The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-07-22

vbhe forehead. STE struggled HVs'
~th = lttls cry. willie Der 'scs gre.
deadly pale. Tbs0 she sIii, With ne'
vau,. hart lRils l,agh which sonpdsd pit
i'ully hEsSsoh
I Ofeaurss, siuco yea are Toms brother
Wheu be came dovo 10 bteakiAsi be
iouud the family st the tsbl,, bat Ton
rose With .stfauRs new pride 70 pre-
seut bic lady love TO his Doe hig brother.
Then the physician said, ia grave, oAln
toue. me, Elolse 10 the ball this morn
ing iissfd her,
I II eonstsr nstica hsd been 10 her
u iltt before, II new rose to terrible
pitch. Toms h8gfrs clucthsd The sdse Of
the table sod be drew bis breath sharply
when little Elose. with thai tact which
heaven sometimes sends women in their
,imee Of peril answered;
Yes, and be called me lis little sister
tie isn't much used /, kissing girl
though. know, for be did itso queerly.
sud bs kissed tn on ths forehead, Tom,
while you always choose my lips.
II was an sSfally bold thing TO DO, but
then it is the lightning Hash that clears
the sky. The lover w,vered. tried to
speak once or twice and fnslly euded by
bending over and salunng the little girl
squsrsly on the lips.
There, swsethesft, ven show him how
IT is done. Aud the smsgsd Miss Elizs
beth eisculsted, Mercy mel so loudly that
the whole psrty went 81 in,o nervous
bnt stesdying laugh,
Dr. Charles took up his medicine case
and hurried down the street the inslsnt
that the meal was over. He stayed away
for three dsys sud nights. but when Sun
day came he sppested among them rs
usual apparently as grave, as pteoccupied
as before the tiny EIoise came to Bliss
field.
lie did not accompany them to church,
bu, as be watched her by Tons side,
dainty IN the snowy muslin gowns sne
wore 80 much. he turned away with q
mighty purpose 10 his eyes. From that
instant 1t was fstsd that Eloise should be
the wife OF the man who didn't know how
TO kiss her, Instead Of the gay hearted |
boy whose privilege II now was to claim
her as his own,
Ooe morning. when Eloise had been
laughing with the family on ths shaded
Ia sn, q telegram was b. ought her announc
ing the sudden death Of her father, and so
Elizabeth and Tom started suddenly |
away from Blisfsld with their terror
stricken little charge. Tom decided TO
return to college, but he stouily refused
to 20 back to his former school. whioh
nelr EIoise's home, bnt chose instead
a seat Of learning farther east.
Finally one February morning there
arrived short, upbsppy nols, in wbioh
poor Eloise begged to come to visit the
Dayton family: Msmms is a. sisters,
" hose baby has the baby has the scarlet
fever, go they won't let me stay with them
and 1t is SO lonesome here in this big
house with no one but the servants. ID
sides want to talk to you about Mr..
Thomas Dayton.
DR.. Chsrl.s's heart lesped for Joy.
This formal Mr. Thomas DAYTON spoke
volumes.
50 the little girl came to Blissheld the
ieeond time and reached the Dayton home
IN another stormy night, this time to bs
welcomed by the bearded doctor standing
1y the glowing fire and holding ost both
lis hands. Simple Elizabeth the next
lay told him oil Eloiss's confessions OF
Toms neglect, and added:
She puzzles me, DR.. Charles. She
Ioesnt seem to be half 80 broken hearted
IS ! expected. / really think that her
bride is hurt worse than ber affections.
ind thought she loved him so.
The Gilman came when whole week
,sssed vithouts letter from Tom, and
1loise, setting her white lips and blink
ne back her tesrs Of modification, wrote
O offer to release him from bis engage
nent, The speed and esgernsss with
' bicb be accepted almost took her breath
way.
Dr. Chsrles vas standing 10 the hall 10
be twilight, bsiore the CRATE, where be
lsd welcom her the stormy night few
weeks ago.
As his eyes fell on Eloise, ball broken.
islf radiant, th9rs sprsng into then such
light as made her drop her own. She
cal zsd that Elizabeth bad told him the I
' hole pitliul, shameful little story, even ,
o sending the rins back inits Tiny white
attn bed. and yet, somehow, she never {
Vss 30 happy before.
You are free again, EIoi,e1 ,
He had taken The little left hsnd and |
urned it until the freight showed the :
ARE third finger. And poor Rioiss could /
,uly say q little bali sobbing Yes.
Then. said DR.. CHARLIE, flemply, ! /
nsy ask You to give up that freedom ,
q ain sBd to teach me to kiss you as Tom .
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