Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-10-09
A LITTLE FAMILY. AFFAIR.

ding crowd, and the entertainments that came
within its range were wont TO be Of the burnt
cork variety. They savored Of the ungodly,
and OF very humble social sphere And
Saul was Deacon Kittredge's only son, and
had been expected to follow In his fathers
| footsteps-to be deacon of the church, pres.
ident Of the Eden bank, postmaster Of West
Eden (the postmastership had descended to
the deacon from his father and grandfather
undisturbed by political changes, and the dea.
oon regarded IL as Q respectable heirloom),
and for wife he was to take 10 himself Mary
Willett, the minister's daughter.
All these plans we're waiting for the baby
Saul when he opened bis astonished blinking
black eyes upon this troublesome world.
Alas almost from the day Of their opening
the black eyes took quite different views OF
| life. Before their owner was Ave he had set
little Mary Willett down hard In a mud pie,
and run OF to play with the disreputable chill
dren on "the Flats"
Hes alwers been walking In the down =
ward path, said Deacon Peters (of the other
cburch), as he stopped for q friendly chat at
the undertakeE's door on the day when the
| placards appeared. ITO think o. his thrash
in the school master who was disciplinin' Til
dy Slocomb, one O. them Flats children, and
then runnin' away with q circus when he
want but sixteen And then he left college
tSsv InaSv he - ,,ia5.o,i., III to n'ss .aln
! Ana ha,s oourtivf rii5,, sIooo,,,L - ,ss.. :
to mar bsr Tha1 a., Sa ISi.lii onJ t1eHIs Ais
mothar b.id oiva NJ tSo II. .o,ii n..a nis
knoV- bnt tbfs iS iss, ss ~ NJ I SS.L uTn ~.
cast him of and forbid him the house, but
he's terrible broke down by Il. Well, he's
been prosperous man, Deacon KittredRe
has, and you can't expect TO fly in the face OF
Proverdunoe every way"
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