The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-02
where the Apple Reddens

! Her hair vss vindblovu, bef bat, tara
cd dovn spd shsding her bright fsee,
wss Of white calico and belonged proper
ly 10 yonrs brother Her riuk cotton
dress bsd paid rpes,ed visi,s TO The
vssh tab. sna. 10 The critical eye, vas
nesries the period vhen yss snoihr
tabins vosld be sdvissbls. She would
have ssia shs xss horribly uniidy = not
d. TO be seen. 10 Tact. she said ii.
He considered, snd rightly, that shs
VS. 30 Exceptionally blessed ss TO look
deliciou. 10 soylbius, and be wisely
put that slso Ito words.
That's pfeitily said. sbe lspsbed. No
don't 40 90. am not suoh hoyden
bu, thst I hpou the correct snd only On
sssr. only like-she nodded ber mouth
TO pepsiveness - compliments tbst might
be true
Mime ell are when addressed to you.
be bsstily declared.
Then they are more like bare state
men, OF facts than compliments srent
tb.yf ste smiled up u him, and not
specially to your credit.
Greatly to ysurs though, be insistet.
sioce your charms leave no margin for
EN- Enlistment.
Oh, that 10 sweetly said she cried.
Don't please, ssy any more, Tor you can
not better thsii
Bot l csn't stsnd mum. be objected.
You can sit in silence. though.
What do you mesp'
Last night Vt dinner. st your lady
loves eide. l wss watching you u-beine
opposite and with no one bat . brother
10 spesk TO myself, / could not help ii.
And you neither OF you spoke at any
rate, you didn't, so you see what you
oan do II you try,
II vas sbe-who had been trying, be
said, 10 nourniulness.
Had she2 Poor you -she looks . III
tie like that. She pulled herself up Wild
pretty saeols,ion Of alarm. What an
l saying. Oh, l beg your psrdonl She
looks % nice ss can be-she can be. II
vas you who looked Pot out.
| l bsd reason to look IL.
No doubt Il mesn she must have had
some reason for letting you look II.
She could not help
Poor thing so weski | msan, bound
TO such tyrsnt.
l awe her her own way in everything,
She flashed round on him with her
most provoking smile.
How horrible tame OF you she said.
No wonder she hss lost Interest in her -
youf looksl
After ell, be said. | dilu't iollos you
cut here to talk OF her.
Well, taen. suggest . topic I'm only
waiting.
While che still waited she looked up
at the laden apple tree under which
they stood. She seemed to be selecting
with the eye IL connoisseur. but II may
have been the blue aud white patches OF
clou3- 3-ascked sAy seen through the
branches which held ber attention. He
Rszsd u her, He had been so gszDg
every available moment during the bhei
week be had known her. and always With
The same sense OF pleasure 10 the pic
turs she made. II was true she wss
only the half eduosted, untidy. pleasure
loving daughter (the sdiectives had beeo
supplied for him) Of the improvident,
eom Portable farmhouse where be aid bis
mother and the girl be was engaged to
we're stsying - paying guests, but be
saw no reason in this why he should
not admire her for the qualities he did
not need TO have supplied for him,
l came out meaning to say . hundred
things to you. be said o. last. and | can
not think OF one.
cane ont meaning TO pick well,
se,ersI, not hundreds quite, Of spples,
ssii she, aud can't reach one,
there lie some thing might do for
yon. be ssid, seiziug bis opportunity, or
trying to az, H. For, try ~ be would
neither could be reach sn apple.
| tell you shat that lowest branch
there, it hss four beauties on 1t. IL yon
we're To-. Sac looked up at him, smil
ed, 10 ked dosn sgsin. pensively up st
the covetei branch, with sidelong glance
like h,sh st him. and then down once
more, But she dill not conclode her
s,nteucs.
II you you'd let me-if youd only
lit me lit you up. be said, suddenly -
spired, you could reach them yourself
couidnf youf
All Thst would do 1t. wouldn't itf
and want them col
Then msy'
Certsinly uo,i ia rather 60 without
the spples
l sm much stronger. be ssid. hos II
l seiz,d you sRsinst your sillf
Why. couldn't help that. could II
she ssked, And the thing ws done in
less ii ne thsn II takes TO tell 1t.
Bai sbs bsd oily picked one apple.
the nesrest. when Lis lady loves voice
came 10 them through the tree'. cslline
hin by name. Ard there was shsrp
tote 10 ber voice Ike the taste OF 80 90
ripe sppl,) vhics told tb:m What she
ssv
II you put me dovu before I've pick
ed toe four III never forgive you, tsid
the lady Of the .ppls', 80 be held her
TIL she Lsd them sll, though the task
vss robbed OF iuil bali Of the delights