The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-12-06
PROPOSAL or TODAY

9fsstefet wAs covering slk bsndshe
h.psltrehiti 1ita an opposition psitsf
ia oolersd ~Ools --wby, Mr.. Mstabsr
essls cot rsEs cut There vas 30 90
elss 10 the room. sGa. ~ vas evideui, sh
scnilensu was disposed 10 be eonhdt
tial
Mise Gfestofti smiled.
AID Why have you noif
| have st times been bali afraid tbs
you might seetpt, replied The esnei'
youus MAD. Al others. be added (thoush
fatty removing 30 slmost inslsiois du'
speck ttom bis sleevtl bsve been moe
psf,utbed by the possibility that yo'
might refuse.
Iwould be disssreesble 10 be refused
remarked tha lady, impefsonsiiy.
Tbst the gentleman considered, q
pepds II was sure | wanted to msrf!
ven, Il would be PROFESSIONALLY disserse'
ble to be reiosed.
Aud yoa are satef
No, very far indeed from being 30 A
TIMES | think | should much eploY th
role Of Mr. GrestofeI, 80 TO speak.
Bat not alsaysf
%, dear. poI not nearly slssys,
Miss 0restoteI had cansry, which .
this Iuncture began to sine With so sif o
the most uncomfortable merriment. Mr
Markhsm went 10 neighboring drswe
sad produce thence cloth, With vhict
he covered tho cage.
Yon are not sore wbe! her you are II
love With me or por remarked the youut
LADY, ~ the birds Indignant silence snt
ceeded to Li. previous irrelevant rhspst
dy.
Mr.. Markham me back to the msnie
piece, and, having resdiusted bis back, BIZ
said 10 low voice. aud looking down o.
the very adjacent brown, bent head -
admit | an disappointed.
She looked up rather quickly.
Bitterly. | had no idea that you coult
be stupid 1T is eyi entity possible,
From the motion OF Miss Greatore1,
her head --ss they would say 10 the old
books he implied note OF interrogation.
II ia stupid not to have grssped the ques
tion. / hsye for quite long time known
that was 10 love with you.
Even since lunoheon2
Perhaps not quite so long as that. bus
certainly ever sioce. Lady Great rex ieit
the room.
The young lady laughed.
Was my mother such 40 instance oil
George Eiiots mslign prophet standiog
behind her daughter and Threatening
what she will be.
| merely meant thst the presence OF
chsperon is Incompatible with sentiment.
| observed the Young woman, do not
mind admitting that | am getting oontus
cd, You nov assert that for more than
20 minutes you have sdored me (Mr.
Msrkhsms shoulders appeared to deprec
late the exagseration Of this rhetoric) and a
moment ago you seemed much to doubt
your love.
Not at oil. That is why l lately called
you stupid. am sure that sm 10 love-
bat am very uncertain ss to whether /
would like to marry the beloved object.
Miss GrestoreI laughed.
admit it sounds. perhaps, improper.
| merely mean that marriage IS the nee
essary derouement Of being what 10 call
ed in love seems to me quite doubtful
e1pedient When there is no question OF
beiag 10 love, be contin1ed, relaxing MIN
self by q short walk to the other end oil tue
room and back. thiuk marriage not a
bad arrangement. 1t is then merely q
form Of business partnership, and now
that IL has cesssd to be insolnble has no
spocisl terrors. Bot You aud have moth
ins 10 gain by that l sm exceedingly
we'll off, so are you. ! do not need to mar
~ for position nor do you. We neither o'
as need to demand blood, like Hamlets
amt. In fne, as they say 10 the Arabian
Nights, you have nothing to gain by me,
and | have DO msterlsl need OF anything
you can supply me. Markham is iust as
ine place as Gtestorfx abbey, and not .
bit 6ner When | spesk OF being IN love
1t is purely persolal sensation, should
like il to become chronic. / really enjoy
being 10 love. Bat II We got married
You csnno. anticipate ycur love stand
ing that crucial tes,a
/ honestly admit that | have tny doub,s.
We live 10 straightforward age; let me
make clean breast OF them. Do you,
for ins.suep, like to talk a. brsskfsstf
N3tslvsys
never. II you we're licensed by The
ceremony OF marriage to inundste me
with ms,utinsl conversation, / should be
rend cred st once miserable, A feeling oi
decenoy would prevent my showing it; !
should suppress H. That suppression
would u Gee destroy sl opeuness be
tween us.
You take, | .hink interrupted Miss
GrestoreI, . morbid view oi the duty OF
corjussl confidence. You would push II
too far
Nv views are slways high. Perhaps !
do that is hov IL strikes me, Every morn
ips / should Join yon a, The breski'tt
table With the nnspoken terror ibsi you
ssre stoai to cotvtrse. / think II posst
ble that yon slio like 10 talk 10 the train
sud 10 csbsi
OF course. remarked the youns lady,
-.sbF.. "a .il.y tLA sDfl sfy Of her friend