The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-01-25

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Nag -ait ir-itsbly-
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good Bsme Ii bs. got The rirhi hind O
rug 10 o. FB bet ny neg solilsir
gaiusi three cents tliat he character wa
a. sloney ash's cngnomcn, 4 man calic,
Austin Benedict would d1 WHIST De con
siaered q be right IL by .o doing il killr,
BIN and every body b. va. arquaiutet
wilh' J wish yoa would ring for Sons
vine, Nell am cold IS dealh Don
gel up, though snd please 10 on
Yes, ! resumed, you sru qulte righ
ahont Ar Bencdirt's character, beliey,
there Is something 10 rames Bot for al
thar the fellow was dying for love.
\ yery interesting case. said Mag, tara
NJ deslhly pale, % yon know The ci,,
eum.tsncesl and then, with the sliphicsl
percepiihc sneer, added, msu must be
very strong to admit such q lling Shout
himself
On, answered it was long time be.
fore we got al the facts IN the case; bot
one day, when sat by him, snd we an
thought he couldn'i last many hours, he
told me the whole story.
When yon sat by him and thought be
couldu'i last maBy hours he told yon The
whole story repeated Nag, IN q strange
SOFT Of q way nil be die?
No; he rallied again, answered almost
out Of breath 1t Mag strange behavior.
T. seems be loved her with his whole liearl
and sonl a very beautiful and much
sought-afler young hdy. She pretended
TO love him. Her parents were opposed
70 the match; she proposed 70 dely her
parents The next news he receives
comes 10 the form vi a letter from her,
telling him HAT she finds she does not
care tor him az she supposed, and asked
10 be freed from her engagement.
He did receive such letter did hai
Austin Benedict did receive such let
ler2 and Mag arose from her recumbent
position, aud STOOD before me, pale a. 4
corpse, but with the light Of forty aveng-
lug angels iu her eyes. never wrote
that letter! she exclaimed. 1t is q forgery
from beginning to end, Neil Harris YOU
took care OF Austin Benedict in his last
hours; And now the prond head Of Mar
garet Hastings was buiied IN my lap
took care OF him when he was III, |
replied.
AID he loved thcwoman he believed TO
be fal,e TO the lastf
He loved the woman
Oh, Nell! Neil! what shall do; How
can ever live, now that know that he
died with that cruel impression of mef
interrupted poor Mag, giving me no op-
portunily to explain my self, You tool
care of him-you made him comfortable
you kissed him when he wha dying; aud
l--loyed aud despised, l.
Ii was about time fa' me to Insist upon
being listened 10; 50 said, stop min
ute, Mag, darling, did do all could
for Austin Benrdicl's comfort and have
kissed him 3 good many times; but not
when he was dying, Mag; for lie hasn't
passed away yet, unless he has accom-
plished that feat to-day, aud--snd--
What in the world IA all this2 aaid
Charles, who had entered softly with his
ialch-key.
Where is AustinI ssked, ina whisper; /;
for Mag was so still didn't know but
that she was dead. 90
Hero said the dear fellow, bounding
forward. He stopped suddenly at the
sight Of the figure at my feet. IN the
name Of the angels Nell, what ia ihisY
and whom have you got there?
Que little faint cry from Mag, and she
was q dead weight in Au-tn Benedict's
arms, That was answer enough.
Such q day Rs that wasi Between
swoons, explanations and embraces my
mind got TO running npon lunalic asy-
lums; but the sun set clear, aud my rea-
son remained unobscured. There was q
wedding that same evening in the same
library; and In all tic happiness ever
Charles and mine thrown in
! know never saw such perfect, uual-
loyed Joy as exists between Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Benedict. Mag didn' give me
time TO get to the inkstand, so yon must
imagine the history Of that. - Haypery
H..eI1s,