The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-10


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hody's troubles De went 10 HE city
and brought dowt = wonderful decior
10 see mother. and be got her queer
things tliai lt'ped her more than sou'd
have thought ANYTHING could, ana he
went himself aud sci honey .tugklrs
ont ali round DaDs house, 80 tia, be-
fore summar Was oser il Vas a bower
Of great sweet blaHs. aud he bad an
AIMS for every begaar, aud . kind
word lor every urohin. and he follow
cd Dan about as child would follow
some big shaggy dog, He introduced.
too. a lol OF new tangled games he
was What they called a gymnas,. and
~ ieats Of ras,ling there wasn't n man
among them an bot he cculi stretch
a. tlat as II founder And then he al.
ways treated. Everybody had place
ior him soon, even did and US Tor
Dan, ted have co, his own heart out
Of bis own body, i Mr.. Ggbriel'd had
occasion to use il. lie was differ
ent man from any Dand ever mel be.
fore, something fupr, and lie might
have been better, and D,ui's loyal soul
was glad 10 Acknowledge him master,
and declare believe lie felt jnsi "a
the JacoLiles IN the oil songs use ! to
feel for royal Charlie, There nre
some men born to rule with haughiy
cafckss sweetness, and others born 10
die for them with stern dogg,d deto-
ton.
Well, and all this while Faith
wasn't standing sill she was chang
Ing steadily, as much as ever the moon
changed IN tlle sky. ! noticed il first
one day when Mr.. Gabiel'd caught
every child in the region and given
them 2 picnic in the woods Of the
) ack- Yard Gate, and Faith was no.
where 10 he seen tiptoeing round cy.
cry one as she used TO do, bu. found
her at last al the head Of the table,
Mr.. Gabriel dancing here and tl,erc.
seeing to il tlat All should BE- rs gay
as he seemed 10 be- quiet aud dign-
fed rs you please, and feeling every
one OF her inches. But /, wasn't dig
nifty really that was the maiier with
Faith, Il was just gloom. Shed bright
cfup for moment or two and then
down would fall The cloud again, She
TOOK 70 long its Of dreaming, and
sometimes she'd burst out crying at
any careless word, SO that my heart
fairly bled for the poor chiIJ,-for ono
couldn't help seeing she'd some secret
unhappiness or other; and was rs
gentle and soothing to her as it's in
my nature 10 be. She vas in 70 our
House good deal she kept il pretty
well out Of Dams way, and / hoped
she'd get over II sooner or later. and
make up hef mind to circumstances.
And ] talked 10 hera sight about Dan
praising him constantly before her.
though | couldn't bear 10 do II, final
ly, one very confidential evening, I
told her that Id been in love with
Dan myself once n little, but I'd seen
that he would marry her, aud so had
left of thinking about Il; for, do you
know, thought il might make her set
more price on him now, il she knew
somebody else had ever cared for him.
/ Well, that did answer awhile: whcih-
er she thought she ought 10 make il
up TO Dan, or whether lie really did
grow moro in her eyes, Faith got 10
being very neat aud domestic and
praiseworthy. Bat still there WAS the
change, and il didn't make her any The
less lovely. Indeed, il I'd been
man. ] should lave cared for her moro
than eyer' and really think, as Dan
saw her going about wiihsuch pleas
AMI gravity, her pretty figure moving
SO quietly, her pretty face so still and
fair, as it she had thoughts and feel.
ings now, lie began 10 wonder whss
had come over Faiih aud, il she were
really as charming as this, why be
Iiada't felt il before; and then, you
know, whether you love woman or
not, the mere fact that shes your wife,
that her lie is sunk 10 yours. that
she's something for ysn 10 project and
that J our honor lies 10 doing 20, giycs
you certain kindly feeling That might
ripen into love any day under sun
sbiBe aud a south walt
toosTIsUsD MAT wKEKl
a chap being asked bow it Was pos
sible FOR such a lazy man TO attain 20
much rdueaficn. answered. 81 I didn't