Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-11


,reat will bet you cent there will be thimbe-
Menv herriss in her garden"
was lOIn"CNS told her so many fairy stories
WI winch le@ineu was never whether he
service as a pr are tbimbleberries Ikegn she
months in that car
September "a thimbles, of course, only they
commissioned suebushes."
pany IL don't believe that, sir"
eau "You just wait until you see them"
On "1suppose you mean raspberres or black
IAN berries. They look something like thin
wa bles''
e' ''No, don't mean real, true thimble-
berries"
Mr.. Latimer began to read his newspa-
per, and there was silence between them
for some minutes.
At last he looked up. II will bet you
cent, he said, that there not only Thin
bleberries in Mrs. Carriers garden but that
y. is-y." w " f'' 81 O--'N "''''''" :" "''
iancock, e ran "triple-arched" together, max
famous ng it Sound like very strange word.
was ore what sort OF a window is that, sirl'
ton OF "a window with triple arch"
tingu' Mr.. Latimer's explanations were most
he unsatisfactory, and Marietta felt more and
more sure that he was joking.
Again he took up his newspaper, and
once more there was silence.
81 will bet you cent, he said presently
v that Mrs Carter has brindled cat"
Marietta laughed. "What is a brindled
IN catF she inquired. ga fairy, make believe
Ia catl"
hi "No, indeedl A genuine cat, with a
vi true brinde"
s. He became absorbed in his newspaper
again. At last he put it down. "WIl
nc you take up my bet"
co Twill l what, sirl"
&C 81 bet you a cent that you will find
thimbleberries and triple-arched window
and brindled cat at Mrs Carter's If YOU
choose to take up my bet, if am wrong
pay you the cent if you are wrong you
pay me cent. Do you seer"
"But have MT any cent"
'Do you think it probable that all those
things will be at Mrs Carters"
n Moo I'm pretty sure there are MT such
things as thimbleberries and brindled cats "
Then you do take up my bet!"
{ She hesitated.
"a cent is very useful " said Mr.. Latimer.
But suppose should lose9 l have MT
any cent at all"
"Oh well, I'll trust you if you lose.
suppose you are not likely to go through
life without cent?"
"No I'll take your bet," she said after
another thoughtful pause
Her new friends left her at Mrs. Carter's
door, and Mr.. Latmer thought no more
- about his extensive bet but Marietta had
- hardly been kissed and welcomed bv the
Carriers before she was eager to know the
extent OF their possessions AS they took |
her up the narrow stairs to her room she |
saw, in the entry above her. a window |
with three arches at the top.
"What sort of a window do you call that |
Miss Carter3" she asked as careessly as
she could
"Bless my soul, child! You are begin
ming to take interest in architecture |
early. call it a window with three arches "
docs triple mean three, Miss Carter?" |
Eyes, dear. 1 suppose some people |
would call it triple -arched window, but
that is rather long word for such small |
girl"
81 am five years old, and l like long |
woods" she said, asserting herself even in |
49, the midst of her increasing trouble She |
had premonition that las there a triple |
arched window at Mrs. Carters those 9TH |
remarkable things would be there, too |
"Do you have any berries in your gar
den, Miss Carterl" she asked after the |
dust had been removed from her face and |
hands, and she sitting in the parlor
eyes, dear child. If you are not too |
tired you shall go down into the garden |
and pick some for tea"
'What kind are theyl"
"Thimbleberries, dear heart"
'That is funny name, she said striving
to keep calm.
"Well yes it is admitted Miss Carter;
\ 'they something like raspberries and
q blackberries, but they have a distinct
tin flavor"
IA There only remained the brndled cat as
vey shield between Marietta and the disgrace
0nons oI owing money she could not pay. ohe |
With w5gas afraid every moment that she should
and the d some foreign looking animal enter the
parts settlen. She fond of pussies, but she
M ~ longed so eagerly to see cat
States is 5ettenow longed to know that she should
the century; "one.
10 w, wh AT exterou like cats maaml" she asked
lie institutions ito Miss Carriers mother. 1t was
opment of Amer know the worst at once
t9e events and Livery well, my dear Do youl'
10 the inquiryis, -noi-that Is
1.-THE Unites this moment a large, striped cat en-
view view Of tired the room, and ran directly to Mari
changes Of our
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