The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-07-11

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l.ts uould bs desert without her love.
Thea 10 the ssy tsiHgh' ! s~ 8
White. sstoui,bed face sud iso h'se'
hisb,esed syos lock =, TIE simo'l 10 b"
TOR,
Nh. A.Iehurstl she psn,e3, you 'te snff
I,mAd. Itnuotl yen loye is ~'hf
stopped aud bit her ltp.
Good heavens 1t ass The old cont
plicaton. real her unspoksn thought
tn.nuh. She believed 1t Vss hhue ]
loved, tbs, 1t vss for hhties sake that
| bad Gsuslel 90 th,tr heels al 'b'
time
vas about to protest tdat 70 vas she
-- Betty, aud she ouly that ! loved, when
she resumed, 10 calm, self possessed
tone
You must forget that yon ever hsNf
spoken 90 to me, Mr. AsIebufs'i that you
have ever thought Of me in thst way
for sm mar, ID slready-my husband is
comius to join US al PoutresIna
! stared at ber ineredoIously ior mo-
ment
But Miss blount2
Iwa Miss Blount ouce am Mrs.
Field nov perhaps yon know my bus
band; he is barrlster, too; be could not
oct away sooner because be bad some IN
portsnt case to work mp, she went on read
ilv. Ii sIl klttie Morrison's ianlt-thS
this dreadful mistake. kIttie was my
greatest chum before married last year,
she was very angry with me for marrying
and she persuaded me Just for the sake OF
old times, when we used to come abroad
together for walking tours. to be Mlas
Bloupt again. It was she who wrote the
name in the hotel book IN Botmlo, and
when you called me Miss Blount kltue
was delighted aud idsIsted on keeping up
the joke,
That was d little rough on me, said, 10
a crestfallen wsy. Tue comiosl side OF
the situation was apparent to me, and toI
tue moment forgot the psngs OF desplsed
love
We did not mean any harm, she muir
INJURED humbly, We used to have snch
splendid times together when We toured
abont Kitiie and |. When ! heard yon
Gail me Miss Bl, mt amost forgot that |
had husband IN London.
Poor Field He would not be latter'
ed
You know my husband2
Slightly We me pretty often IN ball
answered dry y.
Oh, MIR. Aslehurst, What must you thiuk
of ne2 But do love Edward, aud !
shall be so hsppy to see him at Pontresl
ma We are model couple and ever so
oontented. ! / thought that you admir-
ed Kiltle Morrison, She Is such dear
600 cir she his always been very inde
q pndent and high spirited, but Again
she stopped, and read in Mrs. Fields
beautiful face the gist Of little romance
that had, no doubt. been slmmerng IN her
brain ever since the meeting in the ralu
swept pass Of StelVio
Alas, how easily things go wrong !
had fallen 10 love .th the wife instead OF
the maid thanks to Miss Morrison's little
freak. Betty 60 must Gail her by the name
| have called slways in my thoughts
- Betty had allowed the freak to be lni
| dnlged. and was broken hearted mat
for fully thirty siI hours, But conId
not IN mere clylIty leave the two forIorn
women to trudge together TO Pontresns,
especially now that | knew one Of them
was the wife OF brother barrister. by
the time we reached our Alvine Mecca we
were the best OF friends sgalu. Field turn
ed up day or two later and | stayed on'
for We oil found four pleassnter number
than three iul our mountain expedition,
apd really K,ttie Morrison, she has anoth
ar name now, WAS andis a very pretty glrl,
and she is certainly much ! 50 indepen
daut than when ] FIST mBde her acqusul
tsnGe.