The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-02-27
CHRISTYs VALENTINE.

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Ivo vludauE sIscliy iscios esch 9th
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Hss+saglr pftvste fe.lferc- 81. ofb'r :
-. aGas vtlioa besiie witch ,boBe bran
! us~ sisp, en- bltg1ue3 With the golden
sebj, Doctor Charles Il LsWtou
Toe osuef Of tins usme sst Al the W
dow. soresuei from public view by bu
lacu shs5e. which. ouly partially drsS
aa~u, s,a~e3 blm view Of the opposii
, bas ~ieeoW sui tts occupant.
The hiter as young lady, seated hs
concealed behind the crimson euFtsln
sui engaged 10 reading.
The sootat s"s = Oanly. sIslwsrt youn
Fellow, With bealt completion, 'sVn
moustscbe, ADD frank, honest blu
eyes.
Like many Of bis tyre. be VAS htu
shy especially With lAdies-sut also
litlle awkward 90 occasions. He sonl,
get ever both IN time; but st present b.
wss only four and twenty, slih a very e,
aited idea OF the charms Of the far seI
aud gety poor estimste Of bis own; so n6
vood,r lbst be wss bsshiul
TIE doctor sbyly slauclng from ,he
bIs volume before him 10 the opposite
house. became aw.re that the Young led '
had changed her position
She vas standing bets the curtains
Of the bow window, like n full length por
trait. 10 lace and blue sllk. With her
I hands clssped lstleesly before her. aud
/ her eyes fixed upon the olice window.
/ Bless me exclaimed Doctor Lswtou,
drawing back. y hle crimson blush suf
fused bis face. hope she did not see me
peeplngt
II was more than probable that the
Young lady had seen him, for she slow
~ turneI away us be drew back out Of
sight
Aud the doctor sat aud thought, Won
derlug why she had looked at bis window,
aud what ehe had been tblukiug Of with
that dreamy look 10 her eyes
He had known her now nearly six
months ever since be had come to this
town, newly hedged practitioner and
old Miss Halliday had discovered between
bis family and her own q relationship
whose oneln was lost III The mI't OF Hn'l
guilty but on the strength OF which she
cIaimed him as "eouslI, and transfer
red to him the Office Of family physicrsn,
No sinecure was it, for she was one Of
those whimsical peTsous who are always
,maglulug thems, Ives sick and sending
FOR the doctor,
Iu bl, frequent visits to her, be had
seen enough OF her fair niece TO render fall
ing 10 love simple matter OF course, con |
slderns the young l>dy's charms and bis
own susceptibility.
But as to anything fur her, 1t was not to
be thought OF for was not Mabel Stanton
a belle and 40 beIresf, with all the most
eligible men in the town at her feotY And
Tor himself what bad be TO offer her,
save his greet heart and bic magnificent
self?
As the young doctor sat, with come
such thoughts as those posing through
bis mind, respectful tap at bis door dis
urbed him,
1t was only Christopher or Chrlsty,as
De was called the colored man who had
,harge Of bis small establishment.
Ef yer please Marse Doctor, said this
Individual. advancing with dignihed bnt
iomewhat EN- barrassed air, | has great
svor to AZ yer, ef tain't too much trou
Die.
The doctor was good nstured, and he
.nswered at once
Certainly, Christy. Let us know what I
ion want.
Wal, sar yer knows as to morrow's Vol /
,ut,pe's Day2
So 1t Is, said the doctor gIanciug at
be printed calendar above the mantle
,iece. +
Aud what wants to Ak yer, ssr, re
umed Christy, ba-hfuly, is to please /
ID be pood enough to write me q VoIun I
inc
A Valentine. Chrlsty? :
Cbri-,v decorously placed his haud
yer b,s month 10 conceal erin, as be re q
.ned.
Pears 10 me, sir, it's de easiest way to Q
~ what var wants Ia a lady when yer 4
mt ssrtln sure she's gwiue to have c
on
dare ssy. We'll, what kind Of Valen
Ipp DO YOU want?
The dtcIple Of ST. Valentine advanced Il