The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-16
THE Spring BLIND,

| 10 tcH you tue truth, Qlu IcHOW, 4
never understood why with your capac-
ity for domestic enjoyment you REL
mained an Old bachelor Early dis
appointment III loveg"
Il vowed to marry her or not at
all, and she.
Just at that moment the spring roller
blind Of house that faced directly
on the sidewalk few up with sud
den 'br-r-r'' and snap. Both the men
looked around, and both were just in
time to catch sight Of remarkably
pretty girls face with pout Of vexa-
ton on IT,
"Who Is that grip Guthrie asked
I'm afraid / don't know her, old
fellow said Bean
you haven't any idea who lives in
that house, have your
mo, ! haven't oh, by the way, I
think / do know Unless I'm mis-
taken, that's old Calthorpe's place.
He's fellow commuter Of mine, and
that's about the fun extent Of our ac-
quaintance. But she isn't the young
lady OF your secret is she2"
That's just IT" said JEFF with
puzzled expression "She can't be. and
yet that face for the moment looked"
Like herr was her name Cal
thorpeT
"No Her name was Sargent"
How long ago was ity'
"Seyen years
1T Isn't a long story" Guthrie pres
entity continued "she taught school
there ia that faraway little village
among the hills and the mines was
Interested in her from the first and
tried to win my way into some sort
Of acquaintance with her But she
seemed dislnclined to anything like So
cietyn
"You didn't stay there more than
year altogether, did you?F Bean asked
Much less than & year, ! never ex-
changed more than six words with her
In all the time we were both In that
village"
SIS this girl very much like Miss
Sargentg'
$50 much like that Il wouldn't be re
markable even If they were twin SIS
tersn
Guthrie's visits to the home Of his
married friend were all much alike in
one very pleasant feature he always
romped with two out Of three chill
dren, while the youngest the baby,
looked on and crowed and jerked IT.
self about enviously.
"Now. what Is itY' Mrs Bean asked,
turning to her husband when Allie and
littleJeT had both been finally silenced
under the bedclothes.
'0h, It isn't my affair" said the
husband.
wanted to ask II you knew
a Miss Calthorpe here, living In that
new red brick house at the end OF tho
common. said Guthrie
Mrs Bean shook her head "No Miss
Calthorpe lives there" she said "Mr
Calthorpe lives there"
"Oh,7 said Bean, was that old
woman Caitherpe's sister,
"she isn't really old. dear she's
younger than Mr. Caithorpe There's
one daughter. believe"
But that night Mrs. Bean said 70 her
husbands Leave me alone for two
days, and will knew alt about your
window blind young lady. Then make
Jea Guthrie come here and stay over
night.
The next visit Of JeH Guthrie was
planned for a Saturday evening, with
arrangements for stay over sunday.
After church this Subtle woman IN
sisted on lingering about the porch !
until q gray haired lady came cut, and
with her her daughter, The girl who
had pouted at the window blind.
Mrs. Perry, let me introduce our
particular friend, Mr.. Guthrie, and .
this is Miss Perry"
Nothing could have been more prop
erly conventional than this intrOduc
ton, and that was why Guthrie was SO
angry with himself for turning red and
becoming confused Mrs Bean had,
unknown to Guthrie. expressly invited
these two ladies' 10 dinner beforehand
"Tell me. hare you amy relative bad
YOU, should say--of the name Of sar-
CENT?"
The girls face changed in a moment
She was pale and BIT her lip.
"oh MI Guthrie she said, ''you
must ask mother thati / don't know
about IT / was only a little girl Of ten
when poor Margaret left Us and mar
rIed that
She checked herself. then after an