The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-02-15
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t4tAn itaf Na ahfitht etrtf&t IL N'tfNH NtNat"
al assd dfafed ihf window something
nurs tbaa sne presn inua balcouy, aud
.hs sA iing ueaipess spggrsied ot she
interior. IS make i he home {. steuied 10
be- ia looi passengers, who Omen louud
thtnseIrg- lingering as lhes approached
ne place. euehsuied by lhe scrut Of mig
niunetic tlal f9ur.,htd 10 the g1as- plot,
sind by thc lovely liul, q the wandering
jgw which seened 70 ditiu-e themselves
likes ples.anl atmosphere, arou1d the
enclosure
But did the organist oi II, J mes
church. who lived thtoe blocks behiad.
suspect fs how could she5 IIurryiug
pas, lbc house, Oh hcr way . music les-
SON and rehearsal, she often found herself
slaekcuhg her pace, and tsking IN the at
lrsciiye scene, aud going onward ielt re-
freshea by whal .hc had perceived, and
sin more perhaps by whal had been sua-
gested: for give tle womau single
ihread atheauty, and 81 her hand II was
cqaiyaiet,t tor rine 10 alidesired delight.
Tie oulg difficulty with her we. thar she
never found time 70 follow rs leading far
-cse, times over, she bad discovered
hcaraa updn earth.
Tie outside o. The house suggested to
bsrno end ot iuuriof beauty. Sometime,
in passing he heard violin, sometimes
"a piano, sometimes q voice that, ~ she
declared, electrified her. was so geuu-
iuesy sweet, riehand 80 unwOru. so That,
turning DE corner wearird mud ped TO
impotence, the mere sigh, Of sbat small
abode was refreshment. She hailed Il
~ 5 pilgrim halls the green spot ia the
desert -aud, alas not seldom, The mirage
Also
Within the iilie Birds Nest, rs tbe or.
eani.i with more poelcal feeling than
originatit was wont privately to desig-
nato the house (-hr bad some secret -ourc-
g. Of comfort, tli- hard-workcd creature,
which were uol tor every eat), within
thi, ittic Bud-i Nesl, on suury June
evening, beLiud lhe bay window, aud the
wlsleria aud homes suckle, wandering jew
and nignonetlo, stood de~perate-hearI-
cd woman, with as playful and composed
d e5untenanco as some OF the martyrs, lei
ns believe, have shown ere now Oh their
way 10 tho iag /.
This woman is tnirty-tive, perhaps, but
size looks Older Find her upstairs any
hour Of the long day, whou she is alone
Win her sal thoughts for company, and
yuu shall see woman who 10 looking
tow rda tie future with distracling fears,
out whO ia the effort 20 withstand their
dim aud pressure, is foretasling all the
biuerness Vi disappointed age, She has
now bright ribbons in her hair and around
her ne, 4, aud by gas-light, she Looks al
most happy, aiaost opng. ~ u piano
sits her husband Aud now the story IL
nearly all told,
Il is saturday evening, aud what is she
doing il not endeavoring, by every kind
~ urlilice, to keep Al home the af-drunk-
CA man VINO sits on Tue piano stool! so
sne has persuaded him to the piano, and
lio bus ucen singing, aud they have talked
now iur AT least all hour about their fay
urIle compositions, aud discussed as crit.
les one wUlk aud another, aud IN their
Judgments they have II { agreed with
each other 50 constantly as to make the
conversation tiresome. But the talk is
proving too much Of good thing to the
husband; evidently lie Is wearied Of IT,
lie has allowed h,mseH u be persuaded
iulo pla. ing aud singing - good deal aud
into talking uuCh, but during the last
half hour he has belHy ed increasing rest.
itssuess, and begin, to speak az last wilb
uudisguisrd inpulienee. An Indifferent
i,teucr might almost say IN the bunt
speech OF indifference, that be was gcttit Z
cfuss and quarrei.omc, and uwiuly djsa-
gtrraOe Is he bccuning suspicious Of
ui, poor Loui,us Does She desiga To keep
hau "a Aolua Nteu She knows very well
aboug hi, Saturday,night engagement tu
70 10 the Architects Ciubt four archi-
,ect, whose own foundation seems 10 he
tumbiug in, be mast be faithful TO his
club, though to every thing else upiaiti.
lu
lleeyen begins to suspect The pleasure
which hu knows hi. wilg takes, aud Al.
wsys ma. taken, Ia bis music Does le
need % be reminded Of the many times
she ia. sad u hiu, tiat single melody
IRON bm l. worth more TO ler than the
luad ald ~ endAd performance OF wcil-
directed oiciieslta--ieeding mUIe subtle
need, aud sustaining /. dtytuer aies lle
lalE, ~ way tbal would make Que -a,.
pgrt hi, iutemiou tU attack her sogu on
the ground 81 llaai one delight be hus
found 10 hun, which huz remaiued uu-
questionable.
lis wiic understands these symplots
wei enough lp know itl1l "a shlrty min
ule-, Al mraMsl. Ie vi somehow hage
parsed bey Ond iier reach. r. nol assd.
,ad convection % b. pressing a tie heart
u ,ge Wpmu You buow u5w why
.hoak n,5 stad a ! boosted &; the pretty
uay window aud thc outside gruen and
p,Huut Ans sDody who knew tht oll
l4auai intimately ia &c dal- of their
glgt, a8aid grese an SUR, Il eoar--
iHg over he snid- ~ modern ~ p, oa
asRiH ArBiap 5isrger, ag eame aeross
thy rra. L, raaiit stripped - bsr d its
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