The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-11-30


feryent haste, Il make. BIN more AwA'
ward thaa be naturally would be, Which
i entirely unnecessary
Pansy takes SIS arm dullol'y, aud
walks of With him, aud she sbaadefs
when she thinks she must spend All her
lia with this man, for lbirty fsr forty
for CITY for ths dear Lord only knows
how many-yoars, and 81 Clare Will be
The baud clashes out once more, thc
dancers feet are busy again,
PAnsy dance, every set; her heart is
but She smile, ous she was
never 50 gay m all her life bcioJei shc
dances three times with st. Ciare. lie
j. ano,her's, but what matter, for i she
not flying along in bis arms, held LITTLE
closer than i necessary
Still, il is for tho last time, aud, when
the music ccases, aud The guests begiuto
YEARLY disperse 10 Tie gray morning,
be takes her little hand and whispers
Gosd-bye, Pansy, feeling her little fin
gers close over his 10 ciinging, despair
ing clasp.
They take the morning train for home,
those two couples-St. Glare aud Fanny,
Ben aud Psnsy. Pansy is a plain-look-
ing little thing enough by daylight, IN
her gray traveling-dress, aud with her
weary eyes-all the flush aud sparkle
gone ont Of her face. Few would have
recognized in her the sparkling Pansy Of
last night, with the amethyst silk and
bushes.
She bushes up Ben when he essays to
make some love.like remarks to her, ant
is very ungracious when be commiser-
a,es her on looking SO tired. lie wisely
takes himself of, at length, to that para
disc Of men, the smoking car, and Pansy
leans back in her seat with an air OF re-
lief, carelessly watching party OF four
others, who are also returning from last
nights ball, aud are chatting noisily /;
they have turned the car seats about,
jast in front of her, aud to pass the time
away, have euchre-deck between them.
Pansy starts at one Of them, short,
fat, overbown, overjeweled woman, in a
velvet poonase, and a louder voice than
the rest, pipes up;
What allied ST. Clare last night; never
got a chance to dance with him once, and
lie looked as if be was going to bis own
funeral?
Spoouy on some girl who does not
favor his suit, answers fashy man in q
seal.skin cap aud oyercoat, Both cngag-
ed to somebody else, believe, and both
have gol some newlaugled notion inlhcil
beads that the ones they have promised
to marry arc not their counterparts
Bah on all this bosh about aflinitiesl
Why, would give all my old shoes,
and one ofmy eyes,to sec girl he would
fancy be is so charming and fastidious.
Is she pretty?
Not particularly, they say-fine eye;
and pretty figure, and poor as church
mouse.
Why be must be an IDIOT
Here the fat woman gets mp and elide'
as airily as her weight OF avoirdupoii
will allow, toward the stove, but, ON hel
return trip, her foot slips, and she stops
in front Of Pansy's seat Indignantly.
would thank you, miss, not to throw
your orange-seeds down on the floor foI
me to fall down upon.
All the tiger in passionate Pansy il
aroused. She looks up sarcasticlll!
into the woman's blowzy face and says
coolly;
did not suppose it would hurt yot
any II you did fail,
The man in the seaskin coat chuckIe
in mis- sleeve as he watches the womsl
and the girl--whom a moment ago sh
would have given one Of her eyes 10 Sc
glare at each other in premeditate'
rage.
The fat woman opens her lips to speak
but the sentence is never flushed.
There is a terrible crash aud collision
Another train has shot through the tun
ne just ahead, aud comes crashing dow
upon them.
There Is u wild struggling and raship
, TO aud fro, aud then terrible cry Of 'lh
ear Is on fire!
Pansy feels herself lifted 10 a pair {
strong aims. aud hears St. Clare's vote
, in herear. Then everything grows darl
Is she back In the ballroom dancing wit
St. Claire, and "a the band playiu
Norma? Then things grow darker ye
aud she hears no more.
Q
The next day she aud St. Clare stan
> beside two lifeless, maimed and charre
bodies.
Aud this was my Ben! said Pans
sadly.
And this was poor Fanny said :
} Clare az he smoothed down a iress
y hair that had been 20 beautiful yeste
day.
y need scarcely add that Pansy and
Clare are married; and being count'
parts, and nearly as happy ss the peop
= ia the story books, although she is a i.
inclined to ba pirted aui be is jncliu
. 70 BE BrannieI. Aud over them BE-
" hangs always lhe shadow Of tbe sad {
Of pocr Ben and Fanny
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