The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-10-24

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dear liGe The
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jest. / eogii ssf Joulo stay add spen
the aar. bot dare tot. m too moe
Of stfsgsef htte TO take Suy liberties,
Oh. shouldn't tIpeei u said Elesro
look % srouad at the decorated cellinsi
pale blue siIt dr.perte, snj lovely bits &
landscapes 90 the wslls know erscti
BOZ your sitasttd. MdIy. Bot esnt 20
come shopping ~ttb mei Bob has give
one some each to boy nes soSn viii
.ud there are zone ot the sweetest bin
giusbsms st Iuck Nlpps.
Mise kssson shook her mead,
Impossible said the, You see the Ian
ty hsye sone to Darlington to a tuners
and I'm left 10 charge And you doo'
know, she added, with oomiesl little pa
sing Up Of the lips, how afraid sm 0
Mrs. Yerkes, the housekeeper. or hos M
heart beats when | feel myself compelled
to give al order to the butler,
sIsb were youl cried Eleanor, /
would b such fun
Oae hardly kooss, sighed Miriam
whether cpe is lady or servant
Oh there cant be mach doubt OF that
said Eleanor Look at yourself 10 th,
mirror. dear Wouldn't you say that yor
beheId princess in disguise2
Nonsense But at least let me get you
q glass Of cool water, Nell, you look sc
flushed With your long walk,
She slipped away, while Eleanor beguiI
ed the time Of her absence by lenRthea
ed survey OF berssi 10 the mirror.
Yes, it was no unsatisfactory ylew-s
dlmpled rosy Young Venus, with spark
hing hszel eyes, red lips, and complexion
Of purest plnk and white, Aud then,
good grscious2 one OF the ribbon loops
Of her airy summ6r dress bad come loose.
She looked iranticsIly srouLd for PIN to
repair the damages, bat no pin was to be
seen.
They're in the bureau drawer, she said
to berselt Milly was always too distress
iugIy neat for anything. Oh, here they
arel grssping a paper Of pins. And here,
too oh, the delicious little gulton-
here's box OF chocolate caramels, tied
With pink ribbons I'll teach her to hide
her sweeties away from me! How she
will stare when she fnds them gone.
1t was the act OF q moment to whisk the
boubon box toto her shopping bag and
appear deeply absorbed 10 repairing the
damages to her wardrobe when Miss kas
son came 10, bringing glass OF water
and some fancy biscuits 90 japanese
tray.
By the time she reached the celebrated
emporium Of Messrs, Tuck q Nipp the
"bargsins" in blue ginghsms we're gone,
and nothing remained "tit to be seen" at
any price to which she could venture, TO
aspire, and so she betook herself sorrow
fllly TO the pretty fiat which she called
home,
And none too soon, for a telegr.m m await
ed her there, announcing that her mother
was III, and it was necessary for her TO go
to hor at once.
At the end OF two weeks she brought
her mother home nearly recovered.
Little Sarah, the youngest sister recelv
ed her ioyfully,
It's been so lone ONE without you, Nell,
she said. I've kept house beautifully,
only Blddy has scorched the oatmeal every
morning, and the coffee hasn t tasted quite
right, and Bob has been so busy be
couldn't had time to go walking with me.
Busy sstircslly echoed Eleanor.
Oh. but he really wssl He's got resI
case. Bob has, and it's awful interesting
too The Judge assigned it 20 him because
the defendant i think that's the proper
law phrase with q pretty little wrinkle
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