The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-04

,..rth A. attacked tho si@fk h''l 49,
| T.s.tiss freely faT q Nnrk ~ Tea "a !
a. 49, slano ani sullsRiy, heh''
n,nsilV sandsmnsi, bat sh'ee ''s
nile The Nsy feI silshl III. -
Ilslf ) mile fTem Eliel s@i'sh s'ee'
.slaaIbouss. q ragged bsEsai ssh
is.ss Mis-, sandrEsah came 70 pc
- 49,, this. Every moFhins she a.
sssss - M. ssHlleh" 80 .ha 'Aal
l,..nd ,asssnerE, eanihg from hpi hsl''
I, A,iantis. and irtaTsiag every eve
ninu on tho i.ao wet hoahi' N's ~
ls,san nas wonderful, habhiihs wv"
iife and fresh 49, = spIlhs morning
Wbsn she had bren iearhins aheu'
Il. - weels shs discovered that we
.s,l. september sunseI made u aa'A
~ L.,r and d half before train time,
ms Was decidedly unpleasant, ana We, ,,,
-. az reason that she came ih'o ~
,raary one evening iinaird ~, ss y
seemed 10 III. like fairy out o. e'sA A
ana humping her lunch hos 90 ,ns
,.n,t,T. announced that II be dlih
n,nd. 80 would wait there tlil tA'h
lime. nj blnshed, fof he was NOT ne
rnsiomrd 20 women, -.
Miss sandeFson impressed III dv.pi.'
Her teTfeel fitting clothes ahd isuNlr's
gnmnlexion distinguished her from ih'
.irans. industrious farm wives WE"
were the only other women 10 Nisii ihr
.,orr. and alsa she made the uh'idiness
~ ,he place surprisingly apparent,
Du,ty cans. yellow wrapped hams ana
strong smelling tobacco We're very mnoh
an, II place near Miss sandcrson. -.
Every evening she waited at the ~
II. grocery. aud a. the days went ny
Ui's ewes came 20 wander frequently
toward she white sehoolhouse. notice
ahlv expceiani. when the time ap'
clock, and when al la,
Miss Sandetson appeared. tripping
they llghiencd warmly, ana
h, hustled about neryously, In her
presence be- enjoyed her charms, All tue
more perhaps because always with some
sueb anxiety as one experiences while
admiiing q rainbow, thinking every
minute il will disappear This arose no
ioub, from the feeling that her train
was always not long from due
One evening boisterous young farm
,r came for a bottle Of beer, With a
covert but emphatic wink iii forestalled
his customers request, and sufrep'
titiously smuggling a bottle under his
.oat. heekoned the Young fellow out.
= Drink il at the elevator, he eN'
claimed; cit don I iibe with her set
in in there. drinkin don =.
Other customers. from time 10 time,
net similar treatment. and though they |
Protested loudly. il was 10 no purpose,
e III she wants to sci in there eyenin 5.
Concluded nj. "why. doggone il. she :
.oin to- An there won he no
Irinkin nuthcr'
Miss Sanderson was blissfully un.
ware Of the drink side of Hi s bust
css. and his personal relations with the
otilc she only inferred vaguely from
BE- blossom on his nose.
Nothing but the mercst commonplaccs
nssed between Miss Sanderson and Hi
they spoke Of the weather, Of the
rarcity of eggs. Of the progress of
Nevertheless Hi dwell
lpturously on these conversations.
Talf guilty. he recalled her little pecul-
rities of expression. especially the
lelodious fullness of her voice. In
me they became so intimate that he
aged the train for her every night
/ least Hi regarded that as intimacy.
Because she appreciated a disposition
accommodate. Miss Sanderson re
cmbered Hi al Christmas time with a 1
,py of a late novel and red and |
ack necktie.
As he contemplated the presents Hi s
eings were much wrought. He trem