The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-04-28

tbe Wall i tAs tbe oiu Psihtp6 ou WV
door.
The eIplspsiion 10 simple ope. OF
course. % suppose II TO be The shifsless
habit Of the southern housekeeper 10 fi
one picture behind another ~ they sccn
m late on her hands. Believe ne. ! losi
no time 10 cosxins my boy to gel up aud
20 and zee the sun rise. the hens lay. the
cows MIXED tr whst,yer else IL 1orih tie
price Of sdmis.ioo ., 8 O'Clock 10 the
morning 10 the real country; aud when be
vas on, OF the wsy ] set the fair one ten
derly on sn old box aud made re dy to
obey her bebe,t She no longer spoke
save With ber eyes. bu. their hsht v. DEE
zling enough to fog . plste, l had no
fash, 30 set the shutter Tor time.expo
sure and turned the hlm roll. ! meant
il to hs q success: bat nsn YES looking
10 Ut the window. . carpenter vas pound
ius over my head. sud. worst ofsll the
sbrill sccents OF Johnny penetrated the
keybole
Psps, papa. where have you put my
overcost stp II Ia right smsrt cold and |
reck on ma would want me to wear II, cal'
led he 10 the dialect Of the region.
Sonny, / snwefed sterply. l sm very
sick, and shall die II you speak to me
again before l call you Go away. Johnny,
and stayed away, or l will whip you when
| get we'll, which l think will be in about
half an hour.
Johuny went away and stayed away and
sat to watch the mysterious invisible pro
cess which goes on in exposure. She too,
or | supposed she did. and turned the
| film roller one notch farther and opened
the door TO the outside world. She was
mine aud that must suffice till prossic al
fairs aud my wife lave me time TO develop
her. WAS in no hurry, as l wanted her
| 10 be niue only, and not looked at by any
careless guest who might happen to turn
over my priLts. replaced the landscape
in the frame and made sure the secret was
hers and mine onl, had taken her, but
the mystery Of it was that in the taking
she bad got possession = OF me, married
nan. who promised his xiie
The lady OF my dreams remained unde'
veoped so long that | dreaded to reveal
her existence iu hard, blsckened silver
lines, and it is probable shs would have
ended her days and mine on the film bad
not my wfe's nephew. Calhoun Dinwiddie
paid US flying visit before he sailed for
summer in England. He was q charming
young sou,beruer, hotblooded and impul
sive, and, Of course, poor We talked pho
toprsphy, or rather | did, and to reward
him for proving = patient listener care
lessly offered to lend him my kodak. an
offer which was so eagerly accepted that
could not as host withdraw it. ! threw
| in a spoke. however. - q safeguard for my
hidden insmorsta.
Let me develop the films please, Cal.
said st parting: 1t will save you pretty
penny IS they charge like fun in Roches
| ter.
He promised and l thought nothing
more Of the matter. supposipg Cal would
use the little camera only to pose with on
the steamer; but it seems that was mis-
taken, for letter to my wife received,
month later, stated among other bits OF in.
formation cleaned from the guide books
and other sources that he was visiting in
Devonshire manor house, and the hest
was sn enthusiastic amateur photographer
like uncle Rick.
Farther down on the margin 1t appeared
that Calhoun had developed all bis hlmt
and found bad lot and be reckoned the
machine was out Of order; but he found
the thing great sport, and Miss Beatrice
the eldest OF eight girls, knew how tt
work the thing, and he and she had nc
end Of jolly times taking things and talk
ing about things and wa II not too wierd
for words that some OF her ancestors hso
been among Mary lands earliest settlers
and who knows bu, some grandmother n
great aunt had lived on our plantation, and
obi did he not wish she which pronoun
seemed to refer to Beatrice, not her grea'
grandmother or great sunt-couid nave
seen the lovely south befere 1t WAS 81
sowed with Runpowder. picking on I'M
Yspksl She was sucb sweet thing ant
didn't rattle = fellow like home girls, and
he reckoned we would like her a. he did
when we saw her, aud. uoless be WAS mor'
down on bis luck, than be knew, he woult
give us 9 chspce
| Girls always make fools OF Cal, was N!
rife's mmept ss she folded the sheet.
II be brings home IN Eoglish bride =
began With manly directness, but my viii
sniffsd.
The eldest of eight. said she. reckol
be will not fall so deeply in love o. to for
get that; but she reckoned without he
host. and we had the felicity six month
later Of entertaining the newly wed d. e'
ones on our plantation.
/. was cold weather, and our welcom
was warmed up for them by many opel
wood fires which looked hotter then the
were, bu, q glow more blood stirring cam
over me when recognized t the hrs
glance ID the English bride the undevelc
ped lady 10 the tarnish frame With 10
ini,e tao, l led the conversation At tuppe
to the prolific subject OF ancestors, and q
though il 10 uphill work to make an En
, slish girl talk before she Is 80. iesrne
that her family. ors branch of It. hs
. come over here bupdred yesrs ago; 90
, bad no, found It all their fancy painted
They bad returned home. leaving mostl
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