The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-06-23

broush, up ny grammar 10 the ~sy y
should no. WIS. hsve you dcns 9th Oil
yonr beohish iasiest
Very little. sns~trei Liadssy, srave'y'
conscious oi sudden regret Very little
indeed. | may A. veil eoniess q once that
1 am not the suthor OF the Toe Bread
Winner. nor OF Beautiful Snov. hsve
never ,rodden the paths Of glory that lead
10 writing advertisements Tor those who
ride in h,r.e cars b resl. Mae has been
the daily grind Of Toll. end. Pessy. may
for the s.ke OF the suld lang syne whisper
10 Won . conviction which hss besn eros
inc upon me With dreadful iorce OF later
II Shakespeare bad gone into the leather
business we shenld never bave heard
~ord about Hsmlet, Prince 81 Denmark
or the Moor Of Venice. There Is someth
ing crsmpios abou, II,
Io other words, your mind Is biae
bound Blu, nov ! want TO bear i'1'ie
autobiography. 0a the Majestic last
spring there WAS very plain girl, who
had no, single attraction : ~ not onel
Yet every one iu the ship was devotei 70
her. one day We got bold oi one OF the
victims, and ssked him what was the hrss
thing she said to him, After little re
aee,iou he answered: Tell me all about
yours.ltl and the secret Was out Men
always like TO talk about themselves, 80
please begin. Chap. 10 After the Lady
Marssrt dropped ou. OF his life
Thomas, Earl Of Lindsay, left college.
mad dened by too much learning. and in"
yi,ed 10 do so by the faculty. He went IN
to business. backed mp unwillingly by
low.spirited parent. got on we'll, made
money. stucf to the office like TroIan,
made more money, and at So is as you be-
hold bim-s prosperous, highly respect
able member Of society, whose noble brow
ia unseamed by care,
Ps,erfsmilias. too, as have beard. ad
ded Peggy, eayly, a.
Yes, | feei like . patriarch on Sundays.
as we 90 TO church. Mrs. Lindsay and
ahead, and the tribe prapcing along be
| hind. There are fonr OF them now, three
boys and a ehl-tb youngest net up to
prancing yet say, Peggy, | wish you
knew nv wife You would be sure to gel
on together.
| As she ia 10 Worcester and 10 Boston
| am afraid we couldn't be really intimate
| never met her She was q Miss sharp
wssn I she? Is she beauty
Not professionally. no. She does ut
tie anstsurisbly in that line.
| Clever?
Far from it, thank the Lord. don't
believe she knows whether the Pilgrim
Fathers landed 10 Chelsea or SouthBoston
No. she is Just dear. loving little soul
devoted to me and the children. mt
her one summer at Kenpebunkport wher'
she was staying with cross old aunt, whit
nearly ruined her disposition. was sor
~ for her, and well-I think pity bal
made almost ss many matches as propin
ouity. We have been married 10 year
and we have been very happy.
Peggy looked up at the good nsinre'
face with the brown beard. The merr.
dark eyes we're unchanged. but o'her~is
the charms that the boyish Adonis had g.
ercised over her seemed TO have hed
There was hardly trace OF the spirlte'
refinement which had been bis chief at
traction in the days gone by. Only the oil
cbiyalrous manner could bring her to be
lieye in her own identity and his. and tba
she was sitting here upconce rnedly bes'd
Tom Lindsay listening to bis talk OF vii
and children with her pulse normal an
her heart beating placidly on it's way
long Sigh escaped her nneonsciousiy' &
Tempors mutantur ct nos mutsmur ]
Ills. Eh. Peggy You see ! haven't ior
gotten oil my Latin. though it is Irec'ou
seldom ] use it nowadays, except vic
vera and terra 6rms. and that scrt
thing
Ip his turn be bent steady gsze upo
his former insmorats. who bore the inspe
. ,ion upAincbiugly. In the waning siteI
0 noou light she looked remarkably youn
: and pretty. The dark blue dress bore u
stamp OF famous tailor, aud the lsun'
= hat on the trim blonde braids sat with
air OF conscious importance. Her face VI
. alert with Intelligence and her vol
pitched 10 the most cultivated Boston he
Sometimes, be vent on, musinsly, son
times find myself rrgretting that ha
:, :, let sil those good things go. But we ca
not keep up the idesl oil youth; we are
the press OF the world. II we bsve nev
: sunk below msdiocri,y, it is something
- be proud Of. The sight Of you has broug
them all back to me so wildly. the all
' and ambitions and hopes and sspirstio
" Of those happy times. Pc ey' when
! ere young. 1 wonder ifyou. too, bs
. found the rose color fading ont OF
y horizon Is times goes oD? You have te
me nothing about yourself. hesr Of y
~ now and then as q brilliant figure IN
brilliant world.
: Yes, pspss patent pills have taken
" TO the top OF the wave. Whatever mon
'e can do for us 10 done. II has made mi
belle, brought me hosts OF friends-heas
y save the MARYLAND tnrned me 'utt
o. ,borous il, going eypic. Tom. # this uas
., ipe has only revived old aspirations 10
think OF i,s feet upon mel am carr
:. back 10 a period when ] was sn emoo
ment Of cbtri,y. hoping sll things. bel
we'd all ,hines. thinking no evil, and
a. old snd xrn kied snd withered -
- Of those mumGies dug mp on the banks
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