The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-12-10
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The sot3s wstss ~su, 10 scceUis O
saca utur mis,r thsl The 'tfoug ~omal
she he,id them ten b syss sr3s misty
81. b. OF over tee loaase where the spssi
silrer b.itsj oil lady, helpless ial
ye.rs vltb pAt.lytt., ~" ltluas bosseet
ius syss g. ler face.
uogt take 90 50. iesry. sbs said. soott
iugIy. There's many oue. tie more, The
PITY driven 20 suede by Anng'r aud
cold Why should tbt. one be
Jusn ,hs euoked A,r gutsiiug, ber
baby. the cbill sbe worsulped, driven by
baugeI onl cold to suici le
Bot Jane, The lav.hd persisted, it Is
such = strange name. See, aud che poiuI
ed to oos ,et t-ues 10 tue paper b.Iote
her, the ouly clue to the idealty Of the
would. be- uictde lss wedding ring mark
ed Joho to Delphno.
see, SAID the nurse but bat -
Aud sgalu the wished hr words OF CON
fort hlIed her The paragraph was 90 40
common one, merely the rcgri Of a won
su e atemI st selt destruction. Sue had
thrown herself o1 bridge, cl,splns
bsbs close in her arms, and lad b,eu res
oIed aud taken, quite auconselous TO the
hospital Her dress vas described aud
the inscription % the ung gwen; that
was sll.
But tue psraIyzed woman reading tbe
newspaper "" l0ur0eyiUg over memory
plato, back back twenty Ave years, when |
a baby lay upou her trssst, the only one
God ever gave her A blue eyed babe
uufsed tenderIy, reared 10 every Injury,
pelted, Ied Tor twenty long yesrs,
tue idol OF two loving besr,s. Then oh,
the bitter rock on the r ,o -cn' day this
child Of so much loTa let l. home to fol
Low the fortune Of uin who vas so unGt
Tor the care Of her sweet q'rhood, that
Der hther hid forbi den I Ia to enter the
house where the child t
The loVers-lt Tie usme 10 not very
desecrstlon. where 90 ore sile was mer
csnsry calculation, on the other blild wor
ship met at the house OF friends aud
pIapped 40 elopement
When Delphlne Was cone, when no
doubt Of her ttesohery to her parents re
msined. her father stern, hot mpered
man, cursed her and forbade her name TO !
be mel toned in bis house And her
mother, even then helpless, shigered and !
aud silently prayed for the child
" bose deceit could Tot destroy her moth
er's love !
And Tor five years 20 line came to tell =
them OF repeutenoe no prayer forspsrdcn.
One letter from John Hollis, the man ]
v no ad so bssely stolen q young, trust ]
hg girl from happy home TO follow bis
svll fortunes, the father answered, crush A
ng forever the hope OF fortune that had b
rompted the william.
Such letter as be read, grinding bis
eeth with impotent rage, tflsctDally pre- Y
'ented second demand 1pOn his father O
q laws purse and Delphine koew in that II
lonr whit misery lay before her, G.
Bat ste made no appeal q
The future she bad deliberately chosen
be accepted as her punishment, seeing at b
,st how wiokedy she had requIted the It
owe OF years. al
Mrs Bernard dear, Jane said, softly, II
sressing the hsggsrd face, at last buried ty
0 tue pi lows Of the lounge, doo't-don't OF
AXE on so, ],
II only knew, il only knew, the moth al
r mosned and, oh Jsnel it is Thsnksgiv
lg Day. How can pray thankfully il te
~ dtrIing lies to day 10 hospital dying
by h,r own sct2 Jane, | must see Mr. 10
erusrd ar
jane went willingly upon this errsnd
ut returned slowly.
Mr.. Bernard has gone ont ms'am.
Gone Cu2 Why, he never goes till sf D
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