Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-19
|ncle Terry
-. By.
CHARLES CLARK MUM
|Dyright, 1900. by Lee & Shepard

brook beside which they were
Walking the horse was a charming
scenery as it came leaping over
lodges, laughing. chattering and
the pools with foam hecks, and
mill, with its great wheel drip
nd gathering, and the mill itself
even a greater curiosity TO
than the schO0lhouse. He hitch
horse, and, helping his fair com
to alight the two went inside
lill and watched the rumbline
:. Alice introduced her escort to
iiller, and after they had been
the mysteries Of grinding be in
them out to the pond, and after
3 the old leaky boat so it was
the two visitors started after
les.
nd you don't tip me over" sale
Il can't swim"
l do I'll rescue you or drown
you" he answered CALAMITY.
silly nothings these two young
uttered as they made the circuit
20 long wood bordered mill pond!
II least was just tasting the first
Illusion of love, and the CLASSY
ce OF the water that reflected the
pending over it, the punches Of
nag growing here and there and
Pcattered patches of broad lily
with now and then a white bios.
made a most picturesque back
ID for the girl who sat in the
Her piquant face, shaded by
ad sun hat, was fairer to bis eyes
ANY OF the lilies she plucked, and
e drew one sleeve up a little tC
for them the round arm and
ed hand she thrust into the wa
BOXED tempting enough to kiss
miller had shut the gate and gon,
when they returned to the mill.
b you know" remarked Franz
they bad left the mill behind ant
driving through a bit Of woods
I have anticipated this visit 70
s.? I know scarcely anything
the country. and 1t is all a reve
} to me. I've seen pictures Of oil
and ponds covered with lilies
10 painter can ever put the realit.
anvas. Why, that great wheel
ed with moss and churning ava!
lay so steadily, with a willow
ing over 1t, is a poem In itselfv'
be mill was built over a hundret
+ ago." observed Alice, "and ha
grinding away ever since. l low
BIT it, for it takes me back to child
and" she added, a little sadly
.nakes me live over the happies
of my life, when father used tt
me with him everywhere b,
But the mill will never grind will
water that has passed." quoted
TX, land the tender grace of a day
is dead will never come back tt
l wish 1 had been country born
nix I've missed countless pages o
bant memories. Do you know" b.
III, turning to his companion, I"
falling in love with tn
try and-and it's pretty sightsF'
Those idea was it to pounce upol
hat way at school?' exclaimed Al
suddenly, throwing off her retro
tive mood and smiling agar
Is it yours or Bert's?"
confess 1 coaXed Bert to do i
had to take the train at o'cloc
|he morning and have coffee an
at the station for breakfast an
Ind sandwiches for dinner"
Ind all to surprise one poor littl
|olma'am and break up her school,
in Alice. "Was it worth all tht
byance"
To to the present moment" al
red Frank, 81 must honestly sa
las. This drive and the mill 1 col
+ cheap at any price"
don't mean this part OF the su
e." said Alice, blushing a little
|Dpen admiration. And then in Sc
lnse she added: What has becon
he Gypsy? Bert writes me TIL
two are planning trips in her 8
~"
ihe is still in winter quarters" a
red Frank. eve been too bus