Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-06

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mated gesture with her plump.
wrnkled hand. Her eyes glanced
timidy from the window to Davids face
Put AIMEE. we've no said a word Of the cuckoo
said David. plairtyey.
NY the cuckoo" replied AIMEE, her heart sink
ina as she sent her voice up--"thc cuckoo
Has it corlc? Did yc hear it,
The CID man casped and unclasped his hands
helplessly, childish disappointment ovcrsrrcading
his face.
David dear, il yed but listen to what was a.
pon' to say"-Annee gulped-'I a-go;n to say
Mat I've beard the cuckoo yet but that every
thins overcariy, an Pm expeotin' 20 near one
AIRY time now. It's there might be one
singiH at dusk to-day-thcrc might be-
Might there be " asked David his eyes brighten
irg-"might there be- An>ee:"
"Ay there might be- lad and she lifted lis head
on hc- arm gently while She turned the pillow
"f''s ovcrcarly" he objected, "an, AIMEE"
Ma, David dear, be still. she commanded, draw.
ing his head close to her bosom before She put him
down on the pillow again pastor Morris says
everythn'5 ovcrcary; even the foxglovc is well up
in the garden an the heather by Blacn Cwn will be
boomin' month carly, an the hills will b. pink,
lad-soon. Now. dcarc, III be back by-and-by with
the broth; yc must he still awhile
aimee went ont OF the room, stepping as softly
Il She could For moment She stood on the door
S''' .'o""s n'' "c o,o R''oen green at last after
"'' Hfe"'E winter, an" o'tu"iuI III inc promise OF
,''''S S''''''. '''''''' l0NSo'' ','p 'o'"'''''''
,,"'? S'"' ''S, ''' ''So' "1"p poo"'' ""'
,'Nit "'"'u sC' "'o!' ''' .'0''' - MY springs
hey had gone into the garden together, he to trim
the hedge and bind up the honeysuckle, she to dig
about the rose-bushes and flowers. And every
spring there had been evening when the
euckoos song was heard for the first time, and when
'"e'c same INTO D".lu eyes 'ooN 81 ooylSh Joy.
N' "''' '"u.Ho" Sne io'e0 Hi" -'"u He S'o"'a
"'', '"V O"'Noo ds'"''
N''''uely -fhnee S'"rted UPHILL cHllO''9 0'ose
NY INC h'9h pasture wall and painting mace he7
way - '''' Hne c'o'q over Doggy Places A'ter she
H"o gone ABOUT d quarter Oh n'"c shc looked
"'",a 'F 'aE"''H' I"',e lay NWyhoy ba'h IN
the Instance ~ N''ys ana N"m NIocH lar away
ana the mecunR-house stH iarther' Only the noun
'ains were near 'y ana lew lazy Sheep training
over ''eiF ""q' gray i'C8'S' one did not see even
shccp-d"s' w men she sat GOWN by inc stone wall
'o'Fc was '""h "' approval %" n'' '"'C' io"oweo'
d sue 'Pe"Vu "'' "o"''' .! 'o"N o' appearing
misery
n.y. II was So'elu" "N' 'Als' Noo-'' oo'n, Ie'
nc 'y'' ever! yea, We "'''u H. d" I,dNu ne uoe'
IT, N""-'-'' wv ta"' SoU""s IKE men, aimee
}gH' @"o't '''' 0"' ''' ne" S"c S"ooH WIN
A'',I I""sH''I' N'""' p. E"t9 over ana "F''
again sne-5onF' slnS-SonF' Ike this; Cu-cu' cu-cu
~ that's better Practising the song, aimee
-'clcd herself backward and forward. Its grown
'cttcr'' she cNelaimcd "bot. lad, lad I'm planni"
deceive yD' and the tears rolled out OF her old
yes She brushed the tears away mpatentiy and
began the song again "Cucu-cu cucucu-ci',
II, ay, that's fair; ay its inc; He'll not know ne
from real cuckoo I'll have to be tryin it now io-
we've no long dcaric'
\nnec went down into the vallc;, humming the
brdnotcs over to herself lest she forget what she
lad learned, Size lifted her short skirts and wadcd
ArouGu the maTshy places; in her caGcrness she
was u0mindIul OF the pasture bogs, her seventy
Years her weary body and hcr sparse gray hair lay
lamp o." her forehead. In her mothcr-heart was
uasp"E. se Tea1nGd inc southern corner OF the cot