The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-31

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cbsir bearer lhe pludo~ for Miss Dsll1
Sir BsIiuis auiarisnAle elbow Ibooied
% ogt Of TIE priceless cups "a the carved
. sheit Of the psuese esblaet and brctc II
. itt8 three pise
Mrs Wbuwoith Wslkiashsm viii CON
! mit 'utalt cried Medors, elssrug hsr
bsuls wjth siu glstgd terror
lsaeat yru 10 eternal secrecy raid Mt.
; Eailsid, lsngtlpg, - be wrapped The
pieces IL Lis rgctst handkerchief s1d de
posed them safely 10 his pocket, II there
is e store ia New York. Brooklyn or Jet
sey City where tins precious toy can be
. uatcted, It shsIl not be uasestched.
Fer every oue. MIR Ballard iucladed.
kpes that Mts. wbitworth WsIkiBgbsm
sas almost mobomsniae oa The subject
q ber euins, aud be vas really more deep
ly ohsgHued than lie appeared 10 be.
Yen cau't match it, said Medora D.llss,
And she proved TO be right,
In his despair, Hugh BAl.rd veni TO
oli Mrs. Meesrreau, Who vas ersctly like
every body's fairy sodmotber,
What sm TO DOT be said, blsnkly.
Dogsald Mrs, Megarnsu, noidlng the
diamond buttefaies on her cap, Why go
to the china and decorating rooms. OF
course, IN Hsmmersley Square. Take
your sample aud they will duPlic.te 1t for
you 10 twenty -four hours, Say that Mrs.
Megaueau seut you
MI Ballard deyogtly thanked the old
/ ,dy. suG obeyed without the loss Of time.
1t wss huge airy room, with the win
dows oil slorIti d with winter sunshinv.
aud a soft stesmhe,t modify log the rigor |
Of the February air. where half a dozen |
yong women were working Gt large |
table. Ma Baker, the upeuntendent, |
who sat at her desF, took the pieces Of
Mrs WbItsorth Wslkinghsm's doomed
cup and looked earnestly 81 them, with
ber head on one side.
We have that shape in our wsree, said
she, snd sm quite sure that we can re
produce the design-blue iris buds and
marsh grasses. Miss Rsymonds designs
are some Of them even more exquisite
than this RossbeI, my dear, come here,
And Rossbel Raymond, pale aud pretty
as ever, came forward 10 her brown linen
psintlng dress with her lovely chestnut
brown bsir pushed back from her face.
Mrs, Baker was holding out the bits of
fractured china whereon were painted the
blue iris buds and dropping grassef, but
R9sabeI never Looked at them.
Mt. Ballard she cried, her face bright
ening 9Th delight which she was too
unsophlstoodte1 to eIpress. what brought
you to this place?
Miss Raymond, he exclaimed, what are
you doing here2
Earning my own living, said Rossbel,
with quiet dignity, q
Does Miss Dallas Msdors, mean '
know where you ate2 q
She ought to know, said Rossbel. for it
was she who recommended me to come a
here. For the DaIlases, | think, were I
getting tired Of me, she added with a !
Sigh. But | ought to be very much obllg I
ID to her, for have acquired most vel d
come independence, and the work here is Q
.xccedingly cougenlal to my tastes. Is e
bat the pattern you wish copied, Mrs b
3aker2 she asked, taking the piece of d
,bina, Oh, what an exquisite gronp OF Il
,udsI yet am bold enough to think | can l'
initiate 1t succeslu ly. G.
lfyou can replace that cup, said Mr.. it
Ballard, dramatically, | am your slave for n
ife tC
think | can promise TO replace it with n
ut auy such conditionf SAID Rossbel, b
sugblDP, &c
Add Mrs WLitworth Wskinghsm nev NJ
7 knew that her iris bud cup was broken
MIL Hugh Ballad brought back it's exact II
cS
You must have come spell out Of the 60
rabian nights, said she, Enthusiastically. .
No. be. answered, quietly, no spell ID
tronRer tLsn woman's prscticed eye al
nd skllIiul band ol
He came no more to Mrs. DAllas's Tues ST
ay monnlng recep lons. and Friday after OF
oou teas Miss Medors wondered vsiuly 10
by. But one day she met him ou Fifth bl
venue. and preltlly approached hIm with tn
is recreaut abseuteeism, 10
have been iOrlunate Ell ough 10 disooy tn
, the abiding place Of your cousin, Miss tb
.osabel Il lymond Fsid be, gtsyely. vi
Medora looked up With deep color 20
ountug to her cheek. "a
Indeed? said she. ov
1t was very kind OF you to secure for H'
sr such cougeIisl position as that be 90
.msrked. les
Melors Dallas uug her head anl was tr'
lent. sal
But she will not remain there Ling, be as
,ntnued. eeriuily, sm happy 10 tell sal
n that sm engaged to Ter We sre TO set
married 10 few weeks. Oi course
N will receive st home cards when We
= finally settled
Medora murmured SOMETHING about
congratulations aud ''deiigLtsd to bear Va
it Bat Mf Ballad sm lied to himself cit
ben she had p.sS d OF. th'
La belle cyusine le pot tIac ly pleased Th
said 10 himself Bot what need ! care ye'
! the froV Us OF smiles Of pthrr women. sot
long as have won my little Ras.bel2 to
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