Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-08-01

"a nv sudden inspiration of his supe-
r;or Mr. Parker of the composing
go Il was Ross intention to gar
nisb each chair with an elaoorateiy
tied bow. but as he was no sailor ana
,,,,dorstood only the intricacies of
hard knot he confined himself TO that
e,aoies Of ornamentation, leaving, how
over very long ends of ribbon hanging |
dovrn after the manner of the pendants |
~ roeettes Mr.. Schofeld was alone at |
his labor. his two cOnfreres having be-
taken themselves to the station 10 meet |
the train from Rouen.
II was a wet, gray day. The wide
country lay dripping under formless
wraps of thin mist, and the warm, driz-
1Ifng rain blackened the weather beat
on shingles Of the station, made clear
rejecting puddles on the unevenly
worn blanks of the platform and damp
ened the packing cases too thoroughly
for occupation by the station lounger
The bus driver, Mr.. Bennett, and the
proprietors Of two attendant cut I'M
ders" and three or four other worthless
whom business or the lack of it called
TO that locality availed themselves of
the shelter of the waiting room, but the
gentlemen of the Herald were too agi-
tated to be confined save by the limits
of the horizon.
They had reached the station half an
hour before train time and consumed
the interval in pacing the platform IN
| der big cotton umbrella, addressing
| each other only in monosyllableS. Those
| in the waiting room gossiped eagerly
| and for the thousandth time about the
late events and particularly about the
tremendous news of Fisbee. Judd Ben
nett looked out through the rainy door
way at the latter with reverence and
fine pride of Craftsmanship. He de-
clared it to be his belief that Fisbee
and Parker were waiting for her now.
For all Carlow knew why Fisbee had
gone to meet the strange lady at the
station when she had come to visit
the Briscoes. why he had come with
her to the lecture, why he had taken
supper al the Briscoes' three times and
dinner twice when she was there. Els
bee had told the story to Parker on a
melancholy afternoon as they sat TO
gether in the Herald office, and Parker
had told the town. 1t was simple
enough indeed, and Fisbee's past was
, mystery no longer. 1t might have
been revealed years before had there
been anything in particular to reveal
and if it Cad ever occurred to t1sDee
TO talk of himself and his affairs
Things had a habit of not occurring to
Fisbee.
Mr.. Parker, very nervous himself
, felt his companions elbow trembling
: against his own as the great engine
! rocking in the mist and sending grea
+ clouds of white vapor up to the sky
, swooped down the track, rushed b!
n them and came to a standstill beyond
n the platform. Fisbee and the foreman
q made haste to the nearest Yesubul
:, and were gazing blankly at its barred
O. approaches when they heard a silver.
n laugh behind them and an exclamation
# Upstairs and downstairs and in m
lady's chamber! Just behind yor
le dear"
ar Turning quickly, the foreman behel
" a blushing and smiling little vision,
or vision with light brown hair, vlslo
~ enveoped in a light brown rain cloa
So and with brown gloves from whic
IN the handles of a big brown travelin
yo bag were let fall as the vision Gil
anpeared under the cotton umbrell
ra- while the smitten Judd Bennett reele
me gasping against the station.
m Dearest" the girl cried to the o
,rs man. YOU should have been lOokil
ire for me between the devil and the de-
nd sea. the parlor car and the smoke
sat I've given up cigars, and I've beg'
in to study economy, so 1 didn't come
ST. eitherr'
ere The drizzle and mist blew in und
the top of the ''cut under" as tn
less drove rapidly into town, and bright
His tie drops sparkled on the fair h;
mi above the new editors forehead and
ass the long lasbss above the new edlto
: it cheeks. She" shook these trans1f
the gems off lightly as she paused III
ling doorway of the office at the top OF
rickety stairway.
,uld Mr.. Schofield had just added the /
had | touch to his decorations and mana:
God to slide into his coat as the party ca
at up the stairs, and now, persplrl
Y to proud, embarrassed, he assumed an
yer, titude at once deprecatory OF MS
and deavors and pointedly expectant
Tom concentrations for the results
and was modest youth and conscl'
I'M After his first sight of her as she ST
head in the doorway it was several days
ancy fore he could lift his dlstresseo
ness under the new editors glance or
hand deed, dare to avail himself OF u
like than a hasty and futterlng starr
anne, her when her back was turned)
ough she entered the room he sided a.
city. the wall and laughed sheeplshly
Y in nothing.
ming Every chair in the room was o
mented with one of his blue rose
aited tied carefully and firmly to the MI
shev- slat Of each chair back. Ihere
in a been several yards of ribbon LETT
quite and thara was q hard KNOT VI y