Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-11
DELPHINE'S DEVICE.

'Delpnlny, your contrary mlndedneSS eZ
wearin me inter my grave, but if yer
don't want to try on yer weddin dress, you
kin wear it a-iittn you good or bad fur all
me-" said Mrs. Long, or the "Widder
Sam" as she was called by the neighbors,
regarding her pretty daughter ruefully
over her silver trimmed spectacles. 81 never
see n girl make sech finder about gttin
married, n there hain't a likelier nor
genteeler man in the hull keounty then
the elder" she continued excitedly
"That's So" said Mrs. Sampson the
dressmaker, breaking her thread with the
force Of her conviction, che hain't one o.
them shif'less kind that breaches fur pork
n taller candles out or folkscs sullars N
stores, but jest sets up fur his pay in money
like anybody else, N lie gifts it, tew," the
dressmakcr went on. mis- Isril Baker
don't git To chance to change the gospil
fur tub o soft soap when he's consarned,
! tell you. He's got ez good IA farm as
there is i'm the state, N a frame house ez
snug n neat "a ycou please. He's a-goin
TO put up Il front yard fence, tew, come
spring. He told me so the other day"
but ! detest the man, mother" said
the slender. dark eyed girl, whose brow
wore anxious lines, but whose clear
brave eyes shone with a determined light
NHitH Doutu III lot lDe SUCCESS Oh ner
mothers plans. 81 have told you over and
over again that would never marry him
Still, if it will be any satisfaction to you,
will try ON the dress"
you re takin nonsense, Delphiny. You
know ez well ez dew tibet the weddn day
ez fixed fur day after tewmorrer, N tew
morrer the elders a-comin up with his
friend Elder Knight. Miss Sampson
brought me word, by way of Seth Per
kins. ] can't say Pm sorry tits so soon
nuther, fur you han't bin a consolin
darter tew me no way The 'cademy edi
cation AT gin you hez only set yeou up
fore yeour folks, n when / lay my
self eout for your own good, N will tibet
yeou shell marry genteel n intew the Cos
pill, yeou gon get your mind sot on young
Teller tibet hain't got nothn but store
clothes II a sarcy N glib tongue to reck
ermend him a kind O furriner, tew, Twin
away off up in Canada, with the Lord only
knows what kin 'ur bringin up. The
elder said ! did wrong when ! harbored
SIGH character under my roof, fur idleness
Is the mother cv vice, IN he spent two hull
months doin nothin but huntin and fishin,
with IA plenty of sly courtin thrown in
when my back was turned, spose prober
able
IL NOullu Iildht any IL DdV
never seen Tom, mother, nothing would
induce me to marry Elder Taylor if there
wasn't another man in the world" And
Delphine hastily removed the stone colored
silk gown which had been chosen 10y the
united heads Of her mother and three aunts
as suitable for a preachers bride, and
left the room
The wide kitchen door was open, over
looking sunny fields and the blue gloom of
far stretching pine woods. She stood there
few moments with her hands clinched
tightly together, and with almost despair
ing eyes, which were fixed on the road
which wound beyond the fields like
brown thread into the billy distance.
"Oh, why doesn't Tom Gomez" she said
half aloud. "Ie must have got my letter
in time, or can it be that he wasn't at
home when the letter reached Stanford
! will not believe that he is the faithless, de
ceiving william which mother and the rest
of the family declare him to be- Oh no.
/ Something must have gone wrong or he
would certainly have been here by this
time to save me from this dreadful
marriage. What shall dos'
Delphine stared about her in despair, and
suddenly her eyes were fixed on huge
brass kettle that was suspended from the
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place that would bel Rather cramped, but
she was a tiny person, and it would hold
her, she was sure. Tom would get her let
ter and must come in twenty four hours
She could see from her lofty perch the first
moment the stage came in sight. She
blessed her grandmother for having left
this precious gift, only used once year for
making apple butter.
She climbed up on great wooden bench
and from thence to the kettle to try it,
Del phine was squirrel for climbing 1t
held her. She could stay there and he on
the spot when Tom came.
She rose softly at O'Clock the next
morning and put on her wedding gown
bonnet and also that her mother might
think she had gone on a journey. She
struggled some provisions and hid them in
the caves near by.
Through the chinks in the upholstered
wall she could see the sun rise. Then she
heard her mothers high pitched voice,
md Barbary came just under where the
kettle hung to peel her potatoes
"Wot's up this morningt" asked Seth
hopping near her.
"Why, don't you know tewmorrer's Del
phiny's wedding dayi We're a-goin TO
bake the cake" said Barbary.
81 did think tibet Delphiny wouldn't
give in to her ma, 'baout margin the
elder. Did You know how awful sot she
was agin itf Pears tew me the gal acts
kind er queer, naow; tew resignedlike all
of sudden ! shouldn't wonder ef some
thin was a-goin to happen tibet ha'n't
looked fur" biting red apple with sig
nificant tightness.
SHOP exclaimed Seth, dropping his ca
pacious pan and opening his pale blue
eyes TO their widest extent. 81 want to
knaowr
"Barbary, wish you'd run up stairs N