The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-29

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Where arr ypa going iot fuF aesf
These words accompanied by iipsy
lear an3 sill mere tpsy forward clutch
tod Dorothy Aston tbat die greatest
dnger 81 which sae bad ever beea as
Issi.cl waa confronting Der now
Poor lule gIal Tripping bone 70 Deg
aauts bpuse a. Eo.kstonc. after afternoon
tea With bcf pttfGua a. sao3k4,o, dream
ing qaIeay l5 herself, nos ata'i 81 waaf
was before her tbe staggering dEura d
priyale sseggs, Of Tie 'l22j, bad quite
escaped ltr notice and her She was, That
iuebdatad worthy nol two feet 20, and
1 40 saccor apparently at haad
In the small shoals aud pitfalls o. every.
day ltg, D8lHe's wits were nearly always
atcommaud. Many forward partner bad
smarled under some justly deserved snub,
administered 10 her clear, slow tones.
But s horrible lipsy man was quite an-
other thing to cope with. ller face grew
deatbly white, aud with a scream Of ter.
( ror she turned to dy back 10 sandgate,
1 trusting 20 Der speed OF foot to save her.
Bat a third figure was at hand Glenn
eat Kane, who was taking bis daily jour
uey into FoIkstouo along the lower road,
bad IRON a short distance observed the
whole lableauy, aud at once taken action.
I Two seconds later Skeggs bit the dust,
and Miss Alston, very shaky as TO voice,
aud very white in the face, was thanking
her prcseryer.
! am only too glad to have been on the
spot to protect you from that rufIian, was
The response. You need fear no further
annoyance now we are almost in sight
Of the steps.
am very grateful.
Pray DO not speak Of IT, ! am only
sorry that you should have been so much
startled, he said, irowning at The ditch
where skeggs lay mutttering curses
The rescued and the rescuer walked
along the road together, Dorothy in doubt
as to whether further speech was expedi-
ent, Mr., Kane wondering why those in-
teresled In Miss AIston's welfare did not
Know better than to allow her TO walk
from Sandgato to Folkstonc so late in the
afternoon alone. lie knew her perfectly
well by sight and name; a pretty girl,
much run after, she was well known to
most of her Majesty's brave defenders
quartered al Shorneclifle that summer.
Clement Kane was one Of the few who
dia not cultivate Folkstonc society, lie
went mo balls, flirted with no young
ladies, read hard when be was not on du.
/ ty, or passed bis time in cricket aud boat.
ing; aud therefore Miss Aston had 10
idea to whom sho was indebted for her
late escape She knew that there was
such person as Kane in the '122d,
"who never went out anywhere" /" but
4 with the sweet charity of seventeen, felt
sure he must bo speelacled and bent, or
have red hair and a squint, If be avoided
The haunts Of loyeliness in the way bis
brother officers reported.
At tho foot Of the Steps she turned to.
ward him, seeing that be made no sign
Of mounting them with her, but was
about to pursue bis way along the road,
and with half uncertain motion held
out her hand
don't know who | am thanking, she
said, but indeed / am most grateful to
you for saving me from that horrible
man, and so my aunt viii be, Mrs. EY.
crest, when tell her Of it.
He bowed low over the little hand.
Ny name is Kane, he said, and passed
on.
, Dorothy gazed after him regretfully.
Now, if it was only a novel, she mur.
INJURED, he would be at the ball tomorrow
J uight; but il isn't, aud be won't,
Mrs. Everest was too thankful for The
! escape ofher pct niece and adopted child
, to say much in reproof but she made q
solemn vow that Miss Dorothy's lonely
rambles should be forbidden for the lu
turc. Taken in her infancy and brought
up by the chiidess widow of her moth.
ef's only brother, Dorothy had been
spared many Of the rubs to which she
would have been subjected as the fourlI
daughter Of large, noisy home. A,
Mrs Everest peitcd only one, she bat
scarcely been denied anything, and ha(
indulged, unchecked, her taste for lonely
/ walks abroad.
Her aunt, being stout and lazy, wal
not capable Of much exerlion, and &
have had Justine, her French maid, viii
her, would have been a woeful drag OF
Der spirits; hence her recent unprotected
position, But Dolie, II spoilt child
was not entirely devoid Of good sense
aud acquieseed numurmuringly in he
aunts decision, asking only that nothiD.
might be said on the subject Of her ad
venture 10 their numerous friends, as sbC
ioathed the ~ told you so" OF the eide
and the "What was be like, dearl7 Of lh,
younger portion Of the community, ,whicl
she ielt would be addressed 10 her.
Justine bad no easy task in preparn,
her young lady for the bah on the follow
ing evening. Her dress, her flowers
were 81 wrong, and had to be adjuste,
many times before she was al lAst ready
Nulthe person oi the name Of Kane b
I thcc2 sha asked herself Oh, ashes an,
bitterness u De were Bot
Mrs. Everest and Dorothy started, ant
were soon entering the ballroom 9qeth
e. Wha, pretty sight i; was Light
cleaning 90 bright faces-tisir wome
and brave men a Dolly heard "s1I
da,en lieder" sounding, she saw stand
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