The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-04-10

Ia say naiststa noieios o.n saws ne. la
Ills pol Dy uonsy. III feel like
ttisi.
be su ihisi; bnl SHARPE airy snsssl
rssssrse hin
Non.nssi Ysu ere Only bnfosirs H.
Ttlok OF this dsy seek. .Iueiy dos -siil
. f.vttios. POKE IN the ribs. ! ,sls you
yop sfs The cpiy f,i-od 10 the ~osld ia
have ht 10 tti,: ne too 500, ven tpcv'
To-norfos the shares uiii be bo1ndisg ~
like siid Gre.
Hss Gsenssy lived through the day sed
nishi be eoald not tell HE heed ssens6
10 . shirl. everything SO ccrfnssd ssd
b,uusd. Sharp did sos look 10 thst svsn
ins sud the r.st morrinss paper ssid
things we're unchanged.
Tssn,y-sour hours later 30 uniooksd
for cs,sstrophs happened. S,me hidsous
blunder hsd . nt the shsres dosr; they
ssis dropping like lssd--dovp. dosD,
doss; bot they never reached The lsvsl oi
0sofIssy's heart. Tor shst vss srsupisd 70
The earth crushed viih the impending
doom wsich no power Of his conld nov
avert. He would ere long be lodged in .
feion's csli. sent there BY bis Own sci snd
Sharp merely showing The vsy.
Sharp had sbsconded just ~ poot Violet
b I'D told him . bundrsd times would be
the csse sooner or later and be carried
With him the rtputstions aud situstions Of
SCORES OF men who ell. like Gsofffey Grey.
bad listened 10 bis specious stories spd
risked their honor on the fairy tales he
bad told them.
II Gsoffey could have cslled back that
ons week by the sacrifice Of bis right hand,
by yesrs Of pensnce. be would have sscri
q ,ed them freely; but the passed can nsv
81 be recalled. BE bad stolen. emb, zzlsd
bis employers money he didn't deceive
himself suy longer With the sp,cit %
word "borrows and the brand OF thief
would be stamped on h;s brow foreverl
He vas 10 new to crimo that be could
pot hide The fearful seitstion which never
lett him, and gradually his isllou-clerks
'hrank away from him. whispering smons
sod be knew they bsd guessed
The secret. Sonsoue knew the mooey had
been paid 10 but was not en- cred 10 the
edesr go every one would be witness
against him snd see bis degradation
Gould be live 10 face IL? Sometimes be
thought noll Then again. be sst bis
.eeth and ssked himself il be we're coward
,uoush to lesvs poor vioIo. alone and dis
,rscsd 10 the world. Womsns lov.l He
,sd often besrJ OF It. and bis wiis's love
or him wss so great that she would meet
,im st the prison gates when tbs time was
,p, and never utter one word OF reprosoh
or the havoc be bad made Of her life.
God bless Leil God bless her! Oal II be
,ould ever atone, ever retrieved But i,
vss tco lattl How clearly be cav then,
nth ielon's cell awaiting him, the truth
md beauty oil the words shs he'd 90 often
aid to him.
l. i, not wealth and Injury that brines
,sppiness. Gstf. dssr 1t 10 true love.
nfiioient Tor the daily wants, conlented
mind. and clesr conscience. All the rest
! sapsiAaoos pleasant sometimes, but
upsrnuous.
A oissr consciencei Would TO Heaven
10 bad I'll II wss worth every other thing
o tie whole world. Aye. be reslizsd it |
II too well, when hs bad lost II forever.
The time hurried on. Evsrythin see q
d dim snd blurred. MIR Macon came
'sok, sod Geofiie,'s very face and manner
oudemned bin. l, vss impossible not to
70 something was wrong; end the face,
i,bsrto always so genial. became white
nd tteFu ss ts found out what bad hsp
sned. The receipts aud the entries 10
As ledger did 20. correspond. Someone
I'd been tsmperns With the figures, Did
II Grey suspect snyonei
Mol but everyone else down to the III oe
oy suspected Mr. Greyi
He bad been 90 strange Ill, they
,ousht st fret nov merely tbieil
YssI they oil had something to ssy.
ome proof to eive OF his iniquity, and TO
lve bis lie be could not utter one word
! bis own defsuse In fact, there vas moth
g to be said he wss guilty, be would
OF add tsius OF lies TO bis other enormi
es, nor would be stoop 90 lo~ ~ 10 try
I'd throw bic sins onto innocent shoul
ere.
II vas terrible being tsken through the
reefs TO prison. terrible standing in the
ook, terrible TO beer his counsel plead
" him, tell OF the sudden temptation.
ID 10 hear himself condemned to hvs
ssrs' penal ssrvitudsi
Bat moot dreadful OF oil vss II 10 see
toilet, his vile - With the psllor OF death
b her beautiful iscs, and 10 hssr her
rect lips % ufmur:
1t we oily yon l wanted, GeoH, dear :
0. Injury, not sesltb, not Grand house
I'd ievslry II hsd vented them. /
,onld have married Mr. Watson. tbs nil
opsire. Who ssked me . week before y on
ID; II 10 the knowledge that you did II
u my sske tbst l. killing ms.
Gone 10.
Toe vor's we're uttered drovsily %
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