The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-09-19
SIR JasPTR's GIErRosIrY.


SsLi 10 Masish." oai CO The terrace
eiiorsd lights lsns lte slobes OF
frs. and se,,s. cunnissly plsoed IN seelui
81 corners, isri,.a reposs 10 The dancers.
Tasre. 10 The qnivsrins rnoonlistt stood
X sen.ry Msitlsna. Her companion
loaked si The sweei lace bali tnrnsd svsy
from bin Presently be spote.
II may be . ioug. Iona time, be said,
.oil, And the music died ssay into .
di.isni ,cho-u seemed Of rain. wiz
700 .p.ta . thoashi for me sometimesi
shsll often ihink Of you, che susver
ei simply.
Will you siye me a1Saf be said, srd
tafbed 10 the fosenborder. Hlled With
aa,ini. oldirhionsi plants lavender,
boy, love" balm" and lost Of otb
sra
What voalI you likef she ssked.
Aad then With saiden impalse she
picked "a piece Of oli.issbiOned plant,
aud offered II 10 him,
There. rosemary. for remembrance. she
tsii. little ubstesdily.
And IS Jim Datcau took The little pun
geni-smeliDg spris be kep, the bsnd 10
bic. Surely the hour was come
Rosemary, he said; Rosemary, will Jon
member mei | love you. Darling.
un,.f a xnn snask IN may
What do you want me to ssyS she whis
pered. spd the light 10 her sweet blue eyes
was quite enough Tor Jim Dnncsp, for he
took her in bis strong arms, and murmur
I'D oil those swee, things whioh come With
sll the force OF first love.
IL may be only year. be said, or 1t
may bs longer. Can you wait so long,
Rosemary
Her suswer, spoken softly enough. was
distinctly "Yes."
l shall keep this, be said, pn,iing tho
little green spris carefully swsy 10 bis
pocket And when | sm far away, dstl
log. that will tell me OF Rosemary for 70
msmbrsnce.
Rosemary Rosemsr,l Where are you,
childf
A tall, dNk.syed woman stood beside
them, nsr sheepy satin train sweepins ov
or the grsss. diamonds giitterug 10 her
hair.
We are going nov, dear. she said. look
ing keenly Ut Rosemary.
Alb. is that you, Mr.. Duncsnf 30 you
are really going sbrosd'
Yes, for year, hope not moro. Ishsll
hope to come and see You before We sail,
Mrs Maitland.
We should be delighted to see you. she
said. bat am afraid We leave town tomor
row for the country. Come, Rosemary.
She swept away. iollowed by her dough
ter; and as they stood 10 the brilliantly
lighted hall, Jim found time to whisper
. last eood.b in Rosemnry's ear.
Goodbye, dsrling he whispered, as he
pa no. naa. tn..y .i--L $50. boz aha~i
ders. / shall write to the colonel and you.
too. Tell me that yon love me, dearest.
You know do, Jim.
Mrs. Maitland glanced curiously at her
daughter as she sat still and silent 10 the
corner OF the broughsm,
Silly child she reflected. Thank hesv
en-, was 10 time to nip the thing 10 the
bad.
She said nothing, however to Rosemary
on the sutisct and they parted in silence,
II was 9 week later.
Rosemary still watched feverishly for
the postmsn, happily unconscious oi the
tact that Mrs. Maitland had had also
deep interest 10 the post.boy and its con
tents, for one morning she had. on care
fully examining the postboX, selected two
letters, one addressed TO Col. Maitland
and the other TO Rosemary. These she
put 10 her pocket for further exsmins
tion, after while they found last rest
ing place 10 the fire.
H'ml Troops sailed yesterday for the
Cape, observed the colonel one morning at
Hsllol YouDg Duncan went
ont. see. Did yoa know be was going.
Grscep
Mts. Msitlsnd opened the Morning Post
indifierently.
Young Dnncah2 Yes. l knew he wss
of very soon. Rosemary, You are pour
ine the cream in'o the sussr basin.
Rosemary murmured something vas ne
ly about the Lest and escaped into the
garden. while Mrs. Msitlsnd proceeded to
enlishten her worthy husband on the sob
jsct. wisely omittiog. however, the episode
OF the barnt letters.
Well, my dear. Jim Duncan is . very
nice young fellow, be ventured to say, and
IL the child likes him
Reslly. George, you are quite absurd
Why, The boy has scarcely enough TO
keep himself. Besides yon know. Sir Jas
per Csrew is only waiting for : Ii tie en-
TO come TO the point.
Time passed time which waits for no
sn--snd IS each day slipped by, and not
4 word came from scross the ses. Rose
mary grew more spd more hopeless. She