Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-04
NJ say nothin'," she said. "Now read

an say nothin'," she said. "Now read
that itum.n
Mrs. Merritt read as follows:
"a considerable number of the stakes
which We're driven by the officials en-
gagged in surveying the proposed route
of the r.. b. and S. Y. h. r.. We're sur
reptitiously removed during the night
of June l6. We understand there are
strong suspicious as to the identity of
the perpetrator of this outrage"
"Now, how dew yew s'pose they
found it out" said S'repty. "These
newspaper folks is great hands to make
up new words, but when | heerd my
own name read right out So it did give
me an awful start. Who could "a told
'em?n
"Oh, the correspondents make it
their business to find out about all these
little happenings"
''But what made 'em think did it?''
persisted S'repty in tremulous whisp-
er.
"You?n said her friend. "What did
you have to do about it? We surmised
it was those Clancy boys did it for fun. !"
cit was me that pulled up them
stakes. An | dunno but I'd dew it
agin. P'r'aps it's just as well | sha'n't
git up ag'in. But that scat me SO
when Bradford read it out so loud,
'Srepty-shusly, just the same as sayin'
it was me-"
''Don't worry mite about it," said
her friend soothingly. "That's a real
dictionary word, and didn't mean any
thing about you. And | won't say a
word about it, even to Silas.o
S'repty's eyes lost something Of their
distracted look.
"That's just like you, Lucindy," she
said feebly. 81 should hate to have it
in everybody's mouth, arter | was gone,
how | JUS missed bein' took up, by
dyin'."
"But, S'repty, what in the world did
possess you, woman of your years, to
cut up such crazy caper?'
"'Twas all on your account, Lucin-
dy. COMM home from your house, |
got thinkin' about the railroad track
runnin' between the house an barn, an
if l didn't run against another stake an
tear my dress wuss'n twas before. An
that night l dremp how you was gOin'
acrost to the barl to do some weavin',
an the cars come along an run over
you.n
"There, there, don't think any more
about it, said her friend. But S'repty
must make her confession.
$50 mex night, when Azariah an his
wife was gone to the straWb'ry festival,
cut over acrost to your home-lot. |
knew your folks was gone to the Cen
ter too, but | was afeard somebOdy'd be
round an see me. Still, | he'd to resk
it. I'd no idee how hard it would be
gittin' them sticks up, but | remem-
bered how good you'd allus ben to me.
| tried to come home a shorter way,
thinkin' | heerd somebody fOllerin', an
l got into that springy place in the
Lloyd lot, an got my dress wet an my
shoes"
"You poor thing, your said the OBJ
ject of all this ill-starred loyalty. ''To
think that you should have so much
trouble ON my account! The railroad
folks have acted real fair by us. And |
wouldn't say anything about it yet, for
you know how everything goes, but we
expect to move in the fall"
"You don't sayp exclaimed S'repty
with considerable animation.
eyes, he's been thinking for long
time the place is too large for him to
carry on, SEEM the boys amt ever go
ing to take to farmin'. And the cream
cry folks want it, and he had good
chance to buy the Ford place at the
Center"
"What! the house with the pillars in
frOnt?' inquired S'repty, much revived.
eyes, and SO | gave my consent. It's
home to me where my folks are. The
girls urged me real hard. | suppose, if
nothing happens, Emma will live right
next door to us"
"What, has Emma Jane an John
Kilborn made up?" quiried S'repty,
forgetting her feebleness and sitting up.
eyes, and suppose there will have
to be double weddingW said Mrs.
Merritt.
"Well, Inever!" said S'repty. Lois
amt gion' to be married, too?"
"The girls wouldn't thank me for tell
ing, but you won't mention it, That's
the plan now"
when you move, I can't go an set
with you an see you weave, even if /
should ever git up ag'in," sighed
S'repty, dropping on her pillow.
"Oh, he says there's room enough in
the house for my loom, and when we
get moved, l want you to come and
make me good VISIT
The invalid frightened again.
"Hain't you told anybody you was
goin' to move? Not Mis- Peters, nor
Why Smith,"
"Nor YETI said Mrs. Merritt. Sarepta
breathed sigh of content.
can | know Rosalia amt heerd of
it," she said By Jennie Cotton.