The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-06-02

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eyes dlmp.os II Be bed said specta-
claa aud wrinkles he'd hHye come con
siderable nearer right 10 you don 1,
my iue fellow g0-golt donff ExpU-
rience Browne hasn't lived iifty-fye
years in the world 70 al into such a
trap as this at last HeH cali this az
ternoon % receive the easWer that is To
decide the whole curroIt Of his future
hie, will be Well, let aim call, Ill be
ready for him, and III warrant him be
won Il be in hurry to ssll again"
And Miss Experience ehuckled 10
herself until all the falseeurls quivered,
as she folded the letter Aeatly, and put
1t back into it's hurriedy-dTected en-
velope.
Il never had an ofFefof marriage be-
fore, she thought, viewag her autum-
nal countenance 10 the pier glass, and
adjusting the little puff Of ribbon in
her cap border, "and it does make one
feel kind of queer Bsthuar Jones
needn't 60 to saying noH that / was an
old maid, because nev'r had an offer /
! inst wonder what Arid would say
guess / won't tell her; she would only
laugh at me Z"
Miss Experience drew herself up as
grimly as If her spinal column were a
bar Of iron, that afternoon, when Bridg-
ct announced:
"Alr. Grover, mem
Show him in Blddy Il am quite at
leizure TO receive him
Aud our hero, entirely innocent of the
impending storm thai awaited him,
walked into Miss Exyerience's awful
presence, with a bundIi Of title deeds
in his hand, tied with ne official look
ing red tape Of his profession,
Good afternoon, Mss Experience !"
Amt you ashamed of yourself, Har-
ry Grover?' CALCULATED the spinster, ih
a deep, stern voice, 'tiet along with
yourself, maxim love q an old woman
morn twice as old a. y0u be, just be-
cause she's got little money What
do you take me for, hey' Don't stand
starin' there Walk .gt Of his room,
quick, or I'll throw Tia big dictionary
At yonr head No, no, no! No,o you
have got your answer plain enough r.
/ wouldn't marry youif there wasn't an
other man in the whole town ?"
Harry Grover was little appalled, at
this change Of horse and foot, but he
stood his ground manfully, not even
quaihng at the big dictionary.
But, Miss Browne viii You hear
me a moment? / don't want you to mar
ny me What has put this strange
fancy INTO your head q
"You don't want TO marry me? then
what the mischief does this ietter mean
I'd like to know ?"
MAY / look at it?'
Harry took the letter, and glanced at
tits contents threw new light upon
the unaccountnbe state of affairs
"Good Cupid what a bloekhead-
xl,ai an .sa.Ias;g4tel, inexc4sabio, in
comparable donkey | have been What
could l have been thinking about?
"Hey" demanded the puzzled spins
ter
Excuse me, mann. but there has been
a mistake-a-" ....
And without stopping to complete his
fragmentary sentence he rushed out Of
the room to the little bay windowed
parlor.
"Ariel-Miss Browne ?"
But Ariel turned haughtily from the
pleading eyes of her bver.
"Your letter is quite sufficient, SIR
[ need no further exponent of your
"Ariel-darling-tler has been an
absurd mistake; this Is the letter that
was intended for you The other was
written to your aunt on business and
by some unaccountabe blunder got in
10 the wrong envelope. | have been
'ool--a blockhead, but | love you, dear
sst, with all my heart. Ariel you will
lot send me away?"
No--Afiel did not send him away,
'or the shy smiles and ROSY bloom were
TO come back TO her face as
,he read the real letter
But Harry" she said, with a ro-
,uish smile at tho corner Of her mouth
you must confess that Aunt Experi-
,nco's note had rather an unpleasant
style"
u was a careless rep-obate, said Har
y, frankly, but you see Judge Cornell
vas watching me, and"
And that was the end Of all misun
lerstandings between Harry Grover and
Ariel Browne, theuceorth forevermore.
Miss Experience was rather disap
pointed in two things She would ike
o have sold the school.house corner
OF, and she void have liked to said that
nee in the course Of ffty-fve years of
iie, she had an offer Of marriage.
However" said Miss Experience,
Are! is very happy, and may he things
re best as they are