The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-25

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never, osvsr Ask, ssa s,spbea never AK
fer the. that can bear.
DeliA's Summer boardsrt we're not
success, 10 be surs. II tbeY took no mon
eY cat ol her pocket, they pat aone in
She waa obliged 10 eks ont her sapporI
With copying for Lawyer Dunmore ard
smbroIdsring iaF Mfa. JndRr Dorr. Dns
by one heF boKrdeFs dropped away, lsks
the aulumu leaves; all bat old Mrs. eiern.
ent.
j believe i'll stay on. sAe said am
getting too Old 10 move oftss. Perhaps
yeu take winter boardert at reduetd
rates. EhY
DO you think my terms highl
BY no means. But when ones purse 10
low
Ies, know. DO stay st your own
price. ! can't spare you. She bad grown
such fondness for The old lady that to
refuse ber at her own terms would have
seemed like turning her own mother out
OF doot, besides, one mouth the more
would not signify. But she found II bard
to make both ends meet, aud often wenl
hungry TO bed, that ber mother and Mrs.
Clement might enjoy enough, without
there appearing to be jutt pattern.
At Christmas, however, came q ray Of
sunshine for Della, in the shape OF Sio0
bill from an unknown friend. II cant
be meant for me abe cried.
LIS directed TO Della Rogerson, said
her mother; and there's nobody else Of
that name now that your Aunt Della is
dead.
We're not sure she's dead, objected
Della
Houorsl Don't you know whether
your own mother 10 dead or slive7 asked
Mrs. Clement, In shocked tone.
1t iso't onr fault. She IL rich and lives
abroad. ! was named for her. | used
TO look IN The glass and try TO believe /
had inherited ber beauty with the name
though she was only our great uncle's
wife.
She ought to be doing sonetbipg fol
you
How can she, II she's dead2 don't
blame her, anyway. Her money is her
own, to use according TO her pleasure. |
Uncle John made 1t himself and gave 4,
to her.
But Il she should come back 10 you,
having run through with 1t, you'd divide
your last crust with her, III be bound.
suppose | should, said Della.
The winter wore away, as winters win,
and the miracles OF spring began iu fields
and wayside; and Dellas boarders re-
turned with the June roses, and dropped
away again with the falling leaves, and
still Mrs. Clement staid ON and on. Just
now she had been for some weeks In ar.
resrs with her reduced board. No mon
Oy bad been forthcoming for some time,
and sbe was growing moro feeble daily,
needed the Injuries OF an invalid and the
attentions OF narse, both OF which Della
bestowed upon her, without taking
thought Of the morrow.
must bear from my man-of.business
tomorrow, Della. I'm knee.d deep in
iebt to you, she began one night.
Don't mention II | cried Della. | had
'sther never see a cent then take IL TO
,eart. You're welcome to stay and share
'ot-luck with us; you're such company
% mother and 1.
Thank yon, my dear. I've grown a
ond OF you as II you were my own flesh
md blood. There, turn down the light,
please. Draw the curtain, desr, and put
mother stick on the fire, please. II grows
billy, doesn't il? You might kiss me
nst once, II you wouldn't mind. Irs q
hundred years or 80 since anyone kissed
nc.
And the next morning, when Dolia
arried up Mrs Clements breakfast, her
oarder lay cold ana still upon The pill
1ws
The first shock over, Della wrote direct
7 to the lawyer OF whom she had heard y
irs. Clemsnt speak as having charge Of
er affairs, begging her to notify that
ldy'' relatives, II she bad any. In reply v
ir. Willis wrote: The late Mrs. Ciem.
n, appears TO have no near relatives.
ONE distant cousins, who, having an
bundsuce OF this worlds goods, yet
ervcd her shabbily when she tested their {.
enerosity, 81 she has tried yonrs, are ell :,
lat remain Of ber family. 10 the mean. ! !
me, enclose you copy OF her last will :,
nd testament. 10 psruse at your leisure. v
What interest does be think | take in ,t
Ire. Clements will, thought Dslia; but !,
'ad, nevertheless: Z
Being OF sound mind, this 18th day OF I,
1ne, is-, |, Della Rogerson Clement, =
hereby leavs one hundred dollars 70 !,
Ich OF my cousins, and | bequsaih the !,
sldue OF my property thirty q
dollars Invested 10 The Ingot =
lining Company, fifty thousand 10 U. S. !.
'od', twenty tbousahd dollars In For 4,
me Flannsi hins, and my jswsls, TO the ],
slowed nsiee Of my first husband, John :,
oKerson. =
Deda Rogerson, N
Of Croitsborough, Maine. lr
For was stranger, and ye took me "
(; hansry, aud ye fed ne; sick, aud ye th
Mustered unto me. 90
Goodness aliVel cried the neighbors, os
hen the facts reached their ears. What 81