The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-27

ladies present, except my niece, are
arrayed in flowers? | think there is
no prettier adornmentf for young girl;
do you not agree with me? | think it
is very selfish in any young man to
make ! irl promise that she will wear
no flowers but those he sends her, es-
pecially if he happens to be miles
away, don't your"
To all these questions Will gave an
affirmative answer; then Mrs. Ham,
mersley continues:
d" told Chryssa so, but she did not
agree with mech, that cousin of hers!
l will never allow one of my daughters
to marry a cousin, assure youp'
presume you refer to Albert Pres
colt; is Miss Chryssa engaged to him?'
asked Will eagerly.
"N-o, there is no engagement get,
l believe; but any one can see what
may be-"
Will, heart-sore, devoted himself as
in former days to any and every girl
near him; Eugenia managed to get
her share of his notice, as Chryssa OBJ
served without knowing the reason for
it. AS the whole evening passed with
out one word from Will which the
whole world might rot have heard
without even one significant glance
/ from him, she at last concluded that
! she had dreamed about the sweet peas,
and made no further reference to them
| either to her aunt or her cousin.
In few days Will Topliffe went off
on a camping expedition, and did not
return until Chryssa had gone home to
her fathers home in distant city.
Months elapsed; at last one after
noon two years after her visit to her
| aunt in Seabury, Chryssa was on a
steamer going from Nantasket to Bos-
ton; She was alone, as her father hav-
| ing taken cottage at the former place,
she was quite at home on this line of
steamers, and thought no more of an
hours journey alone on one of them
than she did of ride in a horse car.
As she sat on the shady side of the
deck she happened to glance up, and
! there within six feet of her she saw
Will Topliffe; the recognition was mu-
tual, and they were soon in conversa-
ton. After talking over several
changes in Seabury, notably the death
of Mrs. Hammersley and the marriage
of two of her daughters, Chryssa
Glanced to say something about a
dream she had had of Eugenia, when
Will remarked.
"What queer things dreams are,
anyway; and then related an amusing
one he had had.
Suddenly Chryssa determined to find
out whether she really had dreamed
about those sweet peas. She said:
"And now that | think of it, Mr..
Topliffe, do tell me if you sent me a
| bunch of sweet peas once, or did |
dream you had done SOP"
Wills handsome face clouded he re-
piled sadly:
"Ah, my memory is far better than
yours, or else those flowers meant
more to me than they did to you Yes,
l did send them with little note and
asked you to wear them if-oh, well,
it's all past now; you have had so
many scalps to your belt that one refu-
sal is too slight thing for you to have
remembered" and as he spoke he
sighed deeply.
A pretty color came into Chrvssa's
face as she said:
81 think those must have been en-
chanted flowers! l thought | had such
a bunch, and that | put them in some
water to keep them fresh so that !
could wear them that evening"" (Will
suddenly looked up from the deck
whic he had apparently teen studying
with much interest, and with an eager
light in his eyes, listened intently, y
"but when | went back to my room
after supper they were gone; and every
] in, hn hau
them. My aunt persuaded me that
had been dreaming"
"There were evidently some remark,
able people in your aunt's house," eX-
claimed viii. 81 went past your house
just about your tea hour, and there
right under your window on the side
walk, saw not only my poor flowers
but even the note | had scrubbed tC
send with it. OF course | concluded
that you were indignant at my pre-.
sumption, and had flung my offering
out of the window"
so Will, how could you think
would do such a rude thing? even if
had not intended to wear them l would
never have thrown them out the front
window. How could they have got
there, | wonder?n she answered
| don't know, and now don't care
for yon have admitted that you did
mean to wear them, my love-" whis
pered Will in such tender tone thai
no wonder Chryssa blushed up to hel
pretty ears. There was so many peo-
pie within seeing and hearing distance
that they had to postpone the rhap
sodies until later; meantime, as safe
topic of conversation they began tC
query how the sweet peas could have
got out of the window.
Didn't your aunt or your cousin
throw them there?" suggested Will.
"No," was her answer, for they
were both at the tea-table when tina
evening. Oh, have it! Don't YOU
remember that the wind had been blow
ing quite fresh all day, so that we hac
to give up our projected yachting par
ty? Well, fancy they might have
been blown out of the window when
opened my door to go down stairs; the,
were on table right by the window
and there was always strong curren
of air through my ROOM
Which was the true solution of thu
mystery which had puzzled 0hougl
pleased) Mrs Hammersley and he
daughter as much as it had Chryssa
Mrs. Hammersley had sent servan
to her niece's room to remove thu
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