The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-02

do for ia the course si two or three ysars;
melody knows II marry Willy se~.
shall never pay on that mortgage thai
promised poor father l would, and I aiai
going to do il. It'll take Just three years
10 pay /, every cent and thss III marry
him, IL he's willing 10 wait II the mort
gage was Just for me vsuldn't care,
though don't ihisk IL would be very
wise anyway. But it's for father"
Mrs. Morse vas crying II know you're
lest right abcu, the mortgage, iner," she
sobbed, ''but you'll lose your beau ~ sure
as preaching
Nevertheless, il seemed for long time
a. il she would soL Willy kept faithful
He was a good sort Of young fellow. ssd
very fond Of inez, though b hardly on.
tered into her feelings about the mort
gage There was At times perfect ago
ny Of pity in her heart over her father. II
made no difference 10 her thai oil his
earthly troubles we're over fer him nev.
When she thought over how hs had toiled
and worried and denied himself for Ne
sake Of owning their little farm clear,
and then had to die without seeing II &C.
comphshed. it seemed as II she could not
bear it. The pitiiul spectacle Of her poor
dull father ws1Aas all his life for such a
small aim in poh small ways in vain
haunted her.
During the next three years she strain
ed every nervo. She denied herself even
m ore than she did formerly. Sometimes
she used to think her clothes we're hardly
ft for her to appear in beside Willy, no
always locked 50 nice. But she thought
he knew why she dressed so poorly, and
would not mind. 1T brings the time
when we can eat our honey nearer, she
said.
Willy was faithful for long time, but
the last six months OF the third years he
began to drop of little. Once in awhile
he would miss aSunday night lnez fret
ted over it a little; but she did not really
think of doubling him, he had been con-
slant to her so long. Besides, there was
only one more payment to bo made on the
mortgage, and she was so iubilant ever
that that she was hopeful about every
thing else.
Still, it was not with an altogether light
heart that she went to the lawyers oiiics
one afternoon and made the last payment.
She was not as happy as she had antici
pated. Willy had not been near her FOL
, three weeks now. She had not seen him
even in church.
Still, she went straight to his house IRON
} the lawyers office; that had been the old
laughing bargain between them. She wal
to 20 and tell him the good news; then III
r was to 90 homo with her and help eat TIL
festive supper OF warm biscuit and honey
ri Sho walked right in ut the side dosr aA'
/ entered the sitting room, She was fanil
{ lar with the place. Ia tho sitting room
sat Willy 5 mother and sister. Ihey DOL
' stared when they saw her.
i "Ob, mother, here she isl cried Hattie
. without speaking to lnez.
Y Inez's heart sank, but she tried to spea
II naturally.
O "Wherss Willy?' she asked. "Hs
$ home from the shop, amt he? I've mad
% the last payment en- the mortgage an
I've come to tell him"
n The mother and daughter made ~ n
d ply, but gazed at each other in silent di
N trsss.
" "Oh, Inez," cried Hattie at length. -
b she had nethipg else to say. Gene ind
| the parlsr q minute with me" she adj
cd, after little
er "Inez followed her trembling.
II Hattie shut the dosr, and threw n
n arms around Inez. ooh, lneEp she eric
II again, and began weeping: II don't kne
how to tell you. Willy has treafsd y
il awful mean. We've all talked to him, b
4. it didn't do any good. Oh, Isez, car
tell youl Hs's-gons over to West do
Get this afternoon-to get marrisdl y
Inezw
/" who's he going TO marry.
4. "Ber names Tower--Minnie Tsws
se Oh, Inez. we're SO awful sorry! He hasr
known her long. We never dreamed
m such thing"
7 Never mind" said lnez quietly; "dol
. . take on SO, Hattie. Perhaps II is oil
as the best.
,w "Wby, don't you care, lnezf
ON There was pitiful calm on lnezs d'
IT. face. There's no use fretting over VII
IT. can be helped, she said. 'Idont TIL
nj Willy has acted bad. made him val
long time.
ar "rhat was the trouble, lnsz."
II couldn't help it, ! should do IT o.
sat again"
in Inez took il 30 calmly that the OIL
b;s girl frightened. She had felt frighten
IA and distressed over this, but she had
IA. very deep nature.
nv 'Inez,v she said hesitstingly, when
Did made motion to 60. they've goss 70
or, fixed upstairs, you know; would you
TO see it? 1t looks real pretty
his Inez shnddered. This fine stab ser'
to TO pierce the deepest, though she knew
girl meant Alright.
mo, thank you. Hattie, won't sto
was Iuez was thankful when she get cut
lie the air. she felt little faint She
ing TO walk mile before she reached ho'
ne once she stopped and rested, sittiss .
Az, stsre beside the road. She looked veal
rk- srousd st the familiar landscape
il. THE mortgage is psysd, said she, y
III Ill never eat my honey