The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-04-26

LOVER, ,oUAERTL
Dick and bad 4asrfelsd aud parted !
cauuri tell yua bev IT OIL begsn, O. ho~
1t eedsd 10 tbs s,r.ous isshiou, bat can
tssureyoaI f,li miserable - saw h'u
t,ri8las away over the 6eids, although !
bad mvs.lf told himtoIo Sill | never
tbcusbi be vculi baye taken ne At my
wort
WIT stall | say TO Aunt Marsi
thought ~ turned my steps homeWsrd'
This uus 10 iced very Serious rthsctlo6,
Tot it bs been the dream Of ABa' Msrss
,1isteuee 10 zee me u6it, to Dick John
toa. The bsud some oily toa Of our ~rsi
thy ueishbor Sir Il arY.
DIek spd bed plsyed together as lIule
childr,n. dsueed together, fl rtsd to2ttb-
er. ard Aos.ly ie III love with Que an
/ eth T,
We we're TO Lsve been married 10 few
months, aud nov bad cent him ssSy
/ aud told Lim never wished 10 see him
sssia
/ VIA vas TO be ue and o. dear!
uhst Should / say TO my Auo' Msrisf
| Tht re MS no olhtr help fer II, iostvtr
bot TO 20 hen sud explain the 'itust'oo
+ The best Of my ability, and according
ly ONE vent.
Aunt Maria Sbs IN the dr.vitg r'om
sLd stole softly 10 and took ny book,
/ o. Ing the would rot 10 Ice me. Bot
she saw me directly, aud inquired;
Whore is DIck2
be has gone lone, replied, trying to
a, ume su unconct rHed msnDer,snd fsil'
ed u most tignaIly 10 the strmpt
Gone home? Why2 Did you not tell
him | expected him to diontr2
Yes
Then Why is be not cominR2
He bad 30 engagement, | mum bled.
For goodness sake, child, speak ont!
Come here where can see you, How're
your face isl Wbst is the mstter2
| rose obediently aud stood before my
suI' VINO fixed Ter releLtIess gaze upon
mc
yo, bsvs heeu cr,inp. she said. Now
inst tell me the truth at ouce. Daisy.
Have Won and Dick a ,arreled2
"a h., ,hon, n,o,,
aa,,, toou
Y,p don't knoul This in a verv ssress
=. .,no
rr.uaioed s,Iapt and f,ubyod to, nv
handkerchief
W. haooo 40 rr,s,od Ann, Maria
.,..aI,
Ian,, k,oy
ttono h,,L, ,r ,or, onosoa,
ner,
hrrs, tor,h ha,e him and
ru, ,ove, sraat N him aoai, Then be
c,r "a waen cooionlv
rtvou s,a oiro n bswI said Amt
Maria with hitter ironv Won hal better
Ia,,o ,ho tho ,oom shall reonire q fnll
n marrow from both YOU
,a At, Iohr,op
eod nm stsirs and did not sppesr again
,ho, o,.,i,o nassed A vre,ched night
and Lod hi,b,tnI scene with Auut Maj
II. the next morning. She alarmed and
but | renamed firm in my
resolve to return Dicks liog an 4 presents
tina, dav
Accordipely, | spent couple of hours
in CRYING over them and packing them
mn
After luncheon Amt Maria announced
her intention Of visiting some pensioners
ot her. in the village about three miles
d,s,ant and ordered me to accompany
herubicb | repared to do with very bad
grace. fear. We walked for sbou, half
-, honr uitbont exchanging word, and
40 ,boronebly III tempered a pair of ped.
es,risns could hardly have been found
anywhere.
Our way led through some fields, and
cn reaching the frs gate,I noticed a man
lesning aesiutt IT. As We came up be
opened it for us and politely raised his
hat He locked like gentleman dressed
10 a well fiuiog suit Of blue serge. saw
that be Vas a stranger and wondered
where be came from, as Strangers were
'sre 10 our secluded part ct the void
A little further on looked back and
ons, rived that he was following a.
thought that rather odd, but having
re, olved not to speak TO Aunt Maria un
II S ne addressed me held my pesce.
At the third gate the same performance
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