Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-12
Dick cary ing two baskets.

runann IL they walked on ahead.
K - cars $50 when they mined {
IS iron "rounl these parts there was
- cd CLAP lived up in the Glenn" !.
> piled Herbert, "who turned al h
ere wages into ploI pieces. He hid the
e .om"'' here in his cabin. They callt
him G3ld-piccc BlaiSdell He Iii,
a dozen years &Go-~trom iniuri,
when two tramps broke into the pluc
, ihc% found his hoard in an earthc
i vessel buried under the 1ireplac
y The Governor bought the Glen t
! lumber tac chestnut 4 year attcrwal
and ] iiNcd up The old Cabin. | sta
up there in tho deer season or when
ever have 4 hankerins. to take /
the woods"
And is tho old oalthcn pot still
au'icd tndcr ,hc freplacc".''
"Tcp,' aAs wcrrd Slug Truman.
"Do you lnov' W!!crc"''
"Ycp; III how yea when We gc
u ;hcrc. Wen build a tilc in the tilc
place. ranks got his violin-wel
have Il great iin!e~ and the moon.
"oinG &c be full tonight ioi III,
kat ;lH,c This month. l,'ll be great
walk Eom2.' He glanced sadly al
Wary " God. He was trying hard to
wear his di.@ppointment like a dead
came spec.
they wendell their laughing, iok-
in.;, co4ucttin@ way out School Stree,
AMI pa, the ga works. They pass
a. ne county Farm and turned to
W@lH NaH, Wickfold. AS the whistles
back IN dc village were blowing six.
tAoy came TO the "tuIning-o off place"
Z" s'lNr termed il and passed over the
l'rli.lou,. !;,,d and climbed up into the
Glen.
Thousand country scents, Of sweet
fern and Lriarbloom and biossoming
laurel, OF blackberry vine and check
crbc9y and wild applc--madc the
beautiful evening air acnsuous with
rustic fragrance. The the rasp-
berry that scratched at their clothes
i,..' the mlkveod that l,ft linz upon
item, through grasses that were al
.tndy beginning 30 grow damp and
l:.lc ywarnls Of insects which winged
and fell on The quiet atmosphere, they
Mcvcd-;tlonG The wcll-wor.l path and
Up under the tall silent trees to whc.q
the cabin stood in the shadows.
Thc picnic wa; lrt u:lil.t = t.u,.
;,:ld o.hcr picnics between boys and
ssiI'l:; in love that have taken place
incc the world began. Grace Raw
ill.,; wanted 10 know how Slug ever
had the nerve to invite them up TO
uc!i q dirty hole and it just went
to show what biutcs men were at
.c"it VIXEN they %ot away from wo-
can; u,ld Il few minutes later she
,.;,A,rd TO know why they'd brought
% Hluoh foot what did they think
key he'd TO feed - ;,n army? Uut Slug
)uit Il fire in The low fireplace and
hey boiled their coffee and the food
"a, laid out over tho big plank table.
&c boys held back and had to be
landed their sandwiches and coffee
nd then having been thus given 4
.;t"t, they forgot When it was tinlc
. stop and naS.:acrcd The refresh
acnt.j. Sluy~-u+ clumsy as Il plow
lo"ac-upsot IL cup Of coffee on Alice
;, hiting'.; dress and in helping her re- t
oo"c the mess, got in Il back-fire mo-
ION and IN! Il jar of pickle the other |
'ay over Mibb. Grace Rawlins said |
ONO one ought to have brought along {
rlartingal for him or umbrellas for =
'e crowd. The Nhalcn girl did the {
'o;t work getting tEings ready and Y
hon began to weep inwal'dly because '
nc hadn't brought near enough food !
81 her elf and Georgia Griffin, TOO, l.
ccauso, POOR girl, she didn't have it t
} bring. But George had no scrup-
., about whose food it was and t
pitched IN GcinG the smallest per- h
"A in thc crowd he ate the most an O
he w;.s done By finally wip-
q Of his mouth with Il smear of a
her coat sleeve across his face and fl
prodigious gulp of gas from off his u
omach. i ~ j
Il was a joyous happy meal j.. the IL
Gods where nature gives Zest to =
Juthful appetite and much harmless :,
,urting was to comC--Thich was "
zen better than the food. !,
Then as the Glen darkened out H.
dc and an occasional mosquito d
ingcd in the open doorway and din
off Il plump wrist or ankle, and the cl
airs came out, and the Glen was in
a1c weird b. mysterious night
Uses, the table with the wreckagc y
cdiblcs was moved back and the a,
vs. lighted their pipes and found b.
acc fol' themselves and their girls hi
ound that fire that Slug had coaXed h;
I'd poked until it was u thing of joy ca
d romance and comfort. By
IIibb sat on the floor with her head W.
ainst S!u.y's knccS-and in corner "
side the Rawlin's girl whom he de- ", W.
,ted for her uncomfortable tongue, ", W.
ok looked as miserable and kept as w w
i>t and inconspicuous as a puppy ~ 30
It is ailing gricvously. On
Harriet was seated beside the Tru- DO
INN boy; Frank Whitconb was WI
rawlcd out in front of her, his big VIC
t sihouctted against the flames, his in
nd in the girls lap. Sam and Alice Go
nm fho Lott ,,,J hnhipH 1o