Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-12

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of our Father who deals with US al
ways in tenderest love. And the
thought came like a message OF
peace, to her poor little heart that
she might please Him by bearing
patiently this hard punishment. With
this reflection, after lying awake
what she thought must be nearly all
night, but was really only about
half an hour she went to sleep.
1t was very gloomy week which
followed. 1t was hard to bear the
stern look which Aunt Hester put
on whenever she came near her, but
that was nothing to grandpa's never
taking her on his lap or waiting for
her to run out to the big gate for q
ride in when he came home from
anywhere. But one morning Susy's
heart gave a leap when she heard
that Uncle George was coming that
day. He was always very kind to
her and she could not help thinking
that if she could only see him before
anybody else told him about the
mystery in the best bedroom he
might believe her. Uncle George
always walked across the fields from
the railroad station, and without tell
ing anyone, Susy went to meet him.
"Well, little one. What, come
all alone to meet me? But what's
the matter?''
They were getting out of hearing
of the other people by the time Uncle
George asked this, and, as well as
she could between her sobs, Susy
told him her story.
"They all think I did it, Uncle
George, because / told lie before.
But I didn't, Uncle George, / didn't.
And won't people ever believe me
again all my life? Oh, Uncle George,
you'll believe me, won't you?''
eyes, will he said, taking her
hand in firm clasp which gave
Susy great comfort. 81 don't think
there is any need of holding on so
long to an old wrong. Well see
what can be done about it, dear
OF course he had not been long at
nome before he heard of the broken
Lets take a look
at it, he said, and they all went up
with him. Susy, too, unable to i'm
agine how Uncle George could help
Ter out of her trouble, but feeling
quite sure that if anything could be
lone he was the one to do it.
There was the queer, round hole
With the crraks running out from
t.
ssThere 'tis,' said Aunt Hester.
Looks exactly as if something had
lit or something been thrown at it.
don't say for a moment that any
,ne could have done it on purpose.
Accidents will happy, and if acct
Tents are told of at once of course
hey'd be forgiven if only the truth
vas told"
Susy shrank behind grandma to
escape Aunt Hester's glance, as
Jncle George tipped the glass as
ar over as he could in order to look
It the back of it,
stCouldn't have been done without
lands, you know" continued Aunt
lester.
81 don't know about that" said
Jncle George, beginning very de-
iberately to turn the screws which
eld up the glass. In half a minute
e had taken it down and was care
ully examining the thin board which
overed its back.
81 think this one of the things
Which are done without hands. The
ooking- glass has broken itself,
'usy,"
"See here" he said, pointing to a
hin place in the back. "The I'M
sual dampness of the season has
warped this so as to bring a pressure
pom the glass which has broken it.
t is thing which rarely happens,
believe, and would not have hap
ened now if the room had not been
ept so closely shut
"Then the darling did not do it,
aid grandma, taking Susy in her
rms.
"I'm glad as l can be, Susy,"
aid Aunt Hester, and Susy knew
he really was. ''What can we do
0 pay you for what you did not do p
Susy was so glad her little self
hat she thought she was going to
augh, but she cried instead. Meth
dist Prote slant.