The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-05-10

? but bAs = call 10 New York. and We shAl
meet him there this winter. lrcaily don
4 know where he is now, a. he left th'
Springs unsxpectodly yesterday. but
!, have engaged ham for a correspondence
and expect 10 hear from him soon.
} As he had promised. Mr.. Delorme cam.
! 10 tea, snd when Mildred had become ,
J little acquainted she learned that he had
been TO the Springs; NO she naturally
asked him regarding the gentleman en-
gagged in the ministry, who had been pay
ing attention 10 her sister Bell during th,
! summer But Mr.. Delorme appeared un,
} able 10 give her the desired information.
He ate her macaroons. smelled her flow.
ers, praised her butter, and 70 evidently
found her acquaintance pleasure that a
responsive happiness made quiet Mildred
quite irresistable.
Uncle Israel appeared pleased by the
young peoples mutual satisfaction. and
left them to chat over their favorite poets
while he mused by the open fre
Il II was late in the evening before Mr.
Delorme went to his boarding place. and
Mildred vent mp 10 her chamber with
throbbing pulses and rosy cheeks.
| Ihope Bells minister Is half as nice,
was her last sigh upon her pillow.
II was fated, think. that Mildred and
Mr.. Delorme should fall in love with each
other, as Of course they did. But Mildred
made bread and butter and kept her plants
blooming just the same, and Mr.. Delorme
was very busy among his parishioners,
who loved him very much, but whom he
was soon to leave.
Uncle Israel came into the kitchen one
day after the churniug.
This is my favorite milk pan. he said,
having taken up one and weighed it care
fully, and seeming 10 consider its capacity
be walked away with it,
1t was an odd thing to do, but Mildred
did not notice. it, She WAS thinking OF
something else. She beat and salted her
butter, with smile, and stamped it with
q song upon her lips Mr.. Delorme had
asked the momentous question, and she
had given the happy answer. All this had
happened the previous evening, and the
world seemed all brightness to Mildred
Spring came again. Uncle Israel took
q sudden cold in the east wind. A sharp
attack ofpneumonia followed. In spite of
the tender care OF the two who loved him
best and the utmost efforts OF the physi-
clan be sank rapidly. In the last hours
be took Mldred's hand.
Dear child, he said, / think that you
have found that the nearest path was the
path Of duty. lam glad it has proved so
happy a one for my beloved girl. Ar
thurl
Mr.. Delorme lifted him, but his dis.
tress was too great to allow Of more wor,ls.
As it abated he passed away.
Mrs. Creamer and Bell were summoned.
They would not come until after the fun
Cruz anu iVhuiuB VI thC "iii T.
To my dearly beloved friend an spiritu
al adviser, Arthur Delorme, my house; to
my niece, Mildred all that it contains.
and recommend to her special attention
my favorite milk pan.
Mrs. Creamer came.
The man was crazy! she cried. Who
ever heard Of anything SO absurd?
And he has left you nothing but lot Of
old fashioned furniture, Mil, said Bell.
Wonderfully rich man he was!
Where is the milk PAM asked Mrs
Creamer.
They looked in all suitable places for
the milk pan, but it was not to be found.
Then they looked in the library and under
the beds.
At length Mildred raised the cover OF an
old chest in Uncle Israel's chamber. There
stood the milk pan in the bottom Of the
empty chest, filled with money.
Hundreds aud thousnds OF dollarsl
screamed Mrs. Creamer.
don't dare to tell you how many. but
they were all Mildred's.
Then Mr.. Delorme came in, and was pre-
sented IS Mildred s afianced.
Bell and her mother turned all sorts OF
colors. The plans Of women, as well as
mice and men. were "all agley;" but they
preserved discreet silence for while.
But at the wedding Bell said:
He was the one, you know, Mil. But l
can't say he ever gave me any reason to
suppose 1t was all mothers work. And
he is too nice for me, ! don't like such
mild hammered men. Tom Buckingham,
now, has twice as much dash
And Tom Buckingham soon dashed of
with Arabella
As for Mildred, she happily married her
hearts choice, and removed TO New York,
where Rev. Arthur Delorme is today use.
fal, respected aud beloved friend OF his
people; but every summer they come for
rest and refreshment TO Hoggville, and
the old milk pan is stored among their
treasures.
The late James 7. Fields used to relate
in the most graphic manner the particu. {
lars OF his first interview with Daniel Web
ster. Mr.. Fields was then lad fresh
from the country. serving as . junior {
clerk in the bookstore Of which he after.
wards became the head. Being the junior
clerk he was dispatched upon the most I
difficult and hopeless srranl which the |
business Of the store afforded TO
collect long standing and ever growing |
bill from Daniel Webster. Every one else
in the store had tried--snd failed. TWAS
now the turn OF the new hand II