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


Then abe vent TO work There Vas
large nahsgany bureau in ono csrner o.
the room; come Gag bcsiemsa chair' stood
ssiifly around; there Was an old fashioned
card table, with Mrs. HemAns poems aud
the best lamp in bead lamp mai on y
between the two front windows A mar.
rev, gilt framed locking glass huns. over
H. Il
Mrs. Msne heard Inex at work, aud
came In. what air you doin on, ineEf'
she asked in wonder.
II just thought I'D slick up here . little.
Willy Linhsld said-hs might-drop IN
swhile Sunday night" Inez did not look
Al her mother. Somehow she felt more
ashamed before her than she would have
before smarter woman.
"My sakes. Iaez. you dss't say sol You
have got beau Is sure n Preachia'
Ysur father kept right on reg'lar, after We
once set up on Sunday night You'll
have TO put . new wick IN that lamp
Inex"
"rll 80 70 II, mother" replied lnez,
shortly. She WA delighted herself, but
she felt sagry With her mother for show
ing so much slation it seemed to cheapen
her hsppiaoss.
| Sunday, Inez went with her mother 70
church ia the morning and afternoon. She
went to Sabbath school after the morning
service tso. She was in class Of girls ot
her swn age She had never felt, some
how, as il she was in the least one OF their
kind. She never had the things they had,
or did anything which they were accus-
toned to do. Today she looked at them
with feeling Of kindship. She was a
girl tee. Three or four Of them had loy-
ers. Insz eyed them, and thought hew
she had sse too, and he was coming to-
night as we'll as theirs.
She had work to do Sundays as well as
week days. There were cows to milk and
hens to feed. But she changed her dress
after supper, and put on the red ribbon
bow. She picked little nosegay OF Gin
namon roses out in the front yard there
were A few OF these dwarf roses hall
; buried in the tall grass here) and arrsng-
ed them in an old wine glass on the par
, lor mantle. When she heard WHY'S feet
ON the slate walk and his knock on the
front door, her heart beat as it never did
I before.
"Thsres your beau, Inezl" cried hei
mother.
a Inex was terribly afraid that Willie
!. would hear what her mother said; the
windows were all spsn. She went to the
door trembling, and asked him into th'
parlor.
a Mrs. Morse staid ont in the kitchen
d The twilight dsepened. She could hea
the soft hum Of voices in the parlor
"Inez is ia there csurtin'," said she; "he
!. father an me used to court, but it's al
4 over. There's something queer abou
1 every thing.
Willy Linfeld came many Sunda.
A night after that. I:got to be said al
around that Willy Linfield was going
It with lnsz Morse. Folks wondered wb
he fsncisd her. He was q pretty, rathe
q dandified young fellow, and lnez was
r. plain in her ways. Sho looked ten year
older than he, though he was about tn
q same age.
II One Monday morning she told ht
mother that Willy the night before ha
Ie asked her to marry him. The two wome
9. sat at the kitchen window resting. The
in had been washing. and were just through
N The kitchen floor was freshly secured
everything looked damp and clean.
:" "You don't say 50, Iuszl' cried h'
mother adniringly. "What did you te
10 him2 OF course you'll have him; he's
as real nice feller; an dent believe you
Re. ever get anybody else"
n. 1 tsld him I'd have him II he'd wa
ly three years for me to pay of the MOI
he gage" replied Inez, quietly.
IL 'Did he say he would?"
,er yes"
Ial ats q long time for fellow to wait
mt said her mother, shaking her head dul
i've ously. IL am afraid that you will 10
him."
nd ..Thcp I'll lose him." said Inez. II
he going TO pay of that mortgage beisre
il marry any man. Mother, look here
ast she went OH, with a passion which "
ed totally foreign to her and showed h'
Lhe deeply she felt about the matter. "f
~. know q little how feel about that mo
gage. II sin't like any common mo
uv cage. You know hsw father felt abe
nd it."
an "Yes, 1 know, Isez, said her moth
er. with sob.
"Mspy's the time" Inez want on, III
,va father has talked about it 10 me over
md the field there. He'd been trying oil
life TO get this place clear; he'd work
lty like dog; We all worked and went wi
y . out. But 10 save his life he couldn't !
1T II up vithin 5000. When the doct'r t.
cut Kim he coulda't live many months long
W he fretted and frettod over il to me.
she guess he always talked more about
Two troubles TO me, mother, than he did
you."
low II guess he did, Inez.'
.rd .Fisslly told him ono day III
by when he was able to be.out. Just before
the gave up, vas cut in the garden PICK
ben peas. ssd he was out there with his ca
to Inez, says he. I've got 10 die and le
wsd that msrtgags unpaid, and rvsbeen We
en-. iu' ever sisss was young man TO Dc
rib. Father SAYS !, "dsnt you worry,