Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-17

anything and found her peacefully sleeping, r.
turned to do the honors OF the MONDAY meal. l'l
she was tired and worried about her dinner, ans
with the irightiu results of her mornings labor
and her untidy appearance staring ncr in the face,
she could not respond easily to lIarveys well-mcaut
aty merry little sprte she Usually snpeared ''' '"'
AS fer Harvey, being SO exceedingly hungry and
so determined to make the hes: Ct things. he
vaantly with ali obstacles, and cen disposed in
its turn OF a peach-putf' coming out Of the battle
with only queer sensation OF having swallowed
lew pieces ot Scwcr-pipe or something OF that
nature He out TO the orchard as was his
usual custom, to look after the workn!en but dull
somnoleat feeling oppressed him inpc'r2 MIN to
wander oit TO he iay-lot and drop into the soft
masses OF dried timothy and clover, where he fell
into heavy sleep.
He was surprised. vine, he awoke, to hnd the sun
drifting lar to tic westward. and the shadow CT
the barn grown 50 long His head aching in a.
dull. stupid fashion. and he 'eit Discrimination to
move hard loot. However, it must be nearly
supper time. He groaned at the thought, firmly
believing that another one Of Bonnibeps meals
would terminate his earthly career Still, it would
not do to hurt her feelings by remaining away ut
supperr--tinc, and the wrctched young man pulled
himself together and descended to the regions be
low he nearer he got to the house. the dcs-
peratcy was he tempted to steal away the garden
vines, or oinaocs--or indeed he felt that he would
gladly consume green gourd, rather than wage
Courtesy and kindly feeling prevailed, however and
ne strobe manfuly on, determined to have the
ordeal over as soon as possible When he reached
usually spread, he opened his eyes in
ment. The liable was there, draped in its white
cover, and the fearful mixtures he had braced his
nerves to meet were nowhere to be seen. Upon one
corner, protected from flies by wire cover
loaf of the lightest. delicatelooking sally lunn
he had The inevitable glass dish OF
sliced tomatoes there, and nearby a bowl OF
chicken sa ad with bordering OF lettuce leaves.
Upon another stood fruitdish heaped with
dark purple, musky grapes, and dainty, lowered
china bowl held the very perfection OF apple
clear and amber hued, with a rich. lucent syrup.
Everything SO cool looking, dainty, so tempt
ing, that he ielt his headache diminishing the
Bonnibcl fitting out in her ARREST costume
of rose organdy and pink ribbons. lie observed
her lstlcssly. Some one else coming OF the
dining door, graceful figure in smooth, fresh
linen, with white apron. She wa. bringing great
bunch Of red-and-whte petunas for the table; her
brown hair caught in becoming coil the
back OF her head she was trifc pale pertap.,
arose and came forward quickly his istlessness was
gone He held out his hand in an enthusa site greet
ing as i She had just returned from long journey.
She smiled, Lnda's own kind cheerful smile.
I'm all right again she said brightly. "cvcr,t
vestige OF the headache has gone SO | came down
to help Bonnibell with the supper.
supper" he said, reproachfully, and you should
have let us wait on YOU, instead OF you seeing to
She laughed mcrrily. u haven't worked hard
enough to hurt me any, she said careeSsly. "Bon-
nbells chicken stewed ovGr did nicely for the
salad; just stirred up ,aly unn, and the rest IS
I'D be satisfied with Slice OF cad and cup OF
water, now that you are back with us again he
/ said earnestly. and Mis-, Linda, IN such a
irightful gourmand : you may think; believe me.
rather than that you should over-cNert yourself I'd
gladly eat potatoes and salt adding to himself
lust Bonnbel didn't cook them
cheeks but ns sSe co Wa en n %
had Aited to the front OF the house. gail,
+ dancing back.
q says, whsll up the chairs quick and pour the coffee
he's starving and is going to .fa onto everything
and Aunt Becky says she's ready to faint for some
v thing to eat
y Notwithstanding the fact that Linda's supper full
n equacd the usual excellence of her meals Harve
q did not eat much. Whcthcr it was on account OF a
n indigestion engcndercd by Bonnbels dinner. or Ii
4, trouble himself TO determine: ne was busy devisn
- some scheme to see Linda alone. Ii was not unit
=, the had dropped beyond the blue hills and II
:, katydids. were beginning their monotonous SER
f. nsdes that he succeeded in bcsgins her pi, Into
As smoking on the porch listening Bonnbelrs cha
&c ter, and Aunt Becky dozed over her knitting.
in That night, as Linda sat beside her window. lool
,r ing out into the duSky shadows II seemed TO h
to as il she had catered upon new world ard vel
IN lovely All the heartaches sue had experienced tn
A., summer were swept away and drowned as i, wcr
gagged The one crumplcd rosc-icaf in her gardt
he OF delight. the only thought that troubled her, wa
in, what II her happiness purchased at the cost
". ". Donnbcl"s unhappncss2 And what il. in their i'd
rc sumner firtationS the little city maiden had con
81, to believe that Harvey loved her? Linda did n
III bcievc that be even meant nislead her, but VIII
.s ii she had mistaken his attentions? Before she Ii
IN settled the question. little figure stole in in t
IN icctionate around her neck.
ut Linda darline, said Bonnbells soft voice, what
ny you think has happened? Congratulate me, dcare
ai Uncle Phil has asked to marry him, and may
sh. You don't know !. to7 | can keep secrets, but
:c been in love with the dear old boy ever since 7
the learn to cook or not he'll hire dozen girls
ich want, them, and ncedn't SET eyes On cooFi
p" to sorn all about rf Soona a
md keeping. Linda, kiss your aun,, I'm the happi
zen girl in the State
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