Disappointment sharpened virtue's indignation.

"Madam," says I, "you have practised a hospitable fraud--in Christian
charity I will call it hospitable--on a New England lady, who looks upon
temperance as a cardinal virtue. Put up your bottle. Maple sap and sweet
cider from straws are the strongest drinks I ever indulge in."

"Maple sap," says she, with a rumbling, mellow laugh, which ended in a
cough as the brandy went down her throat. "Sweet cider, through straws!
Well, every one to her taste."

Here she filled the glass again and held it out, smiling like a harvest
moon.

"What, you won't take the least nip, just to save it, you know?"

I turned my back upon that rotund tempter, and walked with a stately
step to the deck, followed by a rich gurgle from the second glass as it
went down that perfidious creature's throat.

"Goodness gracious! What a surprise!"

This was my exclamation when I saw Mr. Burke coming towards me, across
the deck, with a small basketful of the most delicious peaches in his
hand.

There he came, smiling so blandly, and held out the basket for me to
help myself. He was going to Saratoga, he said. The hot season had
driven him to seek mountainous air. O sisters!

THE END.

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