Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-07

IRE in nv office. t,.vlnr TO muster cour-
ace enol1ph for an encounter with the
cold winds and driving storm outside.
Half ashamed to confess my cowartice
10 myself. had done every unnecessary
hing [ could think of to kill time. till
at last was reduced TO the necessity of
counting over the contents of INV purse.
This. however. was but brief resource.
~ short horse" as the proverb has it.
"is soon curried." The only coin worth
lingering ON was bright. new half
Eagle given me that morning by some
chance customer as my recompcnse for
"doinp a deed"
Limited as nv practice and nv fees
had ALWAYS been half eaoles wore NOT
entirely novelty TO me, and vet from
,he prolonged attention with which in
NV demonstrating frame of mind | re-
garded it. 4 lookor in might have SIM
posed | was studvinu some rare antioue
instead of a very ordinary specimen of
Uncle Sans daily snendino mona,, I
examined it chronolorically with refer
puce TO the da,e. and aoorranhicallv in
respoct TO the mark of tbe mint vbenca
il issued
cornarad +,a a.o1e on +bo ono clio
with nv remembrance of sncb ornitbo-
lorical snecimens as 7 had seen in trav-
,liry museums and of tbe affigv-4tan
soleuuly believed 70 be of solid gold
which i'm my bovish DAVIS kent watch and
ward over Tommy Touns.,,d's cofraa
house. | scru1inized fine beed of Tih-
ertv with fine eve of a nbvsiogno,nis4
penEnifn to rive tho bvb,id rrof,e -
more feminine mouth / occoinnlisbe3
sundrv scratches. which nipht very
we'll have passed for a nustache besides
cutting nv fingers and breaking at once
the knife blade and the third command
ment.
A knock at the door checked fine half
uttered malcdiction, and was only re-
peated when ! cried. Come int, Had
spiritual rappings been invented then
might have thought that satan his
patience exhausted by this new develon.
ment of wickedness. was about to fore
rlose the mortgage he is uopnlarlv SIM
posed to hold on every member of onr
profession. As it was, | only rose and
oueupd the door Tbn rnddv frelioh+
etrealned out into the dark entry and
fell upon Il SLIGHT frure that seemed
almost the embodiment of IFS coldne..
mad Gloom. The fpura. however wus
,Yn familiar tn me tn insnira any, y,,,o,.-
natural fears. being that If a vni,ng
woman VINO earned q scan. livelihood
bv copvinp for LAWYERS Wbv need
describe her?
An emulovment reonirinr easv NON
mauship and some acouaintance with
runmas and neriods if nor with tl,o
more essential parts of comnosition
falls almost as a matter of course 10
those who aft some period bava had
greater advantages-to those who in
that common but more touchiny nhrasa
.bayo known bet+or DAYS y Tba ros,,l}
is easily guessed If ,niobt ba +o1d j.,
many a t9ln Of natient ene,e,.in,, and
labor: Of BRIGHT ewes din,,nod wiz 1,ta
waicbiur, of rod cbooi,e bl,ncL.l ., H..
hue Of tie pancr before them. of vorn,,
homes witbnrfd and sbrrnlk IN tbo,, a,.o
as hfe]oss and void Of meaning ~ tba
weary heart rs the dry lega1 nbr,s,, ~
the coIv TO the tired hand not tron
scribcs Them,
And while bod hoo, ,i,,,or;.,. ;,,,.
nv my fire lreodin,, ~ f,an '' &c. ti'''5 iuIy
his scantily clad .nrI had wajlod Ill Ill
fine wnv from her distant oarrat c ','l
did NOT fell me thnt .ne was ,yaa,,, a .nu9
chilled to fine very henri hn+ 7 ron2 :; 49,
bor ,incbed facg IN tho sr,al 1''N' + =, -
Which ,oyerod her dra.s If fa5 Y,'1 ",o ,,.
inc, ,,,d IN +hn ao,.orn.., ,,,i.G, ,,,,it a.
tla drew toward the five ~ .,,,'.;,,',
man would an,,roach fnoI IN nrl,.,,''2;
., .ha wa. frnr, tho storm sb, haI nav,
ssad n cover tha ,,nor. cha Ir,nr,h,
ro,, i. d,anc,ir,, ,,,ith . cor, ,rI;'I
tcll mora .,rouo,I1, t,an any, u,o,I. FL,