The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-07-25
OUR PEo0Y

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breakfast table. aud We looked at oBe go
other 10 amusement over It's most import
AIT part. the postscript
You know ny girls have been riding
tricycle. for some Time, Aunt Margaret hal
written They have bad one si,h an sl
tachment. 80 that il can be- used by ont
peisob. or as a ta0deG -thst is. ufed BY
two riders Lately. however, they hsv'
besa teasing ior new tandem, with csr
taia improvements abogi which ! doB'i
10 the least understand. aud | have
bought il Oh condition tbsi they give the
old ono 10 your eillr. Az you have no
horse. know they will enjoy u eIeeel
ingly.
/ Did you ever bear OF anything so
chsrminef cried Dsphne, clssping her
/ hands.
don't know. dears. said msmma, more
donbtinlly. 4 should bs sorry 10 have
you undertake anything that might be
considered peculiar or unladyIke.
Aunt Msrgret let's her girls riiel
Yes. but they are near the city, where
the fashion is beginning to spread. don't
see. for my part. why you shouldn't do it,
even i you are booted; but, girls, cant
help thinking Of Uncle Meleher
50 did we think Of him; we thought
and spoke Of bim too often for our peace
Of mind. Uncle Mel was rich, aud We
were very poor Moreover, the time had
come when we needed to 20 away to
school Mamma had always taught us
tnat 1t was mistake TO suppose the world
owed us living.
You have no right to your uncle's money
simply because be has a great deal and
you have none, she said. But, II he would
lend you a small sum for beginning, | !
think you could work your way at Ellis
worth Seminary. You would pledge your.
selves to repay it, with interest, when you
were old enough TO support yourselves;
and, though be would be taking risk, We
should all try to make that risk as small
AS possible
Bnt when the scheme was proposed to
Uncle Mel, be vetoed it at once, aud with
the utmost yigor
Go away to school! cried be. What
Tor? NV mother never studied beyond /
long division, uor yet my grandmother,
md they were good housekeepers aud ex
,elIent women. You be good, sensible
,lrls, and learn to make bread and darn
tockings, aud when I'm done with my
money, you shall have it all
That was not what We wanted, however,
nd we at once set about trying to lind ]
york in some town which had an advanced
chool for girls. Meanwhile we lived 10
he littls cottage Uncle Mel gave us rent ,
rec, raised our own vegetables, and bound
hoes.
But to return to the mornings discus |
ion.
fou must not displease your uncle, said
iamma. ] can't help hoping that, in n
ase some very rainy day should come in 8
ne midst OF your school course. he would d
md you little money. You know he is n
ind according to his lights. d
Only Madge and / want to read by cleo.
icity. instead Of knitting by candle.light a
; his grandmother did. said Daphne BE b
old. mammal be bold il
Mamma laughed. and, after nights 4
she gave her formal sane n
on to the tricycle.. which arrived day or :.
70 later. n
But ] do hope. she said. doubtiully, as
10 examined its shining wheels and
'ringy seats, u do hope you won't try n
ride fast Perhaps you can be more q
dylike about it il you do 1t slowly" Il
Such time as we had in getting started b
ride at all First we made over some fr
d dresses, lengthening the skirt and re ia
sying them OF superfiuous tags OF trim
ing which might get caught in the ri
heels Then We learned to oil the ma ht
line. and finally to manage it. ,The cous' ht
8 had written that with its fourth wheel M
hind, It was clumsy affair compared r.
th their new three-w Wheeler; but we, who yC
,re used TO no lighter means OF trans br
rtation than the family wheelbarrow, to
re more than satisfied with our new 40
.ed eli
Our exalted sense OF its merits at once
ompted us TO christian it Pegasus" by
me which became Peggy" in every day Ii,
nversation. on
Fortunately. we lived several miles from re-
, village. and could practice without tn
II OF many spectators, but whenever we M
meet an acquaintance or stranger, we fo'
re saluted with grins and witticisms.
spite of oil this, however, we did learn an
ride.hnd day by day we gained strength in
4 our color frightened. "A
)ne Jnne afternoon. after longer ride hs
~ usual, we found ourselves near the fac
le cross-rosd where Uncle Melcher liv- an
A year before, after qnsrrelling with Da
village authorities, be had bought q les
all cottage, eight miles from church and en-
re, aud bad taken up bis abode in il, sp'
b the pleasing consciousness that be va
withdrawn as far as possible from the
u civilization. II was dresry place. !
Uncle Mel liked il. aud Mrs. Simmons pas
old housekeeper. tolerated what he rod
se. "a
isdge, said Daphne. putting on the
Ak, a. We reached the cross road, let's ans
aud call Oh Uocle Mel. It's only two yor
es further. An
wouldnt for world's said /. He 10 /
} TO scold Us for riding Peggy. pas