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

um's length.
@ Alihssl Loaiss cried, 10 itsuspof
Of sdnlrsiion. o Alibes. sbs rspessed, q
lpsslinsiy snd sIlb bo,s oi despair,
ysa eSly uculdl Alihss smiled. sri
parsed hsr lips sBa shock her bead
AIihes. said Loaiss. II could msk
yon sss III li's one ch.pee 10 hnndred
Mics C,illesden hss aoas splenditly
she's made money. ani she'd never eiv
IL up II che didp'i have 10 40 out Nes
aud keep house ior her brother. w
conld buy part OF Der stock to begin With
snd she'd sell II chesp
I've heard II sli before, murmared A
thea.
Well. you've got to hear IL sgsin, ssit
ber cousin Shed sell cheap, aud to-
rent Of ths, shop isn't mneb. We soulf
o., bsve cen, 10 pay Tor help; you'd trin
the bats. snd ia DO everything else, sveri
thinel You know ia never bsve thought
oi II, Ahbes, IL you couldn't trim bats
You're more clevet vt II than any boy ! es
er saw 10 my life, and every body says so
Yon'rs got mors style than Miss Ctii'en
dsn's trimmet's ever bad We'd keep al
ber trade snd get more. ! know We
shoald. And I'm iast cut ont for the busi
ness part Of 1t. Father and mother think
we'd mske . uccees OF It, o Althes, II
does seem as II IL would be q mistake to
let tie cnsnoe col
!.llhes stuck her needle into the cneh
100. a certain pride snd con6ien dis
iinguisbed her. Sbe was always with her
he,d we'll up
I'm going to New York week after neIt,
Louisa announced
Alihes L,omsl Louisa gaspe', To
study drawing2
Althes nodded. la lees oomplacent
IN GOD. the spectacle OF L1uiss's crestfslleu
bopelessness might bsve touched her; bat
Aithess range OF vision isll short OF
Louisa She saw only herself, 10 various
future conditions, all Of them exalted.
Yen kuow thst artist that wss here
sketchiog lsst eommerP said che. Well,
talked with bin. and he told me which
ara the good ait schools In New Y rk.
sud I've m ide up my mind which one Im
| going 10.
Her consin continued TO gszs at her.
What kind Of ~ a, is, are You going 10 be.
Althes2 she asked Are you going to
paint portraits or lsndscspes2 She ssked
1t 10 simple and eenoiae interest. Althes
vas pretty snl clever. and had . wonder
lul tslent for trimming hats, and Louisa
presumed that she bad no limitations.
don's know yet, shall be sn sriist
OF some kind. said Althes. I've always
thought la like TO be, and I'm going to
begin now. It's high time; I'm eighteen,
Bat, Louisa said, with slow bewilder
% enf, to live in New York. and study st
40 art school till you've learned bow TO
paint why, Althes Loomis Where will
you get the money!
Althea's color rose little, she frowned |
fsinlly. From father. Of course. she sn
swersd But shall pay bim back every
cent be gives me, Artists make lots OF
money, she sverred, and l shall, and |
shall make it all up 10 him 10 year or 80,
and sooner, msybe.
L9uiss rem aimed in 8 silence OF blank
ness. Althea had perfected her plan With
out taking her into her confidence, and
II surprised her utterly. She admired AL
thea; she had no doubt OF her abilities;
sbe believed that whatever Althea might
undertake, she wonld mske success OF IL.
Aud bad IL MT been for ter own anxious
scheme. she would unqnestiobingly bave
rejoiced With her now.
Bat that scheme was dear to her heart.
Since the earlies, rumo, that Miss Cri;ten
den VS. before long going ont Of business,
she bad cherished IL. She bad thought it
over csrfally and from different points OF
view, and she could forssee nothing bui
success Tor the venture.
Bat, prsoticsl minded girl that shs wac.
she would not have trusted ber own juds
% ent solely; whst had fsed Der in her con
dden cs was that her father and mother sp
proved the prcjsct. and until this present
cslsmiious moment che had thought TO
csfry II ont Althea had shown small in
lsfest 10 1t; abe hsd given out hints OF
plsrs Of her own, bat she hsd pat of tili
now tho fnll communication that had /.
crushed Lsniss'e lss, bopa.
Bi. for tbs moment, ABOVE The desper /,
tie disappointment OF the older Girl. there
'ose her sstauishmeni. her perplexity. A
hes's i.ther vas not 10 very easy circnn
tsnces; be dill have little money saved
o The blnA. bot L3uiss knew IL was not
nneh. To bay part Of Miss Ctiitenden's
tock sud start business ss Lonisa bad !.
,rudently snd moderately planned would !,
ave bsen no great undertaking; Altbes's
hare 10 ii would have been we'll within ,
be possibilities. Bat for Althes to 90 to
sss York and sludy st an srt school-the ),
hougat OF i, caused Louisa mental
asp
Aud somtthing else occurred to her
,at yoar father and mother. said she.
iosly, liked the ides OF our taking Mics !.
basinsss. They thought 1t
'onli be good thing; they ssid they did.
Wsll. they did ttink 90, said Al'hes,
10, they're silling should do ubs, | :
Isnt 10; they wouid-i PIT s,rsv 10 ny
Isy There. nos yon knos slI sboat II. :,
.ud Im soins 10 txo weeks. Athes end :
d cotcirsisely. Try 90 your tat
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