St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-20
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MN HAPPY REUNION.

epa It n nat the night, and had Only
Sra and all obo ("t noon on the day
Tbrh vas Nas " Says the distance from
10 + those >, IN ii the direction of what is
% York ISt Il, town s"l o Of Fordham was
ppS the the nv ,V stage coaches, drawn
fPaaaStlhnes old Boston post road.
JtgF t nsr E eve the leaders
20 lh, anu and plowed their way
Jlog'G1 a ,he snow, snorting and
through !.ls, clouds lou ofsteam from their
poad' ,,h;le the vehicle paused be-
AM' ,%Sa 'i tavern in West
hr a m"I bearing a swinging
deiG tv evolutionary sign, the pre-
and aa' .t If A scarlet clad and hand
sain' .s, al AN and the inscription +,
81" SGl' .' sc. Of Claremont Arms:
r rAs'9v we're but two passengers ., IN
There y ,,. II, that night-a tall traveller
tb''J', acbed hat and shaggy over
a D an" and little girl whom he car
't s.I u 5 horses were baited and I'd the the
.. a, mi and groom went IN Tor
' sa5rop Of something hot" the tray =
, 4, IojIe b turned quickly up a
oa' T 7yap man was good looking,
Isonoh foreign and sunburned OF as
Net 'rc.' Yet he did not seem a stranger
'I da through R'ryl: the snow-clad lanes
and BY the white fences he went ms 5
,'o y finally turning up a private
N s,aG through the piled up drifts
. n,,' old Deacon MarshalPs
homestead .L ho,.st
,,,,rbdog'> bark, bay deep mouthed
welcome as we draw near home
%, this man ieryently prayed that
Wv W. watchdog be aroused by the
M noi,eess approach to the old home
Hr,aw the old farmhouse as he
III so often seen it in boyhood
with is red walls and white capped
4 rooi. with the candle light shining
! through the rime of the window
panes.
he almost a sob burst from the man
bosom. The child was hushed ant
4 content in its fathers arms.
As he passed through the trim
yard gate, past the old familiar but
4 ternut tree, he said to himself, The.
4 will be glad to see her and love her
+ but 0 God it's hard to part wit
her."
When he reached the farmhous
door he set the little one down o
her feet in the square old fashione
porch.
Now, baby, remember never t
be afraid to do what papa tells 20
to do. You are going to see CRANE
pa and grandma, and when you
visit is out papa will come and brin
i YOU lots Of Sweeties and toys. No
4 YOU must go right in when the
oRn the door and papa will go ava
fora little while"
The child chung to him for a IN,
mtnt-a terrible moment to him
and then stood bravely quiet as
gave three rousing blows to the o.
brass kuocker and then swiftly r
treated into the shadow of the tree
Htsaw the open door and an o
white halredman with a candle in h
handbook out, He saw the glea
OF the hresde in the old home +,
the hrs' time in many years.
saw ihechlId, fearless and conhdet
4 "WeCOme, enter, and then-be sti
brave heart-he saw his mother,
tall, gentle faced old matron wi
@ow'whlte hair, advance. stoC
ala MT the child in her arms al
MESH as one who drinks after lol
thiyting.
The door closed, and a few mi
u''S later the man outside was
,a' return coach for New York,
Is way to be lost among the II
'"0%n thousands of the great cit
Zen minutes before this scene De
y VOL MARSHALL and his good wife S
, %'ore the blazing FIRE in the clea
S %us ola'iashloned kitchen, while t
I Gasy housemaid, stout, ROSY Dut
4 t ,asI Of eighteen, piled her event
b roAS' Inc appetizing smell
browning Dc MI griddle cakes and fragra
WA WA nIled the room. The Bit
S T'nus howled outside, enhancing t
V''Sseu sense of home warmth a
comfort. ~ wal ''''n d
al, ITS IT'S mighty bad weather. l he
n ron ''s &C. enlIdren will git here tom
TOW W., wife, i, said the deacon.
H.. al III, the children, Ezra ?" answer
S SVy Old lady in tone of reproa
! a aI, Know one will not be he
ds always think of him in the h,
Ta yS away out yonder in Mexico
i nI ,N'S among them outlandish D
, W., oh, Ezra, he was a wild bow a
/ oof""t;'a'u's,trong, but there's more so
4 tba 9r' lnan one, and you were wo
4 into 1 III ,e When you drove the boy {
I sg ,O Tue wide world twenty We
Year., ~ Ser y years ago come N
Tha