The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-07-19

art Waller. We've got plenty and &
spare without tie irouble Of en-. ion't
find the ,syrrn ,hree-qaarters ofa mix
below. Yoa must have come right past
l1s door.
So did, said Mr.. Waller, who possess
cd the insinaating, semi-chiyAlrie man
ner that made every lady whom be adj
dressed feel berself for the time beiBgi
the only feminine creature to sll the uni
verse; bnt 90 amount Of money would
hlrc me 10 make my home 10 place i kt
lba'. Here Il isA glimpse Of paradise
booking admiringiy around ut the shady
lawns, the clematis bordered porch, and
the rese hedges al sprinkled over viii
pink buds. ! am sure, madam, you vii
reconsider your declsiou, aud take me Ia
for few days, and will promise 10 be
no more trouble around The house than
a kitten
Mrs Fsrquhar was but human, and
the upsbot Of affairs was that MIR Wal
Ier's trunk arrived the next day.
Oh. mother! said Patty Fafquhsr,
knitting her pretty black eyebrows, why
did you lei him in? And we SO peaceful
and comfortable berel
Child, why shouldn't II said the
widow. He's TO pay $40 week board
aud have no use for the little three cor
nered room over the parlor.
don't know, said Patty, slowly, but II
seems to me feel exactly as Eve must
have felt when she saw the serpent
writhipg bis way into paradise.
Nonsense said widow Earquhsr, al
most angrily.
But Patty only laughed, and ran away
under the shadow Of pink buds, to meet
Morris Newton, her afiisnced lover.
Little one, said Morris, imprisoning
both her soft white hands in his, I've got
bad news for You
Bad news, Morris?
I've got 10 go to Omaha next week, tc
see about those silver mines that one Of
my clients has an interest in.
Oh, dearl cried Patty, pursing up hel
strawberry ofA moaih.
Iabail be gone six months.
Worse and worse, said Patty.
Bat, II you say 20, Patty, drawing her
gently 10 his side, we can be married
first, and make a wedding trip ofit.
The ideal flashed back Patty, drawing
hel self out of bis embrace. Aud without
a single dress made!
We can buy the dresses afterward.
That's all man knows about 1t.
You're sure it's impossible? with q
disappointed air.
Oh, quite! asserted the little brunette
Then, said Mr.. Newton, with sigh,
you must be sure and write very often,
and DO getting your iol-de-rols ready 10
be married in, as soon as come home.
Yes, said Patty, grayely. That's more
reasonable.
And che went back into the house, ut
terly ignorant that, at the same time, Mr.,
Stuart Waller was laying wager with a
boon companion, at the Easterworth
Arms, that be would cut out that conceit-
ed lawyer 10 less than four weeks,
For Mr.. Waller was piqued by Patty's
cool Indifference, and unfortunately, his
were the idle hands fer which Satan is
said to find plenty of mischief 10 do.
She's pretty, after q fashion, said he to
himself; and I mean to make her dead
iyi9ve with me before Pm through.
Mr.. Waller was man of The world
Patty Farquhar was as young in expert
ence as in years. They were an III
matched pair, and II was hardly three
weeks before the tongue of gossip began
to busy itself with the widows dsrk.eyed
daughter.
Mrs. Farquhsr came into Patty's room
one Afternoon, and found her crying a.
If her heart would break, and with an
open letter In her lap.
Heart alive, childl what is the matter
cried the old lady.
Nothing, moiber- nothiugl aud Patty
hutriedly wipod ber eyes. Only I've got
letter from Morris, aud II makes me e
glad and so sorryl
t, Folks didn't cry over love letters wbeI
Iwas girl, said Mrs. FaIqninr
But the letter was more 10 Patty thar
the old lady suspected. Every trusting
word, every csressing adjective, au en-
yenomed arrow ia her heart.
Patty knew that almost uuc0nsciouay y
she had been led iBto what seemed 10 heI
an innocent enough Irritation with Stuart
Waller. She had walked with him IL
the twilight, and she had written hin
two letters, when he was temporarily ab
sent in New York careless, girlish let
ters, which, although sbe thought Dt
harm at the time, she would now give
worlds TO recall.
III ask him TO return them to me, said
Patty to herself: and then III turn over
new leaf. will 90 TO Aunt Pruden'
dais whiss be remains here, aud begin
my wedding clothes in good earnest.
Bat when Patty FarquhAr proferet
her innocent request, Mr. Waller laugh
IN her face.
Ny dear Patty, said he, do you TAXI
me Tor 4 foolg
Ny name i Miss farquhar, said th'
girl, with flashing eyes.
Excuse me but when you say 'Dea
Stuart
never said any such thing interrupt
ed Patty, with bnrning cheeks aud eye
Aflame.
la the letters.
faaka SHEAR Mr Waller nautad Pat