Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-08-09

wen anu get Il pUchef OF water. lie
went put "hen tather had revived and
Eor up tuiuS gave nm look that showed
ne WAS not over ms rage.
get even with you yet, Martin FHir-
o"hhS' ora man as you are!' he shouted
ou's anu Went INTO the outer room
we got father to bed soon. lie slept
u ,Lie o'u roo'i Go"hS'alrs' out OF the
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u'u n9' SIIep HIH' ! nS'eH'u' no one
s,iiieu III 'uc "'SIl' us ana ms WIZ,
- ~, 'ri3 curry Ill '',e morning; ~, ana
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mn u3out III 'he evening hui MS
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sittinc and snt down ~, tho la,,,,st .,t,',,
There was II cool breeze there. If hid
been n yer,. HOT doy
81 want TO know if thot Ellis follow Inns
been to 500 vnu amy lotrl, soid f,tbor
NIL M once
"Not a great dool." 7 answered
''Did he come to see Won the last nirht
YOU were there" said father.
eyes sir" soid I che did coma"
"If Won ever have another word IN sov
TO that fellow while I live III kick vnn
ont of this housp like a dog. dourbter of
mine though Won boz soid he Thnn he
swore great oath and cnllcd God IN
witness. "Spcak 10 that fellow AGAIN.
If YOU dare. while liver said he.
| did not say n word; | lust looked mn
Mt him as | sat there Fnther turned
pale and shrauk back. and pun his hand
to his throat, where Rufus had clutched
him. There were some purple finger
prints there.
Il suppose you would have been glad
If he'd killed me-" father cried out.
81 saved your life" said |.
what did you do with that pistJlr'
he asked.
81 put it back in the desk-drawor.'
got up and went around and sat on
the west doorstep. which is the front one.
AS | sat there the bell ring for the Tues
day evening meeting, and Phoebe Dole
and Maria Woods, two old maiden la
dies. dressmakcrs, our next door neigh
bors, went past on their way to meeting.
Phoebe stopped and asked if Rufus and
his wife had gone. Maria went around
the house. Very soon they went Oh, and
several other people passed. When they
had all gone it was rs still as death.
sat alone Il long time, until | could
see by the shadows that the full moon
had risen. Then | went up to my room
and went to bed.
| lay awake a long time crying. 1t
seemed to me that all hope of marriage
between Henry and me was over. | could
not expect him to wait for me. l thought
of that other girl; could see her pretty
face wherever | looked. But Mt last
cried myself to sleep.
At about ) O'Clock | woke and rot un.
Father always wanted his breakfast at
o'clock. and had to prepare it now.
When fothcr and were alone he MI
,vovs bniIt tho frn in rho kitchen stove
nm tbot uorning / did not bnor him
stirrinr os usual and foncied thar he
must Lo sn out If tnmnnr with me tbo+
he would not LnilJ tLe fire
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