The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-07-28


bu, strange 10 ssy. Mw. Hicks Brown did
not nad Il esAs 70 pass The time The sir,
three or four ys~ts. 10 hss aSrid state oi
mind. she old sos eosios bat after tibet
time passed very slovly indeed. strspss
- il may seem. life apart RON Mr., Hicks
Brown vss very. very dali and lonely,
Yes she bad been hssiy - too hssiy but
there vss no iurning back nov, she had
burned her bridges. Aod, heside@. hsd ever
Lovedsle re,raced -tvp once sskens mol
and abe beld Der pretty nose little high,
er aud tried 70 look hsaeh,ily dont'c.rri
ish, sll the time feeling very Disersbls in,
deed.
Eurylhine seemed 70 conspiri 10 add
TO h,r load Of sorrow. Hhe vas pointed
out on the street ~ . colonist; men about
the hotel ubsre she boarded tried to
thrust their stteutions upou bes. and, al
though she mel. through the pastor Of the
church she attended snJ 81 the home OF
her attorney. many of the ticest people 10
The city. she was simott sssirely Ignored
| in social way. and il CALLED her immes
surAbly. Sue 9 Loved,ls yes, and
Hicks Brown; for even II he man Who had
bestowed the last name on btr did work
for living. 1t vas . name u be proud Of
TO be ostracissd by these Insignificant
country people, halt the men Of whom st
tended balls IN Prince Albert or cu'awsy
cosisl The ideal As il hecsrsdl Aud yet
she did care . great deal.
And Mr.. Hicks Brown He was work
ing away ~ though fighting time. He
never gave himself 3 moment il be could
help it for thought. Not word bad passed
between him aud memfe OF the Lover
dale family since the day his wife had
Hune herself out OF the house and returned
to her parents. He beard she bad gone
west for divorce. and II made him vince
but be slut bis mouth more tightly and
vent 1t bis work still harder. There were
times when be had to think and they vera
not pleasant times There vas one 10 par.
ticulsr. A few months bebre be had be-
gun to build, unknown 10 bis wife. g hand |
some new house in her fsvorite suburb -
and the time came for him to occupy ii
and she was not there TO enjoy it His
youngest sister, an orphan, who had just
finished school and had come to live with
him, was delighted with everything. She
ran all over the house. fairly gushing with
pleasure, and did not know that her broth,
er, sitting amid the confusion Of furniture
ia the front hsll. was thinking how much
come one else would have been pleased.
And there were two big tears On his cheeks
when he remembered himself and arose to
superintend the wcrk OF arranging furni,
ture,
Everybody who reads the papers remem
bers the Hicks Brown divorce trial how
the defendant paid no attention to the suit;
b how ! the iudge.' in granting decree with
seeking divorce upon such ", RA'RiUtdi iSSss
and assured h,r that be sllowed decree
only because it was plsin to be seen that
il was case Of iucom patibility; and how
two days after receiving her decree, the
plaintiff left suddenly. aud everybody
said, l told you SOL knew she'd so as
soon as she got it.
But every body does not know that the
reason she left so suddenly vas that she
received q Telegram aonnouncing her 10
theirs death, or that when she reached
home she found that be had died bank
rupt.
Hicks Brown knew it and his heart
sched with the longing to go to her aid
and then the Hicks Brown pride came to
the surface and bis hesrt hardened with
cold snap. and be bent bimselfto his work
harder than ever. 5.FE#
One morning as he rode into town Henry
Hicks Brown Was thinking how lonely his
sister must be sometimes out there IN that
slow little suburb. and 30 idea struck him.
By Jove! be thought. it's the very thing.
There sre lots OF nice girls Who would
lump st the chance to be companion to so
Jolly gill ~ L1t.ie. And be stopped OF
The Sci offios and left want sdver'isei
men,, which strt-d thst . young lady De
sired . companion who was able to speak
French and possessed sundry other accom-
pl,sbmen,s; must furnish best references;
would receive liberal salary, &c. Apply
ia person st r sidetce. No. --- Grove
street
Mabel Hicks Brown. discussing ways
and tnesns with her mother at their sllmly
furnished breakfast table next morning,
saw this advertisement lt's the very thing
mamma, aud I'm going t, see about It TO-
dsy. Something must be done. and I'm
the one TO DO it, 60
Bat, Mabel. 1t seesms 30 so-why, the
idea Oh
There, there's no use Of saying word
msmma. We can't be choosers any more
Add 90 il wss settled.
Ala o'clock that afternoon Mabel Hicks
Brown rang st the door OF the house In
Grove street indicated 10 the advertise
msn,, and wss admitted by trim maid,
Who seemed 10 know her errsnd, and usbi
cred Der into pretty drawing room on
the right.
Somehow the room bad familiar look.
Al lestthere wfrs things 10 il that seemed
familiar. That picture 10 thst dark corner
she must have seen II before. She rose
TO look u y, and - she did 20 some one
came hurrisoly int, the room. Turning
sbe stood face TO face With Hen'y Hicks