Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-25

somewhat from brooding over her
own troubled little romance, by set
ting her TO bordering over that past
one OF her aunt's.
"Auntie," said she, after Miss
Sparks departure, ''were you really
once engaged to Harry's uncle?''
EYES," said Miss Eulalia," "and We
quarreled just like you and Harry air
always ADDING, mostly about nothing,
till we broke off for good; tina g the
end of it,"
"And he's an old bachelor" said
Delphine; "why auntie, neither ofyou
ever married. did your"
''No," replied Eulalia little short
ly," "don't poster me now, child, you
will make me Spite the icing"
That afternoon when the cooking
was all done, the house set in the
neatest Of order, all ready for to- NOR
row, and Miss Eulalia, like a good
splnlster angel, gone on mission OF
Thanksgiving charity with 'Tilly Stubs
to carry the basket, Deiphine had
long conference with herself, cuddled
down by the smouldering fire in the
kitchen fire. place.
"Of course my heart is all broke
up" said this forlorn maiden, with
melancholy little tear in each eye,
''since Harry is false TO me, as | knew
he would be. But l might live for
others, the minister said we Ough to.
[ think it would be one good work to
reuniCe Mr.. Hardy and Aunt Eulaiie.
They must have loved each other all
the time, if they did once, and, of
course, they were both too proud to
make the first advance, so they drift
ed farther apart all the the time. LII
they could once be brought right to-
gether, face to face, and kind of sud
denly, no doubt it would be all right.
They would try TO Oe stiff, and then,
all at once, they would melt, and then
they would rush into each others
arms and exclaim simultaneously,
Darling. forgive me, and let me atone
for the GOODNESS of these past years
by my devoted love-
Delphine wept quite piteously for
moment over her conjured up scene,
then wiped her eyes and proceeded in
a more business ike manner.
1.-The thing is TO get them together,
for their never seeing each other mas
been the means of keeping up their
pride. Tn just send him note; that
r. n fnp nYdN
the stage'll take it to Perry's Landing
this evening, and neil get it early in
The morning, time to come over. III
ask INN 10 come TO our Thanksgiving
DINNER, ana then he'll think OF her,
and may DO bo ali ready 10 make up;
and Aunt Euldli5 II De surprised at
first, aud then the thought OF Old
times will rush over ner, ana she Will
burst into Tears, ami G0A0 VIII touch
hin still more; anu they'll make 1t all
up, and III BAKE Aunt Eulalle's wed
ding cake, and oe an old maid; and
Harry will marry Cherry Towers"
DeIphine's heroism was not equal
TO This last picture land again she end
ed with shower OF tears, after which
she resoluteIy prepared her little mis-
sive. MIR. Hardy" 1T said, Grand
una and Aunt Eulalie and L would be
glad to nave yod come to our Thanks
giving dinner 10 morrow. Respect
luliy, Delphine Cherrybloom."
There, that's short and simple,
and TO the point said Delphine com
placently, as she tied on her cloak and
hood, and set forth in the gray chill of
the November afternoon to the post
office, not far distant.
So full We're Delphine's thoughts of
her missionary effort, that she could
not help again bringing up to Miss
Eulale the subject of her old time
lover. "What if you should meet
him again, auntie?" she suggested
artfully.
"'Twouldn't matter to me-" said
Miss Enlalie indifferently ''rd as
soon meet old Grandaddy Piper"
'Why, L thought you loved him."
said Delphine disappointedly
''Maybe [ did once, but that amt
now. Why, Delphine, we had chance
enough to make up, only by that time
we didn't care for one another. Ro-
nance is sort of like calico, when
folks is right young, it's nice and
pretty for awhile, then it kinder fades
out. Pm thankful to Providence now
for not letting me marry him; folks
can tell heap better what they want
when they get older. Parson Walker
is deal better man than Hardy ever
was, and a. heap more TO my taste.
! I'm agOing to marry him, Delphine;