The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-15

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% siesmsrl
q Yes. Il s.ii. 90 Wednesday.
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!, abe w.snl 30 sell ustil Saturday.
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u TO lel you tno~.
;, Well, ril go, ssil sopbi., sih bal
3 Sigh,
= Mts. France looked 81 hst keenly, bu
!. made 20 rem'ri during supper, .its
u which Sophis Pot 90 her bat and wrap
4 and went out When ,he returned II ~s
after tsu O'Clock sud shs vent Girectl,
. 10 bed.
D The nsIt day aud for nearly . veet
. Sophie ~.s 90 very quiet that even Oscar
po,lced II.
Whats the matter siok2 be ssked.
mol Go away, plsssel said Sophie,
shortly.
Mira. France made DO remark, until Os
car bad gone oil 10 huff aud then sbe
ssii, senty;
Won't you tell me what is the mstterp
BY the way OF reply, Sophie burst toto
tesu.
know it's foolish, she sobbed; bat ]
can't help it
| l. it sbou. Minnie Psrciv.lH questioned
Mrs Ffsuoe, after M interval, during
which she dew s phie TO her side.
Yes, suswered Sophie. hssitstinsly.
You feel so bad about losing your oom
psuion2
Not 30 much that, confessed Sophie. -
the tn ugbt that she Is going to Europe
and | cant go. And. then. only last
My, Agnes Tracey went TO Boston to the
Conservatory Of Music and Minnie told
me there was no doubt Clara Beck would
se, the scholarship this term and that
means = complete oeurse st Vssssr.
Well, we'll. replied Mrs. France, footb
ingly; they are ell good girls and deserve
their good fortune.
/ know they do and I'm sure I'm no,
mean enough to us envious' cried Sophie,
warmly, but never have my lick
My dear, said ber mvth,r. qnietly. are
You no, unlust.to your father aud ne2
We are not wealthy; bat / am sure We
would send you not TO Europe; that is
quite beyond our means bat to Vatsir OF
Boston, il your tastes ran that way, But
you are lot musioally or artisticslly
inclined and 1t woull be money thrown
away.
IkIow | sm not. admitted Sophie, o.
most psssionstsly. and that is what makes
me feel so down hearted What am good
for, suyhosr
SopLisl eI clsimed her mother, reprosoh
fully.
Oh. don. mean that; but mean that !
have no futursl | can't do single thing
sing. paint or play only Just $3.50, ~
Oscar says. I'll never make . name and
III never be better than / am.
You mean that you have no sphsrsi and
Mrs. France smiled.
That's it. replied Sophie, There is moth
ing for me to do.
Couldn't you get along without
spberef asked ber mother, quizzicslly.
Sophie looked blank.
haven't any sphere. continued Mrs.
France. and don't remember ever having
had one. You we're belittlins your accom-
plnhm moment ago; yet an sure
they are superior to mine.
Bot you're the best mother in the
world cried Sophie, embracing her s1ec
And you might be the best girl in the
~srld replied Mrs. France, releasing her
'eli with some difficulty, and yet have no /
accom- plisbments at sll.
But isn't II enough to make me feel ,
gloomy to see Minnie and Clara and Agnes
getting famous.
You put the case too strongly, she re ,
The chances are that they ,
viii be bitterly disappointed il they at
empt TO earn a living from their accom-
while You are almost certain
o be happy aud contented---
Wi houts spheref I
You hsvs one and ii is night here at y
ioms and il is your duty to EIl it. +,
never tbought Of thsi, said Sophie, u
Forget shst | hsve said, n
mother, and never remem Der il unless /
oil to Gil my sphsrs