The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-12-02

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50 thD Z ~ I'd Of ~ eur soasnae
Msdgisl this u tho "hero" you % oftei
vowed you would marryl Well. ! confess
Am surprised.
And disappointed too-vby don't yor
add that, Nellisi Ms Bentick said. y
shs led ths vsy :, coy little sitting
room where . CHEEKY hre was burning
Sit down. dear and drink your tea. and
have iittle rest before dinner. Some
day you'll have bsiAsr opisiso Of Phil
and svea learn 70 admire him-whe
! kDovsi 8*N
Bat Asdgis. bs sesily isnta bit hsud-
some, nor romantic looking, nor poetic
nor anything; and did so hope and ex-
peel be wonld b -difsreuk and Nellie
Graham paused for want Of word TO ex
prsss fully al she expected Msdgie Ma
sons husband 10 be.
Nellie aud MAdgis had been friends ai
school. and when they parted The icrmsa
70 join her father 10 India, Madgie to
take up her abode with her uncle. Capt.
Mason at the Woodlands they bad vowed
steRaal constancy, and exchanged school :
gill pledgss Of afTsction and. femsn-
brsnce.
Scarcely six months after leaving school
Madgie wAs alone 10 the world, heiress ol
Woodlands and all Of her unclss wsalth,
and with DR.. Phillip Bentick for her sole
guardian. Nellie was ID IndA, and thers
seemed NO immediate prospect Of MAJ.
Graham returning. and y Madgie had nc
other dear frisnd. J" TO Nellie she poured
ont Ill her heart, on paper. dwelling At
length on her delightful. solitary, roman.
tic life d tho Woodlands, and her unutter.
able resolution 70 marry rsal bona yHdt
hero. OF remain forever Msdgie Mason.
And Phil Bentick was the end Of oil her
dreams!
Hes decidedly ugly, Nellie said. gIsnc-
ing Il photograph which stood on the
chimney piscA I'm sure IL had The mis-
fortune 70 marry such man, wouldi't
have bis likeness 10 every conspicious
place in the house. I'm surprised with
Aladgis. With her love of everything that
IL beautiful. and her own pretty iacs and
fortune. She surely might havs done
bstsSr; and shs seems happy and contents
Cd enough, though she was such . hero
wofshipsr.
Nellie had coms in accordance with Z
standing promise TO pay Msdgie .
visit II was their first meeting since
they had left school Avs year before. md
she had expected to ind her friend just
The sams ~ ever gushing, sentimental.
impulsive-with . dreamy. dark-eyed
lover husband. fond Of poetry and with
decided cir Of mystery about him. Moth
log could bs moro unlike her preconcsived
idea than Phil Bsntick. With his rough,
scanned face. CHEEKY voics. hearty laugh.
and buriy fiame-s busy. active, hard
working country doctor. 10 years older
than Nsdsis II hs was moment. snd, obi
% ugly.
Add yet Phillip Bsntiek hsd his rousnes
700. He had bssn old Capt. Msson's
medical sttsadant. asd alter his death
Msigiss sels counsellor. guide. ph'loso-
plt1r andl fuissd." Woodlaads ~ !
roomy, old-fsshionsd country house,
buried 10 pleasant woods. miles from 4
village. Ii from town. The nearest
usieb bon on one side vere only rough.
and ready farmers, on The other poor hsh'
er-folk Who tsisd 70 wiring wrstcbsd
Subsistence from the sea md barren west
But Nsdois was not lonely. Shc love-
Woodlsnds. lovsd - Swsn19 Ill day
through the gardsns With volume Of po-
stsy or n old romance in her hand. loved
ths distant elinpss Of The "a, loved tho
dreamy solitude. vhioh she psopled with
hsross aad hsroinss Of hsr own cssating-
very delightful, bot wholly ioprscticabls
ipdividuala.
Bat with Ill her sentiment Msdsis was
very charming. and il ~ not surprising
thai Dr.. Bssiick despite bic being her
guardias, and poor struggling country
doctor into the bargain should fall 10
lore With hss. II ~ vhas every eos - n
veetsd, and Madsis herself vss ths only
psrsoa sstonished and uuprsparsd when
sns day 10 plain. hossst fashion. be told
~ 81 his lave sad asked her 10 BE- biz
wife. Il - - II Nadgis had been svak
saAd ieoa . very pleasant dream by >
roash ehakA DsFtsg ihs twe years sbs
had bsaa st woodIssds. she hsd bsoons
ss<ussomsd 70 The doctor. He bed Always
bssa y hsad 70 oon6ds n sod tAks III ~
spsssibsfly ~ hsr Shoulder Bhs vas
sssd 70 Ms hossss fscs and kindly voice
70 his constant sttsntions asd oecasicosl
lsetsrss, ssd 10 vsy she liked shen; bus
~ arss idss Of levisg Or marrying bin
never sstersd bar hsad. for TIE Doctor W.
con unoaplscs 70 ths laSt degree. and en-
tirsiy devoid of I'll ssatimsnt and romance.
snd Msdgis bad ~ hss whole hsart on .
'.hsen" Bus Rii Bsstiek vss not dssti
tuss of Sssiing; snd vhsn Madgis. more
pIaisIy thas politely dssiinsd his proposal.