The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-21
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been born sgaiu about Two years before.
How cid that would make her 5piritadi-
III, !, would be bard 70 tell, for 10 that
lite one can grow wonderfully 10 five
m.uufe., o. eau almost stand still for I've
years A very slarmins fact, when one
thlnks oft; there il such danger Of be.
somiug siuuted aud deiormed. when one
is NOT growing heAlthiiy
Bot LII wasn'i Ia the least thinking
about this. a. she BUSTED about, prepar-
iug 10 take = walk that bright wiuisr az
letuoon, with her best friend, Josie.
Size Was almost ready TO 10, With her
sailor collar arranged justiow enough on
Der pretty white neck, sronbd which she
was tying ber larges, and warmesi gold
lockei, ior 1t was very cold day, when
Jane came 10 from The kitchen.
II you please, Mics Lii, there's poor
woman down stairs, and she says you
promised her
/ Now, Jol cried Lii with such frown.
/ Did sou ever know anything 50 provok.
4 ing Il was ouly yesterday Was taking
walk out by the factories In Heter go
{ that way again--and | was so unfortu.
nate as to stumble upon that good Miss
/ Harper, who would insist on my going
I In TO see Mrs. Meagher, this same
wretChed old creature, with wretehed
q at.i. ana hn4h.nA an1 t.ya dp1au ~ iaa3t
wretched dirty children. (LilPs style
was always more remarkable for vigor
( than accufacy) And Josie, you don't
know how II made me feel just for min
ute. can't bear TO see any one SO mis-
er6ble and 50 ] told her TO come right 10
my house, and ia give her some stock.
iugs aud things, aud some OF my old
clothes for the children. But who would
have dreamed of her being so unreason.
able as to come the very next day. May
be she thought l'd like to st up all night
hunting for things to give herl
Josie shrugged her shoulders at the
thought OF such presumption, aud lack OF
tie simplest common sense, on The part
Of Mrs Mesgher.
Oh, Jane, are you waiting? continued
Lii, putting on her gloves. Well, just
tell her haven't bad moments time TO
look for anything, and she may call again
next week. Aud l'm very muck engaged
now, rery, remember, Jane, in case she
should ask to see me.
don't care, continued Lii, as they
sailed forth, after peeping from the win
dow, to avoid any embarrassing encoun-
ter with The detected, patient old creature
slowly plodding home again, don't
care! (bnt she did ihough) No one
knows how busy have been this morn.
ing. In the first place ! was Two hours
J trying TO get my hair up that new way.
One must keep little in the fashion,
just so as not to attract attention, you
know, said Lii, deprecatingly.
Josie assented with promptness most
gratifying aud soothing.
Aud then worked on my green silk
you know how it does absorb one, to GU
over long dress, and get an upper skir
and flounee out of ii, without so fright
fully piecing the under skirt. o, ! have
just Shared; there is no other word for Il
And then Christmas presentsl Why,
worked ill after ten last night, on papa'I
siippersl Now 10, when could ! have
hunted up those old clothesI
10 again testified her belief that there
Ladu't been an available minute; anC
I Mrs. Meagher was worse than an idiot
as She seemed TO suppose Lin had beer
created just to wait on her
Poor Mrs. Meagher would probably
have been very much surprised at ;bi
revelation OF the deprayity Of her heart
but this may be only another proof ol
bow seldom we zee ourselves As other
see ~.
Lii and Josie, having disposed OF thi
disagrceable subject, would nov hav,
eujpyed themselves very much, had ]
not been tor liule Obtru-iyeuess on lh'
part Of Lill's conscience, which was on
ut the most troublesome ones eve
known. IL was gfaudciiId to very tiu
active monitor, which had carried II
possessor of to be q missionary, sbou
half century ago, sud It was quite use'
TO having Its own way. So, altEougl
Lin and Josie walked very briskly, an,
talked very fast, this sbomnable con
science walked just as briskly, aud talk
ed faster. Something iu this fashion;
How cold Il isl remarked Josie.
Yes, answered Conscience, though nc
body asked Il to speak. How blue thos
little Meaghers must be looking. won
ler whether that youngest one will los
those toes that were so badly frost bitten
ltdeed, il would be difficult to exse
gerate The III bred persistence with whic
Cousc euce introduced this disagreesb!
.nbjgc, Lii never got rid OF him mC
meui, iill, stopping before the window
= Of & grand book store, they went into &c
slacles over the beautiful books aud pic
tures for the holidsys Oue piciur,
q however. sobercd them both, while
" greatly faseinaled impulsye LII. II va
50 Eeoe Homo, The face fol- Of diviu
q sorrow, The head crowned with lhorus.
= llow strange il al is! said Lii, updt
Der breath. How did they ever dsre-C
y 10, doesn't j, seem sometimes a. II ID
4 hsnds that made tha, crown ought |
Laye withered and dropped Of when the
went 10 put il ony
Yes, fsid 10, little abseuliy she vi
relieving herself By booking st such
capital picture ofA Scotch terrier Il a
va Tired her very much % be serions