Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-06
\ HOLIDAY PASTIME.


SHOCK OIL fci mar a par OF the lightcst
'1t blue eyes, a dawning, siclily mustache
anu LandS ana feet OF ample Dimensions, Phi
ooad certainly did not very closely resemble
Apollo or any other of those ancient modcl
D manly beauty. But his homoIy face
"4hheI WIN perpetual good iun"r, and his
'S 'anu' were brown win honest toll
va inns particular afternoon Inc was weed
ulS IN ''e front garden With occasionally an
@NP''|'l' glance doNh me country Tor the
'l"Se '"a'i" f"r the bpdds mad been max
'ng preparations for a week past for the re-
eIiI'h ~ summer H'Nrders, WHO were to
arrive 'u'I aI'eiI!"'h III the ShaIe OF two
'olh- "Nl'N'
Phi the only son and heir Of The Dodds,
Day "i h's' d'cld'IIy obJecied to "havin'
sI'N p'H''ful round inc pace. But ne had
''' ' @' Tar won over 10y ms saeaciouN moth
" representation oi lh' prolj' 10 hr rcaped
.I'''''"ui as I" H'I' forwarding tine prcpara-
''''H even gong L" the extravaganza OF
'"iH.-H- III" quay ana Whit'NaNhihS the
VAt '''''
VOW ~ ne S''od az uting th2ir arrival
WIN d" .'-'rH'aS "HlcH ne would ho' have
""N'N l'' "'ri"'' nc was McluthlS 10
-H'Ds'H l"" ne ""ull receive lheh. lie
'D'.'h' uo advance sr"celuiIy 10 the stage
!''u 'NSISt 'helii 10 aIghu, WIN a bow ana a
'e" p""le WORDS oil "eicome' just as H. had
-egh thc 'itF cAaPS 90 at the new hotcL
bui A!oS l'r human resolves No sooner
.ia ,ht lu-ho. ring Old stage appear OH top of
ne MI IMAM has courage completely folsook
lid ana ne ANONYMOUSLY retreated to the
-ear Vi inc mouse, Thence, from screened
fs,feat' ne watched rough, honest old Eph-
ram Ooud assist two visions in bright summer
HOSl mes ana llcc DaEpSOlS to aiUlt while
Ma bodd' Iiesh from the Kitchen, stoo! in
me doorway arms aklmbo, TO receive her
sues,S
nat a earned 1901 L am" was Pills
1ueH'ai comments thinking consollngly, how
sVcrs thh' no one but himself knew of his
'eIem
hot us next thought was now was he ever
q" ilte tnoiu aU Yea he would nave kept a
'AS' 'n", uISh', rather than go through that
'Iue"i' "u' ne hi!cW ne could hot escape the
'iAi"uS Hlo'hcrs inquiries Is TO ms non
ipPe'ii aIIce'
i3uU OieTe was some latent herolSln IN Phil,
'Niu hho"IhE IhaI the worst must come, he
summoned an his courage and marched boldly
MO 1he dining room at his mothers sum
mons. lhlS IS my son. fhll," announced
Nbe proud mother, with an air which plainly
sliu7 and reckon you amt seen many like
ann ANA I'M tins IS Miss Lorraine" in
meaning quiet lady -looklng girl, who
merely bowed and murnured some words of
Sre'nhg. ana TINS Is Miss Vernon" con-
lAued INC worthy woman
y NhIUe mana was extended, which he
Srasped almost mechanically IN his big, brown
Pt". ana a par OF biue eyes glanced coqnet-
.INhiy III hlili' as MISS Vernon Sald Sweetly;
Row 90 You DO, Mr. Dodd.'
ar bodd! 1t larry took his breath away.
surrey she must nave meant 'dad;' but the
|o'ih2 lazy eNluehtly knew what she was
laying rs shc as" addressed dad" as Mr.
'odd
1hhi meal which PM had so dreaded
passed OIL III an extremely satisfactory man
ner. Mis- Vernon completely won Marin"
ooHd heart by the praises she bestowed on
her biscuit and butter, and Strawberries;
anu sAe SO completely bewlldered poor Phil
by The bewitching glances She bestowed on
nm mat 4e lost his appetite entirely.
IN ihe long summer days that followed,
he city girls explored the farm, sketched in
me woods ana expressed unbounded delight
anu aStonIShnent at everything they saw
And Miss Vernon insisted on pressing Phil
INTO her service lie must go with them
20 sho" them where the incest ferns grew,
and the best streams for trouting, and u
thousand and one other things 1t mattered
not 10 the despotlc little lady that it was the
1ns1esf part of the haying season, and Far
-per i'"dds disgust and chagrin at his sons
Sinking clear OF the work "to dance round
after couple of gals" were alike UNDECIDED
ny her As for Phil-would he not have
gone to the north pole at the bidding of these
'lpe lips Ct AT a glance from those wondrous,
violet eyes:
his life was feverish dream of bliss and
fortune He thought how tame existence
Dad been before her coming, but he dared
not think what it would be like after her de-
-saJture. The money he expended in hair oil
oo5 pcriulncry almost rendered him bank
upt
The two girls were seated in the chest
'oom Al the close Of a sutry August after
1oonr Mis- erhor vigorously using her fan.
$50 tins is our last day here, she remarked,
hn&mdlN w ell, have rather enjoyed
rnsttcaiIn@. ana shall go back to the city
fortified tor any amount OF dissipation
yes. } DO think the worthy people have