The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-06-25
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nerve Qasefing eth intense excitement
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voice
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Sos, bate yuu hate yoa, BE-
cause
Because ] wanted you j. love ms
No, Sir because | a9 love yoa, and
you bring me only wvtebcdness have
never been happy iaee The miserable day
Gr.t saw YOU.
Then Ivy, ! have utterly failed in
what IT has been my constant eadcayor
to 10.
no, Sir, yoa bose succeeded ia ulat
sou cudcag8rel 3 %. lon have taught
mc. You have given mc knowledge and
thought, and showed ma the source 81
knowledge. But had better have been
the ignorant girl you found me. leu
bayc taken from me what ! can netr
find again. / have inside l.tl eH-
change. ! was ignorant aud tlpid, /
know, but | was happy and cou,ened !;
and now | am wretched and miserable
and wicked. You have come between
me and my home and my father and
mother,-bctw me and all the bliss
Of my past and all my hope for the fa-
ture.'
And thus, Ivy, have you come be-
tween me and my past and my futures
yet not thus You shut out from my
heart all the sorrow and yexation and
strife that haze clouded my life, and ell
il with your own dear presence. You
come between me and my future, be-
cause, ii looking forward, see only you.
should have known better. There is a
gulf between us; but if could make you
happy
don't want you to make me happy,
/ know there is a gulf between ms. ! saw
il while you were gone ! measured il
and fathomed it. shall not leap across
Stay you on your side quietly; | shall
stay as quietly on nine
It is too late for that Iyy,--too late
now. But you are not to blame, my
child. Little sunbeam that you are,
viii not cloud you. Go shine upon other
lives as YOU have shone upon mine light
up other hcarths as you have mine and
| will bless you forever, though mine be
left desolate.'
lie turned away with an expression on
his face that Ivy could not read Her
passion was gone She hesitatcd 4 mo.
ment, then went to his side and laid her
hand softly upon his arm. There was a
strange moistened CLEAN in his eyes as
he turned them upon her.
Mr.. Clerron, | do not understand
you
Ny DEAR you never can understand
me-
4 know it, said Ivy, with her old hui
mility; but at least, | might understand
whether have yexed you
You have not vexed me-
spoke proudly and rudely TO you.
! was angry and so unhappy. | shall
always be so; shall never be happy
again; but ] want you to be, and you do
not look as il you we're
If Ivy had not been little fool, she
would not have spoken 50; but She was,
SO she did.
l beg your pardon, little tendriI /
was so occupied with my own precon-
cieyed ideas that | forgot to sympmhize
with you. Tell me why or how have
made you unhappy But ] know; you
need not. assure you, however, that
you are entirely wrong. II was a prud-
ish and whimsical notion cf my good old
housekeeper's. You are never to think
Of it again. l never attributed such
thought or feeling to you
Did you suppose that was all that
made me unhappy
Can there be anything else
] am glad you think SO, Perhaps ]
should not have been unhappy but for
that, at least not 50 soon; but that alone
could have never made me So
Little fool again She was Ike
chicken thrusting it's head into corner
and thinking itself out Of danger because
it cannot see the danger. She lad no
notion that she was giving him The least
clue to the truth, but considered herself
speaking with more than Delphic pru-
dence. She rather liked TO coast along
the shores Of her trouble and see how
near she could approach without running
aground; but she struck before she knew
it.
Mr.. Clerron's face suddenly changed.
He sat down, took both her hands and
drew her towards him.
Ivy, perhaps / have been misunder-
standing you. win at least find out tie
truth. Ivy do you know that | love YOU