Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-08
LET MN HEIR.

THE grass FROM the drsuat- shore.
Zor b'u,o rnd,,hH
LET MN HEIR.
From a volume Of sunday School Stories" cd-
tied by Rev l.. f. lalr.l
IF any man hath ears to hear. let him hear
Harry had never been at Canister be
fore and, as he and his father jumped
down from the train, he did not like the
looks Of it very much
There was only little shed for station
Then there was the signal tower, and he.
yond that two houses That was all he
could see. One of these houses was quite
small and had no windows It was close
to the track, and Harry knew that it was
to keep the trackmen's tools and the hand
car in. The other house was painted gray,
and had smoke coming out Of the chimney
Harry was going to ask his father if that
was where they were 10 live. when a tall
man hurried out with a trunk on his shoul
der. lie ran through the snow to Harry's
father, and thrust IA large key into his
hand.
Here's the key, Fetrow, he said "Sor
ry I can't stay to help you get settled but
| must report at Sackvllle to night. Then
he ran along to the baggage. car and threw
his trunk in at the door just as the train
started As he jumped ou the platform Of
the car. he waved his hand back at them
The train pufied along the cuhaukment
turned into "a cutting aud wa, lost to sight.
but Harry heard the whistle twice after il
was out Of sight
Harry and his father we're the only pep
pie who had got out Of the cars at CAM,
ter, but there we're six or eight men who
had come up to meet them.
Harrvs father. Mr. Fetrow. had lust
been made foreman Of that part Of the
railroad and the old foreman, whom they
had met coming out If his house had been
ordered away. 1t was quite a promotion
for Fetrow. He had been only common
/ track haud but now he had been promot
ed to be foreman at Canister. and he had
come up with his little son and most of the
trunks and boxes They were going To
settle as well as they could and next day
Mrs. Fetrow was coming up with the baby.
The men On the platform were the track
| hands who We're going To work under Fet-
/ row Some of them began to pick up the
/ trunks but one of them came up To Fet-
/ row, as the train pulled out.
Mr.. Fetrow, said he, my names Ar
/ cher I've been boarding with Mr. Smith
/ at the house yonder, and haven't moved
my things out Yet but we have taken al!
the furniture out Of the car that YOU sent
mn and va'va u,,t If il, tb. bousa in SOM.
/ .bsp4 Thu. b6vs viii brin,, in vour trDnLs
/ nn,, and narbaus vou can tali ms how IN
/ 6y tbin,,.
We'll Archer " said Mr. Fetro,y ..von'd
Lat,ar stoy viii M tilI tn ,,or,,,,. and
then, if my woman likes the idea, perhaps
You can keep on boarding at the house.
/ she's used to keeping boarders. This Is
my bow Harry. Hes only ten though he is
SO tall
Harry put up his hand to shake Archer's.
and Archer smiled down at him He liked
Archer's looks. for he had a pleasant face
and curly yellow hair.
They walked together to the house. and
went into the kitchen. Harry saw that
the furniture was the same they had at
home, but the room was a good deal larger
The stove was new. too: but there was "a
GOOD fire in it. and Harry pulled of his
coat and warmed his hands for it was
growing chilly out of doors.
Harry and his father had been living
nearly "A hundred miles away. down i'm the
valley where all the snow had melted but
here in the mountains it hardly seemed to
have melted at all The men were taking
the trunks upstairs. and making great
noise and humping as they went. Harry
asked if he might 70. too.
is there n little room up there that the
boy could have :" asked Fetrow.
Yes, replied Archer Il had the little
bedstend pnt in the room over the front
door but | haven't any clothes for the
bed"
"Tbat's all rigbt We have them in one
If tbs trunts Do VIM renan,her ,,,binb
t,.,nl, tho sbaats and IJaukats ora in Uar-
yyoodsn cbsst Sn tbav ali yyant unstairs
ofter Archer had GgbteJ a candle fnr II
,,'as ,,rr,,inl, jarL
Uarry ra1 nm INTO the littIe room, .r5
fr.t of au ba loo,ad out ~ tba ,yirJny.
H.. I'll saa tbr,,,,,b tba tu,;l;,,L+ +,.
track and the too. house and the si',naI-
,,,,., uitb H.. Ii', r.I li'rLt and I,a7.nrl
tb. smbankmapr cnrving away into the
Jarl,,,.,s. H.. ,a,i.al 100 v.L.+ h., Lal
NOT @ sean uhen ha ra, ont of doory tbat
IT,. ,,.,,. I,..,,t IN, tb, an,Lo,l,,n,,,+ a,,5
mite n hront runnin,r thrnu,,L II Tbo
Irr,,, va. ,ar, hio', arain.1 tbs ,bite
.n,,, lie c,nIj mot sae ,,,,.,.' ,,Iainl,. for
IL ,,.,. ,nit. darl and Lasidas II ,yos Ia i'm.
nina, 70 min Lni bs conId nal,e ont tIat
tLs ,.,I,.rt ,,.,s arcLad and moda n,,ita a
n,.tt,, bri6gs across tbs stream
An lis fathsr y,os caII;ng hin, T., b.,l,
. ,,una.E tho ,ro,Ian gbast f,r Ar.bat. d a 4
,,n,,e doy,n IN Ionk after tba SIMMER So he
7,Il.J n,,t niIIoyrs auJ riIln,I cas,s a,'j
lbsots and lJnnL.t. anJ baL,ed to nab.
his n,,.n and %is ratber's bsJ Rsrnre t6,,
,rs,t dn,,.,, ,o s,,n,,sr bs ,yer+ LacL r., III,
a,,., rnnn, AMI Inated tbron.,b tb'. .,.inJ,,r
L,t - ,,as ~, Jarl, AMI tIa rsi, Lo,t =,
aS,oinst tba nam that ha co,,IG onI,, 80,
Iia"1 stream a,,ainst tho ,,.bite sno,y
g. ba foIin,'5J bis fatbe,. dou'n ., .,,,.
non /, t,,r,I ,.,,t that ,,.,lo,. ,,..., III.
.,,,j coot Tbs, had frisd bor, aml
LaEsJ notatn.s Vim snn,e hot Liscn;t
,rLi,b lar, tbn,,,,Lt ,,er. Le,tsr t6a,
those his maiber made. for thev Ind n In
tia sp,,nr in them Then tbev Ind brnn,Lt
ma i7ot of stra,,har,, Ian, u.hich ALL,
'',aJ ~ 20 H. ,,.r,, Iu, I H., at'
,L.i,, sunner tb. r;s,, taItsd anJ H.,
listened ''
= ,Do Won knou Archer tbev,va bes,
, tryin, ~ frightsn me ahont this sactinn
said Fatrnw
= .Nbv what tl. n,att., with il ~
con ,ho, LaJ ,,rsat yt,,.;as ~ si;Ja.. mn.
5 wasbonts and wreck " '''