The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-21
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Fau a.ut going tN faFe AnaiHtf @DG44n
e#s m8. ef ueh5s fie sheets aud pillow
cases arc az msls." said Mis- Alihes
Pratt sHd.ng in a, cur south door SEQ 9
half vag manner peculiar TO hgr, 81 ifshe
peser could commit herself lo anybod, 2.
COMPANY
Three wedding, Goa three year. ought
t9 la.i q laag Time said mother, not
vlthoa, s. dash of pride go l4c matter.
"fhis is such Is dreadful marry lug
iamily, 3 Thought yoa might have found
somebody for ~yI,sc by ihj. time
Il rsalis haven't though, io look for
anybody. The other girl. slia into mar.
dage. aud h3mr- of their own, almost
before knew St
ESQ sylyle aint quite ready for a slide :
may be .he needs little pushing, tho't
rd ju.t drop iu to ten you that its tie
Gthiou uow TO make pillow eases rather
skimpin. aud then nave great -qusre
covers, rulilsd alI round, and a big letter
worked Ia che middle Nou have to take
'om on, au1 fold 'em up very carefully
before sou go 90 bed. When I was in
Boston. brother Liphalet's wife bad EN-
with o big =. iu the middle 1t might
baye stood ior Pratt or pillow, / ceuldt
say tor surety which aud J wouldn't
ash her for uo money"
Mis-. Alihea i- perfectly aware that /,
otherwise syIyie, am standing at the
pantry window, out OF her sight, but
within hearing of every word she says,
She know, too, that Steven Frazer is
; leanug against the window ill outside,
taking eggs from my hand, O.. pass out
to him half dozen at a time. He al
way takes our eggs TO market with those
from biz own farm, because mother is a
widow, aud has to depend on neighborly
kuducs. tor such small liils toward
living.
Steven is very serious and business like
over counting the eggs, but hi. lips quiyer
0 little with mcrrimont over Miss Althea'.
pillow cases. lie is truly very handsome
have tried for years to convince mseli
that he has the common place look Of all
the other men | know sisters hus,
bands a. well As the rcst-mer
that don't care to look at twice, bat
can never do IT,. Stevens eyes have
shining depth, his features, mobility and
j storytelling quality that | can find in nc
other face. think Miss Althea il funny
too, and why can't he look mp and share
his appreciation with me? But he never
does look mp or down when | expect it
he Is one Of the most Disappointing o
men,
"Sylyie,' said Miss Althea, putting he
head into the pantry like some long
ed bird, II forget Just where you come il
the family. l, n you or Sophie that
twenty-five?
Neither" said ], with needless snaI
IN my voice. sophie is the eldest Of a
all and she is just twenty-four.'
oven, to be sure, you have all such {
mature look, so settled dowa like, tina
it's hard to guess your ages
\ little gust Of wind banged the doc
in Miss AIthca's face just at this point o
her discourse, and she seemed TO recog
MIC the hand Of fate, for she suffered
to remain shut
by the way" said Steven, look
b ing up, when he had laid the last egI
carefully in the basket, "when shall W
have our wedding, sylyie?'
4 great lump rose in my throat; tn
row Of milk pans swan before my eyes.
"Not tin we have had the wooing'
you please. >" managed to say, in a stead
}. voice, and rushed into the kitchen witt
out looking back
| heard bis wagon wheel, sound fail
and fainter ia the distance with a cgusl
Ing sense of disappointment, though
could not ia reason expect him to leap j
- att ~ umtry window, and insist on be
tor answer To the question, in the fac
u and eyes Of MI, Althca.
10 tell the trujH there was very lit
reason in the muter anyway, when 70
aamc 90 .iftil
II you will believe 1t, Steven had neyt
spoken word OF love to me in bis lit
aud then sprung that mcrciless questic
on nae. all at once, about our wedding.
knew him well enough TO be certain th
be was thoroughly in earnest.
II wa. the condensed crystal Of mal
thought. that he had uncovered before II
ewes so suddenly.
You didn't keep him long, said Mi
Anhea. Il gues. 1t wa. the wind, an
- all. that shut the pantry door in my far
didn't know bal YOU might have do
II, il with a long handled skinner or son
,hiu.f SOS 30 have crack with Steve
but. could have told YOU 'twan't no III
There's no pslayer about him. 4 gaF
gal 10 him. aud uothin' else"
"A primrose oa she rivers br5m.
Fsilgu Tnmfase was 60 hlln.
AHl 80 vss uathiag more
muuered, undcr my breath.
W. What, hnts said Mi,s Ailhea.
~ aiuR deaf only YOU talk SO thick,
"A bii of poetry; that, aii,
?. "Oh. I Thought you'd heard aboul tie
g. Primrose girl, they do rsy that sie'
.em Frazer B. kiud of haukering afler Iii
b.e Size took tle first premium. tea dolls
f5r ber butter. st thc Iasl cattle show, q
she maaes ail heg owu goWn- and b
nct.
'They look sd. said spiteiully,
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