The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-08-22


J and .he tai secret She VI. drcsdlu
: ly afraid Amt Jane could hsd oui sbcu
II - The rrerst | meat. She YES sore 10,
I birthday vopli never be thought OF
. The little sirl's f.ihsr ssd moihsr wef,
dead, md .hs bad lived sith Der spin etc
) snsi Ter nssrly year. She though
, Aunt Jsue didLp care whether she bad I
good time a. not. bot possibly she ws'
/ nis,.ten sbe bid slipped Oui OF th,
kitchen nos on the ely. Tor fear sh,
would be told to ses ps,ohwork OF DO .
"slert ou the hs,eiul stocking she "a,
Knitting She bad other plans,
Sbe ". lootias snxiously down the
road that led - the village. II vssnl
long before she say what she vss LOOKING
Tor. They're comipt she said tIcilediy,
she hsd bees hsii afraid that they vonld
J Dot came and ball afraid that they
would. And nov there ,her we're.
She made SIRE that no one vss watch
ipg her before she ran TO meet them -
or ito |. vas her psr,y that she was
expecting, Tbs, v. Huldy Aons seosst
nbe vas 10 have party. and Amt Jane
didn't kros the fret ihing about III
1t vssnts very big party. to be sure -
only Hattie L,ikio aud her little sister
Fannie and tbs Foster twins, Hattie
was q sedsls miss cf IL. With blue eyes
aud fsxen hair. Little Fan vss bluer
eyed, and her hair was h,xener and hung
10 rinRlets over her chubby neck, Fan
slwsys reminded 1uldy Aup ei en- angel,
though, OF course. she had never seen one,
The Foster sisters, Kate aud Lizzie. we're
rosy-cheeked. black eyed dsmsels OF ten,
With closely cropped brown heads. They
(tbe twint) were not 10 the least angelic.
I'm most afraid were two early ,remsrk
ed hattie, with q sijelong glance st Hui
dy Anus browo calico dress and sunbon
net.
The Tour visitor, wore spick and span
light prints 90 etfflr ttsrched thst they
fairly crsckled when their wesrers NOV
ed.
Huldy Aon uoticed The glance and
blushed, No; you sin't mite too early
she replied. didn't dress up. l.
thought p'raps We might dig 10 the sand
hesp,
The visitoss looked st their clean gowns
and then st oh other, dilu1 s'pose
folks dua in ssnd heaps Ut psrtiee, spoke
up Lizzie Foster. s'posed they played
games in the house.
There are different kinds OF parties,
SAID Huld! Ann with dignity. You see
che badI PINNED for . honse party
Let's sit dosu uoder the big elm aud rest
Q spell, she weLt o. How sh, did wish
she know what TO do neXi To tell the
truth, she had never been to y party 10 |
sll her lie.
don't fink thith party ith much fun,
lisped little Fan sfler the girls had been
sitting 10 swkwsrd ei,enoo for few mo
meDts
The party hasn't begun yet. answered
Huldy Ann, nearly distracted between
her desire ths. her friends should have Q
jolly time aud her fear lest they ehould
be espied by Aunt James sharp eyes
Then she lsughed In relief ss che caught
sight OF the hired man driving ont TO the
barn with great hsyrsck. She jumped
up snd swung her sunboonet. Joel, she
called, We want to 90. Come along. girls,
she added to her companions. the psrty's
going to bogin.
Joel good naturo1ly waited for the
children and tossed them into the big
wagon as though they had been 90 many
bundles OF feathers. He clim bed 10 last
OF oil and cracked the whip, and away
they went. the rsok humping and th ump
ing over hummocks and stray stones,
while the little folks laughed and shouted
with delight,
Such fun they bad when the yield
was resohed. rolling 10 the hsy. jsmpine
into bay cocks and once in a while making
believe work by rskipg hay,
LIS Just lovely party. the village
children declared. when, warm and tired,
they set down 10 rect in the fhsdov Of the
stone wall.
.'pose tbere'll be 'ireshmehts when
We get back 10 the bousei ssid Kate
Foster,
IL supI ose sc, ssmmered Hnldy
Ann. Bot I've got some luncheon here.
she fastened TO ssy, producing Ito pail
which she bad msnseed to smuggle into
the wagon IRON some hiding place. II
sin't much. sbs spoloeiz rsisiog the
lid and displaying bali o dozan cookies
with nicked edges. few pieces Of cake
and gingerbread and cory looking qusr
ter OF pie. As Huldy Arn had been ssv
log op this spread from her luuches OF
the past wetk, IL could not be expected
TO hsvs 9 very fresh appearance Bot
the "psrty" wss TOO hungry TO be over
snd soon there wasn't . crumb
left.
The reIt thing on the programme, ~
nouncsd Hnldy Aop, Is 10 90 up Chap
man lane and pick blsekberries. ] krow
where they're tLiekf'p tpstien:
The visitors SEE ed TO be 9 little doubt
fol about this eirediiiop. Th're might
be snstes, OF cied Hsttie.
Why, 90 up thre mcst every day.
snd l never tsv tp.te there 10 all my
lille d,clstsd Bnldy Am. sho sun't one
oil the ,iuit kiod.
The pItnitftf fslt II hifrits sss
tempting, 20 Hnaiiy the Little coDpspy
elm bed ov,r the w.ll, sod crossing The