The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-16
Had the Symptoms


Tbey happened 10 meet 10 sbep the
other day. spd, seeordios TO London
TIT Bits. they bad oouversstien which
sent one Of them svsy with hoods OF
lisht Illuminating her sonL She vas one
Of those girls Who are sdored by old
ladies. and constantly Invited TO tes by
them 10 meet their bachelor sous. aud
Who eonus oil the besun they ever bad
Oh the tiosers Of one hand. The other
we'll. che vas different She wss one
Of those msadenipg orestures who sre 81
ways mysie,iously supplied With flowers
and bonbous and escorted to the theatre
on The hui nights, 10 spite OF The iscs
,bs, all the other eirls declared There
vas absolutely nothing 10 her, The lat
ter young womsu vas neditssius over
some silks whea the other one greeted
her,
1 suppose you are trying to decid @
between The old rose and the pale ereen'
sbe said,
Well, 20, replied the other girl, frankly
You see. / am getting my Wedding things
and l think III have both. Then she
ssxad down TO blush add looked up 10
see the effects oi her words,
Ist pOssiblep l.
Yes, dear. and yen cant imagine how
nervous l am.
only hope you
Will be hsppy2 OF course ! shall.
Why, / can always make him do Iust
what ! choose.
The other girl pursed mp her lips and
looked envious, Oh. shouldn't like
that al oil. The msn | merry must be
one that l can obey.
Not st oil, my dear. II is oil very
we'll TO talk that way to the men They
like it, and it sounds pretty. besides
doing no harm. until yon are really going
to marry one OF them. then You want your
own way, Just like any other sensible wo
man,
Well, do tell me how he-besan the
other girl, dresmily.
Proposed' But be hasn't done 1t yeti
But / thought that you
Were selecting a troussesu2 So am,
goosie. You see. it is jnst this way. he
will call at eight this evening, and by
nine st latest we will be formally spess
ed.
Bat how do you know2 helplessly
asked the other girl.
Simrly by precedent. When man
asks you 10 sn anxious tone II you think
Q married man ought to give up bis club
you may know that his intentions are
serious, and when be follows 1t nps few
days later by sskiue yon II you dont
think snan has right to smoke OIL
over his own house 1t is high time to de
eide when the wedding she'll be.
My goodnessl
Yes, bat that wasn's wba. convinced
me-
On, do tell me about III
No, it wss simply like this l met
him in the street yesterday, and he was
reading paper so inten,ly that be didnt
even see me till l spoke. Then be blush
ed violently, and iu great confusion
thrust bis paper 10 bis overcost pocket.
Well be went home with me and-now.
you must never tell this as long as you
livel
/ never. never will,
Well, | was 60 curious TO see what be
was reading thst confused him 80, that
l made sn excuse to slip out into the
hall where his coat was banging and
COX the paper ont Of his pocket, and
what do you think it wasf
Oh, can't Imagine,
1t was Q houshold paper and the srti
Gle that he had been reading was one
which proved conclusively that two peo
ple can live q good deal ohesper than
one, Now do you see why en- com
men cling to select my trousseau' she ask
ed. triumphsntly.
Yes, / do, meekly replied the other
girl,