An Unwilling Maid

kly on their homeward way, "what an adventure we have had! Aunt Euphemia will no doubt bestow a soun

t lying stiff and cold at the bottom of the pond. You can never know the agony I s

can swim, but you never could have held me up as that stranger did. Oh

not give his name in return, I thought perhaps he did n

his hair? And how tightly it curled, wet as it wa

of the parting glance the hazel eyes had besto

ington," said Moppet mischievou

ks?" said Betty reprovingly, "and what would

ce of a spoiled child. "Do you think he was a soldier-perhaps an off

r; stop talking so fast and muffle yourself more closely in the cape. We must

cut. The house was double, built in the style of the day, with a hall running through it, and large rooms on either side, the kitchen, bakery, and well-house all at the back, and forming with the buttery a sort of L, near but not connecting the different outhouses. It was shingled from top to bottom, and the dormer w

en in search of you. The boxes are undone, and we need your help; Moppet-why, what ails the child?" and

child, enjoying the situation with true dramatic instinct,

unfastening the heavy cloth cape from the small should

water before I could put out hand to stay her. I think I screamed, and then I was pulling off my habit-skirt to plunge after her when a young man ran hastily along the below and cried out to me, 'Courage!' and he threw off his coat and dived down, down,"-Betty shuddered and turned pale,-"and then he caught Moppet's skirt and held her up until he swam safely to

d her alone, Betty; perhaps you might both have drowned. Where is the brave young ma

y; "he said he was traveling westward, an

, "and I told him my pony could carry double. And

t posset lest you get a chill; run quickly, Moppet, and do not stand a moment longer in those wet clothes. N

sy red (though she could not have tol

k like?" questio

hief getting the better of her, "and he had a

respect as well," said

ke and behaved as a

oung Otis from Boston?" said Miss Euphemia.

and as she turned to enter she almost fell into the arms

burn nor golden, but a combination of both, and her eyes were hazel-gray, with long lashes much darker than her hair. Both girls wore their hair piled on top of the head, as was the fashion of the time, and both were guiltless of powder, but Pamela's rebellious waves were trained to lie as close as she could make them, while Betty's would crop out into little dainty saucy curls over her forehead and down the nape of her slender neck in a most bewildering fashion. Th

oppet dashes into the kitchen, damp and moist, and says she has been at the bot

tell you, Pamela-Betty, go upstairs and change your habit for a gown

"I beg your pardon, but did those huge boxes contain the lea

eces, Betty," sai

it should be used for the cause of Freedom, and that we are all to help transform it into bullets far our soldiers,-truly, Pamela, I have not forgot my father's a

rescued from drowning in Great Pond by a gentleman whom Betty had never seen before. She describes him as a fine pers

over he comes with Mrs. Footer and Patty Warren, who are glad to take him as escort in these troublous times, I will run u

e large dining-room, pausing as she passed to knock at

ce, rose from her chair in response. "Will you kindly go up and see that Miss Moppet be properly rubbed and

sehold, gave a cheerful affirmative; and as she laid down the stocking she was carefully darning

vely chorus as she entered. Over the fire, on a crane, hung a large kettle, from the top of which issued sounds

ad will be your portion if you dare trifle with that boiling pot. What are we to do with it, Miss Euphemia?" as that lady came forw

e?" asked the young man, who

are the moulds all greased; gently, now," as she put a small ladle inside

a second big pot with the intention of hanging it on the fire, but was prevented by a tal

s, Dolly?-why, of course, when they come out of t

; and presently Betty came flying into the kitchen, her gown tucked up ready for work, and full of apologies for her tardy appearance. Sally Tracy, who was Betty's sworn friend and companion in

liver when he set forth on this

en for four days, and we return there on Saturday. As it was, I left only in obedience to my father's command, and brought news of Lyon's ravaging the

since then my mother thinks this mountain air benefits me. But you g

had done yeoman service in the defense of New Haven. "'Tis a sorry sight to see our beautiful city now laid waste;

ice, as she slipped into a chair on Dolly's ri

courage to cross the room, "it is one I will c

ardent glance of her lover, "I-that is-oh yes, Aunt Euphemia," with sudden change of tone, "it is growing somewh

ped back to the dining-room, Pamela leading the way, and Huntington foll