The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-27

the concern had been accommodated.
was Obliged 70 wait til autumn for
her outing. Then she went into the
country. stopping at a farmhouse not
Tor from village.
Jennle's was one Of those many
cases where a girl brought up IN com
Tort finds herself obliged 10 get on as
best she can. SO long as her father
lived there was a-plenty. but. nothing
being laid up when he died. his In
come ceased: consequently Jennie. who
had the refinement Of lady. was
obliged TO work like any other poor
person.
Jennies chief recreation on her va
cation was taking long walks There
was a handsome place on one of her
routes which reminded her OF one she
had lived In when she was a little girl
Her father bad then been rich and
surrounded his family not only with
comforts. but with Injuries This
place which attracted her attention APP
peared to be vacant except for
caretaker and his wife. who lived IN
cottage on the premises. How Jen-
ME longed TO enter and stroll about
over the pleasant grass and in among
the trees and the flower garden. Being
timid little thing. she was long
time serewing up her courage to do so.
She satisfied herself that there was
no dog on the place and found that
there were some loose plckets In the
fence ut distance from the house
where she might enter unobseryed
So one morning when the air was
fresh and crisp she pushed the piekets
aside and timidly advanced. keeping at
safe distance from the house But
there Is always something 10 tempt a
lawbreaker. aud Jennie saw 10 the gar
den certain flowers Of hardy nature
that had not yet succumbed 70 the
early autumn cold snaps. She dearly
loved flowers ana from the trees she
cast coyetous eyes on these. which !
were rather too near the house for her
70 snfely poach. However. there was
not person In sight. and, leaving Gov
er. she started for the garden. but halt
ingly. stopping now and again to make
sure no one was observing her.
Though she did not know It. some
one was observing her Tom Mary
weather the son aud heir Of the owner
OF the place. graceless scamp. had
come down from town to get gun he
had left there, and at the moment the |
girl was advancing on the flower gar
den be was standing back out OF view
looking at her through a window. lie
had his gun in his hand. being about
10 carry II downstairs He waited |
while Jennie hesitatingly moved on [
the garden. east a final distrustful look /
at the house. then began 70 appropriate
the flowers. Tom. being Of an artistic /
turn Of mind. was quite enraptured I
with he scene Of shy girl so fond Of
flow that she could not resist the 4
temptation to steal them on this beau
tifu autumn day He was also dra- \
matlcally disposed and wondered what 4
kind Of scene would result If he were
to adopt measures usual with poach-
ers. Presently. when Jennie stopped
to take another furtive glance at the
house. Tom. advancing TO the window,
gun in hand. cried
stand. you robberw
Jennie did stand. though it was all
she could do to keep her legs. while
one by one the flowers she had plucked
dropped from her baud. Tom was not
near enough to discern the terror be
had inspired. so he proceeded further.
Don't You know" be cried in stem
torian voice. that the wages Of sin is
deaths'
There was no reply to this.
Suddenly Tom discovered that he
was playing with firearms with a
vengeance. Jennie. taking the realistic
scene in earnest collapsed Tom saw
her stagger sidewise, then sink down
in heap
Jumping out Of the window, he land
ed on an extension roof. from there
dropped to the ground and ran like a
deer for the girl.
When Jennie recovered conscious
ness she found herself In the arms OF
a man who was looking into her face
eager to know whether he had killed
her. Seeing her open her eyes and |
look straight at him, a great relief
came into his eyes. He was about to
cover her face with kisses when he
remembered that he had not even been
introduced to her. But he did not con-
slider her sufficiently recovered to
stand alone. At any rate. he held ON
to her till she of her yolition disengag
ed herself.
The rest of this story is just like any
other love story. Tom. who, as | have
said. was artistically inclined, was cap
tivated by the picture he had seen
from his window lie is not the only
man who has been caught by girl
unconscious that she IS making herself
attractive. But Toms fate was sealed
when the crisis came and he saw what
he had done. Long after Jennie had
forgiven him he kept up his protesta-
lions of regret. calling himself every
bad name in his vocabulary He load
ed Jennie with flowers. begged her to
come and take all she wished and In
sisted on getting ont n horse and his
two wheeled cart and driving her
home. The house at which she was
boarding was mile distant, but Tom
failed to get there In less than a dozen
Instead of going back TO town and
thence to his shooting club. he re-
NAMED IN the house rs long as Jennie's
vacation lasted. The courtship ended
in the winter.