The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-05-23
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uicuHnn toss as beluH 8 very surHfienE
iac igf who thai has once known tie
ioyc uf woman las 20, ielt a. Il the san,
moon and stars were made fer hls partic.
ular benefits aud who that has once lived
10 heaven would nor return hiiher, But
So Barnes was neither young good look
ing o. dehi intact not tomineo matters
he was Old, uglY and poor, and instead Of
falling "a loye with q plain kind ofa girl,
Who might take compassion on him, be
fixed his eyes on one Of the richest. gayest
sua prclticst girls in oar village, Fannie,
ibc Youngest daughter of Squire McAlis-
ter She was about eighteen, just ont OF
school. and Wild az young colt. lmag-
inc her astouishment when she found that
Mr Barnes was making love to her. That
hoEGid Mr Barnes has been here three
time this week she said 10 her sister. and
he dared 70 squeeze my hand tonight
Wha, sn old fool, old enough to be my
grandfather
lie Is only forty I should not be sur
prisel II you married him, after all, Fan
so don't be angry with him for pressing
your hand, The next time be comes be
will kiss you, said her sister proyokingly.
Fannie walked ont Of tie room in
speechlcss indignation. There was no
doubt that Mr. Barnes was in love, lie
came often and staid long. II seemed her
fate 10 meet him whenever she left the
house. lie sent her presents which she
returned, books which She never read,
and invitations which she never accepted ,
III short, as Fan said, he made her life a
burden TO her
can't stand this any longer, said Fan
one day. III play such a trick on him
that he'll never come to the house againl
So she poured some moasses IN his hat,
as It stood on the hall table, one evening I;
then she called him back when he had
opened the front door to go home, aud
had the satisfaction OF seeing the moasscs
running down his shoulders, and over his
best black coat Her merry peal Of laugh
ter was all that was needed to complete
his discontinue, and he rushed from the
house casting upon her look ofreproach.
Fan thought she had got rid Of him now
and she received her fathers rebuke with
a good deal of composure; but the next
week brought that horsid Mr.. Barnes
back again. What was she TO do2 She
did everything she could. She made car
features of him, and circulated them
among her friends; she treated him to
doughnuts filled with cotton; made fun
of him in every way that the brain of a
frolicsome school girl could devise; and
still he never wavered in his allogience.
There is no help for you, Fannie. You
win have to become Mrs. Barnes, No. two
you cannot get rid of him in any other
way, said Miss McAllister.
Tannia vas too much subdued for an
ger. really am afraid SO, said she with
tears in her eyes. 1t would not be so bad
il there was the least thing attractive
about him. And he is always so kind,
and so quietly determined that--that--l
am afraid he will make me like him in
spite of all.
What's that you say, Fannie? and ris-
ing suddenly, Miss McAllister took both
her sisters hands. Look straight in my
eyes, Fannie. was only joking. You
must have known that never supposed
that anything in heaven, or earth, or the
waters under the earth, would ever in
duce you TO marry that horrid Mr.. Barnes
A pretty match indeed for McAllister
, nice son-in-law for our fatherl How
graceful, how handsome, how dstin.
guished What pleasure you would have
In Introducing your husbandl
Mary, how can you go on soy said Fan
Die, wrenching her hands from her sisters
grasp. Haven't said hate him? Papa
; would rather sec you dead than married
TO that mani lie shall forbid him the
house this very night! and Miss McAllis
len the room to find her father.
That night Mr.. Barnes did receive hi,
dismissal. The squire told him plainly
that bis attentions were displeasing IL
both him and Fannie, aud that his visits
must be discontinued. There was no helE
for t. lie lcft sorrowfu, but uncon
. qucred. He was still determined 10 max,
Fannie his wife. Fannie had hard tim,
: oft now. Miss McAllister gave all the
family the impression that Fannie wat
half In love with that horrid Mr.. Barnes
and they all amused themselves ridiculinl
her, and abusing him, until Fannic-whC
secretly missied his devotion--longed 4
take his part. She recalled many thing
he had said and done, which showed hin
], to be charitable and good, and, ifhe haC
!. no grace Of person, he was intelligent anc
refined. She regretted now an the silly
girish tricks she had played upon him
and remembering how invariably polit
be bad always been TO her, looked bacl
upon her behavior with remor.c.
That horrid Mr. Barnes troubled th,
squires family no more. II be eve. me
them he passed with a polite bow Fan
mic thought that be had gone entirely on
Of her lie, and, while she would not nov
own that she cared for him al all, sh
thought of him great deal.
Since than horrid Mr. Barnes had bee
dismissed, Fannie had changed, and lh
change was visible 70 81 the family No
that she moped or was blue She laughe'
aud sang aud danced, 81 much a. ever
bu, ali her ehildness aud kitien-like irish
!, incss was gone, and Ia ils place had com
slight touch of womanliness and digRit