The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-01-21
A FAMILY sTuRY

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liver tbst lowed at the loot Il the abrupt
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of - i0us sbsdy avenue ssss gate wllh
al old iasb,saed wooden ate over II, son
ce.led vines.
IL sss iuWsri tbs gate that Mrs Allies
tree lookeI, lea1iug lcrssrd 80 erIy. hke
a gIrl, Que hand igldiDg her eyts from
tie level sugbe. ms She were white
tbiak Of her dsr = to sear sLir,l She
vas watching Tor Joseph He a gone
dosu 10 Stoae,oa oulys mile distant /.
( far the post st i've O'Clock That wsstwo
hours sso. Joseph did love dearly to sos
slp VITA the cid farmers sDd shopkeepers
tot be really ought 20 remember dinner
time
Bot Joseph bad net forgotten bis diD
ner. At lhis very minute the gate orensd
and his little us rolled 10, followed by
three eptbu.iastIc dogs "A 81. Bernard
sui two red settlers.
Mr. AIItttree, oft u,N ri-g bis wife
as II be hai Just retut,rd II. u a years +
journey, went 10 uI,L hrf 20 lltner and
Mr., AIIestfee Wss-lnr wi uot describe
hlm; simply be was ey.i5'Di that the +
husband Of Mrs, Al ettoe ,Lould have q
been. Forty two yests rud gone by since v
their marriage aud il vi that time they
had never been separated q single day.
Dearest said Mr. Alesttee ss they SGT h
down, owe you an apology for my tardI il
ness, but 1t couldn't be helped, | got q,
letter calIIup me away on an important r,
msttor aud | bad to stop to et'end to
some things III the village | must 60 i'm st
medGtely to morrow. 81
o., that perley aft d,, she said, glauO Ii
Ine over the page, But Joseph, csl't 81
yea put ii on? Remember, the Kennedys tt
are coming 10 the morning to .ty over
sunday ct
cannot, Henrietta It's got to be at 70
tended to st once, W
But, Joseph, you can't go without me. be
You know you never did such thing, sv
am afraid must do it this time, be st
epled mournlully
They sst in silence for some minutes th
vice Mrs. AlIeftree wiped away sly On
ear With her napkin. At length, bravely Jo
ssumiug cheerful aspect, she asked; WI
low long will yen be gomez 20
cant possibly reach London. accom-
,lish sll want to a d get home again in on
ess than ten days. OLE
Joseph, it will kill us both. w.
Alb, nc, my dear, he laugbed; it wont
lite do that At least, ! hope not | ter
ill be very, very hard. Bot think, NY
owe, We were apart five years once upon
ime.
All, Joseph, With sob 10 her voice,
bat was before we had ever lived togeth
r. We only knew each other by letter.
ou know. lie
And q mi 4hty comfort did We take ont CHI
those same letters Isn't it strange pre-
bat in two and forty yeGrs We should son
ever have had occasion to write to one brl
1orh,r? Not since you we're II H,nriett4 sta
bower ste'
ItIss singular Circumstance, she re oVe
lied. YES. We can wute DO you know, toa
1seph the though Of t already consoles slt
e little, ltNi.l lie such delightful mif
2veIty. q
1t ussa good thing for Mrs AIleslree
st she expected visitors But after the WOO
lests bsd derstted btr condition was pit tha
bic. Especially IS 90 letter bad come. no
Mr. Alrs,ree hsd gone away early on tlsl
,t1risy, Now II vas Tuesdsy She Jog
ID managed to be pstieLt over the Sab and
/. b, bot oa Monday morning, when Jim turo
y came up iIon SloLoton empty banded chn
10 had refused to believe that be had irot
It dopped the letter or that the postmss +
7 had cot overlooked it. mac
There were ouly two dellvefi ia the siIt
.euty four D curs and at the evening tue due
me performance vac rtpett a, -st
Oa uesdhy Mr., Alieslfee went berse!i old
stouttou snd delivered severe lecture sl5
the ,o.tmsst,r upon general iudii-r pre-,
ce Of G8vetument tiiicisls, tb,reby ed 9
esty annoying the poor man aud
Mr Fr4mwell begsa 10 dread the hotrs the
delivery. Tsice day, Wbstsyer tie Pao
.alber, Mrs. AlIeftfee presented Der I
ndsome. auIIJus face at tIe wiudo~ nor
Wien Le Labdsd ont the po,t to her plo!
d she 'ould cot the letter she loree IL II
:, 80 sugry lace II vas thst peered 10 al Lime
% spd sst,rG albeit veil bred voice nstC
st denabdei Of tim 10 Luut through blss
~ bo1, lee, pefcnance he had made ual
me error 10 distributing tura
Toe deserted, neglected wife uust hesr
.me suuebody sud she would Dot blame It To
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