The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-05-09

10 lasys Of Al,hes with an srologetic snll
4 and w.vs ot the hand. sna his true orinio
ID had not been SPOKEN, Bat Alttea kps
10 u; she bad re.d it 10 bis face.
= She tisd up her drssisss aud sent bsc
"A 70 her place 10 iha classroom. The shoe
l. and Stag OF Der disppointmens ticele
y ell thrspsh her, Sac realized noe TIA
her own observa,ioos aud Ius,lnc. had b
10 quo TO vsrn her of u, and that i. ives 20
10 all o surprise. tui ths, did nc, help ID
10 shsrpnsss Of Il.
y She mounled her ,tool and went Of
II touching ~ Homer'a carlF, bat che hsrdl.
), ssv the dravios Que thought Oiled her
L ooe oppres i've tbepght. ,fied TO do tcI
" much. l didn't ttiak snythipg ordlnsr!
" vas good enough iof me. thought
q must DO something great. becsase |, wss |
l never once thought that IL might no, b.
e 10 me, bn, /. isn't.
}, She ced the trath. now that IL etoot
4 like srock in her path. II was . bittsl
a thing. bot II did not quite siagger her
She wss not tho eirl TO be easily and Il
o tally coofoupde3. She bad made her ven
I tnre boldly snd courage wss 20, all gone
enough was left to give ner bsplesr
/, thoughts . push Tito q practical cbsDDel
When she walked to her boarding house at
! lau,h tins, slresdy she vas asking herself
keeply, What ueIlp
! On her tabla 10 her room she found .
(; letter from her mother. II was . long let
ter, Q motherly good letter. and Al.hea
} read il with full interest. She had to
J read to the very end before she found .
tstdy answer to 9 question she had asked
twice. No, her mother wrote, / haven't
got me new dress. / don't think need
sny. sm going to turn my alpaca and
make /. over, and II will look about rs
good as new,
She cent have = new one, Althes said !:
she can't bfIord il, They can't have Iny
thing new. not now. Every cent they can
rake and scrspe goes to me, 0m taliog
IL oil.
Louise. her mothers letter ended, esme
over little while last night, She wss
pretty tired. She had been helping her
father weed onions.
Wedding onions. said Atbos. She burst
into laugh. 1t was sshsky laugh. She
read sgs'n the last two paragraphs Of her
mothers letter. and sll OF osce she stop
ped laughing and biotted the sheet with q
shower Of tears. The bell rang Tor uucb.
bat for many minutes shs did not head it.
With her head on her haa1. she sat aud
thought.
One aiterr oon three weeks later Louisa
was mending wsistcoat Of her fathers on
the porch. She had Loi been wedding
onions bat sewing, 1t was past five
O'Clock, snd she did not look up when she
bssrd the gate opened. because she had
thought II was her father: bnt the step
that came up the walk was not bis,
L5usia looked; then che gszed. Bhe open
ed her mouth and laid her hand over il.
then she Jumped TO her feet
Why, Althes Loomis said she, in
sofiened scream. She threw her arms
around her cousin end kissed her, and |
kissed her again. Why. Althesl shs re-
pestsd. because she could say no moro.
Althea eat down on the steps. She look
ed we'll she he'd on stylish new bat, and
her neck was dressed altar isunty and
urban fashion which struck Lou.ss's up
prec,st.ve eyes at once.
You didn't expect me, said she.
OF course notl Not Til Thanksgiving,
anyway. ssid Louiss.
changed my mind, ssid Althes. I've
come home. and I've come to stay, l am
going into the millinery business. l am
geing TO tske Miss Crittendsn's business;
don't you think it is ODD idea2 shall
take some OF her stock. and bought quite
. line Of goods In the city. and they viii
be here tomorrow wsnt a psrtner, do
you know OF nybudy-
Altbssl said Louisa.
It's go SAID Altbes. Ask mother. ssk I
Miss Cri.tsnden. l wrote TO mother IS |
made up ny mind aboat il. aud she tod
Miss Cr.tteDdep. wanted to surprise {
you. you desr thing. yonl
You have, said Louiss. . Altbesl Her ,
eager joy lighted the blsnkness Of her isoe
bat ber nnoslief eclipsed it. Then--wby |
shat have you Teen doiag, Athes2 said
she. +
For the last three weeks I've been taking
a course In millinery, said Althss, or part Q
OF one. shall go back and finish II after 0
awhile, but wanted TO come home and
stars IN 10 plenty Of time for the fsll trade, g
vaUtsd people 10 knos sbou, us. Don't
you think 1t will be good plan to rut .
big advertisement Ia the psper2 A whole Z
,olamn I've honght ont what We viii .
ssy.
Bat. Louisa who was always tenderly :
sfeehearted was looking Ut her. Whist e.
happened, Athes7 was her simple qses d
ion. o
Aud Althes told her. / could have stuck
/ ont she ended. coald have done some 81
hiDg. suppose. II bad ker at II, Bat
though, 1t oil oct. faced 1t ont
honsht | was g genius, and ] wasn't, Q
I'D ss for cnl.ivsting 3 poor talent, b
new | eoaldnt sdori that. To go ob Il
Isipg up fathers money. and keep him and b
mother rincbiDg mo, | conli not DO II. si
kuov / vas selfish from the begin
ipg. Loniss. and m,de . big nist,ks, Ii
nd found Il ou'. II
He fsid nv vork showed some st,istir u