The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-10-22
Miss prisciila's Proposal

II. therefore, you csu make np u
! rind 10 ttns, yonr dear life 10 % o
. soldisr ubo hes sivsp bic bee, yesrs
bio Q ieen snd coaa,ry, but csn ofsr ~
sn upisilirs and respectful devotion
Mss Psi cills Bentley dropped . lett
into her isp and covered 100 smootl
j ptettiiy pink cheeks vith her thin hsnd
The man With whom she had played sbs
her colt grsy hsif stuck straight OF
from her bead 10 . snG little brovn pls
hsd btcn back 10 the old home iass
month nov. aud they had met after
lapse Of forty years, aud he hsd-rsme'
bered.
/ Taslk Yopi she whispered but yer
shyiy, snd - u even this tscit sdmissio
Of . s.ii.Hed wsnt vss . thing unmsids
iy snd blsmesorthy. Oh, God. thank You
Add then sLe crossed the room 10 q
old fashioned boresu and took mp . Pc
holder With ssbskipg bsnd.
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| Y,u'vs been over.irin' yourself, l %,
sesl sid one Bsisy Brises, % her mi
trees walked into ber little ball % hou
or 90 lster.
Not st ell. Betsy, said Mns Prlsciils
brightly, brightly. ! may be . trias 6usl
ed with the hest, perhsps. IL bad 81
important letter TO pos. snd / Away
feel more satisfied II . letter 10 posted o.
the General Onis than in . pillar box.
H1mpbl said the privileged old servant
There hss been . boy botherin hers Tor I
letter be ssid bed left for your this after
noon, Instead OF u number 81. Issid
could give no spswer ti!l YOU come 10.
sm sure there's been more 1.uddles sinca
thss young Miss Bentley settled ten doors
lover down than you could count 10 .
month OF Sondsysl She ate your bit oil
sole last Thursdsy week, snd never A.
you'll 90 and cit down. mum. and I'll
take your boots oa
Mise Priscilla. white Suddenly TO ths
very lips, Vas ttsring iocred ulously ss
the keen eyed old woman before her.
A note delivered BY hand. Betsy 7
Bot 1t wasn't . mistake. lit csn't bel
Betsy sniffsd.
Well, the boy ssid he's got orders 10
,sks l. on TO No. 90, immediate and .
sooldin' from bis master into the bargain |
told im bless me-, I'll make you cup
Of tea 10 two minutes, Miss Pfissie!
Miss Prisoills's cropping hand had grip
ped q hard horny one as though to save
herself from falling.
I'm oil right. B,tsy there wss strange
piteous expression 10 her blue eyes quite
right Yes. I'll go and eft down. Bot
I don't want sny tes. or TO bs disturbed
Tor hall 90 bour, please. Betsy.
She passed on into her smsll sunbssbed
citing room. and closed The door behind
her.
Miss B,ntleyI Why. OF ooursel She
had seen Msjor Dof walking With her
after church on Sunday. Suoh . young,
pretty womsn. too Miss Priscilla pu.
ont ber hands with 40 odd, involuntary
gesture. % though she we're avoiding .
blow. Add then she remembered the
tier she had posted sn hour before, and
they hsw TO her face. and she covered
10 her chair With the shame and the hurt
Of i. ALA little. shrunken old womsn
who bad told . man. wanting none Of
her. that she loved him.
That evening the somewhst unwilling
Betsy set out 10 deliver letter which
bed been penned three times over before
ts characters we're firm enough 10 salts
y the writer.
Dssr Msjor Duh. il ran
have sent on your letter, Which wss
eis here BY missske, TO Miss Penelope
1 wss always the mischievous
,ne 10 the old days, dear friend, bat by
bis time yon sill Iast be having . good
sueh over the joke which . naughty
I'D women could not resist playing upoo
'ou in pretending that she had spilled
To contents tosherselii " resl'y VAS too
,sd OF herl Please forgive hsr. and 90
,ept very warm visbes for your hsppiness
rom Your sincere old friend
Priscilla Bentley.
Miss Priscilla peered between the lathe
u her blind With dim. scsred eyes until
3stsy's thickset fsure passed ont by the
,srden gate And then she got down on
Ter knees. She hsd told her first lie.
'us somehow there was very much 10 con
ection With 1t to explsin to God.
Bot-bless my soui, Priscillsl-I may
~ 'PnscilIs' nov. l Supposed 40 excis
BILE, white haired msn wss trsmpipe
diss BentIey's citing room. blowing bic
ose violently the while. I'm ashamed Of
oul And ihst girls jewell ives good
,iod he shot out . prose ctipe srm which
.ve the lie to his ~ords 10 to mary
r. .Iter ~. txcsps tbst che wouldn't
ook Vt NE
Are you are yoo sursi isltered Miss
',isc,lIs. Sue YES Isuehiog, crying. spol
sizins. 10 one 6,ttering. embarrassed
resth,
An | surei When she's jast told me
be-. she's promised TO . sirsppins youpa
,lluw 10 the Gnsrdsi Lock what you
Il me 10 iorl 1 vent this morning 10
poloe z, sEd txplsin like . nsp, trough
have fsced less unpiessspd things on
st,l, field. Prisoills, snd somehow - well
ot !. csme sboui your little joke. ms'sm
od che beld her tongue. and stood look
Is ont OF the window . minute or two.
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