The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-12-20

As We were about pa tng, ! had bettl
d say, perhaps, thsi meant no ofIense, l
II SAID, uis tst in bis hand. bat with a mat
.. nrf distslt as her owr, sui a tone har
II bard rs iroa.
That makes 30 difference, respoude
i Mamie, codly and ndiiltrently.
u John slreigbtVay put On bis hat Anl
marched out at the gate. Mamie listene,
, 70 IT, dying tread moment, her eye
D. fixed on the fround; then. looking up
seeing him gone, hearing sll still but ID,
accustomed twilight sonnds, she : srted
ltw mp 10 her loom, and casting htrsel
upon the bed, uttered a cry Of tr ei snd
broke INTO - passion Of tears,
A year passed away. The lovely wealth
tr, the clover tops 10 tie lane, the apple
orchard were all the same. The JuLipers
was still Nannle's home, and only she had
changed, how much csr scarcely be told.
TIE lnisntile roundpess of cheeks, the
air Of extreme youth, the vivid bloom were
gone; the girl bad suffered, and wGs putl
! fed
You'll 80 to the picnic, won't ou, Nan
nie2 said her friend Molie Hale. The
Gays will be there, and Ed Dsvne, |
shall go. And lots Of people from the
city are coming out.
No, Mamie was not gong, and Mollie
did not attempt further to persuade her.
She was the only one who complained OF
the change 10 Mamie
1t pleased Others. MolIie declared that
Mamie had grown sober and old maidsb.
She was good hearted girl; she OWNED
that Mamie had suffered and was sorry
for her None the less she resented being
shut out of her confidence
For Mamie had never lisped one word
Of what had caused the enstrangement be
tween her and John GrJndmont. A whole
year had passed, and she had never men-
toned bis name Oh, how bitterly she
repeuted! What a period of suffering it
bad been.
At first she expected to bear from John.
He would write, Of course, to upbra,d
her probably to request the return of
eiits-th pretty bracelet q book, a fan, a
scarf there bad been no ring. She would
not have parted with them for the
world.
Did he dream of the truth, and leave
hem with her out Of meicy2 Probably !
30; aud indeed it was rot so. The truth
vas John thought nothing of these triAes.
After their silly, wicked quarrel which
Mamie could sea row was all her fault. e
he had Wept herself sick; but on prepar
og for the night, had discovered one of
be pink ribbons she had worn with her
ray carriage dres kDotted in her bsir
She had forgotten TO remove it when y
onning the white muslin. The pink and '
Iue rlbbops certsinly were not in harmor %
land probably John bad meant no
I'm. u
%, why did she fly ont in such an uni
lsoaable wsy2 No wonder be had taken S'
Tense aud left her. And for so little u
.use! What klad Of wfs was she gol
g to make II she could not bear mo. "
eutary cross like tbat2
Poor Mamie was ashamed TO the bot ~
N Of her soul. Her cheeks burned hot 81.
her pillow IN the darkness.
Bot John did not write, No; the spice -
ceilings npened to gold. and tell among !,
e brown grasses OF October. w. w.
The long, white wilter came and melt
into spriog's brighness;sud then, when o,
e fr5en sIrdug n the lane and orchard,
blue birds mated and the violets ~
me- Name reel zsd that she had lost
ever the heart that loved her, aud that "'
loved, oh, So dearlyl WI
no one guessed oil the truth, but she VII
s very Ill, aud they were all kind; and M
aud by she sot up, when the roses D''
ssomed, and walked about the garden, ~
ndering at its cheer and bloom. WI
Mas 1t the same world, after ell? Eyl p's
thing seemed so different to Mamie :
Very, very different 'ni'
hat she had repented did not TEEN to ie"
tt.r. She must bear her punishment o''
bear il she Ala NTH -, oa.s,-,-. iug
.ca.
M, hh, What patient girl she was
sting her mother, tesc hing her sisters, -
iing the teethiDg baby who had worn
~ body else ont not bit like the i'm oNo
sus passionate, pretty Mamie OF old. 00'
declare Mamie, you are quite plain a'I =.
.e your sicknessl her mother said, DOT -
aiming what stab che gave her dsush u" -
core heart. TAU
sd tLat gone, too even her little =.
Of beauty, which bad found favor IN ~
D Graudmonts eyer up
nd noT, sitter the long, ,dresry summ,r
pie Who enjoyed lie we're going 10 s"' a.
t picnic 10 Hnebell Hollow. j."
o. she dld DOT care - go. Besijes, r. h
las Just year since the day she had ,he,
met bet sweetheart 80
suntes heart was too lul Of memo n
Of those last hours for her 10 st'emu, 49,.
'ing'e With happy people. vat
ollle, she Shispered to her friend. ss III,
latter Sent sssy 10 trim rev .ui. rouf
J its Scotch plaid ribbons, come ao~p v.es
the orchard when you come bach, b ,ch
perhaps will tell you something. .ess.
es, fesr, | viii. s.id GOOD nttu,s1 81
lie, Kissing Der % both cbteks And usy
I you ifet ,ns
sople btver stayed lste IL Hafebsu II
l7W At 1as too damp, though sueh 10 ei