News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-02-23

Nny on eafUn dldn { you stay
with the rest?" she demanded.
You're always doing something
queer, and to bring that long legged,
shock-headed fellow in tow. Where's
Uriah? ?"
"Oh, dear, there he comes this min
ute, cried the girl despairingly. II
just wish he'd leave me alone.
Perhaps you don't know, LuelIa
Smith" said her mother with bit
terness born of her own distress, "that
young mans going to have your
fathers church the first of January"
ooh, ma, you don't say So"
eyes | do say so. Now do you
wish he would leave you alone.
Luella called up CHASTITY smile to
greet the approaching youth. How
trim and neat and ridiculous he was,
she reflected furiously. They went off
together to hunt for pond-lilies.
Sam Baxter cast wistful glance at
her across the table he was helping
to lay, but he would not respond.
Isn't he amusing?" said Uriah.
GA real original | call him."
"Original what?"
'Oh," somewhat disconnected. 81
mean an Oddity. you know. He had
almost no schooling at all. He simp-
ly would not avail himself of his OPP
pOrtunities. Yet he is shrewd and
has good common sense. like
Sam"
The tone Of patronage was enough
to set all Luella's smouldering ami
mostly afame.
$50 do l." she said, coldly. 81 get
along with his kind first rate"
"But not only with his kind?
'I-don't know. | guess so"
Uriah stopped short, tucked his
cane under one arm and took her
hands in his.
Don't you like me Luella?"
"Wait, wait, you naughty people
on ahead.,' 1t was Ollie Bsckworth's
shrill voice.
They were not left alone together
after that for a moment. When it
came time to go home Sam Baxter
made his way to Luella's side.
Cant | see you home?" he said.
She hesitated. "Mr. Pettingill said
something"
"Do you mean Uriah? Oh, don't
take him instead of me. They will
all be glad to 60 with him, but if you
won't go with me nobody WILL,
"All right" responded Luella in
good faith. "Come along then.
All, but what storm was destined
to break over her devoted head in
the parsonage sitting-room that
night. Mild hammered Mr.. Smith
shrunk away from it as though the
bitter words were hailstones lashing
his small bald head.
But this browning disappointment
of disappointing child, in a long
life of toll and trouble had opened
the fountains of Marah, and they
came forth in q ceaseless stream.
Every misdeed-and they were many
of Luella's nineteen years was
brought before her. The list began
and ended with the jilting of Uriah
Pettingill
81 didn't iilt him." in vain the girl
explained. "Olie Beckworth come
along, and he never asked right out
to see me home"
"Tbere's one thing certain" said
her mother, ''that Baxter fellow isn't
going to run here morning, noon and
night. Ifyou won't have a nice, in
teiligent gentleman waiting on you,
l will see that the riff-raff don't"
"Riff-raff, indeed" Luella whispered
to her only confident-her pillow. 81
don't see what's the matter with
him. Only of course, his hands are
big"
Uriah came the next night and the
next. Luella did try to like him.
She was reared in too simple honest
a school to marry him if she did not.
Sam Baxter followed her one day
to the wood-lot down by the creek.
She was sobbing her heart out, lean
ing against fallen tree.
"What's the matter, anybody been
cross to you?' he asked.
"Oh, no."
"Uriah"-with sudden suspicion
-"has been teasing you about mar
rying him?'
"Kind of"
"You won't do it will YEP"
An accession of tears.
''That's why Pm crying" snapped
Luella. She wished for the first time
that he would go away. Sam had
no such idea. "why not marry me?"
said he.
Naturally Mrs. Smith was reused
to fierce Indignation at this wanton
obstinacy as she called it. The poor
parson felt called upon to break it to
Uriah, who listened in heavy silence.
Il don't WONDER" he said when
the speaker had finished Hes as
rich as a jew"
Mr.. Smith was a good man, but
his coat was very threadbare and his
larder very lean. There was asharp-
er note in the voice that cried quickly
He is?"
Didn't you know that? Ipre-
sume,' primly, "it's no secret to Lu-
ella. His father is IA contractor.
They're rolling in money"
Ollie Beckworth was disappointed,
and so were some of the other girls.
"But then, they said, "What could
you expect. Look at her advanta-
ges."
"They think I'd heard about the
property when done it, remarked
the bride on her wedding day. "And
that wasn't so. 1t was because he
didn't have no manners, l guess, as
much as anything. kate Fields
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