The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-05-03
AN AMUSING " OMAN


her dssfosi iilsss, ihs, sss made hstsel
rsik.r uepesulr People ssnisa 10 lih
Der, tni u wn ditsisaii whsn shs ws
l.nshins 81 ttsr, b5, without rsset'siio'
they aauiiitd that ,bs VS. tie trigetss
sifi 10 town 30 they made efss, ]
nsniiae vhtn ,he Ieit ihtrs With hsr fsn
Ny sai we1t !, Chiesso, Lacy vas 20 n
10 Leave the little towr. toe, ubto shi
fonbd ih.i she wonld be lsmsbttd. SIT
bss.b 10 .tisSb ,oms iupotisIes 10 bel
ssli, tLius sbe bad prs,iously failed e
do, bscIu,s Of oil The sbsnri eresturss Ia
world Of sbsnrdity she had ..tmsd ts,
na.i ri3iealoua II che bal even srisl
isinsd 80 sn bi,ion. abe lsushei hsrstll
o1t Of H. Hsr sttiinde toward herself, Al
well % iowsfd tbs world, vas that OF Z
moeker. Aud hsr.y Of sntinsht dared
10 fad iis wy ipio bar Genlsl con
ponnd shs gsvs CD 80 to 1, with dsfi,is.
ninth.
She did. uhs,svsr she sttsmpiei. we'll.
lu the yillsse there kai been only The
homs detis. 10 on,r vent 10 ber sctivities,
.Bd sbe sIcellsd 10 ibas Whsn other
girls biandsred In bread nshing Luey
tarnsd out white and iestbsry losves
When experienced Louss~iyes irt,tet
about the nopolony OF iIts Luoy Invented
oew dishes. She could make dresses aud
embroider, snd nov the Lawn, AID curry
the borss std drive nail. Ojdly erougb
none OF these ihiuss had sstisded her
| They hsd not seemed worth while, and
she had rol bSen interested IN her own
.chisvt mtnis. Bot when shs 90! to Cai
cage, and found whs. awful hurry sv ~
body was In, sbe got in hurry, too,
though she laughed Gil the time ut the
sensei 90 fret aud rush and decided to be
come part Of the bfsstble and prepos
terous procession.
She went around and looked Of the city.
aud made up her mind aeout msp, snd
women. aud business, sud politics. and
religion, With ths splendid esse sod dog
msiism Of The young. Shs sent swsy .
number of ardent lovers.
LoveS said Lucy. lps sR illusion. Any
one over forty will tell you thai,
Bot you Rre under twenty, said one OF
the protecting once.
an accident. cried Lnoy. A mere bun
der on ny part. IL will tike me twenty
years OF my lie to reciihy il, and | shall
be SO busy doing 1t that ! really shall be
able think Of nothing elss.
To herself she said.
When | msrry il shall be for - fer res
sons OF state, 80 to speak. shall msrry
i. capable, brilliant. physically perisc,
msn. believe In the survival OF the fti
est. believe 10 the selection ot species. |
This eitlsh sentiment that sntraps othsr
sirls shall not wsylsy me
Aud for ouce she old o, know that she
sss amusipg.
09e morning she awtke with 90 idea.
/ sm going to be nurss. she said. The
more she thought OF the idea the better
she was pleased. For what other purpose
usd that masnifosntly strons body
been gwen herr Shs felt az IL she could
racIte strength and courage. She was
taken for probation on the merits OF her
general bssring and intelligence.
Bot | am afraid you arc too fond ole
citement the heard nurse said. kindly.
You ,sem TO have high spirits. fear you
will no. be able TO stand the discipline and
corhusmeut.
But Il seemed to Lucy the place for
high spiti,s. ltsppssted to be, moreover,
the most exciting OF places SIS stirring
and vital as bstilrh.ld. Here we're real
Tragedies, not mimic ones Here wss the
actual heroitm. She was interested to sb
There uss, moreover, plenty
TO laugh at this pomposi,y OF the doctors,
the solemn reverence with which they re
gatded themselves even 10 the face OF ont
rage Gus bluntep and erroneous disgnoses
aud futile experiments, the hypochondriac
II whims OF the patients; the dry slough
log ofi Of sill moral responsibility on the
part Of the nurses, who came 10 regard
themselves ss aatomats set in n otion by |
he physicians. Thi, pbsss OF tbs com
,iy humane was dehciously funny TO I
Lucy. She made herself both friends
lad enemies by her i'll sdyised merriment.
Doetsrs ,rs sbsutd, shs commented frs
luebily. have nsver sesn spything 90
aedsctive /. doctors. The Wy they set
10 theories before which we oil fall pres
rate. aud the msnner 10 which they
luock tho came theories presently, while
We servilsIy applaud, is truly entertaining.
am glad came.
You sont stsy II you don't exercise
more control oi your tongue, one Of The /,
rbly obedient nurses once said 10 hef.
Ga. we'll. said Lucy. The cars still run !
y the hospit.l can getaway.
Bot for sll her nonsense sbe vas soou r
,ounied one Of the beet probstioners the Q
,ospi,sl bad ever known. Her itesdinsts
i nerve wss remarkable Her pulss Vas 4
formal when she ritnsssed or assisted at /.
10 operation. Ii ssemsd 80 il abs could
west herself OF h,r own personslity % J
rely for The purpos. Of saving the inert il
restare on tue operating table. TIE ms c
oriy Of life seemed poem TO her stsuch !,
aouen.. To prs'srvs Vt soy cost tas o
rasile, divine, mystic. slusivs thing /.
,hich sll ibe science 10 The world could /.
eger fynthttiE SEEMED TO her hall god i