The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-02-10


" seclle, tiui eyed hovts after ~bich st'
raupsd vth Gfsce ppdsr TIE trees ~hii,
= The Clit mcu beft OF The family sat upot
ttc vrsu1s aud looked ou. smiaos 81
Il them.
: Petbsps yoare iound !as The iiet oi
. srl you've bseu sattius Jeunie, sAid
% Mrs Wiusloss n other she Seems oareinl
std gentle. sod G scie lskts TO her you
csb see
= Yrs. ssii Mrs Wibslos, Grscie evident
ly likes het Hos sl.d Wouli be Il |
G0eE coali trn., hsr aud she santed to
stay With Us fisht along
H,thie VS. delighted With hd little
3 cbsmbet Mts Wiasloss mother had
b gose up silh hrr
: l1nr room IS risit next to niue, dear,
sbs ssld know you'll like 1t and want
to sh " II 20 YOU.
And when she bad seen how pleased The
liitle girl Was with il she kissed her aud
said good night snd LETT her to look
around and enjoy !, 10 hsr hearts content
} It was all blue aud white aud bad txo
largo windows looking ont upon the
the fields to the riyer There were books
such as c lldreu love upou the table, aud
everything that a otiId could wish for
comfort was there
Neit day was like a dream OF iairylsud
to the little orphan. She helped With the
dishes sud smused the baby, and
they all went for drive 10 the afternoon
that is, the two lsdIes, Oracle and |
ksthie and every thing seemed too beau
tfal to be real; several times Ksthie
puched her arm syly to be sure she was
awake.
She seems like one OF the family al
ready, said Winslos's mother that even
ing when the children were playing togeth
et. dou'tknow when | have taken to q
child as do to ber.
She seems 10 take to You as much. said
Mrs Winslow, smiling But, then. |
don't know who could help it.
Oh, you're partial. OF course, she SAID,
but really believe K.thie is just the girl
you want, aud it would make such good
bone Tor her You're sbundautly able to
have her, too,
Jast then the children came running in.
Where would you rather live, Kstbie--
ia the city OF 10 the countryP asked Mrs.
Wiuslow.
A wondering look came into the ohilds
face. as If she bad never thought there
could be two opinions upon the subject. Q
10 the country Ct course, sbe answered, c
simply, and there was so much longing '
and pathos in her voice that both ladies c
turned their eyes away. q
At the supper table next evtnIng Mr.. |
Winslow asked:
Did you read about the hyens that got t
away 10 Chicago the ether day. 9
No. Where did he get away from asked a
m,r. winsiow burfiedly 3
From Liucolp Park. was the answer. q
Oh, dear, cried Mrs Winslow. what If d
it should come out herel shant dare y
let Grace play out at all.
Oh guess 1t isL't as bad as that, said Il
Mr.. Wlnslow Isugl lag. It would be a
,snght or shot before 1t got so far az this. a
Bat IT might not be, persisted the wife q
L. -, | Il
he day time anyway, said Mr. Winsow e.
4 byens is cowardly beast You krow N
Il might take come OF the poultry. Why, d
Rsthie, child, bow big your eyes ar | b
houldn't have mentioned ii But there tt
sn't any danger -yon may sleep just ss L
mug as il Mr.. Hyens was back 10 his b
'age, az perhaps be is now. tt
Bot X ,thie WIS q sensitive child, and 10
II night long she dreamed OF hyeDss and
'tber Wild beasts, and OF trying to save v
irscie from them, always foo y " hen she &c
tstted 10 run with her little charge 10 Der
rms that she co1d barely crawl along, ha
'tlIe her pnrsuers we're Just upon her. az
'be came down 10 the morning rather
,ae, bat she said nothing about her bi
resms or her iesrs, and no one spoke Of
be hyens.
Perhaps Mira. Wnslow conld not get il OF
ntltely ont Of her m nd for she told
4tbie to play ont Ia the bsck yard with sn
trace, and not TO go far from the house
Mr.. WiusioR is 10 the barn. she ssid.
nd ! would rathr have you ont that
ray. th
About half WY between the house and NJ
be barn was 40 old shed vi ish MIR. Win fsi
low Intended to tear down. All at once, ef
J the midst Of tbei' play, Gtacie started al
u this shed running az fast rs hur little vi
1t legs would carry b,r, aud kathis
srted after her, cblling to ber, bat the to
tt te rogue ouly screamed vita pleasure Of
I'D ran the faster. otI
Since hearing Of the hyens Katie had nj
vague fear OF every thing which she sn
lought might possibly give hidden 10
lace for Wild bestt. and underneath q
.is old shed was surely room enough no
bile it vas dark there and bad suddenly rr
own terrible,
Bot Baby Grace had DO such fears. an
be ran up to 1t. I,nghiug, snd bent ler ne
lubby form to peer under u. be
ksthie came mp TO her and caught Der, be
ending. too, witb q sort Of fascination be
'used by htr fer Ard then for horn 20
Ia mCmeut sbe stared IS II both eyes 20
oold stsrt ircm ber bead. va
There. snre etongb, we're two gres 20
lmiog orbs, lie tso sels, staring at hs
II. aud she hesrl lDW gro~l. Bn, abe sn,
aid not move. ~