The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-12-11

hAAN"hN8F ~ NV NNNNHf' 49,
barslies 10 apou bis vile exclaimed
trsRieAllys ynsinia. We nua kil
Adopted
Mne R,bonllsi "a, beside table ses
ipg. Al htr husbands euph,ie wcrd'
ale ross. tfembled, srew pale, tLet
stopsa back into her ehsir iu sn siliiud'
ot sbiaei hslplessotss
-, We nut Nil Aiolphtl |, Il
hsrj. ba, tsets Is nolties else 10 b.
done. We realy ought TO have expect
Cd q, What iit you a,f
Nine, R.boulltt hsi s.id nothlss. Sh'
sst quite slill u Imp helpIessnels and
erea, lsais we1t chasing each other down
her pAliid cheeks.
YJu Ts cIyibsl Well, that's quit,
uatufsl. aud II weren', man --boi
v ha, good would II der 0ae ,houli be
reasensbl,l
Bot cou.dut se--ssi. little while
lopse,Y tobbed the lady,
Y1a knos VHsini,, that there Il oDt
thug | bave always been careful abtul
sud that is my reputation. Well that
is TOW ., stake. aud all baeAuse Of
Alclphe. Yla have persisted 10 taking
him ont for exercise daily oo The avenue
IL is insolently fat, aud people tbibk
it strange that a, such time ss this,
when many poor people haven't even u
piece OF horie mea, 10 eat, thu, we should
keep useless mouth to feed Talk OF
II has even te,cled the otiDs, For
some time past have noticed a cool
ness among my comp mons | couldn't
pnaers,apd IL. bat today asrgt. Bose
said TO me st the distribution Of provisions
Adolphs is s,ill thriving, | presu me
Tben | urd rstooi that the sacrifice was
necessary, and II must be made.
After silence. Mn, Reboulet STAN
mered. Bot | shall never have the couf
age.
Nor /, replied her husband, We shall
have to leave II to Rse.
Rose, who was the domestic, and who
hated Ado!ph as much as her mss'ers
loved him, teei to preIorm the agree
able task.
II may be sid right here that A1olpbe
was dog, aud an extremely i'll favored
one at that. curious mixture OF pug
and hound, With long cars. u s,ubby
tall ID slender less, he certainly would
have been no l5sa TO the world hon 90
aesthetic poiot 81 view.
M and Mme, R.tonlltt went out to
walk the next morLing At ten O'Clock
leaving Adolpbe TO the tender mercles
OF Rose They were disconsolste. but
spurred on by tho col}, they we're soon
walking at btiik rate mp aud down the
avenue. Ioth we're silent. Alter time
Mms. R'boullet capped cut: 1t must
be over by this timtl
R.boullet looked at bis watch. 1t was
only Ten minutes past eleven, so the cou
Pile resumed their mute promenade. 10
few moments Nine. exclaimed again
with start: We forgot to tell Rose
what to do with Adolphs after -whele to
barry him.
True, never thought OF II. Rnt
don't worry. be shSll have the sort OF
burial he deserves.
Distracted 10 spite OF themselves by
the II cement 10 the street and exhilarat
ed by the nipping air. they began TO
think less exclusively OF their dog, and
when Ut noon they found themselves 10
front OF their home, Il sbou,lst exolsimed: ::
aow hungry sm
And l. too, sighed Nine. Rsboullet.
Immediately sitter they gave each
other look that promptly brought
them back TO due sense OF propriety
Tbs pair wlre soon seated OF the table
10 ihe little oak dining room Ca enter
ing this room. 80 full OF haunting me
mo lee Of Adolpbe. and on sitting down
Ut The table Ground which be had always
9andered dn'ing meals, watched for
o1nes ard delic,te morsels, Nine. Reboul
lot had fresh outburst OF grief 81
when her hn,b,nd asked what they we're
to hsve for luncheon. she repll d bstwsep
her sobs: DONE know, my dear, or
detcd nothing else you remem ber
Ring 10 luncheon, R,sel called ont NJ 4.
Rsboullet.
The msid entered noi,ily, her cap
strings fyins. Here 1t is aud Its = good
o0e, tool
As sbe spoke she set down q large
dish flled TO the blim with yellowish
gravy. in which 3 number of small oh
jsc,s we're floating about.
The same thought inst.ntly strnck both
NJ, Rsboullet and his vile. What IL
thsi2 they asked 10 concert.
Wby. the dog -stesed 10 white vioe.
| thougLt fret | would serve him roasted
bu, ss madam said potbiog about it,
II bouIlei bali rose from bis chair. 81
claiming, Hsye you dsrei -
Whsl Wasn't ii TO have him to esI
thst = II ! hsd knosu, could bsse
sold him for twenty francs, be vas &c
lat
LsyetLe room, sobbed Nine, Rsboul
let.
Rose shrugged her shoulders ard weul
oaf, slsnmipg the door sier her. ssyips
Snch fnss -for . dos
M aud Mne, Biboallet sat fors tint
without speaking 3 sorl. 10 the Iur,
real silence ssvofy cd re- srose from ,b'
sissmins dish betwesn them, The ME,
rabis fifi ss tiebt II must b. eIcelen'
bot. Oh, no, neysii
Bat sbst ~ss 10 be done With III
Give IL 10 Rose. who wosid eat II bel