The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-11-15
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thought ~ u vas paeniag through m
mind.
You sse he's rial sdnAlsaan. she sai
wisely. Nothing 10 II slesl 'iuo. or 'hi'
ts,ion. All be vsaA = ~ - intslIecsus
And veil answer il saoslAer. aod nsl
up name of our isisisl B. D. -Bsll
Dupni Bat how shsIl - ~ shs letters
Why. we can tell Kitty Fisher. (5h
vas the postmasssr's daugltss You kno'
she often distributes the osil.
So We ooncoctsd an suessr. very sLol
aud digoi6-d QUE. IN raply came Ion
epistle full Of qootssiosa IRON Emenor
and condolences from - r." He Va
misunderstood BY every -, be said. an
no one could gusss bis w Il nndiDs Mis-
Duun willing to smooth ~ dark psth~s
by pouring upon 1. 6oea Of intsllectus
light RI copIdul bslp thiutiog Mis-
Gsstou would hsys called thas : mixs'
metaphor
He could Gee from srsots list she "
: person Of the highest cultivation. Wool,
she kindly I'll hin. Y ~ nsss. II she sn
joysd Milton. and what abe thought Q
wosdsuorsh. and Who wss bss iAvcvis'
povelistf
He must bs lovslyl said Bsa l should.
ut wonder il he turned out 70 bs colleg,
professor. But Dse. does be gel his cap
itsls right, and isn't his punctuation queer
That makes no difference, said /. will
dignity. They say geniuses never csr
spell, and certainly capitals and puuctua.
ton marks are quite unim portant- except
to Miss CASTOR. He probably has SOU
above such things.
Time went on,and with il the correspon'
dence. As spring approached we began
to think "E R." must be feeling the ef
fects OF overwork -he had told us that be
WAS q brain worker for bis letters grew
careless and less intellectual. He wanted
TO see Miss Dunn. Wouldn't she send
him hcr photograph. or just bit Of her
hair9 At this Bee looked grave; harum :
scarum as she was; she still bad . keen
sense Of personal dignity.
] don't believe l want to write any more,
she said. Perhaps he isn't ss nice as we
thought. Lets drop it.
As usual, l sgreed, and We did drop it;
but we had yetto learn that ball once
set rolling does not stop at the word Of the
sender. We dropped the correspondence.
but "E. r. had no thought Of doing SO.
First came pleading note, begging to
know il "B. D." were i'll; then another,
almost harsh, asking il she meant to throw
him over. Presently arrived one which
made us look at each other with frighten :.
ID eyes; and wish ws never hsd depart ID
rom the beaten ways Of deoorum.
am coming to Colville 10 see you. ii
IAN. OF course. know we'll enough Bel
. Dunn isn't your real name, but 1 shall
Ind you out II you want to make things
Imooth, just write and tell me where to
meet you.
Bee says when We read that We ought to
rave tainted, for ws certainly were miser
Ible enough. Desperate . We were. there
vas still nothing for us TO do but wait, and
10 we went about the house from day to
lay looking wretched, and feeling--oh. !
,annot tell how we feltl Nobody but those
vho have lived in momentary fear Of dis
grsce can even imagine.
At length, when we had grown so irigh.
ened that we trembled at the sound Of an
step. mamma came into the
DOM one day. and seated herself, looking
,ery sweet and determined.
Girls, she said. won't you tell me oil
bout IL? What is the matter?
There isn't-I began, and then could.
Il go on. We had been bad enough, but
leither Bee nor ! had really lied yet.
Dear girls, you are very unhappy. said
be. I'm sure al older person could help
on. Won't you trust mei
Then, with one acoord, the twins began
o cry, and, also with one accord, they
'lunged forward. buried their faces in her
Ap, and kept on sobbing believe there
ever were such tears. Mamma has said
ince that her muslin overrkirt was soaked
nth them, and that the dress, as long q
! lasted, showed the effects OF the shower
When we could speak, she began ques-
ioning us gently, at the same time strok-
ng the naughty heads in which the mis-
hief had been hstched. By degrees she
,ot the whole story from Us, aud though
he did not utter Que reproachful worj. we
new we'll enough what she must think Of
ls and what We had done. No wonder we
'ould not meet her eyes,
While We crouched there before her, .
mock came At the door. and in rushed
Kitty Fisher. our sccomplics.
0 girls. I'm so frightened. she cried. too
much overcome to notice mamma Hes
'erel We sat up and stared 1t her. We
ven looked over her shoulder, bali expect
ng 10 hesr him coming up the stairs
Tell me about Il, Kitty. said mamma
vith decision. ! know The whole story.
Yes, tell herl grosned Bee. She knows
| all.
was 10 the ofice. began Kitty. her eyes
lmost starting from her head, and
Ioupg man came up TO the window. and
'sked who bad called for Bella Dunn's
etters. Papa said: Nobody: there WASH.
my such name in town Then the man
sked lot more questions. and mailed
mother letter 10 her. and said he meant to
NOV who got it.
Az soon ~ psps hsd post marked il i
ook il and ran, snd here II is And oh,
papa uever1l trust me again Is long ss l