The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-03-04
JAMEoAs TRANSFORMATION

Jaassor was tu,y epcliug bic mat'
i8s cal saa siugs ios'rbetioo' 10 hI
clerk uHn tury caupus fftttatl! h
riets3 up isfse sqs,r' envelope sa'
paused. 9Th the paper knife pei''d
fs.a, 90 be iaaerte3 1odsr the Dap a
vbia q violet. l.d greeted blm m be ioo'
the ltt ~ be- tls bsld.
Hamphl bss .ofed, ~ be locked II Ih'
address aud the red seal 90 tee back and
wondered abom lbe uuususl letter could
BE- from Square envelope had 30 place
ia busluess corTsspoadepes and business
letters srs more Hkely 10 emsll Of bnm
stone ldan ol Vl0Iets After the ttst snf
prss be iasefled the paper Euiie aud gave
sssngf lip. A. Ihs kulIo psssed through.
I IT trausht aul the cod Of little bIue nib
boa sad moment later the sur.y lumbsf
msfcLatt hsd valentine 10 bis hsod. He
vas dtzsd % be looked At The hlmsT lace
paper aud the little pink aud vkise Co
pi1e tbst smile out al him. Turning 1t
over be ss~, written on the b4Ck in =
cb.liith hand:
Wild love 10 psps, from MllIie.
valentine from bis little daughter, the
Grst be bad ever reesgsd Hs road the
simple ytrsr that ass printed on it,
II heart be pure and free,
IIrsy you .iys yoBr heart TO me.
with love will give you mlus
LIT ne be your valentine.
AZ hs h.ndlei t gertly With bis rough,
hard haRers, glow pfrg,ded him, as if
sometbiug fer which be bad been longing
oil hi. life hsd c3me at l.tt Just then be
heard litter behind bin and, turning
quickly, saw that the tJpe'rIer girl had
been watching With mutteted oath he
threw the valentine to the back OF bis desk
aud fesIiug almost Of nausea overcsme
him, The success Wi'' vlich be had
been sltts'yIag bis pm 'e SOD tnyIng bis
heart became odlous II tin u an instant
and to emptiness Of bis hla came back
With singing force Whit cii it matter
that be had fought his esy rom the lum
bsr CAMPS 10 the Jsca woods OF Maine to
the poetou Ci foremost Lumber dealer 10
New Y0rkY He had allowed himself to be
married for bis money; be was q stranger
In his own house; be vas hardly scqusint
ed with be only daughter, because, for
soolh, bis wife KEEP, them apart for fear
the child should acquire the Scotch burr
he Inherited from bis parents and for !
which be was freely rldleuled She must /
acquire pure English accent and to this
end bad been sent away 10 fashionable |
school, sitora preliminary course |
Of study with gu imported goYerness |
FauQhl 1t made bim slck to think OF ii,
Only work, work would give him even
. fi.sting relief. lie must bsstir himself,
instead OF dreaming. She had seLt him
Ibe valentine simply because other girls
we're sending them, not because she meant
~ lue utsIt elChi iOutII m'u lOuaeu
llmself from his unpleasant reyerle and
resumed the work Of be day, He punish
ID the tittering typewriter by SWING her
,nOush work to keep her fEgers rsttliug
he key, till after hcur., Then be went
1to the yard to see how tbingswcre going
N. Everything wss wrosg.
Hersl hs growled to bis foreman. dent
Iou know enough TO lie them plsnks wi
he heart side down? Your piling them
sp down. sn' they Il check and rot How
many times have | told You how to do it2
Jsn't | ever learn you to do 1t night?
Ons siter another t1s workmen were
coded and they, good men, credited it
Vi TO the old mans stylIs wife.
He's been hsvln' smother row at home,
hey said, az is takin' 1t ont OF Is,