The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-02-02

Assy be sradsed. much COO ated and
,u'iainea as regarded hs innet msn.
Jotl Joel sbrrksd M. fnsocescs
Desb. eoasisg h, ibs room iew minot- .
later. ~hss have you dcasl Eaten up eli
The comp.oy laschsonf Oh, you greedy
/ diaat do 90 such taiue. shcuiel Joe
from al upper room. ~hsrs he sss ir.os
forming himself IRON sn sma'enr ufoey.
msu pAiuter tos modern tenuls player.
Whist are yon taking aboul'
come Que bss -sirs bic hlli cried Mlss
faneeso. Just look q. the tablet
Then IT'S some tramp soc ked 10
til door th.. lei, open TO dry the p,int
bswled 10.
And while the Dcsn family we're en
ieasoring 10 repsir damages, the task OF
house cleaning ~ent swimming o. at the
Chiplsy doniol only iwo or three doors
away. The girls sod their mCthsr scarcely
isk ing time 10 sii down 10 eat their hasty
paidnp, ~hicb. bl ihA ~sy, st .eorchas
through Mands cytf devotion TO putting
the ebintz cdrtaibs at the pastors study
windows,
But hasten as they wool tie newly
shlte va'bed wall. were scarcely dry and
The f1ultare not yet rfsrrroged. when
dusk esceuded on the scene and Rev.
Milo Miner came 10.
0i, take care Mr. Miner exclaimed
Maud The door, the paint is fresh.
MIR MIlner solemuly advanced into the
area OF the lsmplight, ard twisted himself
around to get at the skrts Of bis coat eyed
them disconsolately
More pain, said he Blue painI
No, said Maipn. Green.
The two colors were ludicrously alike
By laml light. Toe green might be mis-
taken for lively blue : the blue for dull
green
Bluel said II e psst)r, firmly Do you
lhilk haven't the use OF my ey.2
Green, persisted Msrisn. kroR, bs
cause | put it on.
1t is os well. said Rev. Mllntr, for the
young TO be positive.
Bot truth is truth, ga d Ma1d.
And while sm abont 1t. said Mr. Mil
ner, now thoroughly .xasper,ted. deem
it my duty to remonstrate, with you con
ceroing the txlravsgsl snd unwarranted
style OF diet ia which yon indulge during
my absenoel
don't know what yon mean, said Mrs.
Jhlpley. feebly catching her breath.
Hasty pudding and milk can't be called
hsznded Maud.
Scorcbed at that, murmured Marian.
Roast grouse and current jelly, said the
he pastor. Chicken sslad aud sponge
,ake Aud-here again trust to the evil
lence of my eyesight ali set out on y, ~
I'D butterfly Ja.t ra china. ! know be-
ause ate 1t myself.
You-you got iuto the wrong house,
yasped Maud.
/, ~as the hon Q with the b.ue door,
erenely uttered Mr.. Miner, as II this vas
n incontiovertible argument.
Marian clapped her hands bysteri
ally.
Mamma, she cried Maud, Mr.. Miner,
rao ate up Mes Deans compsny's lunch
on. That was inst what Francesca Dean
old me they had prepared Aud on our
utterly china, tool
1t was the house with the blue dtori
repeated Mr. Milner.
But Joe Dean PAINTED their door blue
0 lay exclsined Marian. And I painted
urs green.
The pastor sank Imply into q chair.
hen. be said. I've got green and blue
amt both on the skirts OF my coat aud |
have made dreadful blunder in the
srgainl And | must go at once and I
pooeizs to tue Dean mily; but not unI
II you, my friends, have forgiven me for
~ meddIiog Interference.
Bat really. Sal mischevons Maud
ssty padding lsu't az eItrsvsgance. Z
Mrs ChipIey and Marian FASTENED t. ,
,p reeate the pattJrs humility, and he .
ent sadly g. make bis peace with Miss
francesca Dean e
II is kind o queer, said Deacon Philpott
lang The mat = over some days sfier'
ard The domino, be plumb admits
lst he's sort OF tb,tnt minded. and needs
wife to Keep hin Il aigbt. And Ill bet
ven 90 pr.tty Miss Maud and Francesca
lean.
TIL, deacon. however, was wrong for
ce 10 bis life. Pastor Miner did get !,
larried, but IT was neither to blue eyed
frances nor dark bsii ed Maud. Llkeh
snsible man be proposed I Widow Chip
y herself. and was accepted at once.
But If Mrs. Mlloer does net oil ct, be
aid with due courtesy. ! Should like TO
ave the iro door p,i tied blue once :.
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