The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-25
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j was sosndal, lbs utlshbors SAID
shs, Mlss Della shosid be obliged to TAX
boafdsrs, after all that sbe bad bee
ibfcugh snd Heaven knows boarders
didRt belp body TO work oul bsf salvl
lion And 20 much msnsy Ia ihe famI
too, taking Il by aud large. WAsat be
&. uncle EbeB, over at Dover, well 10 dc
and a0l ehick OF his owa to care for, er
cspi the boy be bad sdoplsd, who was a
credit to bimi II vas odd, nov, that
maH With poor relations should take to
s,fshgsF, when bic own sesh aud bloc,
was needy but sometimes IL did seem n
II ipIks bad more feeling for others thar
for their own kith and kin Then .her,
were cousiBs 10 the city, forehsnded and
fashionable, who never were worth row
Of piBs 10 DelIs Asd there was hsr grea
unele Johns widow s.larking on The Con
tiusni, q gambling 81 Badss- b sden, and
trying The waters Of every mineral sprIug
10 three kingdoms, for no disease under
the sun bat old age. She'd been known
TO say that her own folks were TOO rich
already, and probably she would endow
some hospital wHh her properly
Piaiuly, wealthy relatives were OF no
use TO Miss Della. To be sure, she had
never seen her great aunt since ste was q
child, when her uncle John had brough
her into their simple life for = mouths
/ visit, with her French maid and dresses,
her Jewels and fsllsls, which won the
heart OF ber little namesake. Since then
Uncle Johns widow had becomes sort Of
gilded creation, always young aud always
beautiful; for, though Della had received
| little gifts from time TO time scross the
seas for the ast fifteen years, she had
neither heard nor seen anything OF the
being who bad inspired her Youthful i'm.
/ AgiBation, and was quite uncertain II
such person As Mrs.. John Rogerson was
IN The land OF the living. Dead or alive
she seemed 10 have made no material diff.
ference 10 Dsia's humdrum life. After
having nursed her father through long
Illness, Della found that be bad left
heavy mortgage on tie homestead, and
her mother and herself on The hishroad TO
the poor house, unless they should bestir
themselves. A. her mother was already
bedrldden, the stirring naturally fell upon
Della, aud she advertised for summer
boRrders;
n GOD BOARD IN TIE COUNTRY BY THE
NJ riverside, At 81 a week. Large chambers,
broad piszzas, fne views, berries and new milk.
One mile from the station. Address
DELLA RoGEKSoS, CroitsborOugh, Maine,
Cheap enough commented an elderly
lady who happened upon it. Della Rog-
erson. An old maid suppose, obliged
to look out for herself have good
mind TO try her broad piazzas and new
milk. II don't like, there be no harm
done.
And 30 DeliA's first boarder arrived
an old lady with a false front of hair,
brown, wrinkled skin, faded eyes, a
black alpaca gown and a hair trunk.
Della made her as welcome as If she bad
been duchess; lighted q wood fire in
Mrs. Clements room, as the night was
damp, and brought out her dainliest cop
and saucer, with the fadeless old roses
wrsalhing them. Wonderfully kind re-
fected Mrs. Clement, as she combed out
her whisp Of gray hair and confined the
false front to . box. Wonderful kind for
seven dollars week She's new to the
trade. She'll learn better. Human ma
ture doesa't change with laiitudes. She
will find 1t doesn't pay to consider the
comfort OF poverty stricken old creature.
But, 10 spite OF her worldly wi,dom, Mrs.
Clement was forced to confess that Della
bad begun SIS abe meant to hold out,
though other boarders came to demand
Der attention, to multiply her cares, The
ret and jar OF conflicting temperaments
lnder her roof was anew experience to
Della. When Miss Gresome complained
'f the mosquitoes, with an air as If Miss
Rogerson wac re,ponsibe for their erea-
ion; o. the nies ss II they were new &C.
Iuaintancesi OF want OF appetite, as
hough Della had agreed TO supply it,
'long With the berries and new milk OIL
be weaber, as II she had pledged herseli
here should be no sudden changes, 10 an.
10Y her bosrdtrs; OF The shabby house ,
nd the sniiquated furniture; too old Tor |
omiort aud not old enough for fashion = 1
ben Delis doubted IL aking bosrders /
vas her mission. What makes you keep {
u, my dear' ssked Mrs. Clement after /
sy when everything and everybody had I
cemsd 10 60 wrong, Why didn't you q
ver msrryi You bad lover, dare
ay2 4
Yea; long, long time ago. lr
Tell me about hint?
There isn't much TO tell. lie asked me ,
D marry him. He was going TO Austria. A
a. Icouidn't leave father and mother, /.
on know, obey we're both feeble), and !
e couldn't stay here. That was all. b
And yeu-you-- 4
Now ell msn besides are 10 me Ike n
haiows.
Aud have yon aessr heard ofhim sIncsi \
Yes. lie wrote; but where was the i
se9 II eonld never come to snything.
| was better for him TO forget me aud
larry. ! was milislone about bis neck.
didn't snswer bis last letter.
And supposiug hc should return some u
Ay, would you marry himg
dare say, laughed Della, gently, Gs II
10 idea was familiar, let The neigbbors '
Iugh ever 90 wisely. I've thought of g
sitiiug alone, when the world Z
las barren and commonplace. Ope must @