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

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tat bic ttlel brafEi beard bad ie'slope'
several sc,us.ly gray tbre.5'
CoasslaentIy, one ane spriag mornin'
.ll Bl.uhsld vss electrified to see, /"
pa.ssd the qa.iBt Old D,ton homestead
uoBest. little gilt ngu bearing the s'u
pie words. Dr. Charles Dayton.
he di3b't take at htst H. wore shof
coats il direct oppos',i5n to all iotmH
ileAa q The rfoiestionsI mans drs's s1C
be didn't seem TO remember anybody
whom hs hAd kno~n in his youth
wasn't because be VAS proud, "a
kuew. bot be had been occupied viii
gtsver things dutiag bis sbseoos thsr
remtmbetug vho was the sstrr TO biz
Sunday school ieseber aud sho married
tie youpg st ot the Barker girls.
Bat after e year OF 80 Of doubt they be
gao 10 uuder stand bin, especially when
his superior skill had saved the darioe
Of nesrly every household 10 town when
the scsrist fever threatened to All The tiny
graveyard on the edge OF the bill
Dr.. Charles. ss they learned to call him
had an sddi'ilusl trait 10 bis ia7ofi he
knex how to neglect esoh aud every
woman In Blissfeld With equsl severity,
Not ths, women enjoy beiug neglected,
but they sIssys develop sort Of respect
fsrs msu who doesn't stoop 10 them, pro
yidiBg be is consistent 10 his insidlty to
all the women OF the place.
Al the end Of i've years two things had
taken place in BIssheId Dr. Charles
was the idol Of the town and young Tom,
the baby OF the Dayton family, was going
to celebrate reaching his majority by tax
lug usto himself a vile.
Itwss gu awful mistake, ihought the
whole household when The dovny checked
Tom stood up 10 biushiug brsvsdo on bis
return from his junior year 10 college
and persisted in his statement that be
was never going to school again, For
that fall be was to be ONE husband OF
the dearest little girl in all the world.
Bat resson settled upon them and the
Only stipulation was tbst little maiden
should come Tor a visit 10 the family OF
her future husband some time that sum
mer.
Ole morning ste 10 July Miss Dayton
aud her younger brother set out for the
East and returned week later with the
tiny lady, who was 10 pretty site OF
nervousness at the strsngsne5s OF the situ
alton.
Dr. Charles was out in the county at
the bedside OF a patient and when, after
midnight, he stumbled in, dripping,
splsshed with mud after bis long ride In
the storm and sick at heart his patient
had died IN spite OF his etforts), be had
forgotten all about the expected visitor
until he caught sight OF little sailor hat
and q pair OF crumpled gloves on the
table in the hall,
1t seemed so very odd to hnd anything
so young, so dsin.ily feminine in this
staid old house that he stood long Ia the
dimly lighted hall, sbsently smoothing
out the tiny gloves, pressing each finger
in place and noting with 30 indulgent
smile that button wss missing from the
left wrist.
DR.. Charles slept badly that night and
awoke withe sun in spite Of late hours OF
the night b fore Some way the krst
thing to come into his mind as he opened |
his eyes was the rumpcd, tiny, button
less glove in the hall below and the more
he tried to throw off the memory the
closer it cllng to him.
When be reached the lower ball be
found himself again by the little table
with the little hat and gloves and be put
his baud out with a touch almost csress
log. Just as his fingers met the pretty
feminine lrhes ho heard fresh young
voice lust behind him saying:
III take these, il they are IN your way
forgot them last night
DR.. Charles wheeled about guiltly
There, on the lover step, was q young
girl, looking straight At him from the most
baby like blue eyes ever lighting the face
Of woman.
DR., Charles, Letter on. in snslyzing hi,
feeling, realized that he had experienced
three distinct sensations st the fret sight
Of her
First thst Of the critic, 10 which be
was smsz3d TO see here In the sctusl
ssh the girl whom he bad always before
hon sht existed only in sentim entail novels.
Secondly, as the physician, who irownsd
At ths sItreme slightness OF the figure,
the fruI wrist, the tiny neck.
Aud lastly, ss the man. who vsnted to
take her close 10 bis arms to Hiss her aud
love her snd call her bis own.