The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-28

looked gpsg Their tugastmtoi ~ab ysf
dsler5oi ietilBss She was loDeIf, bortt
trci a. miserable rl4aod At Tbscber
sppsftet carsIessnssf, sbe hardly tue
wlst tbe iid wsut. bat sbe Vas very sui
iatt Il aAsDet BE-.
sttlas there 90 The shelf above ii
brcskers. wilB the log rolling 10 the
rouuI her 20 that she could barely ss
the rosks vet sith spfsy, tsealy ie,
below. she let ut,ttly disss,i asd ait
tetseIf ana Der engagement For lh
Gsr labdreth lime sbe rehearse1 The arg
moats assins, breAklas Cd au eugsgemeu
sb,c4 sAe sas uOw sore bad been . nj
take. She kaes that sbs woad b
blamed the gil als.ys is 10 such cases
she dreaded her mothers dissppfoysl aal
Ihachers au OF and grief though, pc
bsps. after all sbe thought. .bst woul,
DOT be 20 keen. She tore spray Of th
harebells With the l)inl OF a. smbrells .
she mediisiei,
The dats Tor the Wedding Was indeet
aIed, bat known only TO the two fam
lies After all the reasons against thi
step seemed weak and trivial indeed vheI
set sgsinst the utter wretchedness Of u
pas, three months the doubt, the worry
aud self distfusL 1t was certsinly 20
fair 10 Tbacber. II Was most unfair Il
Der, WHO could be 30 happy with the rlght
man, and who could make him. too, &C
happy. A large tear Tell from sally a
eyes, Int she brushed II lmphtieully away
and, jumping mp strobe hastily along the
path toward home. Her mind WAS made
up. The engagement should be broken,
She would speak to Thacher about it that
very night.
The siteraoon wore slowly away, the
fog lowering heavier and heavier and tinsl
ly settling down with a dense mist to ren
der the blackness more gloomy, Bot Sal
lys heart seemed easier now that she had
received on the proper course, though she
luwsrdIy trembled at the thought OF the
interview with Thacher. and the apparent
y cbprclous reason she must assign for
her action
She wss sitting ln the cottage psrlor
After tea, readiugs novel and vaguely WOO
lerlng why Tbacher had not come before
lark as he had promised, when ber
mother came In huri5jly.
sally, de.t-I am quite worried about
rhacher's boat. 1t hasn't come yet and
Captain Winters says he wouldn't sail
rom RocklaDd tonight for thousand dol
srs.
Sally made no reply. Her hesrt was
trangely hard this evening. 10 any case
be was t OF one to be easily worried over
tuns. Mrs. Belmont, however, was
'ery anxious and hustled neryously about
be little room. until heavy step on the
piazza made her gasp with relief aud run
lsstiIy to meet her prospective son in law
It WAS not ThaohCr's CHEEKY young face
hat greeted her in the doorway, but old
Jatsin Winters GnIious weather beaten
me. He brckoned her outside clumsily.
Bad news fer ye, Mis- Belmont, be nut
cred boarsely, with a warning gesture
owsrd Sally, Who, however, heard every
word. Csp'n Sesworth has jas got in
hrough the fog from Csstiue. N he's
owed long the tender OF the Nautilus
ouud her empty an knockin' on The
ocks of Cape Roster. He says be cal
stes the Nautilus must have got on the
ocks and been broke up. We cant do
Iothin' bout it tonight, an reckon it
10 no use anyhow.
Sally heard 90 more. DIzed and still
be sat by the table, her fingers still mark
ng the place 10 her book Thscher was
iot coming then, after sll, He would
ever come any more, Her engagement.
va, 'ofl" definitely, snd with 20 words or
rJuble between them, She hsrdly resl
zed yet the fuI significance OF ber re
ease.
Mrs. Belmont coming ln and seeing at
glance thst Sally had beard the news
vas Wild srh expressions OF eriei and des
,sit. Sally, however, dill not shed tear
ud spoke never a word, but sat silent and
ieid i'll, 10 despair at her sppsrent calm
ess, her mother left her to herself and
'ent ont to see II anything could be done.
Left alone 10 the CO. tage, Sally remain
d quiet for awhile, then nervous irem
ling seizsd her, desire to be outdoor.
D the log and blacknfss. And snstching
p a waterproof, she threw ii over ber
houIders aud rnshed ont. along the cliff. |
lipptry nov With mist aud rain, trsciug !
he path to her oFa nook OF, the after
nrDooD.
There she "a, dovn sgsip sod thought,
evies log ell the past, her meeting With
'bacher, the 6fst happy days Of their en-
asement, the ks OF bis kindness and |
orbssrsnce, OF ber vhims and csprices,
ia tenderness at the time OF her accident
nd his sorrow at being obliged to remain
hen she went away for the simmer
ben she recalled the weeks OF her morbid |
ulkiness, aud lsstly, vita tbrob, the
nsl IT lstlce OF ber anger with him that
lorning, her selfish retolnlion TO break /
be engagement end ibis her punish |
leut. With a sob she threw herself Oh |
be vet ground and With her lips pressed
ard on her engagement ri0g, buried Der
cad 10 The folds OF the waterproof fallen /
pom the shelf Of rock,
Hou long ,be remsioed there she never /
pew, bu It seemed hours Of black hor
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