The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-08-10
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oyu IfrrLH Adventure.


old. fresh fram school, arralg for au.
fraEe auI adventure; bat, withsl. 1ps-
se.sieg considerable 1igutif, and rather
pridIHg ourselves aH our power Of "kecp-
ing people st a distance as We called &c.
aud behaving ourselves under aiI eirgum-
stances With most maium FropHag We
were about 20 go on little expedition to-
ge,hcrunder the following circumstances
Ny gaBduoihcr,-thc dearest old lads
in the warid,-Wa a highly respected,
ald-timo resident of tho little town Of
Masters, a quiet, out-oEtho-wuy sort of a
place, that boasted rather proudly OF its
"anstocracy Of iutcllacl. for which there
was certainly some foundation, there be-
iug Seminary, a College, and q number
Of private schools there ana, as natur.
al consequence, many resident professors,
who gave tone to what is ordinarily
rather trivial and commonplace in The
society Of small town.
At one Of these private schools for
boys, Sues brother Fmuk-her junior by
several ycars--wss being educated, aud,
10 sum up the result Of nay DEPRESSION, /
was going to make a visit TO my Grand
mother, aud Sue proposed spending d
week, by invitation Of the Principal, at
the school with Frank. II was there
/ fore arranged, to our mutual satisfaction,
that We should travel together, alone,
/ that is without matrou or escort, to Mas
tcrs, which is a Journey Of some seven
hours, with but one change Of cars. We
started on 4 lovely May morning, in most
/ excellent spirits, attircd in our pretty
/ Spring suits, and each with nice lunch
/ basket and the latest novel 10 beguile
away the time. We leh in the early
/ train, SO as to get through to Masters by
I daylight, and after seating ourselves
comfortably in the ear, we proceeded to
have sociablc chat, and then sctt ed
down to "read." Having thus pleas
antly occupied a couple ofhours, we be-
gan 10 look around us to see If the pas
sengers could afford us any amusement
or entertainment, but we found them
very unattractiyc, and no original char
racters, such as one expects always to
meet in travelling, could we espy. Ny at
tention, however, was for moment,
drawn towards a young man, who sat
two or three seats in front Of us, on the
other side Of the car. 1t was not his per-
/ sonal appearance that attracted me
especially, although he was rather good
looking and stylishly gotten-up, but
what called lfor my particular notice,
was an immense solitaire diamond ring
on his forelinger, which he did not seem
10th to exhibit conspicuously, and to
| which called Sues attention, and said
! wondered if the diamond were real or
paste! ] then looked hastily away, as the
young man turned partly round, and
gazcd at us intently. Glancing furtiyely
up some ten minutes afterwards, I saw
he had resumed his former position, and
was busily engaged in writing. Con-
cluding that he thought that a favorable
opportunity Of exhibiting the ring to the
best advantage, / determined he should
not think we were dazzled by its brilli-
aney, and paid no further attention to
him; but read steady on, until we
reached Land lIo,' where the cars stop
ten minutes for refreshments.
Here the young man rose to leave the
car, and as be did so, in passing by rs,
he let fall into my lap being seated
nearest the aisle--a card For a moment
! was too much astouishcd to speak, but
soon turned, and said Indignantly to
Sue: That man has had the impudcuce
to give me his card, and when he returns
he will probably speak TO us, will let
il fan in tho aisle, so that he may under
stand We will have nothing to say to him.
Yes, do, said Sue, bat first look at the
name An! fatal curiosity. Had obcyed
my Impulse, aud thrown the card aside,
without looking at il, this story need not
have been told; but when the idea was
once suggested--l being woman-cuuld
not resist, so leaning over, without
+ touching the card, read aloud, "Eugcue
filz Harris" The name Is certainly a
[ fine an unusual Que, remarked, as con-
! tcmptuously Knocked over the bit Of
paste-board with my thumb and fore Gug-
ger The train started, but Eugene did
not return, aud we soon became quicted
I in our minds, and thought Of the matter
as joke. Meantime au elderly gentle
maa came along, picked mp the card, read
something Oh il, smiled, and then drop
ped 1t on the ground at quite q distance
from us. Shortly after that, We reached
tho junction and changed cars. When
seated IN the little way-irain for Masters.
we began talking about our adventure,
and | advanced tic theory that hc had
+ probably written something on tho other
side Of the card. where we had not
loo cd, aud that evidently the old gem
ilcmau had read It; but what il was, We
could not know, formy brilliant idcuf ,
came too late, "a. ear and card were both
lsr away.
Arrived Al Masters, told Tie story at
tle tea table, and Grandmother sugges-
tcsl lhat be had probably written tbat his
diamond aas not paste, having overheard
INV uucomplimcntag remark Tie sub
iorl was ,5en laugbingly dismissed, and
thought 80 more about j, tor several
days, whca sue eamc ia TO see me one 81
tefnoon and said. by thc way Kate,