The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-09-21

new dress in September, just As sure as 10
~ name il Stokes
Tihhy was busy enough how what wit
.. the house linen, conoociing ot rare an
= dainty dishes, which pcre a degree abov
Is the solid pnddipgs and thick pics IN whic
Is The soul oi Hannah Ann delighted, and Ii
score Of duties which seemed, no on
h could tell hoE. to fall 10 her cheerful loi
Is And one day Hannah Ann mounted to th
. attic chamber TO which libby had trans
, ferred her houshold goods,
Miss Elizabeth, said she ia low toac
b ''oue Of the boarders would like TO se
you"
b 'One Of the boardors, Hannah Ann
a What oneY" cried libby. dropping th'
bottle Of oxAlic acid with which she wa
= taking ink spots out Of the literary board
ers' towels.
''lt's the old gentleman ia the barr
chamber, answered Hannah Ann. "He''
sittin on the rustic seat under the apple
tree, with his white umhreil, a.waitin foi
you
II wonder what he wants, Hannah
Ann?"
Goodness knowsf said Hannah Ann.
And with the most digniled air which
she could assume on such short notice,
Tibby descended to the apple tree. where
the gillilower apples tcalled "sheep's
noses" by the rustic inhabitants Of the
neigboring vales) were just beginning to
stripe their emerald spheres into crimson
The old gentleman was not so very old
after all. He might hhve been forty, but
he was certainly not older. He was
straight, ruddy.complexioned, handsome,
with dark, piercing eyes and only here
and there a silver streak in his dark brown
hair.
He rose and bowed to Tibby. libby in
clined her head to him, and secretly
thought that if she we're well acquainted
with him she would like him very much.
81 hope, sir, that you have nothing to
complain off" said Tibby, rather royalty
mot in the lesst, said the gentleman.
"0n the contrary, highly approve of the
manner in which things are conducted
here.
libby drew herself up.
What did il matter to her whether this
tall parsonage approved or otherwise?
81 am Southerner," said the gentle
man.
"Are you?" said Tibby, still with hau
teur.
81 came here to enjoy the trout fishing"
he went on. II had other business in
these mountains, but stopped here to en-
Joy the July sweetness. But not until now
had the least idea that You and your
mother kept this place
"We don't" said libby with roguish
sparkle in her eyes. Hannah Ann keeps
IT. We keep Hannah Ami But we have
no income, and it was inpedtively necces-
sary that the tradesmens bills should be |
met. We are lndies, mamma and L.
And"
''lt is 40 d'scredit to ladies to study |
their selfrespeet by earning an honest
livelihood, said the gentleman, quietly.
My opinion exactly said libby,
"But remembering her dignity, 81 don't
known why you should be so interesed in
our affairs.
libby tried to look very frozen indeed!
Because said the gentleman, Il am
your Cousin Ealeoner
The rosy blood mounted to the very
roots Of the girls hair. Involuntarily she
started.
"Yes, he said, smiling composedly, Il
came to the North to find you out, and ac-
quaint myself with the true character OF
my unknown relatives. Tony surprise,
learned that the name OF my
andladies was Wayne. expected to find
fou languid, fine ladies, without an idea
beyond dress and fashion. On the con-
rary | discover that You haye spirit, en-
'rgy, noble independence. / don't know
whether to congratulate you or myself
he most"
And Tibby, poor child, for her part, did
lot know whetqe to smile or to burst into
ears.
This, then, was the Cousin Falconer--
he Southern planter whose unknown per- +
onality had always been the been thoughts a
the cold, courteous gentleman whom /.
he had taught herself to hate. But do
What she could, it was not possible to hate il
i'm any longer.
you are my cousin, said Mr.. Falcon
r. q
"Yes, acknowledged libby, Il am your y
ousin. Your secend cousin at least"
Second or third, it matters but lit. h
e," said Mr.. Falconer. 1--WE are all that h
! left Of the old family. I have come h
Iorth to ask you and your mother to re-
lrn with me to Cressida Vale in Alaba- h
IA, to be my mother and sister. We will y
wide the fortune which should al first n
ave been equally distributed -" n
Tibby flushed vivid red. a,
mo, she said, inyoluntarily closing her m
ny fist, Il will accept nothing the law o
oesn't award mel
"But you will at least come thither as nj
y guests?' he pleaded, almost with hu- Il
illity. h
And libby, who had always felt long. b
g desire to see the ''Sunny South" OF her n
reams, did not say ''No' n,
So they left the Halfway House to the
OF Hannah Aun, whom moth. "a
g could induce to go. =,
At the end Of six months, libby came "a
lek to the Mountains with Mr. Falconer, m
bright as a human sunbeam. n