Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-01-18
THE DRIVERS
STORY
BY ESTHER sEARLE KENNETH

baths for two dOlldfs-lhTee lot la eeA
load. Reasona,e2 Yes. sir. People
generally like my prices.
Step right in Here's linen cover TO
keep the dust of the lady's dress. Road
are little dry just now. This seasons
warmer than the last-less rain. More
people here. though. We always nave
more or less summer visitors in this To-
eality: but 'tisn't often We are crowded |
as we are this year. Lots Of parties COM
ing up got their ladies into the hotels
and then the men camped out. All COM
Portable? Here We go!
Pretty lame, | am? You're right sir'
there. Shouldn't think | could drive 50
well? But my arms are all right, sir
grip as good as ever it was. How alu Il
happen. ma'am? Feet frozen. Like 10
hear the story if I'd as lief tell III Yes,
ma'am; just as lief as not
Always lived round here at the 1901
~ the mountains, ma am; was born IN
The shadow of these old hills. Yes, ana
. thank the Lord was married here.
You wouldn't think its love story III
a-going to tell you; but am.
I'm let the horses 60 slow along IN
the shade of these trees. Hey, Nancy! .
n Good horses. these buckskins OF mine,
Z sir. Fond Of horses, ma'am? so Is my
!. wife
a Pretty place here. Here's old hiar-
(, sarge looming up. Yes, and it's all
!. about Kiarsarge and my wife that am
e going to tell you.
" don't mind saying along OF my STORY
: that was considered likely young lei
!, low when | was four-and-twenty.
used 10 drive stage from the lake up here
didn't drink. or smoke, or swear ant
he girls said wasn't bad looking.
= know there was no fellow around her'
- ould beat me on the hunt
y I lived hack there with my father am
mother on the interyale right IN sleh'
the river. Just long side oil us H'e
Wv widow Kent and her daughter LayoI'
:" always thought heap OF l.ayoia. IN
~ wasn't handsome; but she was eoo'
~ We used to go to school together, anu
III .new her lust like book. One oil the
ps steady girls-slow, but true as steel
III Now | was as fond Of likely girls, al
~, good frolic. as any other felloWi y
w also had sense enough 10 Know U
"i stpn for a good wife when | see II; al
the consequence was that wheh lay
y was 20 and was "a. We were engaged
ia married. wasn't quite READY
have the day named but there was oth
fellows stepping round Layola, ana
'fh' knew she liked me, and So thoushe
- hest to make sure of her.
lpie we'll inst below our house. on the OF
my or side Of the river stood the ola MAJ
Mace that hadn't been occupied ior
- years Nice place Man built H. a
d,ed His heir wasn't Of age, and IN
a. stood empty. and just escaping
sisf. wear being carried away by the liesn
anu well that summer that Layoia an
-. engaged a man named May got
ased, renting of il. and came here WIN
nil, family to spend the summer
rem he was a dark. odd sort OF ca
count with gold rings in his ears Ihey
.ls ', he'a been a sailor. and that II was
!, the some foreign country that he'd pie
no the queer names for MS cnii sn. :
d or e Monica for the girl, and Juan ioi
mn, M boy. i
n sliie This Monica was mighty pretty, al
-sstsd - ,ears old. and just as rosy as pc
siyeils cot going there first because
; pgs sst a,ayed the flute beautiful, and in a J
~'h while was on easy terms WI"
stat, STAT, whole family.
q r1V and seeing Monica every day, got SO
count, ,..,,obed nv her. She'd be sittihl
- door step with her curls rouhu
doe 60 IN the moonlight. while her fatf
~ his music stealing down the r
w. 80 IA GET so confused with the plea
II hooking at her, and hearing y
cry. IA hardly know which was Moni''
. ey 'es which was the music.
namtne Then she'd dance on the grass
elps.n vonl she'd dance like wild thihs
ee nat Sd sind of a foreign dance tina, he err, 4
ne Of -, har-her little feet twinkllnl
F nasi / ner arms tossed over her head,
ha. SIs cain she'd sing songs eouldn u
~ ~ ..id 1ssr1 a word Of: but they'd De III
Us for s'""N
pretty 80 great
rleasanter than sitting in WIDOW
,s.. si,cben with Layola a-knit'ihs'
,honeh meant every day to go a. =.
Ieyola every night found me wa
~ Mays 80, Wind
d b. the xvall somehow Layola gov VIM
,,ae and % ua,ns there. she told me al'ef
pe person how night after night she ~S.c !.
An notice ~ While was enjoying myself =
ming il an HRd , nomnany When she found our !"
Jay, Jan. ~as II was a great blow 70 her.
rom Sn'G the ,honeht it all overflow ia W
II li% sSelr from other men that mlsne laa'
nee me- - and then LETT her, iorsaht
Ct JAM a,one shed sit crying a. i ns Is.
comrs ~onld break. them mooniish, ~
1854 II was hard for her poor sirl !
- ,enting her old mother she wa,
4 ~ world. Whenever she me- !,
- NV il was like knife goihs =
n Hart heart. because, as said Mon
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