The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-11

Il AVA AlAN AAt ives Afafhf ~ esi't
tsintly dlscetDible ait Of authority coI,
a lns The words With yet s,ronger dissprI
val
n Hi, wlie's face flashed little As she to
cd sih Der coffee spoon, She vas Que ,
the iew women who can look charming =
, sa u ltisawiully 1t bard to to rtins
your vile sbything when she is dlstrsc
iusly pretty sud you hsve ben marie
| only three short months
All the srrls have them. she protected
I'm surprised, Ross, really am, that yor
should object, Everybody rides, and It i
so awlEly fascinating.
1t doesn't make any difference what otl
er girls do responded her husband. en-
phaticsly, they may ny TO the moon i
somebody patents Sirshps, for all care
Bat hate to see you on bicycle mol
that To re Is sny sctusl harm in them, bnI
q man doesn't care to have bis wife prs c
Ing around the country. stared at by all
the fellows, You may have snythinS else
in reason that You want, Dot, bot draw
the lue at bloomers and wheel
Dotss eyebrows puckered ominously,
She rose wi b injured dignity and looked
down at her husband As impsssively Us a
woman may from a hight OF hye feet
one.
Do ! understand you to say that you for
bid me to wride bcycle'she asked slow
Iy. Her cheeks we're glowing now and
small, sippered foot beat tattoo upon the
carpet.
Her husband looked up in surprise. II
is always surprising to a newly made beue
diet TO discover that his sdoring spouse
has any wishes apart from bis own.
Well, said he, with mild desperation OF
a peaceable mau who fnds himself corner
ed, lfyou insist on putting it 10 such sn
unpleasant way, yes.
Then replied his wife, moving tragical
y toward the door, even the tortoise shell
sqnivef with indignation, all that have
to say IS that you are perfectly
Gantl
Everything went wrong at the office
that day. 1t is not easy to wrestle with
business when one energies from the
gloom of domestic thundercloui, and
Ross was relieved when the afternoon wore
on,
After all, he solIequzid, as he rode
lomeward on California street car, per
lsps | was rather hard on the bicycle pro
position But 1t wouldn't do to give in to
Ter now l must b. firm.
1t takes married man some time to &C
lnsint himself With the apparent inconsIs
eDcy OF the. feminine min g..
Dora had al 0 we'd him to go down town
gitbout as much as q farewell glance. Ap
,ro4ching his cosy home With some ward
pprebension he was naturally astound
d when she met him at the door, radiant
y smiling.
Ime irien Is dropped in later, and the Z
veDiug passed delightfully."-. Dora devot
d herself to her husbands comfort with |
7 eager solicitude that he attributed to :
IN cere repentance a
As she poured coffee for him the next @
forming be obs rved with horror an IND 3
lense al unsighty bruile upon her arm b
a btuise that included all the colors OF f
well developed rainbow.
For heavens sake; Dol, how did you do y
? be inquired anxiously. His wi blush a
! fnrousIy. q
Oh, | fell that 49, | oh, it's nothing. Il
oss, dear, nothing wbatever-do let me
slp you TO cream, By the by, forgot
tell You thai n
Heie she branched of to dissertation y,
] music =,
A week later Mr. Rlss Crab ,m made a
Is way bomewsrd on new satisfy.
| really need the exercise, he explained d
ther awkwardly 10 bis wife, Who WIS II
stching as usual for bis familiar fg W
-e N,
OF course you do. dear, she respond
Ieerfully, whereas be bresthed sigh Of d,
lief Some women would have kicked m
, a dickens OF q row, he ruminated. Dors
an angel.
Ross found cycling such su agreeable n
'stime that be caught himself thinking CA
Dora one morning and half wishing AT
9 was beside him He was not 20 sure CO
ter ell about the imrroprlete Of 1t. A
ri cou Look oonioundly fetching ou a ~
heel. ca
OF late be had obs rved one 10 psrticu d.
:, natty Little figure 10 bus suit. tb
nLty cap atop OF her head, who appear eli
every morning 10 the distance but be ur
d never yet overtaken her as she avoid m
the main paths skimmIIg gracefully ",
)ng aud always aIoLe.
One morning he obeyed sudden i'm
Ise to pass the fair unknown She eyl
nlly OWNED bis Intention, Tor she don
I'd her speed. So 1t was to be race be
cen them what ssu y little thing she
0 be- VI
Mentally resolved TO boy dagger pin ~
at very day for Dora ss pesce tfsfiug
bIs conscience poor little Dora, slum III
ring inpocently st bone while be base VI
pursued strange phsutoms be gsined
.adly upon the rlder ahead. 10 spite OF
Z ,nou- to eInis him
Something 10 be sbioy ooIl- Of Der tan
uck him as oddly ismiliar. ltSsstof 81,
se shell comb aud ~as very like TIE obe
bic wie's, bu', Of course it ~ss not. D.
There was lutie hiIi nbesd. sud tbs H.,
.sculiue q. usele shoxed its supefI.f