The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-08-22

tag DO credit to myself ! ousbt 70 IS
ihst bsye never told tbs story 10 IN
vlis. sod sbs sonld be scarcely likely
spp1eeiste u u did, bat | nesn 10 -
the uatb doua here ibousb | shall %
glvo tue real names.
/ will call myself George Grey. snd u
ale 4il, call Amy nee FsrrerG Vet
vac engaged 10 Mts Fertefs, sui love
Der psssiouatsly. The more pa,sioastel
perhaps because ny portion held odt q
prospect Of ny mskIug her Mrs Georg
Grey Tor yesn.
She vas the seeoaj dsughlcr OF rec,o
10 the shirfs. aud bad met ber when
sss 10 the neighborhood fshing. 40 a
QnAlutsbce took me to the house, aud i
wsss very pleasant oue The rector wss
charming man, bis daughters were worth!
Of him, snd, as to Amy, sbe was the Ioyt
hest and sweetest girl had ever seen il
my lille
said down to Ihroegstes, tsblng, ior
pesry = month though had originally
intended to limit my visit TO a week, and
think that Amy was sorry when st Iss'
| told Der had decided TO go.
shall never forget this holiday Of mine,
| said but uow must bring il to al end
and get back TO the dust aud CRIME Of the
~ 1...,I. Gt.,.,p,, IT,, ,ha,.. l..rs 1 gbaD al
ten thluk OF TbreeRstrs snd the front
stream aud sud my irends
Unconsciously adopted the tone Of a
10 c. at least spoke as II were return
ing TO legal treadmlll, though II receiv
cd couple Of bteis a year | held myself
extremely iortunste.
We we're 10 the rectory garden, aud she
was weariLg d broad bnmmed bat Of straw
and held bunch OF dstiodis 10 her
hands. Was it my fancy, or when she bent
over them did she do it to hide the regret
IN her face2 sm glad you have found it
ENJOYABLE, she murmured. It apretty
place. think.
She had never looked so beautiful, |
was saying "Goodby" to her, sDd was %,
The result might have been foreseenI !
took her hands 10 mine, dsilodils and all.
and told her that loved her; that | had
never loved before, could never love again.
cried to her that had not the night TO
ask any girl to be my wife, but my pas
sion was stronger than my self restraint
She was my world, my all | adored her
Life without her VAS an agony too awful
to contemplate Would she, could she,
reconcile herself TO waiting for a beggsr
who today could offer her nothing bat the
widest devotion that had ever been laid
at a woman's feet?
Words altogether unprecedented broke
from me in torrent Of fervor. My heart
pounded furiously; my excitement seemed
even to communicate itself to the rocks
among the boughs overhead, who cawed
so violently that they appeared to be
drowning my speech When | ceased her
head dropped aud my darling was all
smiles tears at once The dsiiodils
lay scattered on the lawn, and | was en-
gagged.
Well, | postponed my departure for
three days, and those days were delightful
Her iather-jesst merceusry OF men con
,euted cordially. We were both young
enough to be able 10 afford to wait, la said,
and | was adopted as one Of the family |
without demEr. The girls were warm in
no fellow ever had nicer
sisters 10 laws-snd Amy was the divinest |
little fancee that it was possible for a hu
man imagination to conceive. Yes, those
hree days were ecststic, and so were the
weeks that followed when | wrote and re
viewed love letter per diem. and 1t was
poly as the weeks merged iuto months and |
he months into year that began to ask
myself when aud bow | expected to be
Ible to marry.
WAS depressed by degrees. My pros
oects, as have said, were Of the vsguest.
was ttlll doing nothing to speak of at
he bar. and even when ran down to see
Amy, and she did her best to cheer me mp,
he futiIlty Of her encouragement was not
o be blinded by man possessed OF iol
,rsbly clear sight.
We must be patient. George, she would
Jay. Everything will come light at the
md sm sure OF 1t. aud when the briefs
re rulliug 10 we shall look back At all this
ime aud laugh.
! thought 1t very possible that ! should
sush under those conditions, but there
" A. gulf between the present and that
,pulent tnture which her words did moth
ug to bridge.
At length | decided to do what many
another young fellow has done similarly
resolved TO consign my
profession to the duce aud 10 seek pas
t1res Dew and Am, rica. What proposed
Ihould be my plan OF campaign in Amer
ca is at this date not very clear TO me, bnt
remeu Der iha, II seemed TO me then
most desirable aud practical step TO take,
and not even Mtcss ber departing for Aus
r Ala felt mole confident Of something
.urniue up" on the foreign shores than /.
OF course Amy sept aud Vas desolste,
,ut We had been engaged now for nearly
.hrse years, and afmly aqd vith tbs ba,i
,s,,liks laoIdiy on which | prldsd myself
u remind myeli most strongly OF The
Micss her. 10 spec,ion 80 | shoVet her
hat It VAS the olly course ior o.. said .
.bst England | eslisd It 'fhs old couul
nv" sheady was played out 10 the .
Uailed staIts / observed, energy and
you,h hsd = cAsuce Of coming TO the .
Iout 10 clog TO .iukiug ship tie
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