The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-18
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.ontf Yau uust tsre t.soo lrsFr oJ
,opr ssp.e., std IslssJs told you l 10
tended 70 wed men vits bloc 'yes aod
solJsn BAR. sud youts srv d.Tk Be'ite'
,oa are ,senty stveo and . medic'l stu
dsst tso things never could ioifts'e
IN m.u motor ~ltb my hesr' and
b.Bd Add lovely Ilile Lo,ua Rrisl
laughed very -ieksd little laugh as she
nasbed the ead Of ber red silk psrasol
Iato tie soil soil under 80 old spple
tree, At the ssme time slsucing saue.iE
up ST Der companion q scholarly young
man.
Why do you ssk mei sbe resumed
Beos zee | wanted TO be made iuo OF, TO
be ridiculed by tbe little girl love. re
piled Vane Winion. smiling sadly at the
pert young lady perched 90 the back OF a
rustic garden seat. ber brown irizzss fall
log rosuisbly into her dancing brosn
eyes
Nov, lhit doesn't sound bi, like our
oxu grave vane, who slndiss medicine
and ouluvStes M ice cresm complex
ion
An ice cream complrIlonf sssed Vsne
WintoD. little mystiaed.
Yes; that's L7tue Rexisl's term for stu
deuts complexion You book worms study
away until your faces take on the hue oil
Of thst sweet compound, answered the rog
ni.h girl.
II you would only be grave fCr
q while / nj ht talk to your. said
Vsne,
Yes:you know I'm such srogue that !
should put you TO the blush a Thousand
times day, chimed 10 Lottie.
sm willing 10 run the risk
Abb but shall not sgree to any such
sacrifice. Marry some steady. seusible
sirl. Alice Ma, will be here in one hour
Be polite, and csptivste her. Miss May
is so highly cul ured and grave that she
will surely not be less than sublime 10
your eyes I'll tell you
But ysue did not stay TO bear more. He
walked of, leaving gay Lottie ReTdsl
laughing merrlly,
Lottie was the ward oil Vane Winton's
kind father She had b en- orphaned at
vary early age maiden aunt bad then
adopted her. When Lottie was but ten,
and her education not half completet,
her Kind relative died. But before that
she ID sent for Mr., Winton, her girl
hoods lover, and made bin promise to re
ceiys the little orphan girl. The kind man
consented and so Lottie became sn inmate
of vsne Winton's home
vsne was the only child OF wealthy
parents, and st the time when LoItle came
to his i,ther's house be was sssy on the
Continent.
When be returned three years afterwards
be found hrs "Ssrd sister, as be had call
ed her 10 his letters, away at some school
for girls. SO it happened that Vsne and
Lottie had never met until Elk months bo
fore. V.ne WAS a foe scholar, but be had
never 8 udied any profession. Now, st
the age OF twenty seven, resliziug perhaps
that ''it is never too late TO mend. be
was fitting him self for the medica profes
sion,
Vsne WAS trying to study at his home
that summer. Sometimes he found II I'm
possible to do so amid the tempest arous
ed BY misehievous Lottie ReIdsl She
threw open the unused piano, and made
the house ring with her clear, bell like
notes. She filled the library with flowers
tossed up Vsne's books, aud even scrib
bled on them She rode every horse on
the place, romped with Prince, the great
shaggy dog, tore her dresses, went bare
beaded, and turned the wide hall into 8
skstiog rInk.
She was utterly sp lied by both MI
and Mrs, Winton At hrst VsDe had been
shocked. But the more be studied her
original character, the more be became re
conc,led to It, Tolerance gave place cd
mirstion, and that. 10 due time, to low,
He had always felt q vague longing to dis
cover q woman 10 whose character he hop
ed TO fiad origiuslity and freedom from al
fiction. II be could only teach Lottie to
love hin. what splendid woman she
might become
He would Wal, psti, ntly snd opefully,
he REASONED, as be walked away Taking
volume rom hi. pocket, be sat down 90
bench under 40 elm, AMI be 80 to pur
sue it. Soon a me.ry lsueh caused him
to look up, and he saw Lottie riding down
the lane 90 ber milk white Floss. Very
bright and piqusnt she looked 10 her
riding habit as she drew rrIu bes'de
him.
sirOsI I'm 90 my way 10 meet Mics
Alice nov; and While IN gone shall II
pect you to comb your hair, psrt 1t 10 toe
middle. put on clean collar, pin How
er 10 your buttonhoIr, and act very s'he
tic and duke like. And With merry laugh
ste rode away.
For weeks sier Alice Mays arrival the
bonse xss filled xith comp ny Vane de
voted himself almost entirely 10 her, iesv
inv I.ottie to smuse herself. AT the ire
onspt picpies Alice shoue a. the chief
star Of the occasion, She might be gone
.ll day, but returned With her elegant
costumes IS psritct s shsn she artsd,
While I,1ttie would lose hsr psfssoi and
Tao, aud test great boles 10 her dresses.