Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-21


springing to her feet, her face as
white as marble, 'you will break my
heart if you do this thing. I Will go
with you to Michigan or anywhere
elseif you will not take any action in
this matter"
tina, beginning to weep, "don't do
anything about it. He has been just
like son to me, only little higher.
Only think Of it, Hester. Professor
Lyon a common thief!''
And Harvey Bond, with eyes which
glittered with satisfaction, after much
entreaty from Aunt Martha and
many tears from Hester, gave the
promise that Professor Lyon should
not be molested, provided Hester saw
him no more and would go to the pin
cries for the winter.
eve will spend the summer season
in some of the lake cities, if you like"
he said to Hester, 'sbut during the
winter I must be at the head Of my
lumbermen; and indeed life is not SO
dull, for nearly every man has some
woman relative there, and it is a
brothers. privilege to provide home
for his sister,"
With pain at her heart which she
felt would never be entirely stilled,
Hester went with Harvey to the pin
cries, where she was installed as
housekeeper in little cottage which
had long needed a mistress, and that
need, if she had only thought of it
was the selfish motive which had
been at the bottom of Harvey Bonds
antipathy to Professor Lyon.
1t was early in November when the
brother and sister reached tie pine
ries, where the bracing air, the sing
ing trees and carpet of dead pine need
| les under their feet all had their
charm for Hester.
Although the training Of her former
life, embracing her dramatic reading,
was of course a thing which she was
expected to forget, often when her
brother was gathering his lumber
bermen together for the winters
work in the forest she amused herself
by going out unCer the fragrant pines
and listening to their music, and
sometimes reciting as she walked
along.
One day she had wandered farther
than usual, when suddenly she was
joined by two large dogs, which trot-
ted along socially, yet shyly, with
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their white teeth.
Hester was not cowardly girl, and
extended a caressing hand toward one
of the ours; no stretch of magma
ton could have made them respecta-
BILE CANNES.
The larger of the two turned upon
her with a snarl which frightened her
and brought to mind instantly a GER
tain piece which she had once studied,
portraying the rawlings of mailman.
See fixed her eyes on the red green
ones of the animal and began to re-
cite the piece in her most frenzied
manner.
The brute shrank back, his brush
tightly drawn down, and with his COM
panion skunk out of sight in the un-
derbrush as she finished with the
blood curdling shrek:
"Woe to the daughters and sons of men!
Woe to them all when I roam again!'
Amused at her success she laugh
ingly pursued her way homeward, un-
molested now by either animals or
men.
She said nothing to her brother of
the occurrence, fearing that he would
blame ner for exhibiting her accom-
plishment even to the brutes of the
forest.
Business was not to begin in real
earnest in the pineries until Deem
Der, but Harvey one day put his ak
over his shoulder, telling Hester that
he was about to fell giant hemlock
which she herself had visited, and
which was about two miles from their
cottage.
'''I shall be back at noon,' were his
parting words.
But when the little clock on the |
shelf struck twelve he was not there,
nor at one, nor at two, nor at three,
and then Hester decided to go and
look for him herself
She found him at the foot of tree, |
about mile from their cottage, width
er he had dragged himself. He had
cut his foot badly and had been obliged
to sit down on account of weakness
caused by loss of blood.
cit is a fortunate thing for me that
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