The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-07-28

I'm rot q rom Antie man, and. i 1
f. haa any earning IN that direction q
: see MONDAY morning visis ani rcpri-
nlahas ffJm tho Board of Directors
would bAst cured mo of that failing hut
soinehos or other / have ioana thai
railway men are uiaio II lie same siuG
Is other Iaen. and hATe hearts under
T lheif uniform coats
Tt vas 20 business ui mIne. u ghile
4 ] was af the London terminus oi the
4 Great Division and Long shTre railway,
/ / examined the tickets and unlocked
the carriges on the departure platform
I i-it was no business 81 mine Il tan,
7 fan rirl. ii deep mourning, came twice
I a wsek regularly, and showed me her
J ticket for Wesigato, return, second class
( But somehow IL seemed 30 be my bust
ness, when | bad unlocked an empty
Z carriage and handed her ia as well as
/ could, that | should lock that door
again without banging 1t, aud then take
care that DO one else went ln but lady
I ike females. OF eourse | could not
help il, but from the first day-eoid,
winter when, thinly dressed, she
came shiyeripg along the platform, l
seemed to have some strange interest
IN her; and as the weeks slipped by,
! found myself looking ont for her reg
ularly. Ii was easy to see, from the
music-roll she carried aud the return
ticket, that she went down the line 70
give lessons.
| called myself Il fool, and thought Of
Imy salary as guard, and my position
N life compared with the graceful,
lady.ike girl who used to come floating
along towards me every Monday and
/ Wednesday, looking SO pale, and sad,
and careworn, that ! first began by pit
| wing her, and then well, never mind
now
One cold December day / was shift
I "a for week on the arrival platform,
and so missed seeing her leave; but /
/ carefully watched every train that came
I 10 tall ! saw her get ont Without see
I ing me She hurried away Wen, there
vas nothing to sigh for there, you'll
say. bat ! did sigh al the time, and
was turning away, Nhen | saw the
searching porter with a inasie-roll 10
s his hand, which some one bad left ~
the carriage.
"Hsre / know who that belongs TO,
I said. uuching il from him; and
seeing he was going to make a bother
/ slipped a sxpence into his hand, and
ran ont Of the station.
just in time; l could see her at the
bottom of street, and catching hold Of
one of the boys hanging about the Job,
/ pointed the tall figure out, and told
him TO follow her to where she hyed
and come and tell me.
And not send the music-roll? No,
/ ment TO take that. / knew not why,
but there seemed something pleasant
in the the idea of being a servant 10
her; and / kept telling myself SO as l
walked back to attend TO my duty,
Next morning ! was in a quiet, shah
by lodging-letting place leading out Of
Cover street, north. with music-roll
in my hand, looking for No. II. 1t
was easy enough to find, but something
seemed to make me walk past two or
three times before | could summon
courage to 90 up and ring. But at
last did, thinking how foolish it was,
when / only had to deliver the lost
parcel and come away. ..--..
So | rang gently, and waited; rang
again, and waited; and then ared faced
woman came TO the door.
"You have q young lady who teach
es music"
Second floor 'front.' she said snap
lpishly. "Why don't you knock twice
! Bells for the ground floor. There, go
upi"
l took off my cap, wiped my shoes,
and, feeling ashamed Of my uniform
for the first time in my life, went slow
lly mp TO tho second floor and then
stopped, for | could bear piano
and the sweetest voice / ever heard
was singing in low tone. / stopped,
listening and drinking in the sweet
sounds with my heart beating, for il
was a long way up; and ! shonld have
stopped longer, had not heard some
| one coming mp stairs. Then Knocked
and voice cried, "come in r
/ turned the handle two or three
times. for il was old and worn, ano
then, entering, stood blushing like
a great girl, and trembling before the
tail, pale lady, and some one lying on
the sofa, in front Of n miserable fire.
Such bare, chilly room, and SO cold
and pale both the inmates looked, as
stood observing all / could in the FIRST
glance.
"Oh, mamma, the music I" cried the
pale girl, rising from her seat by tn,
piano. and running toward me; and
then, as / clnmsily held it out, ] saw
that | was recognized, as she thanked
me ior bringing II, also for what she
called my kindness at the station.
"Ask him to take glass Vi wine
Louise, said the lady on the sofa, when
saw the eolor flush in her daughter
check as she said hastily:
i think, mamnA, we have none II
the house"
c.umsily protested that | would
rather not take any vine. and wa
backing toward the dooi, when a sud
J den pain shot through me. as had de
! iected melton on the part o. the pal'
giFl, and eaught sight Of shilling II
her hand ! suppose showed what
felt, for She paused and colored deeply
aud As I stfspd putefdg she once f,0rs