The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-30

there AfWaya WA4 Norry 81 ANAAxas A1fi
8, The seidcns. II gspertiiy hsd refer
enos 10 moBey, % tie vast OF a. bal
that took snsh variety 81 shapes thaI
Flo. coald DOT have asked har qussllon
better.
Mothsg dear hssitsisd two os thres
minutes before sks answered. Hssitaied
sIilI when the answer came, looking up
into her dsaEbtet's face ~ u she were
doubslnl whether 10 shEdow Ice brigAs.
ness b. her worries .seaeral OF particular
Only jass the old ronele, Flo. Toms
sickness cost as much As Whole years
living. Ramsey was over lately, aud
says be won't wait any longer about that
mortgage Aud Waters coming right
along, aud where the children's clothes
are coming FROM don't know
Ba, your HeavenIy Father kBowstb.
Don'l yoa remenber thai motto With The
leaves aud liiliesg You painted Il for me
that time ] was fretting 80, you rsmem'
! Der, for fear eouldn', earn enough TO
70 back 10 the scademy. Yoa're not go
ing 20 turu failhless, mother, desrf
/ am afraid | Was beginning TO be
Where ars you going In the rsin, cbildf
IS Flo wrapped herself in beF gray
" waterproof aud tied Oh her second beat
4 hat securely.
Over 10 Squire Peseh's to apply tor the
school In the South District. Miss Brosssr
Is going TO change her name, so they ssy,
/ (and nature too, hope, for she is such q
cross palch) aud may be early enough
to get her place myselL II Won't be much
know, but 1t will be 6ne OF the Titles
that help tIII find something better.
\ Wish me good luck, moiherl stopping to
kiss away two shining Tears that told Flo.
silently that the mothers heart was too
foil to put into words.
/ Flo. tried her school three months, and
then gave 1t up. Not that she was OF the
sort OF girls TO give up undertakings easi'
/ ly. But Flo. had an idea OF something
better. Papa Selden's cough grew harder
aud his overcoat thinner, and school.
teaching la the South District wasn't 9
paying operation.
She thought II out one recess time,
when she was having one Of her brownesi
studies. The other girls had always de-
clared that Fio.'s fortune lay in her fin.
gers. Papa used to say, lsughingly, that
she had ten talents-one for each finger.
Every one has genius for something, and
Flo.s was for millinery. Nobody could
give ribbon such q perfectly lovely
twist as Flo. Selden, or find the angle OF
jAuniiness for the birds that fashion com
manded 10 perch on the pyramids Of lace
and velvet. She determined TO find out
the market value of such dainty fingered
skill.
She went over TO Uncle OldsDdorp'i
about II that very night after school. She
wanted advice, which wAs easy to get
and money, which wasn't.
Uncle oldendorp was cautious, and
disspproved.
Pay ye, don't they, fur yer school down
thar2
Just enough to keep body aud SOU to.
getheri
Wal, he answered coolly, that's more
than some people manage. Better stick
to yer scbool-thats certain, AMI thii
other isn't. Don't act like 3 crab, and
leave house that fits yer before yer find
9 new one.
Flo. had no idea of doing business crat
fashion, so she kept on with bsr schoo
all The lime she was using every effort tC
find house that fitted less snugly.
The end Of the week found her as nesr
| ly discouraged as II was possible for Flo
Seden to be.
Oh, II could only find friend to bell
nie little Till could help myself! wa'
what she said to herself, with something
that was very like despair, as abe wal
walking away at a rspid pace peculiar tt
her in such intense moods walking sh,
thardIy knew where, though II happened
to be down rather uufrequeuted road
that led along by the river.
Whittier away 80 lastI
Flo. looked mp iHto pair OF pieasan
eyes that looked dowA into hers with th'
friendly interest they really felt, aud an
swered uulhiully, Nowhere, cir
Then Ill 20 with you, BY your leave
laughed the new conner, drawing Flo.'
arm within bic own aud taking the ia
Diliar path by the river.
i II WAS an old man, with kindly gra!
eyes, under his grayer eyebrows Flo'
old preceptor a, the academy, who ha'
known her and loved her for her father
sake, when she was little girl 10 psnlA
Iets and slippers, The very one OF al
the world she wanted most to see, Flo
I thought.
The trouble all came out pretty soon
She was 90 tired and discouraged, aud b
was such a good listener.
I'm afraid you ihlDk-l was yer.
foolish TO think OF such . thing she IA
tered at last, when she lound be only lis
tened without word OF comment.
think you are very brave, wise
loving little eiri, my deari wss the az
aver, given 20 heartily thh. Fio. felt sur
be meant IL.
They eat down on . gray ledge, Ju'
, then, 20 look at The suuset on The river
aud be took out pencil Asd wrote some
thing on leaf OF hit note book.
There, my dear, be said, as be bsnde
Il 10 her carry this 10 HGrte Bros. Boston
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