The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-01-11
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have ua nsu tfaaE Ifo 30 paee t. go
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Tie n8sltf taaed, aBd isIi back up
on hrr rfilas. pressing her thin bsHas
90 her face 20 h.de tbe tears sGe could
net keep back. .
Janet stood iar moment WITH her
hand en tbe dusls p4a lh,u shoe GO.
crossed the fe89 60 hef mothers bed
Dout fret. mother. SHE solid teHder-
h. Lt4#ng tba Wal aud sguEeu checks.
keen brave bsait and The suu will
shine again some day despite all this
darkness think she added, adjust
inn her worn shawl, 'lAat "a come to-
n5ght. X ID isu too iatc. after the par
Is and lll ask Mrs Draper ior part
~ my monthly pay You shall have a
Nep YtArs present yct Alice
she Kissed them both, and LEFT, clos
iuR tho door softly behind her Bot
instead 81 going directly 10 the street,
she went into her bedroom. Taking a
key from her pocket she unlocked q
small rose. wood case that stood upon
the table and drew forth a tiny ebony
cakket. Her hands trembled uery0usly
a. she unciaapea II, aHd Hired a string
81 emUrglds Il contained hafe and
brilliant gems they were, most daiuuly
set. and looking strangely out Of place
in that humble little chamber Janet
held them tonderiy pressing them ca
resbingly to Der lips, aud letting them
slip through ber fingers like a stream
Of living light There was spray Of
heliotropo IN the bottom Of the casket,
and ils sweet. subtle odor filed the lit
tie chamber ike the breath II incense
and with that strange power VIII Oh
odors alone possess, carried the heart
81 Inc go,emess away back TO the duwy
dawn 81 Der glrlho0d
Only FIVE years ego, and this self
same Janet had leen the daughter u a
wealthy and ipdulgcnt father, with ey-
cry comfort and luxury at her com
mand, aud crowds OF suitors at her feet
Bat only one Of all these met any favor
nom the shy, lialc beauiy and be was
IN every respect worthy Of her. On
the eve 81 voyage TO Calcutta, DO had
made his declaration, aud been accept
ed and the string II cmCFalds had
been bis bcihrothalRift
For months after bis departure ia.
net lived in dream 81 bliss and then
the great trouble Of her hie came Her
father who held a high position in the
mercantilc-world, failed utterly, and
finding himself heggar, died OF bro.
ken heart. Then their beautiful dwell
ing, and everything went, and LIS poor
wifo sank into Departing holpessness
and there was 30 one loft TO breast the
bitter, bitter storm but pretty little Ja-
net
Brayely enough she did il, for the
girl WAS hero, despite her slender
form and lily face She removed her
invalid mother and little sister to city
far distant from the scene Of their re-.
cent troubles. procured humble lodg-
inQs, and then cast about her for en-
pioyment. With much difficulty, she
obtained situation as goyeruess, a po-
sition for which her fine education and
natural abilities rendered her eminent
liz qualified Thus the years wore on,
Janet hearing nothing from her lover.
He was, ptobably, dead, she thought
or be might have heard Of her father 5
failure and resolve to quietly ignore
her She did not know, and she was
too proud 10 inquire.
Now, standing there in the gather
irg gloom, with toe rush aud roar Of
tho great city in her ears, she asked
herself, why not soil the emeralds 2'-
They would bring good price, enough
10 make her poor mother and little Al
ice comfortable through many dreary
month Aud vet she could hardly
bring herself 10 part from them They
were The only nnk that bound her 10
the happy past The shadows thicken-
cd round her and the dreamy odor Of
the heiiotroro wfapt her, like q trance,
in m,mories Of the ioug,aeo SLs
could aeo the gtcen, summer garden
hear the plaah Of the fountain, and
catch ihe initicI q the cnuatics iIcm
their gided caeoe lis face was bend.
ING over her, bis kisses burned upon
hcf brow, bis very words seemed sound.
ing ~ kcF car aEain 4 quaint affair
for betro,hal GAIT, darling be said.
but they Hfe very precious. and tLey
were 10y mothers Jewels ! hold them
desror than anything else possess.
hence give thtm % you
Could ste part from thcm Sell
them ior EOS palsgy sAaiugs HeF
boa9m Foso and lell with great thrcbs
81 agony She was cooling thCm into
tEo case again, when her mothers boil.
low cough broke on car.
For Der sake. she murmufcd, her
face whitening ia toe GLOON 1es God
hclp are for heT sake must
Sbs closed tbe c4sket resolutcly. and
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