Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-11-23
TONY.


ErFFnsB HEY had come to Belleview by
easy stages, and Felicie seemed
none the worse for the journey.
y She was already awake when her
mother gently parted the curtains
OF the quaint, canopied bed next
morning.
'sWhat is it like, mammal"
"a lovely placer answered Mrs. Sew
erance with enthusiasm. "Such sky
such air. You will surely get well here,
my darliDgW
Felici4 smiled. 1t was long since she
had made any other reply to suggestions
about ''getting we'll" But her mother
did not remember that.
81 should like to be dressed, mamma,
and sit on the veranda. There is ve-
randa, [ suppose?'
"Miles of it." cried Mrs. Severance.
"You never saw such an odd old place,
Felicie! I've been up for an hour or two,
exploring. But you must have your cof-
fee first, my child"
She touched bell, and Rosalie brought
in breakfast-tray. Feicie slipped her
coffee and broke little bits Off her roll.
"You eat nothing, Felicie," said her
mother. wi h a slight frown of dissatis-
faction; but her brow cleared directly
as chs added, s'but, of course, you are
tirett this morning. You can't help
building up an appetite here. AS for
myself, am simply ravenOuS"'
When Felice had done, her mother
helped her to dress, and the two went
down stairs together.
Mrs. Severance was right,-it was IN
ssodd old place" In the years before
the war, Beileview-under another name
had been prosperous sugar-planta-
ton; bat the ocean had encroached up
on the fields of cane, and that other sea,
whose pulsations are the unrest of free
dom, upon the ranks of swart laborers.
There is philosophy in the rotation of
haryests. Instead of hOgheads filled
with dripping sweetness, there was now
the summer boarder. SO the crushing
mills fell into decay, and the great cop
per caldrops turned green with rust,
while the old plantatiOn-house put out
additional wings and porticoes, and
turned score of newly-opened eyes OF
windows toward the semi-tropic sea.
That wonderful sea! To Fel;cie's
northern sense, it seemed the transfigu-
ration of the sinuous giant that lashes
the cliffs and spouts from the caves OF
York and ScarbOro'.-his breast n1caeu
with the foam of wild northeastern tem'
pests. Here no rocks offered their sharp
challenge. and the great creature lay on
it's bed of smooth sand, golden-gray IN
the morning sunshine, breathing ana
pulsing like Titan child asleep.
The beach was already bright WIZ
people. for the days pleasuring was
wont to begin early. A small heet OF
fishing-boats lay moored at the treshiS
painted pier; some of them were oelne
laden With cargo of RODS, luneneoh
baskets and wuter-flasks, while 1rou
Others the yet unhired oarsmen, loungins
at ease, watched their rivals through
half-closed lids, too deliciousiy idle 1o'
active competition. Little chliaren
watched by white-capped nurses playeo
over the long slope of the Deach, eApioi
ing the shallow pools for treasurt-troV'
of rose-lipped shell or stranded Jelly,n 81
or mercllessly probing the Dreaming
holes of the crabs which honey comDe'
the shining yellow sand, and thriekins
with delight at the tiny water-spouts u
which the unlucky creatures Vehle'
their harmless resentment.
1t was already hot down there upol
the sands. Later in the day the dlrec
sun-blaze would grow intolerabie, Du
the house with its large open court wa
empowered in cool grove OF hve-oak
vreathed with dropping moss. Inc a.
throbbed with fragrance as tne oreeN