The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-04-15

thinking 0f the qa.e,, earnest ynupg
music teacher, aud how thoughts II her
had frightened every place t9E bin, 40.
Oh be saw that her growing reserve and
distant pol.leHets had awakened blm io
( eousciousaess And she had iausIed hr
might aaHoy hsr with bis persistence,
perhaps No fear Of thai. lie was pot
so vain a. TO think himself Irresistible,
nor So selfish as TO press his love upon
her, Il that love could not make her hap
pier, be said softly to himself
Burglars, remarked Joe
/ Ehl whatY demanded Uncle Max
10 be sure, Joe bad been talking almost
incessautIy FOR the last ten minutes, but
be had heard nothing Of it until that
rather startling word attracted bis at.en.
ton.
They've broke into a good many places
about town, and carried Of lots IL things,
pursued Joe guess they must be pret-
ty rich by this tune aud they don't care
about folks bein' about either; they just
put 'eln to sleep. How do you spose
they do that, Uncle Max?
OIL | dou't know, responded The
/ doctor earelessly. Relieved that only
burglars in general were under discus.
sion, aud tha' neither bis brothers. house
nor the bank had been robbed, be was
far less interested IN any marauder's
boldness than iu considering Edith
Moore's shyness aud constraint when she
had called with a message that morning.
She would never have come to him, be
was sure, only that the unsuspecting old
lady who sent her would swallow no
other doctors polions, aud Edith was
too tender-hearled 10 refuse so slight an
act of neighborly kindness. How quick
she had been to assure him, when he
promised to be iu the office on her return,
that il was Of no consequence. II only
he could leave the powders for her, that
would answer quite as well II was al
almost time for her TO come. What if
be met her, and spared her part Of the
long walk? 1t was out Of her way be
knew SO well be had learned the round
of essongiyingl
Joe was still deep in the subject Of
burglars. lie had explained 10 his own
satisfaction how, after dark, they carry
lanterns that'll shine, or not shine, just
as they want 'em to; and they wear stun
ed shoes that you can't hear no more u
cat with mittens on. And, anyhow, You
can't tell who they are, il you do see en-
cause their faces are covered with with
-oh what is it they put on their faces,
Uncle Max?
On their faeess repeated Uncle Max,
ponderng another question: Should he
60 or not? Would there be any danger
of bis failing TO meet her?
Yes what they cover their faces with,
you know? pursued Joe.
Cover their faces with2 Why, wells
brown wells, generally, added the doctor
little absently, thinking OF certain
brown one that would be iuttering along
the street somewhere now. lie decided
to go.
Such as women wear? querried Joe.
Why, yes, of course; it's always wo-
men that wear them.
It's? demanded Joe, quite excited by
this new item Of information. | didn't
know that.
I'm going out for a little while, said
the doctor, drawing on bis oyercoat and
taking up his gloves. If you will stay
here ill come back, III walk home with
you.
Wen, said Joe contentedly.
And if any persons come, try to keep
them ill get back it won't be long,
Isn't any danger of any one comm
here, is there? asked Joe, looking some
what startled,
Why noti laughed Uncle Max, motto.
ing only the words You are not very
complimentary, Joe. Do you think I'm
so poor a doctor that it wouldn't be worth
while for any one 10 stop here;
Outside the door the gray mist seemed
I to fold about one in chill, despriting
sort Of a wsy. The doctor felt it, aud
struggled against it, pressing forward
with quick, firm step, but the whole
town looked old and sad lie had long
ed to be away from it ialely--a restless
inclination that he had resisted because
of brave, brief creed he held, that the
very life Of life is not its joys or its sor-
rows, but its duties. There was work
for him here, those who needed him, and
he would not desert bis post from any
cowardy fear Of pain. Some old words
from out bis boyhood-words that
mothers lips had been wont TO quote
long ago-eame back to him, aud the
strong man repeated them with more
simple, earnest faith than the boy had
ever known. Take care Of the happiness
OF others, and God viii take care Of
yours.
Joe, LEFT to himself, suddenly discog-
cred that the Office wa, rather dalk. He
stirred the Goals in the CRATE, pu, on
fresh fuel, aud soon bad bright, dane
ing blaze that sent ils CHEEKY light into
every corner.
That's more like it, he soliioquized,
perchiog himself IN an srm-chair, aud
settling bis chin medtatiyely between
hts hauds, quite obiyious of their recent
contact with the coal Except this aia't
so poor a place, neither. Heard bim say
that white siniT, over ia ihat jar, is one
Of the most valuable medicines be knew