The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-08-29


nlla svsy. be tifr,d and osas 9uicAl,
iowaf3 her
Hsrns col hi. bsre % ihsrss TO .sk'
hers. bot ,hs qaietiy rui nsr haed' b
hlnd her stA stripped bsef he feleed
bis srng snd stood before tsr. LOOKING
e.,acAlT lato ,bs eyes ta.i she raised tc
b.. .lme.t .fpesiiuely.
Kaheripp. be ssii. love Jon, VIII
yon be ny wifei
A besuuiul color siole slovly from ,bs
ribbon si bef threat up. up, ortil II tinted
the edges Of her small. perfectly formed
ears His gsx, Leli hsrs iaf . moment.
then her eycllds fell and their lone lssbs'
svept her cheeks.
Mr. Pcsrcr, she said slosly and hesiss'
inely. l am 90 cory. bni III can't.
Becsuse yon do not love mel
She looked up qaietly into his face
then down sssio. but che did mt reply.
katherine. tell me. be said. Why is il
thst you canoo, msrry mel
Because -,he vas very tuss dislodsine
. bali buried stone uiih the toe Of her
shos -beesuss yoa are Ysnkeel
Another swift glsnes met her steady
look. Then she moved q little farther
away end stood half turned from bin.
His f,s, impulse wss TO laugh. But that
passed almost as 1t came. The gray, brass
buttoned riding habit. the flushed cheeks
and bright eyes with which she bad listen
ed to "DiIie," flashed scross bis mental
vision, The Yankee might be ~ obsts
Gle not to be laughed away.
Ba. | sm not a Yankee. he ssid with
EN- mpbssis. sm from Illinois.
II seemed o long time % both that they
stood 10 silence. Again she ws the hrst
TO speak.
This is su awtal rain. she said
Yes, o very vet rain, be replied.
Oh, yon srs going to jest about IT.
Bnt / am not sting, he answered, walk
ing rapidly to where she stood. WHIST l
mean is that you will get wet The water
is beginning to drip from the leaves.
Here. stripping of bis coat let me put
this around you.
Oh, no, she said. stepping back.
But you must. The air is chill, and
IL You get wet you will catch cold
Bot you you
II won't burt me bit. Come.
He assumed commanding tone. and
that or something else accomplished bis
end, for she made no Effort TO free herself
when he placed the coat sbout her sbon!
ders. II took q loug time 10 get it 6Ied
Just right. and his arm was stil around
her when be looked into her face and saw
that she was looking up Into lis. Some
thing in her eyes prompted bin to draw
her close to lin and to say very tenderly:
Sweethesrt, | come from the no,tb, bat
loves southern girl. Don't You think
that she can love northern man just lit
tie III be is not q Ylnkeep
She studied the arrangement OF his neck
tie closely, AID thon transferred her scrut
my to his watch chsio. Bnt evidently shs
was not thinking OF either. Tor when she
spoke she asked:
Iilipois people aren't YankteSP
Certsinly notl be replied. with convic
ton, They ore long way from Yankee
dom mors than 900 n lies,
She exaniled the necktie again, looking
into bis eyes for o moment. then over his
shoulder, of into the rain.
Katherine. be said softly, do you love
meP
She turned be head slowly until their
eyes met. A wave oi color rushed into
her cheeks, and she murmured family,
Yes
And You will be my wiie'
With perhaps a sudden thought Of her
surroundings aud Of stormy day 40
years before, she replied, l Il surrend' 7.
The rain, as il to hide the scene from
any possible observer. fell more besvily
for q moment. Then it ceased sltoget er.
and soon the sun shonc through from a
blue sky where the gray clcuis bad
parted.