The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-06-06

ban uLai the stone uu worlh. sud bI
ssjag vhst be wauted 80 much moue
iaf. aud toe stones dissppeariag = top G
tbsL is there doubt 10 the matteff
Mrs. Aguew fel cbsr more ipfp u
sIoash OF despoul
Ian tot afraid, she ssli peuuvyly, bu
/ sbsll 80 aud search smong my hins
far sll th.L 1t may bsve dropped oat
Au8 tbe sty my fall, aud We may Al
catch laiks, added Aunt Clorn deflus'
ly, bnt bavrat much isilh Ia it ny
sgIt
Tpeyer touched It. msam cried Roger
tuning htst pale aud then hot ylvic
scarlet Oa, Mrs, Aguew, do yen snspeo
ne Of beng theft
/ Soft hearted Mrs Aguew began to cry
~bile her husband stood looking gtsrell
oa, scarcely knowing what to thluk
But Aunt Cloria came bravely to the res
cue.
wonder st Yen having the face tt
staod boldly ibere To ,ura like set
peui on them thAt took you IN when there
wasa't { 90 other hoEe for youl Give ~
the dlsmond at once and weiI let you 60
without tue oonstable
have not goi the diamond shl Ro
ger
Just bear him lie? eroanei Auot Clio
rim. Henry, to her nephew, you'd better
40 after the constable light OIL A dla'
IN uud worth nifty dollars sint to disap.
pear 10 hi, sort o way, and 20 questions
asked.
If you please, said the traveller, rather
wearly, | should like my breakfast first.
Dear me- cried Mrs. Agnew peniteutl ,
to think that we should have neglected
that
Aud she iisw ioto the kitchen to SUPP
erinteud the preparations for the nearly
forgotten meal.
but that young jail bird'Il run away,
sad Aunt Clorin pprehenslvey.
shall not run away, SAID Roger. gloom
lily. | am 10 JsiIbird, and have nothing
0 fear no, nor to hope for now, he add
3D. with sort Of gasp IN bis throat, since
she believes am thief
10 the meantime, ssIt Mr. Agnow, who
vas apt to take very common sense
view Of things, yon'd better sit down and
have some breakfast
Bat Roger shook his head,
couldn't, SIR thank ZEE; it would choke
ue
Iue conoe steamed, clear aud fragrant.
ou the table, the dainty sllce Of boiled
tam aud gold shaped omelet sent up also
their Oppetzing incense; aud Mrs Agnew
set ou, with a heavy heart, the fake crush
ed cherry pie she had that very morning
coucotod with snch happy anlicipatlons.
Cherry pie, Ell? sal Mr.. Agnew. The
first I've seen this season. Just pass 1t
t'IA " ~ P'ti't'
IIa plunged his knife into its depths
with b tsausiAoton 10 tue p. umise Of a
sato y rilDle 10 mansind in general while
Aua C.ouuda, who kept a medicine chest
and u j vel Implicitly in the unwhole
som Of everything that WAS spec
tally good 10 eat shook her head, and
though f laudanum and chalk mix
ture
Halo! clled Mr. A2new, sharply eytins
The triangular molsel Of sweetness that he
bad conveyed to his own plate; have you
baked drop OF dew, En-? or what ls it |
hat sparkles 60?
Mrs, Agnew gave look, little scream,
md dart.
L ! cried her husband, Where's my
'herry pie2
lis my diamond shrieked Mrs, Agnew.
t must have fallen ia when | made it
his morning. And | knew knew he
leger did it.
A hopeless confusloa OF its, but Mrs.
Agnew bad MT time to be grammatical
Upon my word, said Mr. Agnew. staring
t Aunt CloriD, aud both OF them just be
inning to comprehend matters little,
had like 10 have been an expensive
berry pie
Roger stayed. And little Ruth was
rought from The cherries nook IN the
oorhouse. Aud even Aunt Clorin is fore
d to acknowledge that "the house ant
,irly the same lonesome place it was aiore
bose children came"
Add MI Agnew never will eat piece
cherry PIE without frat examining his
'ife's ring, although the stones have been
tro0gly reset,
Because, he says, chuckling, 'diamonds
rent good Tor the digestion.