St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-12-06
Correspondence
LONE OPPORTUNITY. F."
written for the CALIFORNIAN


to see you. when did you get back
into this busy place, seeing you is
better than anything else just now"
And the two young men shook
hands heartily, as they met on the
corner of fremont and Boylston
street. in one of our large cities.
That they were friends anyone
would know who saw them walk
ing arm in arm up the street.
How glad 1 am" continued
Clarence Buffers that l met you just
now, for 1 have such hosts of ques-
tions to ask you about the old home
town and all the good people l used
to know. l am On my way to the
EpwOrth League, and as it is nearly
time, come with me, then after that
is through, come home with me and
stay all night, l want to hear your
opinion of the place up among the
bears and the people who never
saw an electric light Did you find
you needed your lamp trimmed and
burning all the time -: and the
speaker gave q hearty laugh ashe
thought Of his friends idea OF the
country before going there.
II will meet you at your room at
ten, Clarence, but cannot 90 into
meeting, I have an ngagement,"
and Hal Terrill turned hastily away
and walked up the street.
That is funny, thought Clarence.
! wonder what ais Hal tonight,
thought he would like to go with
me, to the Epworth League, he was
getting quite interested before his
vacation and l was sure among all
those dear people he would come
home an earnest worker, he goes in
to everything, he likes, SO heartily.
do hope nothing happened while he
was in the country to hinder instead
of help. If there did his Aunt
Eleanor would hardly forgive me-
And with an anxious look on his
face, the young man passed into the
church.
Only a few of Mrs. Ferrins' in
innate friends knew how anxious
she was about her brilliant, hand
some nephew, without father or
mother, alone in the world with the
exception of this aunt.
i ofI
gay life, he often made the gentle
aunt fear for his future. She was
very glad when Clarence Buffers
suggested his spending this summer
vacation in the quiet country town.
AT ten that evening the young men
were seated costly in Clarence But
ters' room and ready for reports, " as
he said:
Now l want to hear all about
your trip, Hal, you can't imagine
how terribly disappointed I was,
when l found l could not meet you
there, as I had planned, but orders
were positive to go at once to New
vi n, anu WHICH, lLClC 1OuIlQ WOIh
enough to last until last week. Uncle |
said he could trust the case only to
me-" and the young man looked |
pleased at the confidence placed in |
him.
Really now what did you think of
The sleepy town ?"'
10
Clarence, for l was never more sur
prised, l found as good if not better
than you see in many a city, your
people evidently believe in advanced
ideas, yes your town is A No. l."
Good for you my FRIEND" said
Clarence, But now about the people,
were the boys all home and did you
attend the little church in the quiet
part Of the town, where l used to
spend the Sabbaths when younger?
l can see everyone of them in my
minds eye. Come now tell me all,
for am anxious to hear. Who of
the boys did you like best, to say
nothing of the girls, who Of course
are all young women now ?"
I guess they are allgood enough"
replied Hal, but of course l learned
to know few quite well. There
were three or four l liked frstrate.
Noble, Grant and Wentworth were
capital what a fine bicycle rider
Noble is. We had some long rides
together on our wheels. l also had
some delightful carriage rides with
Grant. The young people included
me in all their entertainments, thanks