Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-11-02

there, proceeded to investigate the
wreck. The carriage lay on its side,
and opening the door the driver reach
ed in and dragged out the squire, who
sat down on log by the road and
began carefully examining his head
to see If any important part of it was
missing.
Reaching in again the driver drew
out Miss Brown.
"I'll larn yer' she cried, falling
at the astonished Jehu, whom she
mistook for Smith-ssI'll larn ye to
cheat and mislist pore innercent VIM
men folks -
But here she found out her mistake
and looked around for Smith, but he
had disappeared. Seeing how af-
fairs were turning, and thinking dis
cretion the better part of valor, he
had started for home at his best
speed.
1t was somewhere along in the
s'wee sma' hours ayant the twal' y
that the squire bruised and tired, and
utterly Inundated, reached home.
He entered the house as quietly as
possible, and did not stop to remove
his clothing, but crawled into bed
just as he was, boots and all.
At about eight O'Clock there came
a violent knocking at his chamber
door, and without waiting for an an
swer, his sister, Mrs. Robbins. burst
into the room. She looked pale and
excited and had been crying.
''Oh, Eben, what is the matter?'
''Has anything happened to you,
too?"
sNothin's the matter, only Pm
tired and sick, and besides that !
don't feel very well. What dye
want to come cryin' round here fur ?
Got the toothache? Can't We 60 and
tend to your own business?"
Mrs. Robbins burst into tears
again. 'It's enough to make any
one cry," she said. between her sobs. "
sit seems as though troubles never
come single. Here's Thompson's
cattle's been in your wheat all the
mornin' and the dear knows how
much last night, an Eve spent my
whole mornin' gettin' them out, an
the brindle COW of our'n has fell into
the we'll that you had tore up to fix,
an drownded herself, an when ]
went up to git John to help me git hel
out, l found he hadn't slep' in his
bed las night at all. And this morn
in Jimmy Wilson, John Henry's
boy, went up the road, an he says
that when he came by Miss Browns
place she was goin' at an awful rate
an says Mary has disappeared. An
she was swearin vengeance ag'in you
I'm sure don't see what it all means
An now, to top all, you are sick
Oh, dear! l don't know what | shall
do!'
But the latter part of this little
discourse was lost on the squire, who
was hunting around for his hat, which
having found under the table, he
hastily jammed on his head and went
down to the front door, which he op.
ened just as carriage drove up and
alighted.
"Good morning, uncle, good morn
ing" said John, cheerily, coming uT
to the door where his uncle stood
81 saw that you eloped last night
uncle Eben, and so l concluded to dc
the same thing, thinking, of course
that you couldn't find any fault with
me for following an example set by
you; and then you know it is all il
the same family, too
And then as his uncle made no re-
ply, he continued in a serious tone
''But you won't hold any hardness
against us, will you uncle For
have married her anyway, no matter
who was against it. And now if you
don't want me to stay here-and
don't suppose you do-I'll pack up ;
few things [ have, and then leave
and l shall not trouble you any more
Mary is waiting for me now out there
in the carriage"
The squire sat down on the door
steps wearily, and glanced over a
his demoralized wheat field.
|
"It's about enough to make an
man discouraged" he groaned. "Hert
Thompson's cattle has split my bes
field of wheat, an the best COW haC
is drowned in the we'll, an now here
this has happened. But, howsoever,
it's no use to cry over split milk.
Bring your wife in, John, and well
say no more about it. But John, .
he added in a lower tone, 81 hope
your wife hain't got disposition like
her aunt, rubbing his hand care
fully over the back of his head as he
spoke-"I'd ruther live in the house
with four earthquakes and cyclone
billed into one than with her. .'-EG.
change.
A teacher once proved that it may
be embarrassing to use ones self as
an illustration. She was hearing a
class in spelling and defining words.
The word orphan had been correctly
spelled, but none of the class seem
ed to know its meaning. After ask