The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-06-07
CUPID AND THE LAW,

Gosaby. rooAby. yss. veil write sht
tell you sii sboni IL, and p'rhsrs sssS
yea sons 81 tbs dI.ws vprk
And .iih ihsss ana etssf niasl me-
.sa, the tlis ssrIyisf the BIG sIsurust
10 Atries pallsd 90, Of tie station.
Itv.s common. everyday .Isht 10 ib'
station hsnd.. and tbsy gave 1, ouly past
ius glance Bet 10 most Of The travellers
Il s.ss novsl sIpsri,res, aud th.y lootsd
90 Il . orly toe bssissing Of tue dsyi ol
sightseeing ia The lsnd Of The hosnEa
ms
There vtrs tvo passengers In ere oi
tbsse sleeper, who sth,stsa sons siisn
tion. Ons wss woman Of 60, tall shd
t,raigb,, With aoafii.ss lifssqusso. Who
seemed 80 ,ouss snd ssy IS The yeaog"i
The other called hsr "molhu." ard vas
sboni 70. = bsrtiinl sirl. Ttsit sen and
brother hsd come 10 tbs slslisn 10 bid
them soodby, . m,n Of 30. well sroonsd
tnd we'll made, th, typieil An,rean
msn oi thai sss
He had provided ,tsm silb everything
that his ,n.c,ion sosla sussot. ssd told
them TO be ssrs and lst bin know day y,
day where thsy ware and II they were
we'll
Aud yen will look altar mother, Alice,
won't you9
As be 'poks two yousr ladies' turssd
aud looked Al him -his sistsr and a yong
er woman. about ~. Sbs turned ipvolus
isrily. sad tho pretty blush that sovusd
Der cheek showed that hsr name was
Alice, tso
Robert Dnnosp slssssd At her. and vas
siruek with her beauty. Bat she cav his
look and ,srhsd away and bssisd her
sell with Der bIsssss. His mother and
sister both noticed the coincidence also.
aud smiled.
SO We will have two Aliets aloss, said
bis mother. l hope We tsAll become 40
qusinted with tie young lady. She looks
very pleasant and very nios.
Jnst than the portu shouted "All
sbosrdl" and Robert Jumped from the
train. AZ the ear passed him be locked
in vain for the faces OF his mother and sic
ter Bat b. did see the face OF the other
Alice looking ht him With soms curiosity.
Then be rsturnsi to his till,e. he WAS
tho junior partner in q proninsnt Law nrm
In Boston. and had q hard afternoon OF
work befsrs him. There was brief in .
case that puzzlsd both hinsslf ssd his
partner But try ~ he woald 10 sonesn
trsis his miad on his work, he eould see
nothing bat the bsautiful face st the ear
window and hear nstbisg bat the aronins
Of the car wheels,
At last be became go nervous that he
threw down biz pen. and telling the boy
hs would not be back until rsrsinr, he
walked seross the com mon and the public
garden to bis lons.
The evening" st The thsstrs did Eot help
him, and he was rather hsrror-strusk 10
Gnd himtsi no better 10 the mernisg
Tbis wssa new experience for him. No
woman bad svsr before come b,twssn him
and his work. This was silly. Hs never
ssw the girl before and be never would q
see h,r again. OF course. He nusi have q
iyspepsis. Il
30 on his way TO his offiss be made . I
sail on bis old college chum. now prom I
sing young pbysisisn, He did not tell
he doctor what the most prominent symp 7
ON was, bat was sure he needed nsdisirs
or dyspepsia. Accordinsly, he lei. rsth t
u foolish when he was obliged TO ,sy ~ q
o oil the doctors qssstiaEs a. to whsthsr a
ls had e,rtsin symptoms inserarssls from t,
,sttric trouble. o
Tbs doctor laughed and gave him some
,rmle,s powder, sld he went to the sfise :.
ttorg in the rsiolse 10 hsish the bret
10 made fairly good hssdwsy. but still q
he imsss Of The bssstifnl ysuns girl |,
'ould soas back to him, and, ~ the Day
ore on, mors distinctly. Letter IN the 81
erroon be got . tslssrsw saying thsprty n
Iss at Chicsso and sigcsd "Alics," Asd n
hat started it all over again. i,
Then be became alarmed aAd feared n
bat hi. mind Was eoisg. For hs was no. q
believer in "lsvs ct frat sight" or hard m
in the grand passion itself. II
Then be isuod hinsslf with almost . re a,
stlsss losging to take fist traia ssd fol tt
bis folks. OF course. ts did no, I'D Ia
III TO himsslt that be wanted TO see the
ther Alice l.,
That afternoon ose OF the firms bNt
isnis came In: lie said be costsnplstsd A
soms ltousand acres In Mex
., With the vi.v OF establishing . cofos
iauts,ion there de was not ssti'6sd I
ish The litls TO the lssa, sni fslt that "a
,ns oha ousht TO 90 dovn there and look il
to The matter more closely. lie could
Of ip,rs the tins. and came 10 tssn, 4,
linkias that soms Of thslr youas men
ig b, bsvs enough koo-Ie1se Of Spaniih
make ia Tip.
II bert DaeeIn s,riei Lin 50 80