The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-11-15

peadica.ar. as Burke used 10 say a
bin. Thi- probably lstel 80 hour,
and thee ! heard mos Ing of chairs
Is i ihe visitor were aboltln take her
departure Diuecily the door open.
ID. and q. W.son aas about 70 show
Ter ME extraordinary courlsey lior
hn) Of accom- Iaaa ing hsr across the
room i3 the outer door, thar Of Burke I
ruom oPe q, ana Be came oat with
BIS pen ii his uouth. osicnsibly look.
ing for BE scissors. or the paste pot
(thsrc aas 40 nueilIage POI ready az
haad ia lhose days., Or some other
important IriGe.
lad an ia then, AMI / have new
er got over IL, that Burke did not re-
ally want any hing, bot thai be bad
heard the female voice 10 bis part.
ners room, knew when they were
coming out. aud had determined % see
what .manner ot woman i was that
could keep Wilson's attention % long.
II that was BIS object, he accomplish
I'D il, for he caught a fair view OF the
lady as Wilson handed ber oul OF the
door, aad heard h.m give vent 70 an
emphatic phew' as he recognized
her beauty.
Wilson. who tile deuce have you
got tbereY z be asked, as The latter was
recrossing the room to his own door.
She is as pretty as a picture he adj
ded
l. She? well I did not notice. was
the reply Of Wilson, though his voice
and manner betrayed that he WAS ag-
itaied.
Humph. you old rat know bet
ter than that 2 continued Burke
Catch you letting handsome face 60
without noticing it But who is she Z
Il don't know, said Wilson. |
know she bothered me q long time
about a roll Of manuscript that she
brought with her, and that she prom
ised inc to read it this week aud say
whether il will be used, in our An
swers to Cores spondents.' / promis-
ed her that to g1l nd Of her.
AID don't you know her name 2
again asked Burke.
No, said Wilson, though | think
lie was telling a very permissible flo.
i only know the name She let on the
roll Of manuscripts to be answered by
Wei what is that z persisted
Burke.
You seem TO fake great deal Of
interest in her. answered Wilson, for
ii stranger. The name on the manu-
script is julie.
'Ilumph sounds French said
Burke. Pretty woman, any how you
cad fix il and he went into his room,
close tic door, and | suppose went
20 work. But ! caught a glimpse ot
bis eye as be went through the door
glance directed out Of the corner
a, Wilson, and ! saw that there was
mischief ia it, though had no idea,
as The Westerncrs say, who the light
was goiAg to strike.
For tl,at day in tile details Of my
business, the occurrence passed oul Of
ny mind, aud do not remember that
| thought Of il again until two days
after, when the proofs began to come
down stairs Tor my reading. Taey
came il huge bundl, IS usual, Gt-
teen or twenty q. once. Running
down tie galley tAat contained the
Answers 10 Correspond nt,, struck
directly upon the na oe.of Julie, and
instantly r-ce9llected it as The same
that had been given by the preity
woman fud a copy q this notice
IN ny scrap.book, made from reecol
lection a few days after, Under cir.
cumsiances which will soon explain
themselves. II reads precisely as toll.
lows:
GuLIE-The MS. has been exam
iued. The yle.of composition is adj
mirable and he story exhibits high.
Is refined taste which cannot fail tt
bring the writer into eventual celeb.
rity. We have made arrangement,
ior immediate publication
This was altogether out Of the com.
order Of our notices. and especially
different from Wilson's grave and bn.
siness-like style Of communicating
With.. correspondents through the pa,
per. | saw at glance that wilson
had become smilten with the lads
with the dark eyes.
There were no serious errors in
the proof hat ! remember a d if there
were, they were certainly corrected
for a revision WAS taken. and that re,
rise Kr. Bitsoa himself reqi yery
fortunate eIrcum- auce lor mr, il con.
necion with any further employment
as peoot-rcader IA thai Office, as it al.
terward appeared.
Ii is nal 20 be supposed that having
once r.ad tie proof, 4nd examined
the revise, ! sh34ll again have seer
the matter b. fore 10 vent 10 press. non
vas il al all likely that any other per.
son would read 1t. either in y pc or IN
another proof uuiil il appeared in the
paper Ii il pretty evident that "a
one did read 1t, except perhaps one
lloweyar that might have been, the
week wore Oh and The Balloon wa:
published-ail iair. smooth and salts,
.actaly.
! was sitting again at my desk, the
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