The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-03

candidate for admission 10 the Congrogi
iiona church oi this place, IS ahoAi, Nm
that said person will on the next Thnnds
evening, after the regular prayer nicotine
speak 10 as many as are present concern
ING said reports.
Its marvellous how many people ~ spen
cerville suddsnl, bethoughi themselves b
dniy bound TO 80 to prayer meetings, am
70 commence by attending the one holdci
on Thursday, August Isth, IS, 10.
could make you realize how many cmpi.
seats there usually we're in the yestry 0
the Congregational church in Spencer
willie on prayer meeting nights, and tina
on this 2sth OF August. ls--, the seats ant
standing room were all taken, you woult
naturally conclude that great number o
conseienoes had awakened from heav,
browse, and, fguratively speaking, giysr
their ewes good rubbing and taken new
start. or that something unusually inter
esting was goingito happen atfhe vestry
that night leave you to draw your con
illusions As TO which it was.
As Miss Russell had predicted, the story
concerning herself had-with many ad.
ditions and much embellishing-been re-
peated to every person in the village and
for the past three weeks she had been
stared at by people among whom she had
spent two years OF her life, as though she
was a specimen Of some entirely new or
der OF beings, and many children whose
parents had unwisely talked their teacher
aud her affairs over before them, looked
into her face with eager, questioning
glances, as il pleading to be told II the re-
port-which they did not understand, but
meant something bad--concerning their
beloved instructress was true. But Miss
Russell waited until the next Thursday TO
which l have alluded before replying to
the stares Of curiosity or glances OF anx-
ious love. When the prayers, some of
which were cut unusually short, were all
said, the exhortations which were listened
to with indifferent attention, gone
through with, and the singing, in which
there was no spirit, done Mr.. Manning,
the pastor, dismissed the meeting and
said Miss Russell would say few words to
such as cared to remain to hear them.
Not person went out. Clear and steady
rang out the young teachers voice amid
the stiffness.
81 am glad some are here tonight and |
thank you each for remaining. Mrs. Allen
says she heard Miss Whiten say l made
her brother drunkard and a suicide, and
that l replied that had made SO many
bad men / couldn't keep track Of them, !
have no doubt she heard these thing as we
certainly said them
A triumphant glance passed between
Mrs Allen and Mrs, Henderson, and
wondered, doubt not at the
bold sounding profession.
For some time have, e,been contributor
10 mouthly magazine, continued Miss
Russel. and l sometimes use my friends
Tor characters in my stories. OF n tale
written some two months ago made her
bhe heroine and with her consent manu-
'actured entirely from my brain, since
'uch proceeding was necessary to the
deserved ending OF my story, brother
'or her who was drunkard, and finally
suicide. She said she was quite willing j
should do this as those who would recog-
iize her as my Elsie would know she
lever had brother. As she has lived
lere but few months, and as during
hose months her mothers precarious
lealth has kept both herself and Bertha at
lome, and from inviting much company,
,ou may not be aware that she is all the
hild her parents ever had. / have made
large NUM- ber OF bad men, but all on
,aper. Miss Whitcn can testify to this"
Indeed can, said Bertha Whiten, rising
nd standing by the side OF her friend,
nd will say that if all women were as
'ure and good as Miss Russell there would
e, in my opinion, less bad men.
II was rather silent company, and no
ne seemed to have any answer ready for
frs Henderson's remark
ut seems excessively improper fer o
oung girl to be contributin' and sendin'
lade-up and composed stories to them
rorldly magazines.