The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-27

inftstei MelcetL
ften cane tsys d sorinping .od So
ibg
The tso youngsters sbose parents hst
sent hem from the West 10 become bosrt
ing pupils q The School Of Observation
looked doieinliy al each other sotoss tb'
mornios tep.st The sogpmest Of to,
dsy before had been converted Into hssh
TIE coAse seemed principally grounds
The oranges were smsll sod shrseIed.
Ooe Il the youngsters bad the tsnerily to
ask for poacbsd egg one morning. snd
tue ~ Jared sif with which Mlliesni retus
90 II still liEsets 10 her memory. Nell
ceut aud het mother psr,ook Of the same
frugal fare; bat there slssys wsa bn OF
steak uulee chop ior AgsthA
/ Mater said M5lcent, one eyeoiag ~e
night sell that ormolu clock uDcle gave
ne.
The ormula timepiece vent TO = dealer
in antiques, and several beihooms OF
suines gold fouud their way to smelling
shop down tovn,
| Packages OF sll kind were being deliver
ed at the Pennington houss nov; bet the
neig hbots did not 90 ZOE that almost ~
IN any packages left that house as came
iGto II. Harlem cliff dwellers are lot
very curious
Whist are you going to DO with that ma
hossny tsble1 asked the Brvson iii, who
was sl~sys sbont at the wrong time.
1t is to be repolisbed, replied Meliceni
calmly,
The School Of Observs lon Tor yonng
girls began to show alarming symptoms OF
dIHutegrstion. The Girl with the red
hair suddenly announced that her parents
brd decided to send her to seminary 10
Fifth Avenue, Mellcent held up her hands
to observe, to think and to study, with DO
higher ideals before her than French les
sons, department aud dancing? The back
ward child, who never could get ber les
sons, went home crying one day, because
MeIicent bad grown impatient when sne
translated vouleur as a bird, and she did |
not return.
1t seams to me, Nellie, said Agatha,
several days later, you and Mater neglect
the school dresdiuIly. You seem to
think that Mr.. de We're is going to marry
the whole family. Please don't get that
impression, or the first ,hing we know he'll
break Il the engagement,
Mslicent bent over the wedding dress
she was making for Agatha, and said not q
word.
That wasn't exactlys pleasant thing TO
talk about Agatha. told herself, after
she had left the room; but Ricbsrd insist
ID on the matter being definitely under
stood.
In the weeks which iollwed, Melicent
worked brsvely to keep that handful OF
pupils together. She spent the greater
1srt OF the night 10 toiiog upon Agsths's
Wedding gown
It's labor Of love. she ssd, | was
afraid | was getting selfish.
While the cliff dwellers on either aide
Il the Pennington house were asleep, the
title, old fashioned sewing machine buzz
d until long after midnight, BY the
ight OF q kerosene lamp -ior gas WAS con
iderei too expensive Melicent toilet
nd toied over the white satin snd the
rnaments OF pearl. Her eyes were red
nd swollen wheu she finally ceased work
nd crept up to her little room under the :
ooi.
Week 10 and week ont Mater and Melic ,
ut lsbored upon that wonderful troussesu ,
bat is, Melicent did the actual work s0d
lrs Pennington directed meters, Then,
ue morning, Meicent csme down besr
~ in her hands yards and yards OF
esmy Spanish lace,
II is not likely that | shsll need it,
later she said simply, ss she banded
yer the fmsy fabric t her mother.
When yo1r .rest aunt gave it to You, |
lellie, exclaimed Mrs. Pennington. she .
aid 1t was to be worn on your wedding i
syl
MeliceDt walked over TO the window - d
srkened by the dre,ry wall OF the sdjoin II
lE fiat
| shall give 1t to Aesths. she said. q
ben she turned and went hastily ont OF 0
ie room. Agsths, who met her on the b
airs, noticed that she was weeping,
The wedding invitations followed as o
osely as possible upon tbs heels OF the
luoune ment. Fur months is consider d
| short time. They seemed a century u
Agatha; bat to Mater and NJ licent they II
ere 90 age. The proprietors OF the Pen n
ngton School Oi O Jserystiln for Young al
iris missed the tulti1n fee OF the younR
ers from the West, and they felt the loss VI
the board money most keeuly. Many II
time they wished that the red hslred
ri would come back, The iutsres, 90 p
e mortgage scared them 10 the face.
often wish. remarked Assths, after oI
G family conucii, that Ptr bad been 81
ore OF finsnclrt. is
His was lovely character, Mehcent re tc
ined. | wish every day that were more
le bim. h'
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lnmus OF the Sunday Newspapers, BY 10
IS OF pssteboard engraved at Tfsnys, 80
d by the so,sips Of ST.. Sebastisas, the bt
.ddlns came At las, II vas 10 June,
Il shortly after the Com neDcement OF ID
e School Of Observation ior Joune Girls To
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