Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-23

In four months the bird-sOngs had deep
cned in color and odor until an imaginative
person might find them vivid as scarlet and
bursting with fragrance. SU@mCr srrcad
up from the tropics TRANSFORMERS Oh" North
ern world. The yVPrly miracle, wni,'h new
err ceases to be marvellous, w,i% nearly COM
pleted; not u spear OF grass was laCiing to
the wide fleece of vCrdurc; the leaves were
at their darkest; stUlwart rag-wcCd grew
i'll the fence corners; TIE roses were long
ago tired of bloumiuT At thCi' freshest; the
corn stood AS high as u MANS Shoulder. ana
only yellow stubble showed whrv, the wheat
had been. Mrs. Harkvr Gard.'H was rank
with onions, late beans and Ca3G ages. The
potato vines had even begun 10 Groop in
token that their fruit was rlpCning. Tom
Holmes farm swarrlrd with th"vshcrs,
and his house was swallowed by llNG way
ing their aspiring tcndrils over their time
knuttcd joints. The apple trees had formed
green lists 10 shake u: every passing boy.
improvements, independent of summer,
| were going forward Il pUut GQrlcy's home
| stead. A tish-pond was being e r2ctCd ana the
| front drive OrualnCnted The sash-frames
! for a conservatory were starting out at one
side of the house. Jesse Stone tramped
across the hay fields noticing the second
| growth, and specializing i'll unison with Mrs.
| Stone appalled, in her place by coming up
| might happen before another year.
But if summer merely tr,umphcd other
| where's, ii riutcd around Psyche FawCett's
| home. The grapcriCs, orchards and flower
| borders were at their widest. An awning
shaded the stone steps and dimmed and
cooled the hall, within which was visible
| half the massive stairway.
| Psyche sat in II hammock under the thick
est foliage. white from her hair to the toe
| nf hear ali hpinr tlnnp0
| with pale blue ribbon. She gave two large
| palm fans TO Gurlcy ana told him he could
employ both hands in her service until
| Phoebe came down.
| "Languidly for me, Cupid, but you'll have
| TO raise a hurricane over her; she has so
much more strength and color than have.
The question at first was who shah be called
Miss Fawcett; we're almost of one age;
I'm scarcely month younger. But she in
sisted shall, and it won't make any differ
ence few months from now. When
think of that l would kick you, Cupid, if l
could only make it hurt. And she 80
precious, and so much time wasted when /
didn't know she was my cousin"
"Or even that was to be your COUSIN y
said Gurley.
"Drusie Holmes Is so reconciled to il"
said Psyche, with n laugh. Won must no
toe the anxious attitudes she takes toward
Cousin Phoebe and the distant sweetness
with which Cousin Phnbe treats her. There
has been a GOODNESS between them, but
suppose they will outlive it,
ION account of the prosecutions she en-
dured from the ANIMAL said Gurley,
sternly.
Psyche shivered, and set her hammock to
swinging
THAT cooled me better than both fans
But don't say another word about him.
wish he was executed as we'll as sentenced
It's hard to see our name printed with his
and headlines made of what he eats anG
talks about. If made the laws 1 should
smother such creatures in silence and de
: cency as soon as they committed theil
crimes. Poor Uncle Fawcett Doyou MIND
il say something wickedr'
Not ut ALL said Gurley.
II can't say il to Cousin Phoebe, for she
wouldn't sympathize with me, but it's beer
/ in my mind so long 1 feel as if must eX
press it. OF course it was fearful for hin
to be treated so, but-do you mind my say
ing something startlingly wickedr'
ION the contrary" replied Gurley, "ther,
are few things l enjoy more than your start
= ling wickedness."
"Well, I'm glad he died. l guess it wa
best for him. He wasn't comfortable ut all
and he would have made it so uncomfortable
for all other folks. I'd got into the habit o
, being afraid of him. You don't know wha
bereaved sense OF relief had when b
was actually covered up in the family LOT
4 We knew just where he was, thenl H
t would not want to look in at the window an,
8 more. Now, Cupid, you kaOD l could no
!. feel toward him as do toward Cousi
+ Phoebe. He has been the bugaboo Of m
/. life And the instant / saw her was 1
love with her. She grows more delicious a
we get on, too, and even Auntie can find n
fault with her. Don't mention it any wher
that you saw me out of my MAurning tC
day, will youl''