The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-05-08
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Yea WIN ltlt own NftAAAAH fArAt fNA#tfNA .
MGss Dolly, turning in the doorway. f
Air. RIouut laughed Everybody fclt
bound 60 laugh 81 Miss poiy's crisp say
iues She had kept ber friends 10 good
huiuor these laycafs
Aud When David does call ON yon,
pursued Mr, Blouut, more seriously, ! DO
bape. Dolly, youll give him a chance to
80 his errsud. Tharll be 80 moren fair
aad Tie man WON'T be easy dl he ha.
freed Ai, mind
What mischief are you the foreruuner
of now. James Blount2 cried Miss Dolly,
aaiue about Ike soldier on drill.
What on earth have to 10 with Dayid's
ouaudss
Well, bis wilc's been dead year or So,
said Mr. Blount. snggestiyely, shutting
enc eye, and squirting with the other
down the length Of his whlp-slack, aud
lately he's been asking about you. You
eau pat that aud that together to suit
yourself
Fiddle-.deks' said Miss Dolly, ener-
getics,ly.
( sha'u't say have bin, or don't have
Z |him-though there isn't a likelier man
living than Dayid-but ! do say, Dony,
( YOU ought to give him hearing Aud
having convinced himself beyond a rea-
sonablc doubt the whip was all right,
I Mr. Blouut tickled his sleepy horse with
( it, and drove away.
Z Oh, my sorrows calculated Miss Dol
/ ly, closing the door with an afflicted
couutenaucc, aud sitting down so quitcly
Tor once that photographer might have
copied her then aud there.
Not that he could have done her Justice,
for her expression was too quick aud va
ried TO be caught by any trick Of chemi-
Gals, and without it Miss Dolly's phys
nomy would have been rather character
less but for htr prominent Roman nose
This organ gave tone TO her face. by
which woud not be understood literal
ly, as saying that she talked through it
in a nasal whine. mean simply that in
a metaphorical sense this bold feature
spoke loudly Of energy. And Miss Dol
.ly had always had abundant need Of en-
ergy-e why the nose? Every two
years during her childhood she had been
tiptocd into the east bedroom TO see a
new baby, till, at her mothers death,
five little brothers fell TO her charge to be
coaxed and scolded into manhood.
You can't bring up them boys, croaked
dolorous aunt. They'll run square
over you, Dorothy Ameda.
Dorothy Almeda was Miss Doly's bap.
Itismal name, but it was SO manifesly too
big for her that most of her friends would
as soon have thought of labelling a tiny
homeopathic vial with quack medicine
advertisement ms Of calling her by it.
Let 'em run over me, as long as ii
doesn't hurt 'eml laughed Miss Dolly,
, skcwering her faxen hair with a goose
quill, and tying tow apron over hel
calico long-short, preparatory to "bring.
ing up" said youths.
From that day forward she wen
cheerily on, making the best Of everything
though il must be confessed she often ha(
odds and ends to work with, as people
usually do have who are born with {
faculty. Somehow she found time fo
all her duties excepting matrimony. |
Z that were a duty, it was one she couldn'
aud wouldn't attend to while her fathe
i and the children needed her. Diver
b. young men thought this q great pity
among them David Wiggin.
Don't be silly, David! said Dolly
when he hinled as much to her, where
upon David went or siraightway an,
married Olive searle, the plainest girl II
/, the parish, This happened 10 years ago
aud now David was again wilelcss, ant
again the current Of his thonghis turue,
toward Miss Dolly, who still lived at tn
old homestead near the foot Of ByraHt
~ fails. Her father had died some month
before. OF the boys James and EzekiC
had settled on ncighboring farms, an,
the remaining three were ito the West
David's benevolent heart warmed wit
compassion as he remembered Dolly
lonely condition, aud he felt that
would be exceedingly kind iu him to o
fer her home, especially as he owned d
good Il place a. you'd find on the riyeI
81 while the Blouut cottage was falling
decay. lie wDuidu't let her former refust
% him tell against her, for, now be .oos
ed back. De really didn't see how sl
could have married anybody at that per
od She ought to be rewarded for Ii
devotion she had shown 10 the iamil,
and, ior lis part, De felt magnauimol
euoeah 10 give her a second chance to o.
rep, hlm. Such was the worthy wi,
t-l owers state % mind wheu be asks
Jane. glount with mock humiIit
whether i would be of auy nse for hi
.ta ifg 80 make bargain with Dolly,
90 That- moren ! can ten, Mr. Blou
S. hal aasWere1 poas puzzle You
.s. have % dnd an' re- yeurelf
Sic. wiggin smiled. 80 eouplaecnl q
hauaiiast at acceptance Indeed. II
mlsla not -aem like reproaeh 10 d
memory :. b.. lost olive. I .houId n
lbat lbe Ainl-bcauel man rejoiced
lAi. 8pporuaHy 81 making Ms. Dolls