The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-23

be- pleased, / didn't want % touch n
haltpeuuy ofit He might settle il, ]
told him, iust as strictly as ever be
pleased; ~ ho might settle nothing At
all upon her. II he liked that better
Il was bis daughter ! wanted, and not
bis money And for nay part, Ia take
care that ms wife didn't come 10 want
/ undertook 10 insure ms lie for large
amount, and 30 assign the policy %
trustees for Der benefit IN ease of my
death. coyenanting, u course. 20 pay
The premiums regularly, and 10 keep mp
the insurance ia tie usual way
thought that a fair arrangement enough.
bat il didn't conteu him He wanted
10 tie my hands cola = tely. He hadn't
"A ha'porth Of confidence in me. lie
gave me credit for no sort Of affection
for his daughter. he insisted that amy
money / might in future become posses
sed Of should convoAaut to bring into
the settlement Il was most absurd
OF course / couldn't consent to it.
had my business 10 consider It may
be very desirable by and by 10 invest
fur 1er capital IN it Why should | be
Iudercd from investing my own money
ID ihe way / might deem best =? OF
course my wife and children-if ever
have ANY -will reap the benefit Of it
just a msaa rs ! shall However he
@9Hldnt h,len 10 me; so there was
nothing more to be said He wouldn't
give I'M; and ] wouldn't | told Geor
gna exactly how the matter stood She's
OF age / asked her whether she'd mar
~ me Hitnoa, the old mans consent ~
Poor gIrl she aGs 10 a dreadful way
Bat she dldntduc do that She sArunk
from offending Der fsEhcr; 50 there's no
help for il fae mng broken 81, aud
I'm not o bo mg.iad, it seems-tms
time, at ANY rate.
lie spoke IA her s8IoNfully, bat still
without the sligltes trace Of temper
| endeayorcd 10 console him in Il com
monplace sort If way. |. was diff
cult matter to know What to say upon
such an occasion, and consolation at all
times is apt to run into commonplace
forms.
He opened the small pac,.et he had
been holding in his hand.
This is pleasant, he said quickly
Here are All my letters to Georgina
All, and here is a little present | gave
to her, sent back TO me
There were not many letters They
were written, | could sae, in my friends
usual bold, plain, legible hand. Their
contents l could guees; little enough
like conventional l.ysa ters probably
very uhecstatic conn lions Yet SIM
pie and to the purpose, aud unmistaka-
bic enough. The present was ring, a
large diamond, heavily set in plain gold
Just the valuable, substantial, simple
present | could have fancled Ned Stone
selecting for bis bethrothed
Il suppose they'll expect me TO send
back Georgina's letters to her, he said.
"Undoubtedly."
"Itsthe usual way when engagements
come to an end.
Certainly it's the usual way"
He rubbed his chin and seemed to
reflect a little.
Have a cigal," he said presently,
''and let MS talk bo ut something else;
this is not the most agreeable subject
III the world. Tell Us what you have
been doing With yourself, lately y
So we fell to talking again about this,
that, and the other Presently | left
him. As | went away be said quietly
Il think / shall try aud sec Georgina
once more, for a particular reason"
/ did not ask what that particular
reason Was, and he did not tell me.
A few nights afterwards / saw him
again. lie was 1t no time subject much
70 change OF mood, or at any rate sell
dom oeirayed any variation of that kind
Yet it struck me hat if anything, he
was IN t4atArf better spirits than usual.
"Iou didn't mention, he said what
| ,oid you the other night-that my en-
gagcment vas broken oil?"
/ explained that had not mentioned
/ it for a particularly good reason | Ihad
aof seen ANY person whom II would in
tcrest to b. ia Informed Of the fact
"Its just as we'll, be said, because,
IS it happens, the engagement isn't
broken OF, or rather it's ON again
Indeed I'm sure / am very glad to
hear it.
II told you / should try aud sec Geo
rgina again. Wen, | knew that she Of
ten wont with her father and other re-
la8ons aud friends 10 the Geological
Garden on Sunday. / couldn't cal at
old Warren house, you know, because
| understood that / was as good as
kicked ont of that. So ] went to the
ZoologicaL I've friend who's fell
low, vino gives me a ticket for Sundays
whenever / ask him, and | looked
about Tor Georgna. | soon discovered
her, with Warren and a lot Of other
people She saw me, and understood
by ms signs that wanted to speak to
her Oh the quiet Well she fingered
behind little, and when the rest oE her
party went TO look at the kangar0os.
she slipped with me into the snake-
house She looked rather frightened,
aud the tears stood in her eyes; 50
put my arm round her il didn Z matter
10 ME who saw me you now-and told
her there Was nothing to be alarmed at,
aud that | oaiY wanted 10 say q word
OF two. / then told her that / vas sor-
~ ] had not sent her back her letters
.r / ,,ts.rht y, Eaxs4. has tIa t4I.tr fa,a