The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-10-31
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up, there Was young Squire Turner wlil
Biz arms falaed on ibe gate, looking over
8beu be esueat mY eye be laughed anf
: blasted aad rose and made bin i
. courtesy
li eas handsome gentleman, tb,
Squire, and tbo band from which be poll
"a lhe glove tbimmertd % tie sun viii
pearls aud diam 7udsi ind he WAS bouny
% lops 81 MIA BIS hslr Ike spun gold ia
CO. Oelober tunHglt
When courlesied he bowed making
bis tnrs aasea oyef hi. shoulders abd'
said be, l'ee spoiled one pretty pic,afc
that could have looked At al day, 5ul
I've made another as pretty, 50 viii not
grieye. May come in5
Aud welcome, sir, said ! anI .et a
chair for him, for he was grAudfalhers
landlord, bot lat al list ieIl ancomtori.
sble, ior ! vas not used 10 such Cue
company
lie talked away, paying me more com
piimenrs than | was used %, for grand
mother, who brought me up, used to say,
Handsome is a. handsome does, aud
Beauty i but skin deep.
Since l'm telling the story IN tell the
truth had done wrong about one
thing Neither OF The old folks knew thst
wore Evan Locke's ring ia my bosom,
or that we'd taken vow TO each other
under the hawthorn that grew ia the
church laue. never meant to deceive,
but graunie was old aud little hard Of
/ hearing, aud that love OF mine was such
a sweet secret Besides, money seems to
outweigh all else when people have
struggled ell their lives through to turn
penny, aud they kue " Eysn was poor,
struggling surgeon, thought I'D wait
awhile uutil could sweeteu the news
wi the fact that bed begun TO make bis
! fortune.
Grannie came IN from the dairy five
minutes after the Squire was gone, aud
/ heard he had been there. | didn't tell
her Of the fine speeches, but there was a
key.hole to the door she came lhrough
aud have guess she heard them.
Z That night we had something else TO
think Of Misfortunes had come upon
grandfather; but didn't foreste that
when the bali years rent should become
due not penny TO pay it could be found
All Ibis time Evan Laeke aud bad
been Ss fond as ever o! each other, and
| he came as often rs before to talk with
grandpa, on the wioter nights; and still
every little while, our young landlord,
Squire Turner, would drop in and sit in
his lazy way watching me knit and spin.
( Once or twice he was flushed with wine,
and over bold, Tor be tried TO Kiss me.
But Squire or no, boxed bis ears sound.
/ ~ for his pains, aud no softer than
could help, either.
/ could not help bis coming, nor help
seeing him when he came, and did not
desire that Evan Locke should be angry
with me. But he was. Ell so high and
mighty, and spoke as though one like the
Squire could mean no good by coming TO
so poor a place as the schoolmaster's.
lie made me angry, and spoke up.
For that matter, the Squire would be
glad TO have me promise to marry him,
said /. lie thinks more of me than you
/ do just now
/ Maybe you like him better, said Evan
/ don't say that, replied. But bad
/ temper aud jealousy scarce make me over
! fond Of another. pray may never have
husband who viii scold me
I For be had been scoding me There
was no other name for H.
Well, Evan was wrolh with me aud
with him mot heart deep. though, !
I thought -and / did not see hin for more
+ than a week | wasn't troubled much,
[ though ! knew he would come round
/ again, aud mayhap ask my pardon. For
before you ate wed yon can bring your
I lover 10 biz senscs when you viii
So dld not fret after Evan. absence
nor snub Squire Turner who liked me
more han ever. Bu, one night grand.
father came ia from lonely ride, aud,
shutting the door, stood between graad
ma aud me, and looking At me so strange
~ that We both grew frightened. AZ last
he spoke:
have been TO the Squire's, said he.
For the first time had TO tell him could
not pay his reut when due.
opened my lips. Grandma's hand
covered them. Grandfather drew me 10
I him.
I Thou art young, lass be said, aud they
are right who call thee pretty Say,
could'st like the Squire well enough to
wed him?
Ehg cried grsudma. sure, yon're not
wsnderiugf
Squire Turner asked me for this lass OF
ours tonight OF al women in the world
there is but one be loves a. be shonld his
wife, and that IL our Agatha.
dresmt of gold rings and bunch Of
white roses, on Christmas Eve, cried
grandmother. ! knew The lass would be
lucky.
Bot put my head on grandfaiher's
shoulder aud bid my face. The lruib
nnst DOT, knew.
Wilt hsve bin aud lie a itch lady Z
asked grandpa.
Aud when be hsd waited for 40 aHs@eF
burst on, with No, aud sob together,
She's frightened, said grannie. Nay,
We must all wed once 10 our lives, my
dear child.
Then grandfather talked 70 me, Tie
,ola ms how t,oor ihty haa gr0wn, aud