The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-08-07


there seemed % vsy 10 live. The beet vsy
oai Of ny afispllies o so 10 die. SO !
els.rsd cot Of tie old hons. sslllng my
stock ssa oil the, vss lsit 10 ne. snd then.
With sisw clothes done MP 10 bundle
snt q m,iisr OF tssniy .hillinss 10 my
pocftt. l made f.r tbs ses. II ss oply .
wslk OF fsv miles 10 shsss the bosis
startled 10 efoss the obsnnei, ssd | meant
TO iske my passage st uisht snd lost pitch
myself ovsfbosfd ubeu got hsli vsy.
Aod this lady = how did she hslp yooi l
ssked.
I'm comias IL II. sns1sred the old man.
Az I've besun. yea shalt hear ny story TO
The end. A dark pisht II vas. thoosb not
stormy. Thsrc didn't seen TO be many
passengers snd the lev lhess sere hsd ell
gone bslov, or u lesst | thousht 90.
Nsw's your chance. Don't b. . coward
said l to myself, and l got swy TO the
stern OF the boat. vhtro there vas no one
TO look aud sss just soisg 10 take The
leap when felt . hand 90 my sfm and
sav the Hsure OF . woman risiog up from .
corner where l hadn't known there vas
srybory.
Don't be desperste. she sail 10 . quiei,
hind sort Of . way, Al sny rate. tell me
jast VIA, ths trouble is. III help you II
can.
Al frs, l wouldn't: but che bsssn per
susdipg me snj st last l found myself tell
ing her every thing rs though Id known
her oil my life.
Ia your place, would cot ti1e in With
ont smother try. she said when I'd made
clean breast Of everything sud believe
that 10, new life there's nothing like
nev oountry. Why not go to CAnsd.i
Because / oaL'i. / snswsrsd, and then l
pulled out the lev shillings which we're
I'll had lsit alter paying my fare ircm
Dover. That won't TAX, us TO Cansds, /
,sid. nor to snJshsrs else that know oi.
Better let mo drown myssli. ms'sm =
heres 10 coip wanted 10 the next world.
Oa. / can't let yon bs oowsrdi ssid the
sdy, and 90 kindly There wasn't any
laotius hIts, or preaching at me, or tell
ng me | vas o miserable sinner. IeIpect
Ihe knew IL wasn't the right moment for
lpylbing Of that sort live iast short
'ailwsy distspse from where we shall land,
lie said. end though mine is only little
,ome, l have spsre room where l shall
,s pleased Tor you to sleep for night or
NO while We arrange things.
sm DOT rich, bat 10 three days could
end you enough money TO 90 away to that
zig conntry where men like you ara vent
ID. snd sre sure to get on. Will you go7
When you grow rich you can pay me back.
Will l goi Yes, that l will said /; and
cit big lump come 10 my throat that
,hoked back sll the thanks that my heart
vas foil OF. I
30 sha ,eot me TO her home sDd made
ne feel ss Welcome ss though l had been
,ne OF her own friends. and 10 Q weeks
ims was gone with right good will,
90, to succsed and make something bet !
or Of my life. Z
And did you sncseedf l said. 9
Yes. I've nothing t, complain Of, answer
d the cid man, except that she didn't live
0 hesr oil l hsd done. But had paid
sr back before the year was out; and 10
wo more years I'd squsrsd up every debt /
d left behind me. And then. when mon q
, kept on coming 10, wrote TO her that q
wss gong to give myself . trip across Z
he big herring pond, 20 show her I'd not :
cen quite unworthy Of her kindness. and d
, ssk her II there was any other iellows I
. unisrtunsts % hsd been Who could be 9
ct going by lev Of my bank notes. Bot h
vas too late
Aud now what are you going to dos
I'm Just going back again. answered the
ian. There's nothing else can do. I've
cen reading over some OF Mrs Hsrding's :,
ltteTo -euo ustu W Wtito W NC e'ofy INV
ID then. Add l think that's what she q
ould advise II she could spesk to me.
I'D the money I have here he touched ),
le brsss. pocket Of bis coat -sud what |
10 make, shall 60 10 nelp those that are
own on their lock. same as was when
be held out her kind hsnd to me aboard
,at cbsnnel steamer.
l hsd taken . fssoy to this Charles
rovu. and fingered day or two 10 Liv 9,
pool, snd Anslly ssw him on board the .
Zip bound Tor HsliisX. Al
I'd like few Aowers put on her grave, b
ere bis lsst words to me. II you should d
over there. perhaps ysu wouldn't mind O.
,eing TO it, I'd like to chow her Just . .,
tile Of whst I iesi-only somehow l fan
she knows oil sbout II nov. Al
l believe she does. vss ny answer ss We q,
ssped bspds. Il