The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-07-31
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their fnpsss al pios usa. tbs slsss ssl
that YES sseh . povsliy 10 ,hs sifi ireG
The great nspsisetafiss tosp-n sS 81
bright sed irssh snd 90 dslishtiaily clean
Mics Hssss Gslion Bfos1 locked bach OF
the pssesiui prospect Tor iisssrins me
meat or tso ssd then pressed shesd nr
tbs meupisip road.
bbs esflslsly SIS &c ntusnal hsure Tor
that qaisi nsishborbood. Aitired 10 .
sisa-ni,iss salt Of sr.y vilh ssbori vslh
Jog ,klrt sad . side-brinn med gray ieii
be, tsst concealed her bssu,iisl hsif. she
might. st . distspos. ssvs Tor the skirt,
have been taken for 90 extremely hand
some boy. Her gait vosld have carried
oal The Impression, there vss sueh sn 10
eoostrsipsd swing 10 II. Bat her high
boots we're no, bsy's boots and her
bsnds vsrs ps,tly sIovsd. Mics Sossp
Gsltou Brown carried something under
her arm. II vss . light mssszine rins.
the gift Of en- sdorins istbsr. For she
couid shoot sud nsh aud swim snd run,
sud do II Ia ssy thst me. thai sdorins
fathers critical approval. She hsd minor
tslests, Of course IN sducstion rounded
of 10 . hpiships school. . pleasing snat
teripg Of music. taste for srt that vas only
second TO her tsste Tor nature. Bot sll
these we're quite dwsiisd 10 her dsddy's
opinion by those msnlier sttribstss that
she 90 sssid duously cultivated. She vas
bis comp,niou on loeg huntips and fish
lag trips End en- ideal companion st that
1t 10 needless to say that quiet Elmwood
looked upon this secom plishsd ysuns VEN
sn With very doubtisi expression. She
vas . little too sdvsnced that vas the
term they used - for Elmvooa's old.issh
isusd idsss Of nsidsnIy modss,y. The
mothers OF Elmwood held her mp ~ an
s1smpls OF tbs bsneiul coming woman.
and the girls Of Elnvood thought her
dre,dfully bold and seerstly envied her.
Az for the men we'll. there we're bat lev
OF them 10 Elmvood whose opinion was
worth recording. end Of these . mere hand
fol dsrsd TO express 40 honest opinion 10
the face OF the uBivsfssl feminine condem
nation. OF these independ dent sonls II
On inst BE- admitted that Mr. J1hn Cort
wriRht stood 6rst and forsmcst.
II Miss Susan Gslton Brown knsw Of
the unisvofsble light 10 which her shor
skirt and her Teddy bat hsd placed her
and there 10 no doubt she did the matter
failed to worry her 10 the lssst. She had
come down 10 Emwood 70 stay month
with her maiden supt her dead mothers
only sister = Who lived 10 . big white man
sion op Main street. juss beyond the Bspt
ist meeting house. II YES this fond aunt
Who bad invited Jack Cortwrisht TO call,
and slthough this wss . psrticolsr youth.
With high ideals OF womsnnood. be called
sesin, and sgsin. End sgsin. What wss
strange about II, too, wss that Jack hsiled
from tts east. and from Paritsn Surround
iues ct that Yet With oil this discreet
bringing up be certainly was fascinated
With the villa western boydep.
They oil ssid tha. jack Cortvrisht WAS
. rising young man. Bostoa capitalists
had sent him fresh from college to the
western town to look after their interests
10 certain undsvslopsd sosl mining proper
y that 10y few miles north Of Elnwood.
And Jack had tsksn Of bis cost, metaphor
ioslly, and gone 10 work TO develop IL.
There Vas plenty OF ospitsl behind him,
md be hsd bsilt . railway branch to the
mine, and started . bank 10 Elm wood, Of
which hs Was temporary cashier. and stir
ID the little town into making ssrtsin ion
pfovensnts that had long been discussed
10 short. Jack Cortvrisht was recognized
sven BY those Who didn't approve Of his
tsctiss to be the livelisst fac
'or Of progress the sleepy little hsmls,
,sd sver known.
Miss 8assn Gslton Brown hsd poor luck
bat bright O,.ober afternoon. Hhs did
~ rouse . solitary rabbit. But. after I'll, !,
4 Was the tramp she Was after rather than
he game. Still che must have . shot si
30 she pinned . brilliant
esi to tree tiunk and at 20 psces spin.
1 u the Grst trial.
The san vss still high sbove the hills
= 1hsn sbs stsrted TO return TO her sunts.
IL she vent down the old 6tsle road sud /
len elsttsrins caused her 10 torn her
read. Three mes nouuted on powerful
,orses came trtttisg dovs the slope. 30 I
ian stepped sside to let them pass End ose |,
II The horses. catching sight Of her. snd b
ienly sprseR ssids and slmo I ansssted i,
,is rider. Sassn i oked up snIiously ssd
sv 10 hr s,tosishmsnt thss The msn's Il
,ss,y beard s.s twisted very much TO one
ide, Eat he quietly ressined bis ses, Il
vitb sn ostb, and, striking the borse. olaf .
cred alter bis companions. 6assn Won n
Tered Why The % 40 vas dss used. and ,
lin y isneisd tnst the three rous st-lookios h
s.sssfs we're op 10 some mischief Bat ii
be vs tbiatirg Of JACK ths neIt momen,
I'd the .tr.t.e incident vss shelved, 1,
A lev % 3ments OF brisk walking brought :.
sr 10 the bros OF the bill shers the road
afosd sharply and rem si 80 obliqus sisos I,
be side Of the steep descsnt. Susan ses.
4 hsuslf on log spd Locked dsvn isto
10 villsss. which Icy, - il we're. u asr
cry feet 6as traced the oss long stree. \,
the hamlet, which sss bat . contisss =,
the hiehvsy. snd followed its dus,y :,
ns pat Der ssnt's trim home. ssd the :,
Tile park With i've soldiers nonunent. :,
ID The tovn hsii. spd then siosg the :,
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