The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-07-10
A psrceolo cicAl PROBLEM

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1t bsisfs rsiors 70 Lss Assslss, ssd ~
iis ysrrop. DO 90, knos vAy 10. bal
issl % II I eosld not 90 sssy siiboos Ne
lag . ttirs visii there. Usels ssd sss
sfe old spi siil 90, care very nsss sess
sstiss ne Asd yd ! hsl ifrssis.isl
draw tlsfs, II tine sesld dsv bsea 10
yssrs; II those sto ere sees eesld rstsrs
Ia | tsss that habsi Carts sss vstsl
ipg Tar ny esniss. snd that sbs vopl
smile . uslesns 10 me. tbss | eoaid q
dnslssd this tsvstisb isrsiss TO 90 10 tbs
erssry tosn. But-iins gill ret rol
back. Esd hsbsi 10 gone forever. 4 visi
to Ysfser siii BE- bot 10 rsyivs sll the old
pals, ssd will bsys - ore ci bitisfEsss thar
svssinsss 10 II, Sill ! esnrot stsy sssy
The speaker ws Clssis Msn.y. end
the pirssp addressed su hinsslf. Ii,
sn . tss locking isllou sbont thirty
years OF .es, aud bore the sppssrsscs ol
. susssaiai mao. Ten ysafs prsvioas 10
tbs tiss our stsiy opens. hs bad soss 10
C,l,fersis. sod BY prudent invsstnssls
and stiil more prsasnt sslss bsi scssuu
lated qsits . little fortune durieg the
"bosn" period 10 Los Asseles
Hos slow he train rini Woald they
never rsssh vsfsonf Al. here vN Hol
brsot. ooly 6vs silss morsl Hispslsss
we're boundiss. he hssrl out.irsvsisd The
train.
vsrnosi Claude cAaght ~ his srip
and stepped cot Of the rear ssd OF The
Ger to the depot pls,isrn, vhsis no ore
waited to meet him. The s.siios sgsst
vn bssy st the upper end Of The plat
iorn. the lonngsrs stood sbsat ihs depot,
ons or TIVE fellow passengers we're being
greeted BY tb,ir friends He only vu
slsps. and dusk vas falling,
| He stood st the lover ssd OF The plat
form snd locked shout hin. The town
consisted nsinly Of two long rows Of heus
60 facing each other from opposite sides
OF the rsilrosd tracks.
Lights we're begin oips 10 CLEAN iron
the windows, bot none Of them wsrs fer
him. He e,z,d scross Of the old house
on aside street. usdsr the locust trss.
There vas 40 light in the visdows ssd the
place looked gloomy and deserted.
A sspss Of hon,sick ness cane over hin,
ssd hs wished be had not come. He tara
cd hastily svsy, snd started slesg the
track toward hi, unol.s home, bat bic
steps Jagged, 1t vas With . fssliss Of 70
lisi ths, he turned 10 Of bic unels's gate.
he vas surpti,ed 10 Had how glad the old
couple we're to see him. sId hsw eager 10
hear Of his lie and fortunes 10 the far
West
Old times we're talked over, old friends
recalled. Tbis one hsd died, that one bad
moved svay, sush and sueh ones we're nsr
risd.
Had 10 heard that Nsbsl Curtis had
married after hs had moved Wssti
Ahl bad be net carried tho bitter knoWl
edge sbost with him since hs had read the
asnousssnsst in paper ave yssrs prsvi
our
He did no. tell them 90. Why sksuld
hsi Nsr did be tell thsn that he hsd
merely ooas back to tsrtsrs hinssli BY
looking on The old fsmilisr places. and
drsamisg ever the old sweet dresn for .
lev brief days.
Why did 10 think 90 much about hsri
Vas IL only bssssss the familiar scenes
brought back old mem cries 90 forsiblyi
Hs rsnsnbsrsd ~ augment which
they had held 10 the oldss times ever .
verse from Tuppsr's ffovsrbisl Philoso
ply which they hsd read together. "Aiad
ssts on mind tho bodies be isr distant"
Hs held that II vas osly = verse evolved
IRON the poets issey. Bhs claimed tbst
The subtle ssinslic currents OF The nisd
reached cot 10 ito kiadrsd niad. asd
irsv thousht to itself. no natter how
great the diststss All her sreumslts
,sms back 10 him nov.
II II could osiy ksow where ysu ere. h.
Iboseht. whether your thoushts ars viii
sith ne these day., whether yosr misd 10
yelling on the same snt .o.s that ssersss
nins. then | woald kaov 10 . ssr.sinty
whettsr yol we're rikhi or no.
Ths ssXt day he spent With bis lnols Z
md amt 10 The evening twilight be vent '
o visit the deserted old bouss under the .
ssusts on tbs side street. where be hsd
psnt - many happy hosrs. His thoughts '
,sd bssn thsrs oil csy, bat As had par
,sssly vsitsd an,il the hour vhss hs hsd p
,ssn socustonsd to 20 ssd meet Mabel.
10 be vent slovly along be rsxenbsrsd
,es s.gsriy and with worried steps hs bsd
lvsys tredesn the grassy path, and hov
10 hsd always found Mabel waiting Ter
lin on the steps Of the old porch. With
'ossd head hs walked sloss, ssd II ss y
lot I'LL be rsssbsd tAs familiar ssts snd q
iftsd The latch, that be rated bis hesd
s1 Looked sbout him,
Sane one sss sittips on the steps. snd
1 the click Of the latch che sprsns To bsr
sst 10 . startled way.
Ibss yost pardon, be sid, lifiina bic
Ia. Ittousbt itis hou's sss vsesLt, aud VI
,ss 40 absorbed 10 ny osn thoughts that -
dii not reiss that spy one vas here. ~
Clsud.i sIslsimsd the woman op tbs -
tops. holding ont her hstds 10 hin.
ksbeli bs cried. Asssll sss I. be true %
hst Ihsvs iousd yos hsref Esd be sprsss
,rssrd ssd ssashi bsr 10 bic srns cod
issd hsr sssio ssd sssin. Saadssly h.
seovsrsd hiassli, sad releasing her BE- 10
nd, l beg your psrdtn, Au Hss.ins. j o