 10 STE Paradise liselI
# Aunt B'rbala had once Described 1t I"
her. What Other lie did Cherry expect!
5 ne could not have answered; only there
arose brIght dreams OF lar OF ianis-srhnd
Old mountains under the glow of foreign