Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-22
MARRIED AT A GALLOP.

MARRIED AT A GALLOP.
"Well?" in decidedly testy tone, was
the greeting old Joel Gringer gave the tall
young schoolmaster who stood fumbling
the latch of the front gate, and clearing his
throat more for the sake of attracting at
tention than to remove any obstruction
from his windpipe. "Well?"
But it wasn't well. That wasn't the
right way to encourage the young man,
and shrewd old Joel Gringer knew it. He
wanted to make him 90 through the tor
ture of telling him plainly that he had
come to see his daughter, so that he could
put an end to the thing then and there
"Well?'
him! I-I-iust wanted to know if
Miss-hm, h'm-is at home" and the
young fellow relieved his nervousness by
digging up the gravel walk with his left
toe at rate that threatened to damage it
worse than ten years regular wear and
tear
81 thought your business was to teach
the children to speak the English Ian
guage, and here you can't do anything but
hum and hawk. I'm at home, and So is
Growler there Anything else?' and the
steely eyes looked through the young man
like ferrets
mo, sir. with a loud ahem: Il was Just
going up the road to Mr.. Mason :, and
wanted to know if the family were all
well-that's ALL" And the bashful young
fellow seemed to have found his wits some
where, Tor he turned coolIy away, raising
his cane us he did so. and striking the ma
pie foliage over his head three sharp clips
that made the leaves crack like pistol.
And the old farmers eyes were not so
sharp as he prided himself they were, or
he might have seen the hutter of some
thing white, three distinct times, from the
narrowest opening i'll the blinds above,
and have guessed why the young man was
so easily satisfied.
Maybe love Is blind to its own objects;
but for dizziness of vision give rae, all the
time. the eyes that are ever so sharp after
hargain, but have not the quickening of
the divine passion To make them vlgllant
guards against the dangers that threaten
to thwart loves plans. That's long way
OF spelling Joel GrinCer, but true one.
lie watched the straight, 1.-THE young
form untu 1t seemed only shadow
against Ne!ghbor Mason's barn. and then
began banging to the shutters with We
hemence that sald TO all, Joel Gringer
can take care Of his own every time
leave INN alone for that.
Gone on to Iasons, was his gruf
answer to his Wlie's questioning look.
"OhiN wanted u inquire alter the health
II the family. S'pose he thinks the dees-
rick l. assessed topay him for coin round
an doln that-ha' La! nat would the
funerals OF tWo-thirda OF this family count
with NM Hood ut fractions they say.
Wen see how his fractions work in this
house Much @ood IL Will do INN to talk
1t over with John Mason, the Old
Sh-! Missed cautiously INTO his ear,
ana warning niger told him to leave un'
complimentary references to the helghbor
with whom lie mad been emDrolled III
bitter lawsuit, ana oeeween whose farms a
devlls lane prevented any joining of
line fences - unSald. There's Masons
hlred man again"
We'll: ABOUT ~ per cent. more pep
perry imam a moment ago
The old man sent me over to say them
there hogs o yourn's been into the back
cornfield agin, an he won't turn 'em out
till doomsday nor let me. They're there
yit, an maxim the interest on five thou
SAND dollars ny ike slXty-that s what the
old man lows the field'll fetch him. Bet
ter not take that there pup along, had ye?
III! wait I'LL can get out!'
The last exclamation was caused by prep
aratlons Tor enchanting the huge bulldog
Growler, ana Zen stone made one leap
over the renee ana was out or hearing be-
lore joel urlhger could nnlsh something
about going tor witnesses.
said my say out. Hen the dog wit
nesses enough, reckon, to the scrlmmage
there II be. I'm engaged in another case.
Hogs amt to my likin', Joel Gringer,
though do know how to drive 'en purity
slick Wouldn't a-taken that dog Il !
hadn't called it apup an recommended not.
Laws but there'll be smash to pay for to-
night. sure's my names Ben stone"
Mrs. Gringer set her candle III the back
kitchen window aud her supper in the
oven, and watched and waited for Joel's
lantern to CLEAN down the lane leading to
the back cornlield.
But il was cleaning in more fantastic
forms farther away. 1t was playing hide
and seek M and down duStV rows of corn