The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-02-13
Mirandy's Row.

sat together si widos Disarichs Gull
/, ius party. std 0ritiins Corners I'd beer
|, qaiie /. ssll of sfit I'D never beard ol
sach things ~ Summer bosrders
Thai II would, returned Mr Died
, rich, "a anybody that's bad EN- tuoss.
They're that frnicky over their vietusls,
ias, pssi ts,riu.
They sre thet. bat there's DO denying
, they're rish, smart. soms 90 en-, spd ]
spose thets what's tsken Mirspdy
Nevins.
Musbdy Ns,iosi said Mrs. 0bsrbsusb.
|, Why. sint you heard shes ksepin
stssdy company vi Arthur Morrison.
what's bosrdia Il Ms ysp Blumsf
Lind sskes slive. ei that don't beat
slli Mirsndy. what's close oDto 40. got
. city ohsp Tor bean.
L. Y 9. 81 ssialiy gone on him too. they
Say, tell you. Mirsudys got TO look
quite clipper,
Ms. Oberbsush wss too much aston
ished TO reply, nothing quite so star,
ling having come within hsr notice Tor
yesrs.
hope he's not after her money, Mrs
Diedtich remarked. after . pause.
Blsss yon, DO. rich man like him
wouldn't think shucks Of Mirsndys lii
tie bit. bat guess be sees sbe's . oapi
tel msnseer su' II llmsks things 60 tvics
tE fer sz one Of them city gels,
An MirIndys gota beau 1t lsst, Well,
we'll. welil hope it'll turn ont good.
Bot, msrk my words. concluded Mrs.
Oosrbsush. with sn impressive shske OF
her head, you don't often get much from
. late settin but sddled eggs
Yes. 1t wss true. Miranda Nevius, who
bad never felt her heart warm under the
sun OF love in her youth, was nov in
middle age bsskiug 10 . golden after
noon. Lett sn orphan 10 early childhood
she had besn adopted by relative
whose eXsciing ways had msde it hard
for the delicate child,
Then came long yesrs Of patient nurs
ing OF the irritable, penurious invalid
whom she would not leave because OF .
fsncied debt OF gratitude, Al 80 she
ionnd herself free, and greatly TO her
surprise the absolute owner Of $1,000.
which the wrstched old miser had hoard
ed even when needing the Decessi les OF
life. Youth. however. with its dreams
vas gone. and the delicate prettiness she
possessed as girl bad been destroyed
by care ard toll, As the people st
Giiin's Corners expressed It, Mir andy
always held up the heavy end.
Her life bad been colorless and sad
bey oud expression, Dot . single CLEAN
OF love had come into II until she met
Arthur Morrison. He loved her -sh. II
VAS impossiblel so she told berssli. But
had she not said the came when told of
her fortune? All day long the poor lore
ly woman. whose empty heart huugered
for affection. repeated the words until 81
last oil doubt vas bsnished.
She hardly listened when her lover
spoke OF bic wesltb. OF bis handsome
house in the city. OF the luXuries with
which be would surround her. be loved
her. and 10 that assurance 10y . weslth
OF riches passing oil Imagination, Every
one noticed how the old csreworn look
passed away during those days OF her
Iately found bsppiness, aud when st times
. blush would steal over her face, 1t
brought back the beauty OF 20 yesrs sso.
When the first tints Of autumn were on
the woods Mr.. Morrison departed and
alter waiting patiently for thst
precious thing, her first love letter.
wrote herself to the address be bad civ Z
en her. Every morning the neat little
woman With the patient eyes would drop .
into the general store and post offics and q
make . purchase while the mail WAS be
Ing sorted. and though she lever ventus J
I'd to ssk II there wsss letter, her Iinger
Iug steps snd wis,iul looks we're perfect
y understood. This had gone on for
'ome weeks, when one NOR log Miranda
received letter from the dead letter
3ftcr, and found within II her oSn TO Il
Arthur Morrison, ecrsvled over with dif
Iereut street numbers and the statement /
hat no sncb person wss known, For 40
nour she set, with the letter before her. y
.ryins to unrrsvel the mystery, 1t wss b
EASIER to believe that the whole postal
'orce OF New York vas 10 league sesinst D
,er tbsn tbst her lover could be false. =
She would 20 TO New York. she would a
10 to Nav Yolk, she would find bin - :
II. perhaps, poor, II might be. dead, 81
wen. bnt false newell o
Grlffia's Corners bad, according to its
,uslom taken Q good deal OF interest 10 b
be progress OF Mirsnd.s love sfInr, but q
he little woman had been reticent. sod 0
'petuisiion hsd had to supply the lack
II &C ual information, o
Mirsnds's reserve being 90 well known u
/ vas therefore rsiber . sorprise 10 fod 0
Ter discussing the question Of btr sop q
,e sed euessemspt 81 the ministers spnusi
lopstioa psry. The Ii tie womsn was d
be center Of s.oup snd had 90 unusnsl 81
,lor oil color 10 ber checks 81 che spoke. y
There hsdul been no setlcns epgsse
uepi, bot bed thougbi, az she'd
hought, and then ID y'j both thought,