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

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the air. and shirled some upward on The
written page.
ssThe xsnwSs, Ths summer
The 2qso9 tiip-
osrns pilliae froa. below. tH~ cousin
Kais ~ ctusing through the shower o.
siry fakes, hss smiling face upturned 70
the window.
Come right up, Olive called.
Kate, bright and rosy, In freshly lam.
dsred pale Llns canbric sad yellow stray
hat eianesd through the door like bat.
scray, bringing with her . current q
heAlthful msgnstism. A letter she said
briefly. l had one from the mountains
this moruing. an wanted again at the
- House in Jaly.
They want M -. tsapA - Fairfield
again this summer, Olive -
Give up the school and come With mel
Ksts exclaimed. catching Oliss bv the
vast and whirling her around the room.
| You've been studying too hard, You're
pale as ghost. You'll kill yourself with
brain work.
To wait upon tables? oh. Krte. could
gos Olivelasked with dubious expectancy
OF course you can go-under my wing
said Kate with mock patronizing ar
They want more help. the clerk writes,
say that you will go, and l will write o.
once and tell them that I've found one
missing link in their army Of white sp'
roned walters.
| Let me think il over i
| You don't need TO think ii over. II y
plain you need change. rest Of mind and
exercise Of muscle. And you'll be in good
company. You know the mountain hous'
es draw two thirds Of their help from the
ranks OF college aspirsnts and school
teachers, the speaker being one illustrious
example.
The change would be great relief, Oh
| i've said thoughtfully. cannot afford 70
rest during vacation. ! think I'll go.
You'll have to work pretty hard, Kate
admitted more soberly. But you have the
benefit Of the mountain air, and glimpse
OF fashionable life
| shall think more Of glimpse Of noun
tain scenery. hope to make soAe mics
sketches.
You may have stroke of special geeA
luck, Kate continued. Last summer one
Of the girls had ahandsome sum sives het
by sick lady upon whom she waited.
You'll need plenty Of white aprons. re-
member, we're her parting words
i Olive was thoughtful, brown-eyed gir'
Of more than average abilities, strong
common sense and generous lesven Of
sentiment in her nature.
She was pushing her way through col
lege bravely. Close application was tel
ling upon her health. She was an orphan,
but had home on sufferance with . mar
ried brother, where we now find her.
She had q small yearly allowance ol
money. For the rest she taught village
, schools, and music pupils during the va
cations, which she heightened into the
beginning Of the college term. keeping nj
: With her classes meanwhile.
She declined the school by letter, ane
: made preparations for her mountain cam
paign with mora sest, perhaps, thai
I many society belle.
Railroad passes were sent. The after
noon Of hot, sulty July day found then
in the train ascending the inclined plan
. that leads into the rocky fastness OF to
"Notch."
B The passengers crowded into the obsel
4 vation car. Conversation was hushed !
the presence Of the mighty mountains.
The laboring engine groaned IN protes
, against profaning the majestic solitude
}. nature in her loftiest moods But the vii
Of its master was in nexorable, and it va
!. forced slowly upward. with its trail
cars.
The Saco valley narrowed gradually
and the mountains closed in.
Olive sat awed ar d silent. Kate wa
less impressed. having been through b
fore.
Did you know ths, the first article
commerce carried th, ough the Notch att
= its discovery WAS barrel Of rumG Sd
asked.
Olive was gazing down into the fearf'
abyss one hundred feet beneath the Franl
enstein trestle. She scarcely heard u
\ question.
III II is said the contents were much r
y duced when il reached its destination
a. Kate added.
'f' See the carriage road, seven hundre
feet below us! she exclaimed, as Olive d
he not answer. II looks like sheep path.
Olives nature was largely receptiv
;, She enjoyed the abstract grandeur Of Il
= scene silently. Practical Kate Was min
full OF the concrete.
Look ahead at.Mt. Webster! she aga
interrupted. He frowns savagely at q
sudacious engine. Old Wiley stands
the left grim aud gloomy. He lsunch'
the landslide that destroyed the Will
l family that dreadful night Of food al
- darkness. long age.
The train passed through the Great C'
;" where the jagged. perpendicular sides
the mountain are but 20 feet spaYt.
The rocky giants guard the gateway
the Notch pretty closely, said Kate. !
q. irrepressible. Ierpect they'll lock han
some day, and crush the train like an el
a. shell.
: They passed into the open space vh'
the Crawford House stands.
y Here's monument Of mans aggressi
Aha snnu NJ aims sfr,Vimayn