Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-04
THE TWO GEORGES.
BY PAUL PASTNOR.

BY PAUL PASTNOR.
They say that fate governs the choices
OF young hearts. Perhaps fate had some
thing to do with the inditing of the two
following notes:
SUMMERVIEW, June 2S
q, MY DARLING NIECE: am to be all alone
s Shls summer IN the dear old homestead at
Summerv1ew. Of course shall have nv
servants with me, but when say ''all alone,
imean shall be without companion. un-
less you, dearest girl, will come and spend
Ihe summer with me- Do say that Won will
l snail be SO lonely. And then, too. Won
hl0" IhaG you promised to come some time
ana ransack the old house. | know Won will
find it full of treasures. WHY the parrnt
mas not been disturbed for fifty years and
Sucn collection of antiquities as Won will
una There! Write me by return mail that
you VIII come. l shall take no other answer,
LeG me know the day when you will arrive
anu ann conveyance % shall meet you at the sta
NJ, = - our IoYlng AUNT MARY.
MISS GEORGE PAINE. Brooklyn, N. Y
SUMMERvIEw, July 1.
MY DEAR Boy: | have settled down at
tasI ana you may come and see me and well
come. NO more seafaring life for your old
OhcIe pen Here am in a neat little cottage
CLi Gne banks OF pretty lake; and here |
NtAOA LilGth0 ullb ldSU long VOYAGE
uuCo Ghat bourne from which no traveller
returns " have little boat in which Idrift
apouG the lake now and then, and an old nag
tnaC Jog TO town behind. have books and
eeuLLiosltles gun and dog, and plenty of
nsLlng TACKLE. Come down, you rascal, and
efnJoy yourself. Come any time, and stay as
long as you please. | shall enioy it as much
60 Jou WILL your Old sea-dog of an uncle
BEN DRUMMoND.
oEokGE MATTHEW'S, Cambridge, Mass.
Miss George Paine, Of BROOKLYN, was
IN ecstasies when she received her aunt's
note. She had made no plans for the
summer. Indeed, she had not determined
to make any, hoping that Aunt Mary
would remember the promise once ex-
acted and repeat the invitation to come
TO Summerview when she should have
taken possession of the old house. If
there was anything under the broad
blue sky that George Paine adored. if
was rummaging. In her woman's ma.
ture IL was akin to the masculine passion
lor discovery. She could enter an old
garret or storeroom with as much ro-
mantle swelling of heart as an explorer
SAILING into some great unknown bay or
laKe IN the midst ofan untrodden wilder
hess: Her temperament was poetic and
medltative. She was unlike most other
girls OF her age, or, perhaps it would be
more proper to say young ladies, for
george was twenty. She was not ex-
actiy pretty recluse," +" for she loved a
Httie society now and then. Neither by
saying that her temperament was "po-
etc, should it be inferred that she was
writer of very poor sentimental verse
as too many young ladies who call them
selves poetic are. She loved to read
good poetry, and sometimes poetic
creams would run in her pretty
little head. This was the extent of her
weakness in that direction. Her love
OF old and curious things was natural
enough.> = She had always devoured his
tory, throwing about it the glamour of
her own imagination. She had read all
the historical novels she could get hold
OF, especially stories of American colo
NAL history. All the colonial poems in
american literature she had by heart, and
II was the crowning joy of her life that
she had once shaken hands with LONG.
1elloW IN company with a score of her
classmates who had called upon the poet
at his home in Cambridge.
Now the very opportunity she had
always longed for presented itself in.the
note from Summerview. Aunt Mary had
taken possession of the old homestead
Georges great great at-grandmother's orig
1nally-and had invited her to come and
rummage in it. The house was one of
the oldest in Massachusetts,, and for
more than hundred years it had been
accommodating in its dark recesses heir
looms and treasures of the dark past.
Could anything be more romantics
George sat down Immediately and wrote
BROOKLYN, N Y, June 30.
DEAREST AUNTIE-Of course will come :
many, many thanks for your kind invitation.
Look for me next Saturday. GEORGE.
Uncle Ben's letter found George Mat,
thews at Cambridge. The young mar
had just graduated from Harvard Col
lleege and was taking long breath after
the labor and excitement of annuals and
commencement. The opportunity fol-
rest and amusement at Summerview was
just what he warted Besides, Uncle
Ben was the prince of good fellows
jolly old soul who knew more about the
round world than half the professors,
ana whose knowledge, best of all, was
entirely ''lirst hand" So, lust before
the GLORIOUS Fourth George delivered
the key of his room to his landlady, and
with monstrous trunk flied with books.
pipes, pictures everything but clothes,
for the young man was not at all dressy
took his departure for dear, old, sleepy
Summerview.
AS it happened, the very day when
George Matthews train drew up at Sum.
merside station George Paine had gone
fishing alone in the little lake beyond the
village. A curious thing for young
lady to do, did you say9 Well, George
Paine was curious girl. She didnt
give snap for the conventionalities
For almost week now she had beer
rummaging steadily in the dark, CLOSE
garret of the old manse, and to-day sht
longed for some fresh air and some exer
else.
"What shall I do, auntie2 she asked
"What outdoor sport have you prepared
for my sole and special enioyment2t,