The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-04-18

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eouit somaiines bs heard lar nste
groaad. shen 90 vtrf s,isI days one lssnes
80 esr sssias, the wnsspsrios Rock
Many declared thai evsa ,lis vss bat
isaey, sld ltsl people only inssinei thel
heard the seand. or missosk some othsl
souni The rusiling Of the dry srsss, rs'
bsps for lb.t Of ssssr Bat Llvy Lar
ham was . Grm believer 10 the bidder
brock. .pd lying 90 the soony ledge Ia
the mild sir Of sprips. With her bead
cl se sssipst the rock, sse ,hoas b'
she heard II uos. cad sished With
ali htr heart i. sere above tia ground
once sssin.
Rlasiag herself from her despepdeui
Good. she took up her books and was
about to unite lhs psroel when . head
line Of the Morley HsfsIc caught her eye.
"Trouble for the New Water Company.
abe read. aud undernesth, ID smsller type.
: Jones's Spring No, Sull sisns 0 ieoiion
ef Oar CiIs ,ns 10 THE Uss sof River Water
Possible Typhoid AT . Deadlock The
Shems M.y b. Given Up. After All. !"
Livy hastily tore ed the trosn hair rib
boo, tom blsd her books ou. op the ledge
aud re d the article. How load tue Whis
periag Rock rippled and IN uttered % she
read unless i. was the beating OF her own
heart tngt sounded 10 plaioly 10 her esrsI
An hour later she returned to the house
and told 'Lipbe that she wss going into
town. H. was surprised. and wondered
why she, Who vas usually 50 careful and
economical, bad pnt on her best dress on
. week day. Hs cond not koow that shs
Was gong to call on the pre- iiert OF the
company that had lately been organized
to introduce city wster into Morley. and
tnst she wished to make the best impres
sion possible Sle had knot.ed up her
long br.ids 10 give herss erestsr cir of
dignity, and she was wondering as she
walked along wbst would be the proper
way TO introduce hsrsali. Shopld she ssy
she was Miss L,nhsm, CT Mas Olivis Lin
ham. or Just Livy L,nhsm from the Lsn
ham fsrm2 She had not settled this im
portant question by the time she reached
lbe presidents house, and siterwsrd she
tried 10 vain to remember wbiOh she hsd
said.
She could not even remember very dis
Iinctly what the president, MIR. Finch. had
said to her. A. first be had been polite.
ont she bad felt be thought her foolish
md wss impatient with her. Gradually
be had become interested 10 what she haG
% cay, and at last really eager; and when
Ihe left be bad promised to bring man
Who knew oil about springs TO examine the
Hollow. Meanwhile, she was not to talk
bout the matter to any one, except. of
,ourse, to Liphe aud her father.
She saw 'Liphs working in the garden
% she nesred the house, aud unable to
leap her hopes TO herself long enough TO
valk decorously srouni TO the gate. she
uuped nimbly over the stone wall and
sn up to him. he slr4igbtened his back
nd pushed bis bat away from bis fore
esd, drawing an involuntary Sigh Of re
ief .. the momeDtsry respite from toll.
cooking at his sister as shs approached,
nth her brown eyes sparkling, her cheeks
ushed, and q dimple dancing at the corn
Z OF her mouth, be thought 10 himself
hat Livy was certainly gro wing pretty; he
I'D never noticed before how pretty she
Ias. He was so occupied With the eur
rise OF this new thought concer1Ing her
bet he did not hesr her fret words Of
but she was 10 no mood to st,nd
ill and be admired. In . moment he
sIt himself s-izsd by the shoulder and
risky shaken.
'Liphsl 'L'phel she Dried with joyful
npstislos, Wake upl Don't stare at me
, that moony way, as il you'd jat discov
red me and wondered what kind OF new
nim,l ussl Wake up -wsks up sll ov
!. with every ons Of yonr five sepss, and
,Ake your wits together to hear what I've
o. TO sayi You kuow the Whispering
ock?
OF course do. But
Well! ADd you know L,uhsm's Brook
How should l, when It's been buried
ore than 8 centutyf
You'll know it soon, il you don't now.
'Liphe, they're going TO dig il up ossin
ID nse it-and it's ours and they'll pay
for II -snd We can hire man and the
rm will be SO good ss it Was 10 Grsn'ther
snhsm's day and you csn study oil you
10, to -snd oh. Pm so happy, 90 happy
don't kno- whs, to dol
Wbsi she bad already done was to shake .
q aetoundsd 'Liphe harler and harder
llh esoh explosive fragment Of q sen
nee; what she did next was to catch him
ddedly round ,hs re,k and begin TO
y .ud laugh ios,tder. Bot after little
lille che became qlieser, and vas able 10
pisin what she had done and what she
ped for, Il vas 'Liphe's turn 10 be ex
led then. The brock rs,;ored, the farm
iss,sd. the water company Isssiog or Y
Iying the Holios He hardly dared to
ink go much it nigh. mean. .
Mr.. Finch aud ti' scieniiis friend kept
cir appointment Tney taid bat little Q
en-. bat came again with men and boring Q
psratus. snd other mschsaiosl contriv o
Gee. end GOOD II vas . settled tbing hat y
riley Vas TO bs provided VIII city wsi .
free from ell tsint or suspicion oil in .
rity, snd fresh from the cool depths be
, the Whip rins Rcck. 0
A hne surpri.e well give en- said The q
enlisc msp. inbbins bis bsnds tao Il