The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-22
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How ureeome Iiis v getting 70 bel ~
Mis Joanna Arkie. Ainsiag down ths y
ening pspsr - she spoke Thsrs "
real vsriness 10 ths voios which uttses
ths vords, and restless dissstisfactios 4
The lines Of The still handsome ises.
What's ths matter. Joi saksd her broth
o.. looking up iron The istsioaas diasras
over which ho vas pondsring.
Ch. did distssb you. Rodseyf ! didn'
mean 10. / vas thinking aloud.
But Why il lie % soddsuly grown tirs
soms'
II iss't suddenly; is besa srs6uall,
becoming 90 for long time back. Thing
are changed. Nothing seems - IL did I
few ysars ago. I used 70 enjoy society =
much, and nov II is only batter than stay
Ing q home.
But Why don't you enjoy ~ Are thses
not 20 many pleasant people = there ussd
70 bei
No. indeed. thsrs ass not! A vhols world
of sirA and boys Aavs oons crowding 10,
and they nonopoliss everything. ! ussd
10 bs power in our own sst you know,
but our own sss hss disappearsd. snd any
little chit of girl. whom ! va feeding
with susarplums only The othsr day. hss
more influence than I. l en- disgustsd
with the whole business!
wonder you 60 out 70 much. said hes
brother.
Society is the habit Of ny liia ! should
not know What 70 do without Il; and !
don't mean TO blame you. Rodney. bal
you arc always absorbed in the evening
With plans and problems. and Il u dull %
sit slons and rod and paws. With Ill IL
faults, socisty h better thaa that Still, /
confess, II does come rather hArd on mo.
II you vent, too. should have some one
70 depend on 10 fetch me 10 supper and
see me home; but ! can't ask you 10 80
when you hate il so. So ! hire carriage,
or. il the distance is very shork hire .
messenger boy. What mites those boys
arel It's al nonsenss TO prstsnd that they
are protection. really believe the one
they sent 10 escort me to the Arkleys the
other night Vas not over eight years old
When I told him TO call for me at half
past ten. be said he should have 10 60
homo and 60 10 bed. but be wodld send
another boy. He seemed 70 Be about
eleven.
Pity the sorrows oi poor old msidl re-.
marked her brother. unisslingly. Well.
Js, IL you will go 10 parties. and I can't 60
with you, what 10 70 be donef
Nothing, suppose unless you can in
vent machine man TO take mo about, 70
piled Miss Joanna, bitterly. All the men
who used to do that are married now.
Thay stay a. home with their wives, or
they go TO the clubs. The boys OF tho
present day are absolutely oi no uss; and
they have the most horrid mannsssi do
clare, whea it By starving, and - the
ysmese girls satiag thsie oytosM;I Ted
inst like Alexaudef 6slkirk in the poem.
These beasts that roam over the plain.
Ny state with indifference sse."
That u the language Of my soul.
Miss Arke laughed. but she was more
than half in earnest.
A machine mani ssid her brother reAso-
lively. Not bad idea wonder IL IL could
be worked out?
TriHss are sometimes the mothers Of in
ventiou. Fer nearly twelve-month after
this conversation. Rodney Arks was in
cssantly and mystssiously occupied. Hs
~ up workshop in distant part Of tho
city, from which he nightly returned, j.
ded and grimy, but he said nothing Of the
work he VAS doing there, and his sister,
accustomed to have him absorbed in in
ventions. incipient or half-completed.
asked no questions.
II wss early in December Of the follow
ing year, that be came one evening into
the parlor. where she sat alone 10 The
dickeriug hrelight. accompanied BY :
strangsr.
Mr.. Works Joanna. no said.
Mr.. Works. bowed low st the introduc-
lion. He was . "personsbls" man. tall.
accurately formed. we'll dressed, bat he
had stiff manner. Miss Arke thought
How very cold II Is this afternoon, she
observed. conveotiouaIly.. a
Mr.. Works did not speak. bat again
bowed low.
Wont you sit down? asked Miss Arks.
wondering At bis lack Of response.
Yes. do sit down. Works. said her broth.
er. laying his hand insistingly on the arm
Of the stranger.
Agaia Nj. Works bowed. then moving
forward, be seated himself With an Air Of
erect precision.
What sn odd pssson this friend Of Rod.
nsy's isl thought Miss Joanna.
She glanced q Mr.. Works. His eyes
had bssn dovncast but 10 ~ nov look
Ing stnight Il her.
thops Rodssy has brought 700 home
= With ns, she said.
an Nr. Works bowed silently. joan
Again hair shake. Shs turned sud
ie's PEI 2. ~ Rodney. Who bad rs-
sniy. bsnoie WAS fairly quivsrisg
'eated behind Il,
AZ smusee0s be asked, Ia .
What : tbs mastsrf |. = rude
hisper. Yoa are dreadful.. the rsolv.
A lond roar 81 laughter vas Ill nrs-
odnsy seemed 10 have cost asid. 80.
'nss Of dsoeocy. He danced. be .. "a
|, - hsld kis sidss. hs sosksd 70 asdl
lille bis sissss sat ssupi6sd with snass.
'sat sad NJ. Works regarded Tie EXTRA
Fdinasy manifestations With > ssdstsly .
,urtStus eosutenanea.