Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28


Lord will rs viii and ipe should marry,
dare say I'd "a looked no younger than
l do, not so young perhaps, but that
wouldn't ha mattcrcd If ia had some
thing to show for it-a tidy hoi%o and
happy husband, and--and children may
BE-. "
Here Miss pcckitt got up and looked
out of the window. She camo back in a
moment and remarked that she had caught
II cold somehow, and l must have my
frock unlocked and be tried on. l sub
mittcd silently to be unlocked, but l
know rs well a. she did that she had been
CRYING.
Time did not stand still in our village.
A bicycle factory reared its gaunt ugli-
ness by the church, and the moss grown
well was replaced by galvanized iron
pump. Tho old families moved away, and
now people camo-smarter people, in their
gimcrack way, who got their dresses made
in the county town and despised Miss
pcckitt's old fashioned patterns And in.
deed she was not enterprising. Nothing
would induce her to make a bicycling suit,
however conventional. The changes in
our village took mighty strides while l
Goruony WI, oa,,,o hove bor1i,
know n Almost NV Grst yis;t WINS r,i1
to tbo ii,,la ,,,hito ho,,sa ,,,ith +ho ,,,oo,,
roi1i,c,s
eft win do tbo roor ,bi,o ,ood to soo
Won ;, said ms, unotbor ct fc,r sEe is bnr.
rihIy MOON Sha ,,n+s ,ardl,, an, ,,,n.l,
now and sho ,yo,1t aoco,t a,xth i ehn
dnc. NOT ann, Tho Iost t;,mas sn,'+ Tow
her .bo would not co,,,o AVID ,chsr won't
to SEQ WHY She told me- Mainly that sho
kncu 7 didr,t ro,lI, ,,.ort hon. and ,.as
nnI, not,in, M ,ynrl. for bor r. "iu hc J
was o,,ito tr,,n =
Nil poclitt had ogod Iitt1o si,co o,r
last nnrtipg hut she had grown vcrv thin
Tbc bouss ne usuol pas ecr,,r,,lo,,sl,,
ncat hut tborob ,ro ,yorn close on C,brist-
mas +bcro w. no fro
she ala NOT know mo ot f,rst and u,.s
dustirg n chair that was already NJ , erot.
lossnrss to shame onr chairs at homo
whnn suddenly sbe rccognized mo The
sbocL shattorcd for n r,p,nont tbo rosorro
NJ voars Sho throw bcr thin nttlo ANS
aro,,nd NV mock and kissod mo fo,torod
an analogy for tho ,.libortv, and tbcn cat
down ON tbo dnnhlv dusted cboirand rricd
pitcouslv conferred her as VOL nc I
could INIT before she grc,y calm AGAIN I
Ind listcnod ,o s,ich n tn,o of novortv and
self denial nc my vhung cars had never
hoard boforo.-vort ec,rco and arouiro
scorcer. hardly enough to live on and tc
crown All tho uryont necessity for SAVING
for boarding. every nossihlo ncnnv
But whvY"
"For NV funeral nv dear - she said
"I,vo kcnt myself rcsnoctablo all thesq
vc.re and if tho rorisb was to +oucb mo |
sbo,Id turn In INV cof,in-I know
sbolId -
"Donr Miss pecl,itt Ut said "vou know
VOID never 1nt the narishn-
.It would he inst the same. " She said
"tbough tnow Won moan If kindly ann
7 thank Won tbr same Now vou,ll cxcus,
mo gctting on with whot hits of sewing
bove ,,
And tho noodle bog,n RI flash IN anf
ont through tho white stuff
/ "Wbnt Is ityi oskod idIv
,sIt,s for my burvino - sbo s,id 90,
know I'm NOT iong for his world for 1as
nigbt 500 NV Whites Ghost ne Main n,
n1nin w,lliny in tho cbnrcbvard Iool,in,
much thc Same onlv older 40 was IN b.,
oxnccted and know that's n sign y
nYour n.edlo's crool,ed ~ said fgbt
ing with "A choking feeling in nv throat
Iat It1n p.lI ana NJ no
r.nda ,i.- ;, 80, iii t.ti,;.
80 Wv pi'i !,
hcouic w soV AZ iioo 81 very or"oheu
ana penny a penny, ana needles II
penny packets ism t what they used to be
No, and won t let you buy me even nee
dies, miss. It's the principle think or
won t be beholden.
You've got the old pincuShion there
still, said. There must be lots o
needles IN that. Let mo empty out th'
carefully
thlnk MISS Peckltt Will must nav
been weakened by long fasting anu trou
pie, Tor she let me rip up one slde oil ina
sacred cushion ana pour out the bran mt
mat little BLACK tea tray with the gol'
border found IN that bran % good nee
dies, to say nothing OF broken ones Ihel
! began to put the bran bacL, and as
pushed 1t III to make 1t nara ana tight
ielt hollow IN the brick. Iherc wa
something In 1t. pulled IL out.
"Oh, Miss Peckitt, cried, "lool
what hnve found IN your pincushion J.
A little canvas bag, ana III 1t ten soy
ercigns ana two bank notes, ana littl
letter
My DEAR BLossoM-This is $50 Of my money
so you Will have something II am no
lucky win the rest lou VII ma inns Whe
you iip o' we ~, co1er. - a.. so.S WI,
~ o1r honon ynnr ,r,,a friend and So,
ate lover. WILLIAM Br,Ir
Sbo sbowed mo tho letter aftery.rd
Now sbo or,r Lissad II and nut Il In no
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