Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-19

OF me to have asked the question, but the
fact is, don't you see, that Aunt Eliza did
not write, so perhaps you had better tell
me all about 1t.
did so, ending with: II hope you will
like me, Dick. We seem so especially to
belong to each other, having no one else
really of our own in the world, and I'll DO
the best sister to you possible.
/ thought heard him calculate, isis
ter ehP" but put the idea aside as UNI
likely. Aloud he said:
"You will not find me slow, sister, to
follow your lead. "
After that our tongues were loosed, and
our conversation might have been said to
rival Tennyson's celebrated brook To say
that l was pleased with my newly found
brother would be inadequate. 1 was young
and enthusiastic, and Dicks gayety, wit
and light hearted nonsense, to say nothing
of the amount of interesting information
he had stored up in his mind, captivated
and enchanted me beyond Anything in my
previous experience. He also knew how to
sort and arrange his ideas so as to be ready
with the right illustration to fit each occa-
sion, u telling accomplishment when one
is bent on making an impression. 1 had
been glad when 1 found my brother but
that he should prove to be such an ideal
brother exceeded my widest hopes. felt
my position to be enviable indeed.
Perhaps my face showed something of
my sentiments, for now and then fancied
1 caught Dick smiling, but he always be-
came grave the instant looked at him, so
that it was impossible to say.
1.-THE next station is ours, " he said sud
denly, $50 perhaps you had better give me
your checks" 1t was such a new and
delightful experience to be taken care of
in this way that 1 think 1 handed him
| everything had with me.
my checks are in this purse, and you
had better take my keys, too, or I'll lose
them surely, " said. He laughed and took
them, dropping the purse into his pocket,
while he played with the keys as he talked.
| What is this little onep" he asked pres
emily, selectingsa tiny key less than an
inch long
81 call it the key of my heart 1t be-
longs to an old bracelet that came to me
with some of my fathers things, and l
laughed very happily, though there Wa
nothing in particular to laugh at.
At last the train drew up at the Station.
Dick piloted me out and alopJE the end.
less line of platform, as it seemed to my
country bred eyes, till at the very end OF
it he met q young maDlwho greeted him
with the utmost establishment. Dick
seemed to have Expected him, however
and they accosSed each other at once.
How OBI earth do you happen to bC
here, Eyserett?"
"Hello, namesakel 1 thought SHOULD
find you hereabout somewhere.
I You consider me ubiquitous, do you
To tell the truth, 1 seldom come near thi
station, but I'm here today to meet my
| ha 10 bo cd
suddenly catching sight Of me. "Why
what a woman you have grown to be, lit
tie onel 1 don't suppose you remembe
me at all, ehH I'm your brother, Richart
Everett Your Aunt Eliza telegraphed m
this morning that she had neglected T.
give you directions, so 1 met you on tn
chance of recognizing you, and it was
good one. You have not changed a Bit
only grown a little should have know
you anywhere.
But as for me, 1 had not word to say
Literally and iguratively was paralyzed
Then Dicks voice broke in, and 1t seeme
to me, so daZed was 1, as though the uni
, verse smiled, and the smile rippled into
laugh that formed itself finally into word
{ as he answered for me:
, "She says she is my sister"
"Of course the name being the sam
| confused her." said Richard, adding to IN
r with smile: Its curious coincidence
: our having the same name, isn't it2 W
can't trace a relationship anywhere.
. had the presence of mind and jus
grace enough left to stammer out Every,
5 and then 1 relapsed into silence. Richar
thought 1 was shy, being just from IL
/ country, and to relieve my embarrassment
Q asked for my checks. Dick handed thel
e to him, and he went to look for the trunk
0 Then Dick handed me the keys, which
Y took mechanically. Then my tempe
2 blazed up.
"How could you play me such a trick
S cried half in anger, half in another moo
s that it would be difficult to analyze.
n Upon my word know 1 ought to
t ashamed Of myself, he said penitent
d enough, "but the temptation was tx
/? strong for me. couldn't help it. "
y But / did not hear him. My own wort
h were rushing back on me now and flliI
" me with a modification that made IL
70 cheeks burn.
q "What made you do it," 1 cried
:. 81 think 1T was the way you sa
vt Dick, he answered gently. Il new
d knew my name to mean SO much before
d Quickly raising his hat as Richard retur
1l ed, he was soon lost to sight in the humi
d tide of the big railway terminus.
v Afterward, when. looked at my BUM
70 of keys, the little "key of my heart, " as
le had jokingly called it, was gone.
=
I Two years later and Dick and are
,s our wedding journey. suppose we we
Z the usual bridal air, for everywhere we
we meet smiling faces and are treat
ID with much indulgence.
Now we are strolling in the SUNNI
" twilight through one of those beautif
I'd unfrequented woodland paths so dear
the hearts of all lovers when we fall
It talking of our first meeting, and Di
says
t. do you know, sweetheart, believe
was in love with you from the first mimi
Mt saw you, even before you said you hop
would like you or promised to be a sist
OF to me or reminded me that we were
the world to one another"
in II did no such thing" 1 protest ind
to nantly, which shows how short memory
a sometimes.
as 81 fell in love at first sight, and tina
tn fact" says he.
at ut is another curious coinciden
h, Dick, " answer; quite as curious as
a coincidence of names, but 30 did is
IN Louis Republic.
ny Blessings Of Poverty.
Ne Jinks-Do you suppose a man witt
~, as family can live on 81 day and be CHI