The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-02-02
f1slshlns Thomas.


lns haa ofplnk snd white lace she "A,
rufled up 10 . huge leather char drawn
~ bsit Tue reading lamp 10 the eden !"
Sac bed ~ iltsrssting book. but there
Ss' hessy voc ~ the droop OF her mouth
md her syss we're DARK with ipjary, and
snsn Howell vau Rensselaer, Gibbon ana
80 sirls bars. 10 upoo her ,he pu, out
,sosuid hand aod dld not even slop rrown
ing.
WHATS upf her visitors ehora,ed 10 80
on'slmsnt. Conld this be Beatrlx, tho
meature OF happiness and smilesS
Sue laid down her book. Thomas did
40. come home 10 dinner she announced
Sith the sir Of having ended = halt hours
explanation.
Good sraoioasl said Howell ~ he drop
ped On TO The couch from the shock. L.
that ALP And you've been married let
me see -four months Don't you think
Hs time the poor man had vac.tion2
lie has had. spultered the implaosbla
one. Oae evening last sun mer 10 London
when l Was tired. sent him of alone ,9
the N usic hall, and IN other time In Scrt
land let him 90 on = two days shoouna.
and hsd the lovelett dinner, aud one t1
est H. She glowered st Howell. He iel
phoned st bali past Ave, when il was to-
late for me 10 60 spywhere. II ionly had
known, Id have gone to the ,beater. ana
when he got home ! wouldn't have beeu
here, He'd have been scared.
What are you gong to do when he does
get homer quiered the girl with the colue
plume hat. She wac BestriIs sister and
privileged to ask questions.
Pm going 10 freeze, said Beatrir prompl
ly aid coldly. ! viii not have any row,
its 30 common TO squsbbIe. But he's
Just got to know be isn't going of tbs
wsy aud leave me TO spend a whole eve
ding alone. IL doesn't pay to be meek
about such things men never appreciate
sweet tempered women--nevefl You've
got 10 be agreeable once in awhile TO
make them resliz, you are an individual
With rights.
10 other words, said Howell with int6r
est. you sre gong 10 work the cold and
hsush'y racket
lam. ssid Bsatrix sternIy.
Tha aa0nnh faninina ....... - l. l.
ing notes on human nature turned to Mr..
dlbbon. Howell. she said persuasiyey.
you 90 into the ball aud come in aud play
you are Thomas. | want to see how
Bestrix will trsst him.
No. mol said Howell. promptly and yir
tuously. I'm afraid I'd get kissed
There wss 3 sniff from the big leather
ohair soc myself kissing Thomas this
evening. were her 10y words.
H'ml ssid the sugsoster OF the plan.
You'll be 90 slsd 10 see him that yonlI
600 over him in the most msudlin way
when be does appear.
Bestrix looked thong htIul, Well have
not seen him sincs morning, she adm itiod
as one with totally new idea. will DO
rather glad 10 see him, that's fscli
Hs, hal exploded Mr.. Gibbon, and at
once looked grsvs end sympathetic when
she turned on him,
I'm rather sorry for Thomas myself,
said the second girl She did not like the
plsiltivs droop OF BestriI montb. That
little sign usually forets,ls squ,lly wealth
81.
Unlsss. said BesiriI's sister, ss if TO her
self, be hss the good sense TO come homo
With bad besdsche or feeling that be
Is going to have typhoid fever or smsIlpoG.
an not announced BeairiI, sitting up
straight for the first time, silly enough 10
be hoodwinked by spy such trick When
| get angry. IL is Tor good csuse. and IL
would be doing myself I'll injustice TO let
him think don't mind hs neglect and
unklnd -
There vas . step on the porch and o.
once Fash OF pink silk aud lace through
the door. The deserted trio looked at
one another and held their breath. ss they
waited for the storm TO bnrt.
Hello, TriIl cried Thomas in bis hesnl
est, most careless voice. Been lonesomef
Lonesomel echoed his furious vile Ia
the plsiptivs and tinii tones Of 40 .bused
infant l wanted 10 see you 40 The
rest vss remarkably mpfiisd. and there
vas . long silence, broken by the fsi1t
souod which caused Howell TO nod bis
hesd.
Didn't ! tell you whst would have bsp
psDsd 10 msf he asked Of the Girl whois
studying humsn Dsture.
And be didn's even pretend to hsves
whispered BesiriI's sister with
round eyss u sstonisbmebt st her
kaleidoscope sstsr.
/ think ssid Howell, NJ Bestfir aud
rhomss enveloped 10 . sersphic cloud,
tbs, 1t 10 time for ns TO 70 home before
tue domestic storm wbicb i, 80 evidently
lowering ever this Happy home bats,s 10
cyclonic iufy. Come on, sitlsi
What Ia be tslting sboptr is11ifed
fbomss.
Perhaps. said Hossll tenderlY, ss be-
sent opt the door. II 10 jssl a. sell that
10 sbouidI know. Bssttif.