The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-04-13


n telling her be didut loys her, she
continued, looking experienced a.
Queen Eassl,eih.
He said be didat know bow | bad
understood oar acquaintance, and, Of
course, ] would not hAye him think m.
derstood more than he meant; talked
a long time. and | don't think ever
talked better in my lie Iquoted from
Emerson and from Tupper, aud talked
easy as possible. and could think of sy-
erything 70 say just As ] wanted to say
it; but felt as though my heart was
breaking Afierward ] brought that
chens dress Of mine TO show him, Just
az ! always showed my things, SO he
needn't notice anything any different; (;
and he looked at il and then looked up
at me SO reproaehiully and with so much
meaning, aud said, 'Changeable, and
nothing more 0, Mily l feel like
death; aud you have no idea how hand
some he looked as he went down the
road 70 Dorset and how l loved him {
Ills hair, bis hands, and everything -
And | shall never, never see him again
Never
At this miserable thought Eliza sunk
on basket Of apples all in bunch and
began to cry, while her friend looked
on and pitied her Presently Milly
spoke
Don't feel so, Gay. said she, hope
fully, 1 have presentiment that you
will see Fred again. Fred loves you, l
know that, for have seen you two to-
gather too much to donbt it; and if he
loves you, Of course he is not going to
let this be the last You know, Zay, /
have seen good deal Of such things at
one time and another. There was Sa-
rah Liscom and Maude Vershire i
know oil about their love affairs, and
both my married sisters made a conf
dante OF me, And | know men do not
give up girl so easy il they really love
her, she continued, shaking her wise
girlish head But do not think you
did right You know what we have
said so many times
"Be to thine own self true,
And it doth follow as the night 10 day
Thou eanst not then be false to any man.
And, Zay, you we're not true to your
self, and of course you were false to
Frederic.
Your friend Zay is very proud, re-
peated Eliza, hopeaessly. And, Miily,
/ was not going to admit that l had
thought farther than he had
'Tlizayi Elizay II is time TO hang
on the pot and put in the porkr called
down Mrs Orange from the stairway
III you will start the dinner | needn't
come down till get my skein of
Yes, ma am, called back Eliza, Din
ner pot, pies, and stocking yarn That
is all / have to look forward to in life,
she added dreamily.
And SO il seemed TO prove. Days
and weeks and even months went ON,
aud Milly's prophecies were not fulfill
ed.
One day Milly Bergen's aunt Betsey,
from Dorset who was talking woman
and took snuff, came over to pay a yis-
it to her brothers family. While she
was there Eliza Orange came in, and
presently Milly said, OF sudden:
DO you know Frederic Chestnut,
Aunt Betseyf He is book keeper in
the cutlery store at Dorset, and boards
at Miss Halsey's, or used to.
Eliza stopped over to stroke seven
toed kitten lying asleep on the hearth,
stopping her breath to listen for the re-
ply. But Aunt Betsey never was in
haste to begin talking, or TO leave off
after she had begun. She shook up the
chair cushion, counted the stitches on
her needle, took pinch Of snuff, and
said:
Frederic Chestnut ? Yes, know
him. Why, see Miss Halsey lives the
very next house but one, to ma, aud we
are great knit-ups, and are out and IN
together like own folks, her and me. =
SO always know who she has for
boarders Chestnut is one Of her old |
est boarders, quite standby, and |
don't knew him as well as ! do the |
the young lady. don't know anything
against him neither, nor nobody else
He is jnst as nice a young man as there /
is in The town Of Dorset; now that is
so. And he is paying attention to
girl over there TO Dorset A Dudgeou
girl; and Miss Halsey and ] are not oy- |
er pleased with the match, for she isn't
more than half good enough for him /
Good enough Why, she is likely /
girl, belongs TO respectable family. /
aud al that But | consider her lazy
piece Of farniter. and SO does Miss Hal /
sey.'
Eliza bad lifted her face from the kit
ten. and was listening. white and ca
ger, greedy TO lose nothing; not even
the pain every word brought her
But You think they will marry 2 ask