The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-11

assedsll ., once il | hs1a 600 garden this
sum uer, and she kept me tslkins about
garden sss Till bad to come home.
asked the doctor ore day II his sister LIZ.
xie didn't have bad spells with hsr head
and be BIZ bis monsisch. and said be wish
ed more folks hAd such spells, Bot the
land knows be has practice enough With
out wisbln' Tor H.
During lhe next bali hour Mary bunsed
the family up. Asked and answered . hun
dred questions. went 10 the barn where
BLACK Tom" was eating oats. told him
that be was handsomer than ever,
that she had thon sht Of him every day
and a dcz.n other foolish things that
girl will say who owns and rides hand.
some horse.
DR., Norton .ss the best physicisn 10
III that region. He snd his sister Lizzie
inherited . fortune which gave them sn
opportunity to do the work they liked
best. and they we're already quite well
known 10 the literary world. While the
doctors wife was an active member OF mis-
sionsry aid aud Temperance societies, Llz
zie az The home keeper aud preceptress Of
the iireslde school at which Mary Norton
was being educated ''by hand.
She bad the graduating fever at the
Girls Semieary. when she was sixteen, aud
the scarlet fever the year before, but pas-
sed safely through these perious diseases
aud in the five years since. she had ming
led so much with the best books and 9th
er people. that there was nov little danger
OF | or becoming interested in trashy peo.
pie or other books, aud less still OF .
drifting through life, or ornsmenting any
body's boat as a tisurehead She was stud
ing medicine with her father and deeply
10 love with her choice.
The supper bell rang. and the family
gathered around the table.
We have missed you most Ut meal time
said Lizzie. but when Mary shrugged
her eyebrows" as Ned called 1t. she added
mean your table talk contributions. Our
larder was so low yesterday st dinner, that
your father warmed over q metaphysical
lecture on the nature aud essential proper
ties and relations OF all beings.
Our shoddy cousin, Mrs. Mortimer, was
spending the day here, and as We don't
like her very we'll. your mother said we
must make mp for our lack OF cordially.
by having something EXTRA for dinner, so
she made one OF those rich. indigestible
fruit pud iipgs, that should always be eat.
en- with sauce Of very funny stories, but
We all felt so dull and indifferent that II
was q very distressing dinner.
Mary glanced around the table. and
holding up ber hands, exclaimed. Four
kinds Of cake, and not an emmy 10 sigh.
to be propitiated or punished. II this
family dissi pates like that, herewith re
sign my position IS Ellen's assistant cook
Her mother hastened to explain that this
..spread" WAS the remains Of "high tee,
given In honor Of some OF town temper.
ance people.
This angel cake "iell' little you see.
Take piece Of fruit or spice cake. The
doctor eyed all kinds suspiciously saying
Angel cake is my favorite but no fallen
angel cakes for me. Pastry is . very pro
per and pretty accompaniment to parties.
picnics, aud high teas" but half Of the
demons Of disease which l am called to
cast out, enter the stomach in some such
oily disguise. Dyspepsia and drunken
ness are our nstional twin demons.
That reminds me, said Mary. of tenn.
perance lecture heard lest night. which
impressed me 30 strongly that intend
to join the Temperance Workers II l can
persuade Jennie and some Of the other
girls TO join too.
Mrs. Norton looked surprised and graf
fled and in her reply to tell us something
about the lecture, Mary said She told
th &. story OF the good Samaritan. The road
ffo,A Jerusalem to Jericho is the drunk
arl's road. Temperance people are the
GOOD Samarsans, and she made it very
plain TO me, that have been passing by
on the other SIDE. while | have oil aud
wire at my disposal.
II Won girls wish to do thorough tenn
perauce work, said the doctor. you would
better 90 to their homes in the by lanes
leading 10 the Jericho road. and persnsde
them not to travel in that direction II
| mans character is made at seven years,
he continued. with . glance st his WIFE,
you must begin farther back than the
schools. For instance our Ned here could
80 we'll learn self denial. the fret letter IN
the temperance siphsbet from heavy pas
ltry. that be would recognizs that letter
when be came to alcohol.
When YOU women work 10 You homes
in the same spiri. 10 which Uncle William
plsp,.d the apple tree 81 eighty, you WI
have struck the key note OF this business.
Tie conversation drifted into other
channels, but after Mary vas 10 her room
sIore Sue put Mrs. Gordon's lecture And
her fathers remarks together. and added
an idea Of her own which resulted in her
interviewing The village girls next morn
and persuaaing nuuber Of them to come
10 her mothers on Saturday afternoon
for Ms ooe a them said, Who could -
no to Mary Norioui
The M a, bers were out 10 force, snd
ME ,sed 10 see 80 msuy nes recruits. The
devotional exercises xers followed BY wha'
jennie Mitchell called reports snd mo
tisns
/ There ~s. much discussion sbout seno
ing for lecturer. Mrs Norton asked
Mary - It'll the iates about Mf'. oordo'