The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-08-02


fragments of broken ball. hsse inmsnss
faculty ia scattering. slshonxb ~ iras.
meni. In this one would b. sitess - much
larger o. 90 much more namssnss thsa in
oriiosry csses Tia. the esii ~ u sosh
iugecs would be postponsd; 6lili ~ REQ
osnizsd the fact that the tsa1soey would
be the same. She had aid ssid y her
self, therefore, that sincs mon1y - much
more easily kept in HUNDRED dollas hill
than in fyes aud twos and oaoa. ~ vas
the way 10 which shs would kerp hers
What she WAS going 70 get Toe &aass vas
mere trlas cut Of 30 much. ~ u ooald
spoil the whole No. she soel4 aaaaGe
better; she would leave The bln suhtonsA-
ed now. and ct the end pay a. svssythins
together. As she pm. back ~ nonsy In
10 It's hiding place her eyes bsd spsFtied
in delieh, at the thought that she bed dis
covered the secret Of ECONOMY. Bat Tor
the sent this vas 10 resaiu secret
Time would prove its wondess --tas abort
time two weeks would prove hse pos
sessed Of financial judgment that wosld
do credit to gray hair. Full - ~ bappi-
ness Of this conviction, she had Tua down
stairs aud taken her plsce bssids hss sister
10 the two seated carriage which had re-
returned from carrying Mr. and Mrs
Brlnley 10 the train.
That afternoon Mabel gave her friends .
long drive Ruth, who had hut one ses
sion OF school. went with them. II looked
like rain whea they started. and when
they had gone between two aud three
miles it sprinkleI But they did not mind
that in carry ell. 1t rsiued fast; they
put up the boot aud went on. Then there
came CLEAN Of sunshine and they gloat
ed over their perseverance, and drove to
the mex, little town, where they paid yis-
its to their friends 10 common. There
came no more sunshine. the showers were
frequent aud II thundered and lightened
though not sharply. But four merrier
faces never peeped from under cover to
meet the splashings OF the rain, aud four
happier girls never met under Mr.. Brin-
leys hospitable roof When the guests
had gone home Ruth threw her arms
around her sisters neck and declared that
Nab was perfectly splendid And Msb.
before she went to sleep. had one more
look at her triumph, as she began to name
her uubroken bill.
The days that followed we're more or
less like this one. And at the end OF the
we elk the girls two cousins, Constance
aud Kenneth Brinley, arrived unexpect-
edly. They had arranged to come
month later, but change 10 their plans
brought them now. They were twins.
nearly eighteen city people, and lived
in more style than Mabel. but not ct all
more comfortably. They we're very wei
come, but the young girls felt the respon
sibiity that had fallen upon themselves.
Nab even co-descended TO consult Ruth,
whose bright wits we're full Of resources.
as to amusements. Ono day II vas pic
mic for her cousins, . small party that
Mabel had invited, and for whom she
chartered the prettiast picnic wagon in
town. Had she not hundred dollars
untouched I?
The following week Mabel resolved TO
give small party for her cousins that
is to say, recolIecting that they we're used
to city assemblies. she called it small; but
as she issued fifty invitations, and nearly
all we're accepted. it seemed to her quite
an affair. She had long condolences with
Mary, who was sn excellent cook that
would do anything for Mabel. The result
was ,pper that Constance pro ouced
recherche"
In Mabel's new method she had bought |
At stores without asking prices; she had Z
but to assure herself that she had 800 I
and all doubts dissolved. Before the
party, however, she INDUCED 10 one ex- q
pense that she realized was somewhat /
costly for temporary housekeeper. The q
ice. cream plates would fall short She 9
rejected auth's suggest on that mamma q
would make up with ssucers and that the /
cream would be 80 nice that nobody would
notice. Her mother had intended to buy q
some OF these plates Here were necessi- j
ty and opportunity. She ordered three t
lozen, so pretty that Constance went into 1
-aptures over them, which confirmed Ma A
bel in her judgment. and one doz,D spoons
her mother hal often said that they
needed them for extraordinary occasions,
md had not Mabel the money One
hundred dollars untouched would do 3 '
,reat deal
Nothing could be more successful than
he party was. Mabel's own enjoyment 9
et her guests at ease But there vas . q
iigniiy aud sense Of propriety about her q
which kept her IRON deterioreting into . /
'omp. q
Tue ext day but one after the party j
label strongly expected her father and b
mother. Tue fortnight was not quite out, 2
,at they we're due by any train after ten u
lays had gone by. Therefore, ~ she K
rove out that morning with her cousins. o
Le stopped At the di tfsrent stores and 81
objected her bills. which she put unopen q
d into her pocket o.
Txo hours later Roth said 10 Constance
Where's Nab ca
IA her room. I'm afraid something is Ia
BE- matter called her and shs didn't "a
nd then Knocked. bat | believe she ct
card me The door Vas locked.
Ruth few up stairs. NAB. Mab." she u
risi, ''let me ia rigbt away" Li