The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-07-26

drawn sharply. when. insessd Of enseTins
Ihe front way eth The etlps, 10 b met
BY obsequious wssssr2 Ihis drew Olive
Aleag plank uaik 70 an ppsn aide door
10 The rsax OF the housa
This is the carving rooa. Kate said. Sit
down While find MH Y
Oliys looked about hen The carving
stand, AAnksd by ssrveras was IN the mid
die Of the room. A long hble ran parallel
70 Il, another Il right angles. Both were
covered With dishes. Sinks for washing
tAsm vers rot against shsvail.
Ssppsr was in progress. White sproned
vsitsrs, OF both sexes, dsrted hither and
thither. shouted orders st the carving
stand, passed into tho cook room. returned
With loaded trays and disappeared through
the door Of the supper room. 1t Was
scene Of confusion 10 Olives uninitiassd
eyes.
A pretty. black eyed girl. In pale.
pink drsss sat idly near the door, waiting
for her party 70 arrive.
Half repenting the step she had taken.
Olives eyes. wandered n the voodad
mounlaias before her. growing dim 10 the
falling twilight
Kate returned and took her 10 supper,
then 70 their sleeping room. where oil per-
plexities were soon forgotten in heaithfui
slumber.
The first week was trying one 70 Olive.
More than once she wished herself back
in her little white school house, with her
forty mischievous urchins. She was at
home in drill in long division. but out at
sea when Il came TO remembering half .
dozen different orders, each with as many
items. She stumbled over Mullagatawny
soup, couiounded fillet Of beef. stewed
kidneys, mutton outlets. and broiled chick.
ems livers with each other, and got truffies'
apple fritters, deviled potatoes and succo'
tash hopelessly mixed.
But the New England girl has flexible
power Of adoption. From the nonchalan'
faces of experienced walters Olive tool
courage.
The party assigned her by Kimball, thu
head waiter, near the center Of the spaciouI
dining hall, were tolerant Of her mistakes
They liked her pleasant, thoughtful face
and evident desire to please They vert
ladies and gentlemen in the fullest sense
from the motherly matron to the well'be
haved boy Of ten.
By degrees she conquered the Difficult
ties grew familiar with the different dish
"a. and learned .forbearsnce toward tn
tired. impatient cooks.
Ayouth named Hallowell, who spen
his spare aoments. poring over Greek
shared the drties Of her table with her
| His chum, Marwood, and Kate presided
jointly over table near the door.
One day Olives party we're absent from
dinner. on trip up Mt. Washington
When she had finished her task Of clean
ing glass ware she had two hours NOR
eisure than usual.
She exchanged her neat camhric ant
low-heeled slippers Tor navy blue flanne
walking dress and stout shoes, and wit
sketch book and pencil started for ram
ble Such golden opportunities as thi
we're rare.
She walked up the road past the hous
and struck path that led into the wood
The leafy stiffness was inviting after th
worry and hurry Of the carving room Wit
its clamorous walters.
The path led to the base Of the mou'
tain and continued up its side. She b.
gan the ascent. Half way up she stoppe
70 take breath, and sat down upon d
rock, around which tho ground was tro'
den by foot prints.
She swept the horizon line, where u
distant mountains met the sky. The sp
cious dimensions Of the hotel below b
were much reduced. The promenade
! on the green looked like Liliputisns. III
calm, serpeutine river flashed here Al
there like molten FIRE in the afterno'
sun.
Olive drew long, deep draughts Of q
rare. exhilarating oxygen. Her spirl
rose correspondingly.
She prepared to sketch the views befo
her. but was interrupted by voices belo
A party Of guests from the hotel, q
I thought With o disinclination TO
seen. she ,etreated behind q clump
bushes. The voices. intermingled vi
the barking ,,f dog, sounded near
He will scent g We and make q scene' 8
thought. and vent pell NELL down
. mountain. throu. yh bushes, roots, .
messy rocks. !.
She heard tones Of laughter hosti
; down from the heigh y, then tried TO
gain the path she had left. Instead .
! struck one that led do vn the woody SIC
Of the mountain and ended at the foot
tho borders Of brook. overshadowed
l. trees. She sat down upon Rossy Jog
9 collect her senses, then w,lkAA In the
! rection which seemed right, fre1 fhe 81
position. 1t led her into deeper nnc
tainty.
= She came upon the brook AGAIN =
? muripg contentedly. She kn',It upon
q margin curved her hand ia the water
y drank. She resraoed her steps 10 "a Or
q messy space. with tall trees here aad 60
and rocks Aung around loosely, = IL
= giants At play.
u Mindful Of agile feats Of childh''od
climbed Or tree and reconnoitered.
o. view was limited and unfamiliar. :
. sun was drifting among opaliue islands
- : sea Of rosy light. toward the 'lst
B o,ountain t0u