The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-01-25


J dil : htle farming. etaash 10 keep The
d tsmily 10 vegetables She knew that
every yesY brougbt uev rcsponau ties
aud ths.tbere were aires3yFsTeu children
lal to her kuovlsdge she had neve' s'eu
ope Of then
! don't ~ant 70 zee you or yoat vile, or
your children, il you bare any, she had
said in ber wrath when sbe left her brothI
ers house. II somed to her that her
heart was broken, ihs, Disgrace had set
is seal upou btr forehead, Sbe would
cot visit the neighbors. would not 60 to
church, aud Ior time refused 10 meet the
man to whom che had been engaged for
tao years.
I All this bad hsppened ten years before,
shs vas nov thirty one Her business
transactions had been prosperous, The
fam she had bought for song had IN
creased 10 value, snd she vas compsrn
lively rich woman
During all this time she had never met
her brother, aho lived more than five
miles away. Her lover, Llshe Webster,
as the whole community called him.
wesried Of her subborn determination to
live single lie
She had never forgotten the evening
when be announced bis determination to
leave town . d 80 lbto . new bust
ness. OF which be ha1 been some time
thinking.
bsve worked hard II not as long as
Jacob for wife, be had said. as be stood
by the wooden msntel, aud be was so
tall tnat be could rest bis elbow upon It,
bnt now | am utterly discouraged. II
you would give me any hope, if you would
say not nov, but in 60 many years, then !
could take heart aud try to make name
for myself. You say your marri ge with
me would disgrace me, Well, Hulds.
that is a sort OF disgrace would wear up
on my sleeve with perfect impudity. II
seems to me you are cold as well as hard
Of heart, my dear,
II be had but stopped there, the result
might have been in his favor, but he was
incautious, aud, like many men, lacking
IN tact.
really don't see anything to gtieve
over 10 your brothers marriage, be went
on Ibey appear to get along together,
be and bic wife. She's q very pretty
woman, 20 one can deny that, and he
seems proud OF bis choice, so Why not rel
lent? II don't care, why should youY
Then the lightning Of her wrath struck
terror to his soul Instead of the slep der,
sweet faced gIrl, sttlred IN his own isvori
lte color, blue ginghsm, her eyes match
ing its azure, her lips provoking dimpIes
whenever they moved, stood Fury. her
hands cleuched. her glances fire, her lips
white with wrath.
He to talk this way to her OF her enemy,
who mad worked the ruin of her lifcl lie
to excuse her brothers miserable sin that
was the way she put 1t to find any word
of praise for that shsmt less girl. whose
own family disowned her, He OF all
others whom she had loved and honored
to suit her by allusion to one who bad
changed the who'll clrrent of her nature,
and doomed her to a cherries iuturel
SO they parted more 10 anger than 10
sorrow, She never forgot his last words,
SPOKEN as he stood, hat in hand. on the
threshold OF the door When you can
forgive, he said 10 bis quiet, even tones
and be lad never IL her despairing eyes
looked so bsndsome-I will claim my
own. Now, knit know you, Hulds. An
evil spirit holds possession OF the woman
that have loved so dearly. You have
been the light OF my life for two years. !
she'll always love you, but it will be love
mingled with fear.
Then when she was alo aud felt that
she had lost bIm, her agony was int oeral
BILE. Bitter days and troubled nights
were hers for loag and weary months; but
forgive Dan for marrying that miserable
eature? Ntyer
Did all these tthings ass through her
mind as she stool looking at the pills OF
rceks2 Perhaps for the picture Of that
last interview WAS alvey with Ler. She
bsd never seen Llthe since, and ouly q
few days ago she beIrd that be was en-.
gagged to be mari d ;her own Ll,h,, as she
almost fercely called him.
Hul Ia went ou with tie preplritions
for her DINER, which it is needless TO say
she bad not much appetite for. Ia vsln
she strove to busy herself with her usual
eng gagemeuts. Nothing suited her or Lent
itself to her requirement.. Her thoughts
obetit at ly followed the bent OF her i'm.
agiuatIon. and that was down at Dickson
Corr ere, How dreadful the day was pass
ed Was that woman dead she wondered.
How was it possible for ner TO live with
broken back? And yet she bad heard OF
such msrvels. Well, Dan should not want
for money. She would send it to him
whether be asked her for ii or not,
How terribly heavy the time hung on
her hands, How tssteless were her meals
Wi h many sigh she prepared iof her
! rest
Morning broughtno consolation. Head
snd heart sched alike. While doing up
her hair still brown aud abundant 10 its
sllken colts she Was start ed at the deep.
ened lines 10 her face. For the hrs. time
/ 10 Der life came the dread that comes 10
every woman once, il not oftener. OF srosi
ipg old. OF cou Sc slI the hope tn At had
made her life besutiful bad vanished, but
stiH she wss vomsu, aud al her best
very vomsnly womau.
shs bsd not yet goae dosn stars wien
] - l..r4 "a ma a-a l. Bgektng AuIn and