The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-04-28
Hrhes, Iaveng Poveu. Govt Report Aug ~ 1850
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
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Take mel Take me-
Really, you will have TO excuse me. but
| cannot
Take me Take mr! Take mel
Confouud III have not d 'sb. nor q
plate. nor drop Of Of developer on' here
am an enthusiast, but do not 20 round
in view wagon, and besides | :
Take mel Take mel
promised my wife =
Take mel
There is no use contradicting woman
aud 3 womsn's ghost is certainly uuan
sxersble for what else could have plead
ed with such persistence as this speaking
likeness Of lovely Maryland beauty
which hung on the wall Of the farmhouse
we had Just purchased for our country
home THE story is Photographic. bul
the beautiful sketch was neither blue
print nor bromide enlars ement. merely
40 d.fashi oned oil painting in atarnished
gold frame, which bad been sold to Us
with the house. Nobody knew who she
was and nobody cared. She was thrown
in without extra Charge along with othel
odds and ends Of furniture. such as an ice
cream fre, ger which would not freeze, two
lesky wsshtubs and y cow,house, which
meant TO make into a studio later.
Meanwhile had promised my wife moi
to breathe the word camera till the whole
place was 10 order-a promise OF teetots
lsm in photography for many long day
She IVES stopping IN our town house
with the children while | was running
down her every few days to see what the
had Stayed the night, slept in cold room
drunk a cup OF seli'made coffee and eaten
an amateur cooked chop 1t was not my
fault that the picture kept repeating
Take me, take me, take me, till could
have thrown Q brick at her. had the
masops left one handy They had left
almost everyt tn ing else, from half barrel
OF lime to ell the old newspapers issued
since they began work and my situation
was the reverse OF romantic. The painters
had robbed us OF our blinds, and although
the house was situated 10 grove OF OAK
trees, the moonlight through the branches
lighted up the face Of this lovely Dulcines
till a less sane man would have gone mad.
\ Her face WAS OF the Mona Lisa type,
narrow and sad while her smile was moth
ing less than haunting in it's sweetness
On each side OF the low forehead were
curls looped in punches; the nose was
straight aud high, the lips thin, the tint
OF the oval cheek pale rose-a delicate
. contrast to the rich crimson velvet bodice
i. and there was real point lace in the
short sleeves and around the low,cut neck
This was no tailor made girl OF to day but
" lsdye Of ye olden time, who piled her
broidery frame and looked at life through
q lattice window. No wonder she wanted
, to be set free! Had | soul within me tt
hesitate?
7 But how, when and where? got uT
and paced the uncsrpeted floor, but Still
o her soft eyes followed me. The house and
! and plantation sntedsted the war; hac
j. searched the title deed back almost to tht
! days Of the colonization OF the state, and
y tor ell any one knew to the contrary. thii
portrait may have been made in Blood,
Mary's time; or was it Of later years snt
was she sslsveholder? was sure she was
kind mistress, and as loo ked q. ber alb
iured oil sbolition principles and wa
IL ready for Union - but stopl i forgot, as
forgot now in the telling. that ! was
! married mani Aftera while fell ssleel
% 20 dream dreams not altogether photo
, graphic. although visions OF using tw'
1rschms Of pyio and half ounce OF elko
uos en- With no restrainer, OF fixing IN sci
: duls,ed hypo and washing the plate
bless mel where should ! wash tn
plate, when th,re WAS DO running waite
nearer than the river, which ran tbrougl
our corp6eld = mile awsyf
!, At dawn loud humping noise swok
me. aud, although know you will not be
: lieve it, upon my word when looked 10
: the portrsi, 1t was gone bodily from th
I tsrnished gold frame. and 10 it's place va
! the wort dsub OF landscape ever colore'
by the Crest Atlantic tea company. Als'
i, was too late now TO take the charmin
lady, snd even her voice pleading so sadly
Take me, take me, take me- sounded i
nv ears like one hears 10 dreams Of tb
dead. l drank another cup OF seliimsd
cctfee. reslizing a. | drank how Inferior
vss 10 the poorest Irish cock. aud retnrt
ed 10 tell my wife tbout the csrpenter'
the ~ ssons snd the crops. She did ns
have 10 urge me to pass the neit nisht o
y The farm, but sbe sent Johnny With M
) Johnny is useful to carry things, % CAV
- lin my kodak wrapped 10 80 ice bisnk'
between two eub msitresses. Light iniu
70 cameras. ss everyone knows. snd fsmil
a. i..m mste blury pictures. bad promn
ed nv siie. you remember. bat 10 Case IL
ilVveiy lady Of my dreams ma'eri.iizsd.
meant 10 lie resdy: moreover. II - cies'
idea 10 have kooak handy TO he a tel
ing sho, si tvo dolin day 'srpent'
ssleep on the roof TO sbou later when u
Y bill comes 10 Tor 90 many hours OF labor
" | did not expect The vision secot
time snd hardly hoped for II si,h Johpr
stmy aide. nor did IT resppesr tall Iuss
dawn. vhes . moe, ptossic accident hsI
pered. Johnuy fell on, Of bed 'sd ihom
ed hi. bead. aud When ] siespiiy admin