The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-07-31

aNAh seAh k0t over AtA SOY mess VIII
Josie, who iook 50 kindly 10 oountry
! ways that il seemed - Il she bad slwayi
lived Ia the oonnlry Tie used 10 wall
bone With her Mary oonsideralelY
lingering by tbe gate TO talk with biz
molbcf, well pleased with The turn affair.
we're taking.
Then there we're rides aud walkes, pic
nies and soeisi gatherings, 81 al Of which
John aud Josie had fAshion OF getting
on by themselves--a fashion that every
one seemed 20 honor aud understand.
And % 'be happy days weut on, each
day binding those yoang, loving
hearts more closely together.
/ When Josie returned TO The city she had
pleasant story to whisper 10 Der fathers
ear
liyou love him aud he il worthy Of
you, be said, 10 reply 10 the query With
which Il ended.
Josie's quick ear detected the sadness
that under ran these words.
You know you promised to live with
me when was married, papa, she whis.
pered laying her cheek closely to bis.
And on farm, too Won't il be de-
lightfu2
Belle and Lucy returned home with
that conscious air OF subdued triumph |
aud Importance peculiar to engaged
young ladies'.
Having attained the end and aim Of
their existence, there was nothing further
for them TO hope orexpect. From hence
forth they were to repose upon their lau.
rels, floating down the stream Of life with
no thought Of care or anything but the
present enjoy ment.
Bellies captive was Wall street broker
owning fabulous amount on psper,
Lucy's was the son OF millionaire,
whose ambition seemed TO be to spend MS
quickly as possible the money bis father
bad labored hard to acquire.
They made no attempt to disguise their
surprise and dsdain when they heard Of
Josie's modest conquest
Only farmerl shifted Mrs. Wilson. ,
Never did dream that one of my daueh'
ers would stoop TO that! But | suppose
{ you have your fathers approval. You
ion't care for mine. |
or course ou can't expect us to visit |
'ou, said Belle, loftily. The connections /
# Charles Augustus are all ofthc highest 8
nd most arisiocratic character, and Il Il
ouldn't be thought Of I
Certainly not, answered Lucy. A wife h
as TO take the position of her husband p
Which is something you had better think d
f. /,
Josie had thought Of il, and very happy I
longhts they we're, too. p
The financial disasters ofthe three years 81
lat followed made quite change in the c.
irronndiugs OF all the above With the ex. r,
option OF Josie aud her husband. b
Out OF the wreck Of MFR. Wilson's bust. a
ess nothing was left but the honor and a
ltegrity, which shone all the more "
rightly from the temporary gloom which b
lrouded him. His wife took their alter N
fortunes very hard, fairly fretting and b.
orrying herself into the grave, where IL
le was lie ID few months after. Penni. b.
IS aud unified for anything higher, the g
isbands Of Belle and Lucy were glad TO pi
'cept positions, one as q conductor on a W
ty car, the other third rate clerkship. Of
Josie did not see much of her sisters, th
1t many barrel Of apples and crock of m
litter found their way TO them from the m
aiming farm. la
Almost every pleasant afternoon gray ic,
tired, placid looking old man can be
EN- on the western piazza Of the farm en-
use, with grandcbld on each knee. 81
is Mr. Wilson, who often thanks God w
at one OF bis daughters married only w
rmer. SCI