The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-05-23

lhsnsbi ihsl % oli msn. % old and ban
srs viser.e ! csn sts him nov --sioci
wts'e Yea are. sna thsi be sss plsyiul
the most rrqaisi,e ines ! hsve ever imsi
insd. some,biss 20 rsrite'. 20 ideal. 80 81
irsnciss. ibai dsspslfei Of ever lesri
log u, Oh. Il esaIi o1iy remember II
Whst sn M
sbs stood up and pi.ytd iew bsrs
tsen stopped. irIed sgsin and hnsllY lsit
ssias her yioiin viii 80 lmpsiient gesture
4 shsll never sst III shc aia | dcU'
believe hnmsn hands fvsr played snch I
synphopy as ibst Il is only 10 dreams
one fnds rsrhciior
| rnep. lsnshiog st her osn rhspsoaiss
sbe III the lamp a3d. remembering ihs
rul . Of hospitality. insisted 90 mskins
some tea Tor her guest
| Nan herself, the dream all dispelled,
vas laughing at his enthnsissm. aud when
her f.iher returned from bis walk snd
joined them fellow feeling vas establish
ca be.sesn verramota, snd bis tenants
that would hsve taken months Of more
convertionsl intimacy TO develop.
Indeed. il seemed to vsrrsmount when
he left them that be bad never been so
well entertained, and he found himself
bsnkering constantly during the days that
followed for the informsl esyety OF the lii
tie tnrret room tea party, 10 place Of the
gathering at Mount Regal. where his
mother, proud OTIS long line OF ancestry,
kept up an amount Of state thst bored
him 10 extinction.
Why don't yon go aud call on the Xii
msynes2 be venlured 10 say one day. You
might ask them over here som times. IL
they would come.
MY dear boy. sAid the dowsger, with
her usual decision, those impossible peo
plsl
What is there against tben' demsnded
her son, with some wsrmth Ths father is
y gentleman and scholar; the daughter
is
sm Indifferent to what thsy are or are
not. interrupted L,dy VsrrsmUunt ruth
iessly. Their Circumstances do not per
NIT them 10 entertsin or so iuto society;
therefore ii would be quite useless my add
ing them TO an overcro.dei visitog list.
And Lord Vsrramount knew his moth
er too well to srsne the matter further
The facts OF Mans beauty and Ia.ligibility
combined had been quite sufficient to
prejudice L,dy Vsrrsmonis worldly ne
tore seainst her. Bat her opposition raih
er increased than dampened his own in
clinstions to go to BiIlylousb, and soon
his appearance at testims grew to be oil
most daily event to which Nan found
herself looking forward as the one ray OF
brightness 10 an otherwise very doll life.
Presents Of game and fruit and flowers
found their way, too, from Mount Regal;
new songs aud magazines for Nm, new
boots for MI KilmaYne Yet. 10 spite OF
these distractions. Mas ssemed to droop
and fade rs the winter progressed. The
pretty color no longer fished into her
cheek, and the animation in voice and
manner failed day by day, while there
came a, times q singular strsined look in
10 her faos. rs though she we're listening
10 some farrell sound.
Her father, absorbed 10 study snl work
ing against time for money that was spent
before it came. failed to notice these signs
IA her. but Verrsmount saw them very
plainly and wondered what the reason
,ould be.
Oae day be learned IT, He had run 10
IN bis way home from hunting aud. gnid
ID by the sound OF Nan's violin. had gone
straight up TO the tufret room to fad her.
She was playing few notes ever and over
Igsin with wesrisome iteration, and when
le entered and che laid her vicliu down
% greet him lie saw that her lips were
luiveripg and her eyes full Of tears.
Wha. IS il, Nan9 be said involuntsrlly
md c.llipg her by her Christian name 10
,is distress
IT'S nothing, she ialtersi. II Ia only
She broke A and then burst inlo passion
'te tears. | shall never fad 1t outl she
obbed. Newell II haunts me always,
light and day. Sjmeiimes 10 my dreams
can even play some oi II. bu. when |
'ske i, is gooe gonel When | am away
rom this room. am restless TO come
,ack to it, l feel tina. the tune is here,
within these walls. and that novhere else
pill it com, to me. Yet when sm here it
till evsdes me. And nov we are going
way, and l shall lose the chance CT 1t for
yerl
G.ins sssyl be echoed blsukly. When
-std why?
Fsthcr mast 90 to London. sho ssid.
Ioms literary hnrinese of his has gone
Irong, sn1 he uust bs, there to look after
!, and l h,vs male mp my mind to try
0 esrn cone money. IL IL not fsir lie
hould do all the work. | shall try to get
lto . ladies rics band ss frat violir.
'atber is going TO ask ycu 10 release him
rom the remainder OF on, tenancy.
OF course, | shall bs Delighted. said
'srsmount. with psteni insiacsrity.
bile he was rapidly revolving 10 bis
lind the vari1ns excuses be might offer 10