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

soura wksn The worry was almost more
thsnehe could bear, aBd sbs sound 81 ber
lAlNsft Aollow, ringl5E cough sOmeilmes
ttso,e bst ears Ike knell. Sic went
hosns from The sunset oonisfcsos with
lighter heart and brighter face than sbe
had carried for weeks.
10 two weeks We had hlfed two large,
light rooms On ons 0f which waa great
bay wlsdOw); had secs HsF.e Bsos., and
received ber goods; bad arranged her
little shop a. Sltrac,iSely 80 poaslbles and
by Saturday morning everything was 10
rcadiuess for quiet cpening 90 Monday.
What nins dAys' wonder They made
Iefit, inquisitive people came BY dozcns,
aud that was jus. what Flo. wanted.
Perhaps They lAugbed. Who caresF saAd
Flo, bravsly, though possibly chs did
care u lAtie after oil.
By and by the other girls began to find
out that nowhere else cquld They nnd
such loves OF bats aud bonnets As At Flo.
Selden's. She always bad the latest
styles aud freshest stock, aud so her Gus.
tom very naturally increased from week
TO week.
Flo. kept her evenings to herself, and
so, sometimes, wuen she had an especial
W good day, she would run down TO
papa's deu, as she called the little room
where be scratched busily on ledgers and
aceount books ell day, and book keep for
him. lie knew be could trust her, for
abe bad taken his place once In summer
vacation. Sometimes she would send
him home 10 be put TO bed, sir, directly
after you've bad your supper; oitener he
would Insist on staying, and then he
would lie for hours on settee-lounge
which Flo. improvised, content to look
fondly at the bright face which Flo. took
care should never show any trace OF
WEAKNESS at such times.
These were busy days for Flo. But
business sometimes brings its own re-
ward, The thought that she was helping
TO bear the family burden gave glad
ring TO her voice that was music to the
ears OF the weary house mother. Winter
came right along, and the chiIdren's
clothes with It; TOMS doctors bill re-
ceived little installment, and Flo. tried
to put away little from week to week
for the rainy day that came before she
was ready for ii.
Papa Selden shut the ledger one night
for the last time, and Flo. got the heart.
ache noticing how heavily he leaned on
her supporting arm. Now came a time
when there was new worry in the
household, aud then--,he peaceful time,
when all worries are over.
They were very happy altogether, dur.
ing those last weeks. Flo. used TO 90
away by herself sometimes 10 her great
thankfulness that this new project of hers
had succeeded 80 that she could relieve
him 10 part OF the anxiety for their future
that would have made death terrible.
Aud now the whole burden Of support
came upon Flo.'s shoulders. Sbe thanked
God that he had made them strong
enough to bear il.
she spent no time 10 idle grieying, but
comtorled the others, so far as human
words can have power to comfort, and
went to work; II there we're times when
fiesh and heart failed her, that was Sc
cret between her5 and her Heavenly
Father.
II was no wonder that Flo.'s business
nearly doubled. The black dress neatly
fitting daily back and forth from shop to
work-room, and the pale, sweet face that
bent over busy fingers was silent ap-
peal that people could not resist. Her
hands we're already full, and SO the busi-
ness overAowed into those of the young
er sister, whom Flo. decided TO take into
partnership Flo. was touched by this
tsct expression as she would have been
by nothing else.
After that things went on quietly and
prosperousy. Before The end OF the year
Flo. had cancelled her Indebtedness to
Ilarle Bros, aud gradually added little
comforts TO the hO me that needed them so
sorely. Best Of all, she was able TO tell
now where the chldren's clothes were
coming from.
Well, II Is little story, but the ending
isn't yet. The stories that are live never
had sn eHdiug, though we do sometimes
break them OF 10 the middle as If they
were threads In a tangled skein and think
we have found au end. IL was lived
neither very long ago nor very far away
that is, the beginning OF II, for It is still
continued.
Aud all the while such lives are being
lived, you will bear grnmblers asserting
that the girls OF this generation are frivo-
Ious, and careless, and useless, entirely
given TO vanity, bec1use, in the multitude
OF earnest aud tfue.hearted ones, they
chance now aud then 10 find q butterfly
| am content you should call my brave
Flo. commonplace, for otter msidens'
sakes. She is one ofa Thousand, but
one of thousand just like her.
The Michigan tramp does not 81. still