The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-08-15


4 hard bat ihsl lou'li be happy all youi
!. life Iosg, In rough specimen, kos
:. but, sfttr sll, | siu't but forty 1--WE. and
a ny heart /, as young As i ever vss. Csu
!. you get slons with plain farmer Ike me,
i I.yddy AauG Speak up bsveIy rosetud, /
:, sbsa't blame you TO. whstever snsser yoa
!, mska
+. ! think you are the best snd noblesl
= man 10 al the world ssid Lyddy A0u
+, sitb choking ripple 10 her voice, But
| csnaot stay
Is on seeoubi OF susyi urged the isr
/ mer Because we've talked il over between
us. she aud me. aud decided that there
couldn't DO better luck bsisll Us than tor
yon to say yes,
l osnuoi sobbed Lyddy Aun--l cannot
Oh, please DO not urge me any morel
Well, il this don't beat all said Mr.. All
lendsle, I'll ask Johns wife. She per
hsps know the ways Of someu better than
do Aud she'll pesd my cause for
me
So Mrs Allendsle. Lyddy AIMS first
frlend, was summoned from the nearest
farmhouse aud admitted 10 the solemn con |
clsve She wss more puzzled than they
had been. She took Lyddy Aun tender
/ ly by both hands when they were alone.
Yon cannot deceive me, dear, said she.
You lore Renbenl
Lyddy Ann only dropped her eyes, and
spoke DO word Of dissent.
Then why will you not marry him
and stay here always? asked Mrs, Allen
dale.
am not worthy, said the girl in low
voice, | must go away.
Mrs. AlIeudale put her arm around Lyd -,
dy AIMS slender waist
Tell ms sll about 1t. says she Cunade
10 me. Just for little let me be your sec
ond self Trust me, Lyddy Ann; will
not be untrue to you
And then with tears and coutrition,
Lyddy Ann confessed Der simpe mys'
tory. i
have deceived you all she said IL
never lived out anywhere before | came Ell
here. Mrs. General Sumpter is woman II
who acts NJ reference for the RIrs who have OF
20 one to refer TO. We pay her five doll bI
lars at the time, and ten per cent. OF our
wages ever after or she will betrsy us to n
.
1ur employers. They say she makes lots II
If money, aud no wonder, added poor 81
Jyddy Ann, with Sigh. And she keeps ln
writing TO me very week, because | hsv on
mt sent her the perc lntsPe on the last VI
NO months. ! could not; needed it for pc
othes for myself, And now she Is threat
ming to come out here and tell you all int
ow shametuIly have deceived You sal
Is that all? said Mrs. Alendsle. str
All, Lyddy Amy answered, lifting her The
lue, truthful eyes to Mrs Allendse's ly,
lth a frank uess that defed sll doubt, the
new no one, you ser. bad DO reference,
nd no lady would employ me wltheut the
ne. And the girl who sat next to me stel
I'D me about Mrs. General Sampler, and l
oh, know it was very wi, ked, and Mr.. He
llendsle will not speak to IN again if bef
, knows ii But what Ms to do2 Coul
slsrve2 tom
Try him, said Mrs John AIlen1sle, by
liing. Tell him what you have told Tbs
8. to
Oh, dare notl sbuddered Lyddy Aun. berl
Then | will, said Mrs Alendsle. II Il
And when next the girl met Ulcle Reu boo.
0 he held out both his hands to her with righ
smile. berr
Don't run away from me. Lyddy Ann, |
d be. know it sll. And | love Won said
tier than ever, my dear. Come. you sym
mt get away from me now until you II
ne the wedding day. the
And what was left for Lyddy Aon but me =
III
drs General Sampler came down the tor,
y next week, boiling over with rage con ;
/ her exorbltaut demands had not BEEN We
sfed. out c
lr, she said to the honest farmer, have Dc
ell You that II
nd |. said Uncle Rsuben, have TO tell An
that you don't get ont of this house out {
ore anohsr five minutes are over, you sske
be put ont Of IT, | am eolug to marry OF an
little glrl. and whoever has word
'sy against her must I1at settle with
Sot
MiS' u'he''' 0ump'er vas compel tricks
o withdraw her forces 10 great discom tra,a
re. Aud Lyddy Ann is doing general escsn
sewotk now IL her own home, with ia =
band who sdores her, aud stepdsugh oaa .
v " '"'""' ''"' '"' "o''' 'oe' "o' con bnt "a
her equal -