The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-11-11

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down % MY lack. too. Yes lss been
ana gaae and doau H.
Mother viii he pleAss1. poied lis
frie1l and law adviser vith sirug -.
+ bs lhe bye. win he your tAtha They
lsoih regard nothing 50 highly a birth. !
saepo.e Miss Brownrig can l.. claim 10
some decent hreedingf
I The OLD chap Is eornchasdleT, you
know thai al least be useA b he, said
saooks, with heavy groan,
Oh, indeed And a very charming bu.
siness, too. make no doubt Leads me
10 quite train Of ideas Con. wheat.
staff Of life, quaint old mill. md rustic
bridge IN the distance miller sitting on
it wonder, dreamily. IL Brwnrig ever
wore a white hat2 Aud il so-.whyY Do
not speak all at once Well. veil, she is a
very pretty girl Such eyes. .gou know !
I really congratulate You, my dear fellow.
Wilding, desperately, cant You do some
thing2 III don't know how happened
1t was the champagne, ! suppose, and Of
course you know she is pretty but ! do
not want TO marry any one, and / know
the governor wouldn't hear oft.
l He will have TO hear Of il new, won't be ?
asked Wilding. unfeelingly.
He would go ont Of his mnd If such q
thing was even limited 10 han. declared
Suooks, wildly. Try to hell me out Of il,
Wilding, can't youY
| / don't know what there il TO do except
marry her. Ionly hope Lady Snooks and
Miss Cornchandler will get Oh. And you
should think Of her beauty. You know ];
doubtless il will console ym when Sir
Peter cuts you OH with the customary shil
ling.
suppose had better cut my throat
and put an end to the matter, said Snooks
dismally, and then-overcom no doubt
by the melancholy Of thil suggestion
--he breaks down and gives way to tears.
!. / say don't do that, you know exclaim-
ed wilding Indignantly. Weeping all over
the place won't improve matters, and will
only tend TO make you wo'se fool than
nature intended. when you 90 out Of the
room. II you have put you' foot in it, at
least try to bear misfortune like man.
Look here, angrily, ifyou are going to
keep up this hideous boohping I'll leave
the room, and you too, to your fate It's
downright indecent They ywill hear you
in the next house il You don't moderate
your grief
As the nearest house waJ a quarter Of a
mile off, this was severe.
| shouldn't care If they beard me in the
next town, said Mr. Snools, who was quite
too far gone for shame.
There is Just one chance for you, and
only one, said Wilding slowly have an
idea and you must either ollow it, or go
to the altar.
I'll follow anything, eagerly What is
it?
You have proposed to Miss Kate, sol
emnly. Now go and propose 10 the other
three.
As Wilding gave vent to hs idea he
turned abruptly on his heel AMI left the
room.
I'll do it, said Snooks valiently, drying
his eyes and giving his breast a ragic tap,
whatever comes it.
Going into the hail, lie saw H,tty stand
ing near an entrance little way beyond
her was Kate conyersing with 0 tall and
lanky youth. Not daring to gllnce in the
direction Of the latter, who plainly expect
ed him TO come straight to her on the
wings OF love, he turned and aIked Hetty
TO dance,
They danced, and then III vas the Gus
tom with the ball-goers in tis suburban
neighborhood) he drew her ont under the
cleaning stars aud up the lark avenue,
that few minutes since wal the scene Of
her sisters happiness
There lie proposed in due brm, and was
again accepted. Hetty's colduct, indeed
was perhaps degree mors pronounced
than Katie's, because she laid her head
upon his shoulder. and he felt that he was
bound 10y all the laws of sentiment to kiss
her Her nose looked - lovely in the
pale moonlight so daresay he did not
find the fulfilling Of this hw difficult.
After that he had some more, good
deal more champagne and then he pro-
posed to Miss George, who also consented
to be his. There now remained but one
other step TO be taken He crossed the
room and asked the youngest Miss Brown
rig TO dance. He was getting rather mix
ed,up by this time ard was on the point
Of asking her TO marry him instead, so
customary had the question grown to him
now Miss Lilly, however, declined TO
dance, on the plea that she was tired, and
could exert herself no more that night
With questionable taste be urged the mat
ter, aad begged her TO give him one, Just
one At this she told him frankly that
she did not admire his style Of dancing
which Of course ended the conversation.
So be asked her to ceme for stroll iu-
stead aud having arrived at the momen-
tous spot, delivered himself Of the ornate
speech that had already done duty three
times that night I forget what il was
but ] know it wound mp with the declara-
tion that he adored her aud wanted to
marry her
It's extremely good Of You, I'm sure,
said the youngest diss Browning, calmly.
But, unciyil as fear il must sound, do
mot want TO marry you.
Don't you. by Joye said saooks, has,