The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-05-31

u step around as II they we're in mortal ica
Of somebody, and say 10 each other
= Il never though, the gentleman coul'
= swear like that did your
But sAi down and wrote Edwards
sharp letter:
"You have been doing strange thin
! With my four. What right had you Il
} sell il in the way Won hsves II ia bare
. faced robbery. - l look at it, and il yoy
can put any other aud better face on il
! you had better do 20 at once. Al any rate
! como down 70 the city st once, and bring
your accounts with you. so can SEQ what
I il sll means"
. Such letter ought to have brought Ed.
wards or any other man At once; but il
didn't
Il wn busy time. Mcintyre Of Liver
pool, Ven SwMtz or Hamburg. and one or
two Others called for something every day.
Let them wait day or two. This Ed
wards had stirred up the depths Of CON.
msreiAl bitterness 70 the very bottom; now
let him answer for it.
i I vsns 10 Springfield fall Of mischief
for Edwards. II he didn't show good
cause for his soutrageous doinss intend
cd to close him up. sell him ont break
him. and make an cad OF him as . -four
merchant
Most people are hungry when they
reach Springfield. and that city is one Of
few places in the world where there is al-
ways something good TO eat ready and
waiting for you. A good dinner makes
true democracy Where there are ideas
1t all, II makes them more broad and lib
eraL After my dinner ! went 10 see Ed
wards in = better humor than before.
Standing in the door Of the store TO
which bad been directed was q boy--s
remarkable looking boy. His pants were
tucked into his boots, he was covered with
-four, be was cross-eyed. And il that lit.
tie Chicago man had come aud stood be.
side that boy it would have been hard to
tell which was the original and which was
the copy.
II want to see Edwards, l said TO the
boy.
"Gone 10 Chicopee to see grandfathe
Be back at four o'clock. Want some
four?"
mo; want 10 see Edwards.
"Come at four o'clock"
At that moment 4 customer came and
the boy left me to attend to him. I went
back to the hotel and waited.
At ten minutes past four started ont
again to see Edwards The same boy WAS
on duty at the door as before, only now
his face was so beAoured that he was more
singular than before.
''Is Edwards here2" asked.
He nodded.
"Then ! should like to see him at
once"
He looked me fairly in the face and &C.
tnaily grinned at me. Then, jerking bis
head toward the rear OF the store, said:
Back in the Office
went back into the Office and found ,
only lady there.
Il want to see Mr.. Edwards. Is he in?"
"You want TO see me, then. There ia
no Mr.. Edwards My husband died three .
years ago.
l was too much astonished for q mo.
ment to say anything.
''Is il possible that you are Edwards,
the -four merchant.
II am the person, sir.
"And I am John Middleton Of New ,
York. must beg your pardon, madam.
for writing you very sharp letter.
I was writing to man, or it :
would have been very differently wordsd. 1
Your being lady makes it rudeness on
my part
II know deserved il" she said" smil- r
ing, "but in spite Of Johns remonstrances
John is my boy / simply couldn't see
former customers starving when II was q
possible to feed them. You have come 1
Tor yonr money. sir. Sit down, and will 4
pay you what l have here. Imust borrow n
rom the bank enough to pay the rest. i
They offered to take a mortgage on our
house. but hope to get along lsomehow |,
Without that. But you must have your 1,
money. know. even il There is mortgage Il
put on the house. q
And she went TO the safe and took out /,
THAT money was there-not much; and q
Iat down TO write me check for what she h
isd in the bank. While she was filling -
he check she kept looking up TO me in n
he oldest way. Such n pretty woman 4
he was, too But / was SO ashamed OF !,
myself that sat dumb as, an oyster Here Il
vas the little widow going to mortgage A
Ter house, and perhaps herself, on my &C. 4,
'ount. 1t was rough the toughest had T.
'ver seen. But / lei her Gil out the check .;
Two hundred dollars and thirteen cents. :,
Z took the last cent on deposit, and she Il
,ad taken the last cent in the cash drawer
She was 80 pretty as she sat there writ.
ng in her check book. and every now and a,
hen glancing shyly at me. Where had ] \
cen that face before? / puzzled myself h
n vain. couldn't tell. :
She gave me the check. aud now my
'sndering brains had come back into
BUSINESS channel again. tore up the n
heck. :,
MRS. Edwards, / am heartily ashamed n
I myself for what hasipsssed between us. "a
You shall not mortgage your property Z
or me. Do the best you can. When you .,
IN collect and pay me. do 1t. II the u
rbols world vas like you, il would be
'etter world than il is"
She was crying now, actually crying q,
nd I felt--no matter how felt. But Il =,