Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-07

months IN France, now Come, come,
you're not drinking. Well have an
other pint. Money was made to
spend.s Drink and be merry, you
young dog, you, l say"
When quite unfolded, Won Hauen's
plans were something as follows
Bernezell was to meet Rudolf in the
hills, and prevent his return for
couple of months at least. He was
on no account to come near the vii
lage for that time, nor see Gretty,
to whom he was betrothed. The
cold Bird" as Bernezell called him,
was TO pay all expenses, but the
young man must be kept in Paris,
in the midst of gayety, and must new
er for moment be allowed to think
of home. Nor must he write, Or
wheh4he -did letters were to be
destroyed.
"Suppose, said Bernezell, she
misses his foothold among the noun
tains. and tumbles into crevasse?"
The old man positively rubbed his
hands and cackled with delight.
"Capital capital capital p was
all that he could say. ''Ha! ha!
ha! Capital Virtue is always trium-
phant in the end. He! he p
Bernezell smiled in his face as he
said:
s.Of all the old sinners that ever
lived
"Eh? eh?" What's that?'' cried
Won Hansen, who had not heard
him.
Il said you were right merry old
SOUL" shouted Bernezell.
"Ha! ha ! Yes, merry, but not so
old, you know
That very night this miserly Won
Hansen counted out to Bernezell one
by one the pieces of gold; for the
chamois hunter was to start early
the next day.
II declare" said Won Hausen, cit
is like buying a wife. Precious ex
pensive affair." But | can trust YOU"
"Certainly; virtue, you know, is
always
GO on go on p cried Won Hau
sen, "good night. Go home and
sleep"
$50 home and sleep indeed" said
Bernezell to himself, as he trudged
off with his gun on his shoulder.
eyes; but not before Eve seen Gret-
ty."
Once clear of the village, he took
his way hillwards up the glen. High
up in the middle of the mountain
lights were gleaming-it was now
dark they came from the windows
of Gretty's cottage. A very humble
hut it was, though very pretty and
rustic. Gretty lived here with her
mother, tended the goats, and look
ed after the dairy, for the old woman
seldom left her chair all day.
Gretty ran to meet Bernezell, and
took both his rough hands in her own
wee white ones. Was he not friend
of her lovers? She led him in, and
the old woman nodded, smiling, at a
stool near the bright, cheerful fire of
wood.
Gretty had just dressed for the
evening, and very simple, but neat,
was her attire. She was slight and
delicate in form, with sparkling eyes
and very eager, pretty face.
She asked fifty questions of Bern
ezell, nearly all on the same subject
, and when the chamois hunter bade
the mother goodnight at last, an6
went away, he beckoned Gretty t6
follow.
sHe has something to tell me,
| SAID Gretty to herself, her fair face
flushing with anxiety.
, Very humble are the heroes of this
1 little tale, but in Gre:ty's eyes hel
Rudolph was by no means humble
! No young man in the glen was SC
tall, fresh and rosy, so stalwart anC
strong. as Rudolf, goat-herd though
| he was. None had so beautiful a
+ voice, so white brow, such glossy
hair. None could bound the crags
l or climb the mountain steep, axe il
l hand, so bravely as he did, and his
wild glou-glou at sunrise or sunset
could be heard ringing high over hill
: and glen, and reeohoed, too, from
4 peak to peak. And Gretty, simple
S lassie, loved him so dearly and de-
I. votedly.
t There was a scimitar moon shining
! through the pine tree tops, and tht
;, stars were all out, so there was llgh
enough to see the footpath that lee
e to the well. Here was seat, anG
t Bernezell did not say word, anx
e ious though Gretty was until he go
. there. The truth is that this homes
e chamois-hunter hardly knew what tt
say. or how much he dare in fairness
u tell the girl.
> Probably he ought to have thrown
t the miser's money into his face, an(
Q stigmatizing him as villain refused
to have anything to do with his plans
and schemes. :'But." be thought
.sif do, my friends life is not wortl
n days purchase. Murder has beer
: committed among these mountains
before an assassin is easily hired
/, No, I'll take the cash, and I'll keel
1t Rudolf away for time. | shall no
suepd the money. though | have