Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-04

nets.
BY fall several acres had been cleared,
ana the e he began TO construct the cabin
which lie bad beeh planuing for months
Now his money came in play. Tor he EN-
ployed the services of II sEi'ltul bacl'-
woodsman who had aided many Il settler
in buitd' ng his primitive hone. The logs
wee cit, squared and fitted to"ethe: with
nicely rarely seen, for love az su"eugtl
united in the task. The iutctiOr was par
itlodod tutO two apartments ana the
kitchen fireplace made wide and ample
for the kndliug of the altCr-0ame OF
home.
"rhe roof shall lie shelter in TRUTH
said Stein to his helper. We'll make
every siiugle with our own hands from
the cleares, = aimed pine, and they snail
taper so nicely and evenly that never It
drop of rain or flake of snow ~bai( fad en-
| trance
And so the cabin was h'i;lt aud Stein
spent much of the long winter in furnish
ing the interior, adding such touches of
grace and convenience as bis rude skin
permitted. y lumberman took the great
'stclls" he bad prepared at It fHir ,rice
and he was happy il the thought tilat he
had aC ,ompIished his pact of the contract
aud was approaching the reward OF bus
labors.
He now oftcner visited Annette who
tie ated him much as She had in the past.
yet made him happy by praisil ~ the re
suits of his work. Her inward thought
was
"Oh how big, red and urcouth he has
become He does not look half so nice as
when he worked in the grocery store.
Mother Warwick was polite, but cool,
and Farmer Warwick took everything rs
= matte" of course in his quiet, stu'id way.
Stein also took everything as Il matter of
course in his honest way and lime was
passing, bringing on the hour of happi-
ness
When the winter was waninga stranger
appeared in EdgeVille. He soon became
generally acquainted aud had the art o.
winning popularity. The jHCt that he de
posted three Thousand dollars with the
man who did the banking of the village
added greatiy 20 his prestige.
Apparently he soon made himself the
mas er OF current gossip. learner of STEMS
enterprise and Of Anret"'s engagement
| These fac did uOt prevent him admirirg
the girl End see>ilg the acquaintance Of
| her family. Indeed he soon became Il
frequent caller. At last. complaining Of
the accommodations of the taNero, he was
| taken by Mother WarW els is bOarder.
/ He was man who could talk. During
the long winter evenings I've ENLARGED Ut
GA DIS plans and prospects, He wished,
! he eNpl1,ned, to ind good lOcn 'On Tor
Il nome in the lumber district and 10 en-
/ p,oy his capital in getting out logs. lie
| dwell upon his purpose to settle. mary
| anu ~ CIV up Nllll llle tbUlI ", tNO lilSIu-
/ uating that he would a. no common
labOlcr. SO far from this hc would give
employment 10 maaY Ud"d, and dc IL DeD-
| cit to the community.
All his was listened to eagerly by Fac
mer Warwick, Aunel.c aAd her mother
Eyer Eyer since itoGHey Nack'jn bad first been
| talked about in the village the thrifty
Ms. Warwick had again begun her re
! i."ih.
'Nette, you might a done bette"
Now she lesOlutcly set uhOut Annette :
doing better
We need not dwell on he girls Stalled
conscience ard strong COmruuctioIs when
| the idea of sharing The log cabin with
Mackrin instead OF Stein was first
formally brOaChed. In the secret of her
heat she had already reg, etcd that she
was not free, but not until her mothe"
suggested the thought, had she dared to
q cam of acting as ii 5 be We're free.
Instead of indignantly casing this
possibility from her nina she ddllied with
! temptation and accepted attentions from
NackIin. This iells the whole story. She
was partly talked in,o the plau aud partly
| drlfted into it from the mpulseS OF Il ma
tu"e too like her motbe. 5.
N9ckrln was a cool aud crafty Schemer
No village gOss'p about he affair for him
| uutll 1t was COnSummatcd. He was very
undemOnst i've towards The girl in pub
nc and, when S,eln came 10 see her, was
quite oblivious of the young people.
! Stem never dreamed of ireacnery
| The hardest task of all was the bringing
over Farmer Warwick to the scheme. He
| was heavy-Witted mpl. however, and
| was AT last made 10 feet mat his Old fash
| Toned scrupes should not sand in the
way of his daugu.er's doing better. He
! finally yielded II sore On rcmOrse,u' COu-
seut, but always suoOE his heal over the
| PROJECT.
Doe sprjIg day MacLril mouaht fine