The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-11-15

BIl Ipsdslss mario 10 Hettet klii
er They've boen married nors THAI =
mouth,
Hov Do 70 kuos d s's married to Hester
Rllsr2
Folks st Hsvershsm allssy 90 40 Sim
moas asked old man Etdersu he ssid yea,
30 tbSi same Day he seen hin Aud Hester
vaIkia down the street together.
lie strange 70 Bill Tipsisle 10 Do =
thing like thst, Miss slu mons.
lisa tAame so a tia, Rachel, lek,n
10 70 so lone.su then not 10 knoH any bett
terra TO mrrry girl Ji't hslrs oIda be
is
don I sc, N sble to believe 1t at all
. Its as true IS thst m standn here tel
. mo 20 sud ore stsudiu here ilstsniu. RAJ
! Gle stopped and picked up the bunch Of
berries thst had fallen ont OF her hand.
/ Don't yofo worryin bout it, Rachel. lo
we're too gsoi fer him, anyhow.
! Rachel stared steadily iuto Mrs SIM
mons face. There isn't anything TO wor,
( ~ boat, Mrs. Simmons. I've always had
/ my mother to tr0d To-, sn SEWN 40 cleauln
70 other pt ople,an I'll i,st keep ou dom ss
/ I've always eoae. aint a baby to go sn
krocs my head against a stone wall,
She lrsmped homewsrd erect and stern,
Once she STOPPED and fung the rose
chips far ont into the middle OF the road,
A little cloud of dust lose up an hid them
from her. Sac felt as if she bal flung
away the last shred Of her youth.
Where are you goin. Rachel, asked her
mother an hour later. What 20 putin yo
bonnet 90 70? Seems to me 50 just come
10 40 then 80 out again.
I'm goih to run down an tell Mr. SlmI
nous to stop 70 me to morrow mornin |
with his express ! nights well go to
Hsyersham to morrow au do my fall shopl
pin as next week. When it's done it's
done
Out Of the log that shrouded the dawn
Of the following day ratified curlously
colcred vehicIe-a glare Of yellow and
splotchy crimson and drew up 10 front
OF the Fuller house. A muhl-d figure
waited at the gate,
That you, Miss Rachel?
Yes, I'm here, Mr. Simmons. He help
ed her up carefully TO seat. Only got
20 aD the letters this noruiD. Chilly, amt
II?
The last house on the street had been
but lately built Its white paint was void
Of age and weather stain its shingles fresh
and yellow. 1t bad no garden; simply
strip OF grass divided by brick walk that
ran up t) the door
Rachel had her hand held out to the
latch " en- step sounded behind her
A young women with her sun bonnet
pushed back OIL her face and kettle in
her hand stopped at the gate, She was
tail and had an abundance Of very fair
heir that curled about her brows like that
OF baby s; her eyes wera blue.
Are 20 Bill Tlpsdae's wife2
Yes, u N. The young woman gsGa1
curiously at the blunt middle aged
one
How long have you been married to
him?
Most two mouths, It'll be two months
TO morrow.
heard so, but jst come 10 from
Green Meadows to day, an thought I'd
ask.
hope you'll be lOppy, she said slow =
Iy.
The gatled house swan out Of sight.
could smell the late roses in the little
E rlens as she stun bled along; but she
" half way down the street before the !,
noes stopped wavering, or the rose bushI
were more than a blur Of crimson. 1t
was a shadowy vehicle driven by shad. /
lwJ Mr.. Simmons that ratified toward her
as she waited on the corner
70 look mortal pole. Miss Rachel
Heard anything while you went round dol :,
H., ra,, sI,oo,,,,g b
No; I'm tired Mr. Simmons. III feel -
all night WHEN we'se movln an the wind =
,Iov,o onsss
Tbev had ,rsv.1.d no,e than half ,bo
,is,orce n Grsao Maa3ovs and ve,e in
,a hear, Of the hin = nrt,v vban NJ, a
simmons ,o,,eao o,or bisooo,ranioo NTH II
ba s.mo ooe.t,o, Ia had sskea bo, in d
II
ae.rlsrv hal revs n a.v Mics R.ob d
10 /
No ,oao.,oIi
Nov, don't 70 cit frightened, Miss Ra -
.bel bnt I'm eorn 10 tell von bont some g
hing that htppeued in Green Meadows al
his motntu. y