The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-07


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you pgubd to light shea yoa are rcsol
tor TIE bop. 10 which Il 70 ny desFes
u,sb 70 be permitted TO escort year
he forgot wbst be bad vished shet
= Mu G.lls,le bad ssted bin 20 perform
this oct Of courtesy toward The coming si'
tsr. But ttea be bsd looked ii Mts Ga
lsun sud bad judged from Der q The si'
ter.
luould be ouly too delighted II Il ger,
not that bsye already promised to g.
With some one olse
TIE betrayed osptsin manifested his
establishment and resentment at bssiog
been subjected 10 reiassL He bad biz b
opinion Of bis dignity, hsd the captain.
Why. who 90 earth can hsye asked You
sItesdy he cried.
Miss Bradford hsd cool little North
srn air, when she liked. She considered
the csplsins question 10 bad taste. 81
she raised her eye bross and smiled most
sveetly. Isbsll hope to have a dsnoe
With you, Captain Soutter she said.
And she had, not one, but three. The
captain forgot bis wrath at the sight OF
her. When she came from the dressing
room into the hallway to join young Mi
ford. the captain was by the door He
locked at her,
Might hope to be accorded the second
and fifth aud ninth, Miss Brsdiord7 be
asked
Obl thank You. sid Bessie, She was
gtsteiul. and be was quite sppeased,
Now Mise Bradford was a success. She
had wbst is known beautiful time for
three whole mouths. No girl was remem
bered to ever have received altogether so
much attention. She always bad lovers -
aud the two don't always 90 together.
Captain Sjut,er loved her, so did Lieuten
ant Paxton and so did Young Milford,
Bessie loved young Milford. A girl who
prefers "oit." clothes TO uniform IS pc
culisr, TO say the least. Bessie didn't say
or show whom she loved. except to Nil
ford. She had told him She had refus
ed Paxton and she was wsrding of the
captain. Bnt the last she could not do
much longer The captain bad good |
opinion Of himself,
He also had a dignity which was not to
be trifed with. Mrs. Gsllstin was by DO
means sure OF Miss Bradford. so one
day she spoke to her. The process Of
being spoken t1 can rouse the worst in a
girl. But Bessie was 10 q broken aud
contrite frame Of mind. She aud young
Milford had quarreled and she didn't care
what became Of her. She might NJ well
marry any old man and sacrifice herself
for her family She made most affect
ing picture OF herself as an Offering on the
altar OF mHtrimony and iial duty. She
would pine away picturesquely in year
or so and Will Milford well. perhaps be
would go to the bad. She hoped so. 1t
was under this pressure that she solemnly
promised and swore to Mrs. Gsllstin to
marry Captain Soutter II be asked her
What Miss Bradford promised and swore
to sho never broke.
SO ss soon as she and yound Milford
made it up, she set about wondering how
Captain Souttsr was to be kept from ask
iug her. Yet she could not arrive at any
plan. The csptrln was an impetuous man
and he was neither over well bred nor
nicely discriminating. Bessie was wor
RED. II it had been that she bad prom {
sed and sworn anything to young Mil
lord and had had to choose which vow to
break, she would not have hesitsted, l
But she had teased him and had only i
maybe, For which she now
suffered.
But Fate came TO her aid as it always
should and always doesn't 10 the case Of
, very pretty girl
She was going to another hop and she
was ing with Captain soutter. He had
invited her at the time that she was prsc ,
iciog for the martyr role. As she could ,
lot. therefore. go with Milford, che would
wear the gown be liked, which was white
nix For ii she bad 10 have white gloves; q
nd her whi'e gloves " re soiled. There !
ore they must be cleaned Miss Brad ,
ord was an adept at cleaning gloves. She I
prepared special mixture Of a number OF q
hem icsls and powders. This mixture ;
lsd to be whipped as il ii had been the =,
white Of eggs - very light and irothy. It ,
lsd 3 most unpleasant odor. but it Was q
pretty to look upon. Because the odor ,
vas 20 unpleasant Miss Bradford opened a
be door into the hallway and stood iust 4
within II beating.
There was air 10 the hallway. bat there c
vas none 10 the Gillstins'q quarters, as the {
,aby had Q cold, O.ptsin Soutter had G
old, too "a irishtiul one. II he bad not /
lsd be would have noticed ths smell OF G
Miss Bradford mixture II. came through /
be ball Oh the way to bis own quarters on c
be h1or above. Colonel Milford Vas q
Fit1 bin. The captain didn't like the g
colonel particularly, on aceoun. OF bis
being bis sons fsther. 9
All Mlss Bessiel What pretty house s
Eitely picture We make, said he captain :
Bessie smiled encoursgingly. II
What are Ve doinsY Whipping cresm1 c
dov good il looks II Hebe would bot i
eed ns viih am mbIo.i. d
The colonel smeled The subrosis; but q
ie held his peace &
TN give taste captair. il Won want /. I q