Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-01-04
Y1r RRTINGTON w. FREE PRESS FRIDAY January T. 1850

night. the RIGHT " remedy remained with |
him solely aud under the benign influence |
of an carly ,roHkfast and the fresh morning |
or he wa. inclined to feel loss stcrnly even
toward Seth Davis In any event he mnst |
FIRST carefully weigh the evidence against !
him and examine the scene of the outrage |
clo.oly For th, purpose. re had started
for the school house fully an hour before his |
usual time he was even light hearted |
enough to recognize the humorous aspect Of
Uncle Bcu's appeal to him, and ii" own Ia |
dicrotislv parHduXiCdl attitude. aud a. ne at |
last PASSED from the dr3ary FIAT mio the |
fringe OF upland pines, he wa, snin5. wen
for him, perhaps, that lac was no more al
foctcd by any prcmonitirn OF liz" day before
him thautn lately awakened birds that light
IL cut the still sleeping woods around him IN
their long flashing 2ahro curve ol flight. \
yellow throat, destined to become the break
fast of It lazy hawk still swinging above the
river. VIZ, especially moved to such a cause
less. md iliotic rouadc of mirih that the
muster listening to The foolish bird was fam
to whistle too He presently stopped, how
, over. with slight embarrassment. For
{ few spaces before him Greasy had une%pect-
Cdly appeared.
She had evidently been watching for him,
t but not with her usual ndocnt confidence.
4 There was a strained look Of the muscles of
hnI,i l',t,,,,,. ,,,,,l,,. btr +eu,,,les beneath
a., iI,,,' ,.i,,', ~ b,, sbortn,. hni,. Her
I,niit,,a1,. .I,,I ,o,l,. e,.n WINS tro1lled
, anvil ,.h,, ,.o.t , fnrtivn Glance around her be
-. cnra .,,. .,"r,h'.1 him win her. rlonoc
Il Without knowing why yet vaguely fearing
that he did. he became still more embar-
t rasscd. and in the very cgotiom of awkward
L Ross stammcrcd without n further salutation:
70 "a disgraccm thing has happened last
= ,n,, Nv. do.l, ,,n. hro,nn into and 100
~ tn1yy # ," She INTERRUPTED. With half
> in,u,tinnt bolf nrnosv nuttiu,, AWAY of the
+ .ul,iort Mn hr. Ii+tIt ..thcrr-don't
oo nh over il ogoin Paw and nav have
=, been ot me- about it all nieht-cvcr since
j i,(.,, tIa,.;.,, il, t,oi, onvinu.re.. to make
. ~, thai,., no,rn ,n,hr1 over with thc news
- I'm fired Of if =.
- Eo,.o, i,,.to,,t ba was STAGGERED How
- much had she learned, With the same awk-
i ward indircct,Ies,. he said vaguely.
pm if mioht have been ,tor, letters. YOU
-, know -,
- ..Rrt if ,voen.t She said ,implv. at
~ o,,,bI to bava been wish if hod-."
she stonnod and oooin REGARDED him with
.tronra exnro,.ion, We'll ' she said
Slowly, s,Whot are YOU going to do -
- ..rn find n,,t the srorndrel who has done
- mi. :, hn said frml, ..nnd nuni,b him as he
~ de.nrvo.
= Tho almost innorcontible shruo that had
- raised hon. shoulders oaye wav as she regard
., cd him with a look Of wearied COMPASSION
~ .No =, .hn said oravelv .,vou cannot
III ,r,,o,.,,, +,,, ,,nn,. fo,. Won Vo, must On
10 o,yov ot orc.
- .,Tovn,. :, he said indionontlv Gwen
ne if If vera mot cownrdice II would I've
II moro-o confession,
" .vo+ mora Than tbov, al,oodv know. =, She
?o eoid ,veorilv .Rut / toll Won Won ,,rst
- ro 7 have eueal, cd o,,t ot tho bouse and
,,,,, boro aIl tha rvav 1o warn Won If Won
= Won care for mo Jacl,-von will 20 -
~ ~ .bo,,ld he n t,oito,. to ,o,, if did =, bo
said ouic,lv 81 shall stay
~ ,,R,,+ IL JocLif :, .ba dro,,, manor
w him with n new found timiditv. and then
LIS suddenly ,,locod her two hands ,non hi.
IL el,,,1da,. ,if If roc,, ! ,,o,o tn 'r, ,,.i+l
III vo,, q,
u. The old rant eaoar lool, of nossession had
l come hack tn her face now. her Inns were
u softly nartod Vet evon then She seemed tc
IL ho ,yoiting soma reulv more notant tbor
=, that .vllaIIe ON fine Gns of the man hpfor,
IN her
er Howbeit that was the only response
wv .sDorling :, ho said l;issincr hen, ..but vould
re- nj That Justify them
"Stopu she said suddenly. Then putting
her hand over his month she continued with
fine same bnlf weary expression. "Don'
W lpt ne 90 over oll that agnin either H. is ),
ne t,rcsome Listen dear Yon'II do one O
ny two little things for mc-won't Won dand,
III Lovs Don't iinqer lono Mt the school hons
II" ofte,, lessons 90 RIGHT home, Don't ICrl
l"V after those mon to-dI,,-to-morrow Sotur
"9 dov isvorr hoIidov-vo,, Lnoy-au,l Won
USE have more time Keen to vonrself to-da
hS q. much os Won can daor for - hours
an nn+il-until-vo hear from me Won know
my II will he oll rioht then " She added liftin
oin her evclids with a sudden odd rosenblauc
ms to her father look OF droWSy pam VINE
inn FORD had never noticed before. 'Tromls
hlv me that, dear, won YOU
70 W lth mental reservation he promise
inc hulrleulN-preoccupleu III ms wonder WI
Zen she seemed to AVOID his explanation, IN II
=, desire to know what had happpned in II
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