The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-06-11

! Looked u bin % u srpeciine blsns
bat ths GOOD nsns emile resssured her
The nensy hss been well spent 10
hpow What IL has done Tor yen. and ] Q
tea nad irsees OF II among my poor p
tien,s. When you Dssd more come 10 N
l sill lend you the value of yonr plsc
snd you esn uilli. 10 me u yonf desll
snd no one need ksos spythins sboui |
til siiervsrd, aud be eel Miss L'vini
dosn st ber gale With one erest srIiei.
sootbed swsy.
| oae Jaly Day - ,he sss reading be
Bible, The came TO the words, There sbsl
be 10 more ses.' No more ses, chs u
pe,ted 10 herssli. ! iii hope thst some o
the things ! bsveIt had here ! sboult
get there. Bot that settles Il. II ther,
sint eoiaz to b. any ocean ! uevel
shall eco II. Add l always Wsrted to
Was II ohsbcs that, 10 her very nexl
weeks p.per. go Advertisement caught
her eye of board ~ moderate rates 10 ,
small 6saiag village come two hours
ride from Q sIHslai
Miss Lasisis called II providerce, and
Immediately wteta . letieI
When IL vas kuown tbs, she vas going
to The tes,hore, her part OF The tosn
fairly rocked. Some ttousts she should
be iorcibly detained. but she quietly
male her few preparations, end one
dsy stood, Tor the fret time. st the
oceans edge. North, east, sod souh to
the Loiiz9n. stretched the undnlstine
sreen plain. Miss Lavinia gszed and
gtzsd entrsnced. At last ont q her
starved experience lesped the words, "Ob
how good II seems TO zee some thing
there is enough o." Later its power
and b@u,y and meiesty laid hold upon
her 90 that when Vt weeks end she
journeyed back TO CrsbHcld she took
With her SON eships wtioh che kept 70
the very end, aud whenever the minis
ter read sbou. the 'wonders Of the deep
she had orly TO close her eyes TO feel
the salt bre,xs 10 her face and see again
the wondrous shining vision.
10 her yesrs Of loIlipess che bad long
ed for . bird or . cat, ,-sny thing che
could talk to but the tiny expense Of
its food could not be thought of Nov,
as II 10 prove the words. ITO him thst
hath shall be given ste opened her door
one morning upon hali-ststved yellow
kitten. Miss L.yinia welcomed IL as
gift from Heaven, and under her gene
rous feeding snd tender osre II developed
into puniug ball OF happiness, the
very spple Of bcr eye. II wss % ever
fresh delight 70 htr to zee the yellow
head sesinst the window when ,be re
turned from 90 GRAND. snd TO hesr the
OF liale .eet sbyut Ihe rooms
hat hsd been co deadly s,ill. She beld
ong one.siied convereations with II, and
3Oldis's sHsc!iou and cunning ways for
,ished her with . constant theme. Lite
hsd esown very iull and siob.
30 the quiet happy days slipped away
Until nesrly three years had gone, and
Miss L.vinis found herself saying escb
l wonder II II will come todsy.
There wss 20 shadow OF fear. only
profound thspkiulness that lent tender
,rsvity to her manner. The new year
'as spproschiog spd she felt . deep long
ng to gather her friends shout her
'hile che could. 30, some who bad
,rovn near 10 her we're bidden. and she
usisd herself 10 bospitsble preparations
lev Years day w1 da'kened early by
loldie's tragic des,h. A stray dog fell
pom the hsspy creature sitting on the
unny doofste p snd shook its III, ont 10
or Miss Laviniss very eyes. 6be tried |
, 90 10 its rescue. but . terrible psin Q
,rough her heart End . mortsl weakness O
bsined her 10 her sbsir.
She made . brave effort to rect ber |
lends ohseriully. but their New Yesrs q
reesiogs seemed mockery With Goldie
one and they noticing her pale isoe.
n ber early. .
The next m morning ber friends noticed L
lst no smoke came from hsr chimney,
I'd when repeated knockipss brought no o
sponse. 90 entrance was forced and Miss o
svinia wss found lying 10 her bed With
i'll peaceful face. She had entered, 10
,ed. upon her Happy New Year. b
All tssces OF the evenings gathering q
ID been removed. shd the little gray
10 wss in perfect order. Ol her bu b
% was paper telling where her will 81
ID bankbook and grave clothes could b.
ioond, and giving . few directions &c
: Der funeral. et
When her will was opeued |, wB Il
und that the little house vss left to Dr.. 81
eer, snd after dividing her few person Z
belongings among her iriends. II pro =
asd .hst the Cr.u8sld Baptist church pl
ould bsve sli that remained. When b,
lee L,vinis wss buried snd sll her debts %
Ia the rssidos'y lsgstee received six .
'llsss.