The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-04-09

wotIi kaowsns one OF ny mAog suss"
iloas to papa,
QuHsso 80 ilousbt, sgteed rbotne
ls.taR his bead
Iasa uhy sppolosiE eoolg.
Why, iadeedl Bot you ~iIl lei mt
thaak you, since owe TO a ehsnce 50.
sesiioo Of yoas my promotion
gate chsnce suggestion heartily
Nell. ought 10 congratulate mrsrli
A silence, while tt leaned torsarc &
trace aud Imaginary rattefp Nth the to'
Of bis toat. AZ she It'd fiiiouIou. l'
tie baadketcbiet iuto kuot, lhofnt
WISHED that Mw ysvssour would re
turn
The uanspacfo trip will be quite q
pleasant change, be ssii with barrea
enthusiasm. because be felt the strain OF
silence growing too great to be borne.
pseiaef Are you
Yes. My boat is one Of the sydney sud
Vaueouyets, you know,
IL didn't know that.
great wave Of resentment swept over
him. She either intended to deceive him,
he thought or else bad not cared TO what
fever stricken seas be was seut, SO long as
he was out OF the way.
You thought it was the China r1nto2
he sal /, stssdylos bis voice with sn ei
fort.
No. thought it was the home trlp,
the gitI answered quietly.
You dldf was oil that Thorne could say
10 strange voice. Fora moment sell re
proach and shame, 10 that he bad taken
au act oil pure good nature AS done to gain
selfish ends alone, took the place OF his re
sentiment aud filed his heart Starting
to his feet, be stood resilug his elbow on
the msntelpiece, looking down ut the pret
ty brown head and long, dark lashes that
swept the flushed cheek; sud his voice
was deep and trembling when he spoke.
Miss Donaldson, | must ask your for
giveness, he said, for thinking what |
did.
Two beautiful, fearful eyes were raised
iu question 10 bis. but only tor an 10
stsuL
| though i believed, he went on, de
termined to spare himself nothing that
you bad procured t is foreign command
for me merely to free yourself from my
attentions.
Bnt but how could you, when you
had never - never paid me any stten
tions ? the girl ialtered, with crimson
cheeks.
know but you must have seen it
seen that love you more than all the
world always felt | WAS unworthy Of
- of such precious thing as your love
that was not the sort OF man all my life
lss been at sea that oonld make you hap
Dy. Now sm more INV rthy than ever,
can never forgive myself for the inlus
ice | have done you. Do not think too
hardly of me. Good byel
She held out her hand TO him, and,
pressing it passlonstely to bis lips, be hur
.ied ont from the room and out OF the
house. And at the sound Of the shutting |
If the door below, the girl, waking IS
rom a trance, buried her white face 10 her
lands and sobeed sloud.
There was only one letter for Dick |
rhorne when be brought his vessel into
sydney harbor for the first time, two
months aiterwsrd, and that was only
ew lines, but almost every word was un
ierlned twice. Add this was what it
aid;
You Great Stupid: II you choose to
hrow away your own happiness aud some
me elses, in spite of oil can do, | can't
lelp it. Come straight home BY the nex'
nail. and don't make fool OF yourself
gsial Yours, perfectly disRusted.
MARY VAyAsOuB.
And the next mail steamer carried big,
,ropzad man. With straw colored NOUS
ache, who stood in the bows all day and
part of the light only coming aft TO eat
nd sleep, for, 10 told himself, I'm
' hole ship length nearer to her than If
tsyed on the poop.