Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-23

! room, and seemed 20 OlSPei9e AL JhlHi Ol
human tenancy iuade the far of ceiebra-
/ ton as unreal as . dream. The only re
/ atty Of bis life WAS here.
lie TOOK from his pocket few letters
| one of which was worn ane solied win
! frequent handling. lie re read IL IN mar
! methOdicel half patient way,as II he were
waiting for some revelation it inspired,
which was slow that afternoon in coming.
/ At other times il had called up youthful
/ enthusiasm which was wont to transigure
mis- grave and prematurely reserved lace
/ with a new expression. To-day the reNe
lation and expression were both wanting.
| He put the letter back with slight sigh,
. that sounded SO prepoSterouS IN the silent
. room, that he could not forego an emOar-
raised smile. But the next moment he set
, himself seriously to work on his cores
pOndenc3.
Pr esently he stopped; once or twice he
| mad heel overtaken by vague, uudeiln.
able sense of pleasure, even TO the dreamy
. hating OF his pen, IL was sensation IN
. no way connected with the subject OF his
. CORES pondence, or even his previous re
tlectiOns-it was partly physical, ana yet II
| WIS in some sense suggestive. ltsmust ne
the intoxicating effect of the woodland
air. Heeven fanCied he mad noticed it be
fore, at the same hour when the sun was
declining and the fresh odors OF the IN
dergrowth were rising. 1t certainly was
| 4 perfume He raised his eyes. There lay
the cause on tina desk before him-A little
nOScBdy Oh via CAilloLnltu IhStttG cuOIl-
cling q rose bud which had escaped his no
tice.
There was nothing unusual in the cir
cumslance. The children were IN the nap
It of making theircherlnRs generally with
out particular reference 10 Time OF ocCN,
SION, ana IL mighI nave neeh 0gtrloG3teu
by him during school hours He felt
ply Tor he forgotten posy aueady DeHlh
ming TO grow lump IN its neglected solitude.
lie remembered tnHt IN some iQ!k-lore
81 the ChhGfeh - perhaps lIdultiOu oi
ihe o!ti association ~ uhG III! ItJ WIN
nus, II was utbeNeu " ne eHlCieiud'IC, y.
The affections. ne remembered also tna'
he mad even told lhem OF inns prooaole or,
lgn OF their superstition. re was SUN
hoIdluE IL Ia ms hdnu Wneu ne was con
NCIous ol SIihTh SVi9t'tlU ~, uuNU Ieut q
lhdgneIlC li'rlll lhIOhS'H ms huEelS' I'ooN-
ing at 1t more closely ne saw tha5 me
spriG5 were bound logeChar, not by tnreau
OF rihp0n, pu" Wy IohS HthleutS VI 9OlO
brown mar ilEhtIy Wouui atouHu Iueu4'
ne uh"ouhu slutie halr anu . heiu /. 10
the hShI' us !elSIi' colQI' leN'uIe, dH
above al a certain lheHplCADle instinct
ioiG nm II was CrSssy hci\!HStr! >; re
lAld IL down uuchlH, hS IL ne HHo' Ill 'hd1
acI l"mlI'6IIy lol'cHe't hEl l,VI,'ou. -.
lie HhlSheu Al9 leItSI. puU present
lOunu himself aStln loOklng AZ uhe lHyrtc
ana thlnklng ABOUT 1t. rom lue pos
l'ou IN Whlch II mao ueeu PIaCeu IL VIZ
eVideluy intended lor I''Hi me laiIey oi
plnulng IL Win mar WAS also IlSeutlouHI
ana 40, q necessity, as ne Knew ms leiil
nine hcnolars were usually "Gh pIoNIte a.
WIN DllS OF tnItdI' SHE vi Il'cou. j.
mad been some new aosuruitS OF Cnl!u.s1 q
fashion introduced ia the scnool, ne WoHtu
| nave noticed IL ere IHi9 IOl IL was IHio
obttuSlQn OF RelsouallCy InaI GaRlteS
troubled MN. ne IeIlenoeteu Cre39y .
halr II "e9 ceItalnlE NeIy pe 9t IN
spite OF neI oGcealoual 'dtaI les Vi c?!V ~ &,
lie recalieu now one alteInool, IL hul
come down Wheu sue was IolliPluB Win
OctaTla III the pIayerouhu, ana was sur
prlsed to ma WhaI a VIVA picture he re-
talneu OF her lingering III the porch W pun
IL up her rouhueu arms utiu HpoNe neI
head, her pretty shoulders luli throat anel
glowing lace throWu otck' auu d "i9p OF
tne very mar peL wen HcI "uIue leeIn ne
began another lelttr. r
1en IL was Inls1 te une snauoW Oh tne
: plue orahcI pelo 'ag tno m.n'i'W' 'n.ow ,!
by the nearly 'eyed sun across ms pape9t,
LAY ian oefs,n ,, w his ;york avav Iin%ared
Wa ,,,n,a p in Hesitation over the 1nvr'
t tI a n,,I thaT licked Them in hi,
49, 'lrfi6 an odd feeling that he had Sc
cnFeo IN some some F~Sue ""y Loi upon
~. Toio ~, ,Ssb-'i, he had ION T.
tii t,,o,,Id I,rr,a XIV Iaan bniidav vii
- tbo niba~, r. rr.oiyad IN Jy9it M i1D,er
/ Inn 1fToIlgh back To the hotel. Tie act
e however. had not recalled Uncle Ben {,
{ AiIn hy any p-sDciatiOu Of ideas for since
f. his discovery of Johnny FliQee's carica
Z lure. be had filled 20 detect anything t,
3 corroblrute the caTicAtucists satire an,
70 6qd dismissed the sabiec, from his mind
9 on entering his room ~ the hotel h,
a fo1na RuperC Filgee Standing modify b,
f. the window, while his brother johnny
s. overcome by replg,ion Of excitemen
. and collation., was asleep on The slnEl
e arm chair. Their presence was not uu
$ usual, as Mr.. Ford touined by the Ioneli
e ness OF these MCtuer!ess boys mad otte
! invited them 60 come 20 bis Toous to IoOi
d over MS books and illustrated papers.
) "N ell y' he sand cheertully.
p Rupert did not reply or change his DC
y sition Nj. Ford Slaucing At him shari
II Is, saw a familiar augry ilgnt ia the boy
\ beautiful eyes, slightly dimmed by tea1
l. Laying his hand gently or Rupert shou
q der he said, wv hat the hatIer, III
II pert 2"
}. "Nothin' ." said the boy d0ggedly, wit
l. his ewes etjil fixed on the pane
IT. .'Has-has-Afrs Trippi (the fair prC
re rriefrasa) "beep unklnd ?" be went OF
-e ifgbtlv
y 7No reply.