News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-21
AFTER MANY DAYS.

When I was young fellow, 1 lived
on fathers farm down there in Copnec-
ticut. You've seen the place. The
church was near the tavern, and behind
the church was the parsonage; and
there lived Dominic " heeler and his
daughter Dolly. On Saturdays, after
had my supper, used to dress myself
and tell my mother that / meant to call
on Domino Wheeler's folks. Mother
generally answered that l couldn't do
better, that the dominie's conversation
was sure to be improving, and that
Dolly was not ''hity- y-tity, like some gals
she could mention" f"
Father would add: "And a pretty
little ,ritter, too" And armed with
parental authority I would 60 to the
parsonage.
1t was a good time to go, for the ser
mon had to be finished, as a general
thing on that evening, and Dolly and
had delightful long talks in those soil
tary moments, and one evening pro-
posed to Dolly and she accepted me.
The dominic gave us his blessing, father
and mother said they could not have
chosen a daughterin-law to suit them
OOtbOi' anu al inc doN6Nl was IAldG e
shot Id wait little while.
''A1y daughter is not seventeen years
yet," said the domino. "I ou must not
be in hurry to take her from me. p"
'WaIt two years and you will be
three-sndtwenty. and I'll give you the
river farm and build you house, said
father
Our course of true love seemed to be
running very smooth indeed, and |
would have staked nv life and soul, a
pretty heavy stake, on my constancy.
but somehow, l think satan thought we
were too happy, and laid trap for me-
DR.. Robins widow, a managing wo-
man with big house, was in the habit
of taking summer boarders, and every
year a lot of city strangers wandered
about the place from June to Septem-
beI
When Dolly and I had been engaged
about year and half, the widow had
thirty boarders in her house, and Ike
and Edwin and all the male help slept
in the barn.
There was one young lady there, a
Miss Sally Gray, so pretty that every
one who saw her was talking about her
men have way of making q man act
against his better judgment. She was
one of them. / did not mean to firt
with her, but did. l did not mean to
meet her in shady lanes, and the quiet
wood paths, but we met She knew
q suppose Ike Robbins had told herr
about my engagement, and she teased
me about being afraid of my sweet
heart.
''Such a good, prim little thing" she
would say. rs she dreadfully shocked
at me7 Does she think / am fiirt?
Does she pray for me in meetingw
felt angry. but yet | was piqued into
proving myself free to do as liked. At
a little evening party, TO which we were
asked, danced five dances with her,
and when, at last, my conscience smote
ME, and l went to look for Dolly, l
found she had gone home.
''She said her pa wanted her," said
Mrs Robins; ''but I tell you plainly,
James Gardner. | don't believe it; and
for my part, | don't see what people can
find to admire in that impudent New
York girl If my Tilly behaved like her.
I'd shut her up on bread and water until
she reformed
hurried away, but the parsonage was
shut up when got there, and spent an
hour walking up and down before the
house, staring at the dark windows.
The time seemed very long until the
next evening, and I went over to the
parsonage very early, but Dolly was not
there.
'she's gone to spend the evening
somewhere" said the dominic, kindly
, 81 suppose she forgot to leave word for
YOU to come for her. She isn't very
well, either; a cold, suppose 1 know
| generally caught cold at party
when l was young and attended such
entertainments. Ihope she'll be careful
Her poor mother died with consump-
tion,"