The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-20

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night % no, even visi,in our tierds 0
. Sa1asy aftesnoon.
| Going 10 ihe Shamrock sssoelstioni
ball 10 search u . husbsndl EIiens lac,
famed, then tarned psle. Bu, then
they did lol know Of him. The very
thought seemed like treason to ID,
strong, erect figure vhieh ntver passed
oui OF ber mental vision.
Ifs veil cnensh tf | sm, John, With
out . husband, On l zee no reason Why
you % Mary sboold vent 10 mfry me
ca. I'm ,hi hin T,irie would niles her
old supiie sofely. Add che drew The
child close ~ II 10 vsrd ca With her 10
poceIi CHILDHOOD come impending dis
sster.
Mu, Malvihill bLs,d forth on the in
stAtt
Yes, sn that's what the peishbors sre
oil ssyiu that l use you - . nurse girl
Tor the child sn dance sn 20 10 the
thealer with John sn my child would
sniier II l. wssht tor you. They talk
like you vas . sort OF Cinderslls, % lie
tired sm OF their long tongues. Did !
ever ssk yon 10 spend money on Tririe
when you needed II for jour own clolbesi
Did ! ever ask you TO stsy home witb
The childf It's sn unststefnl lot, that's
shat you are, TO bring me 10 disrspuie
With me neishbots Iust because your
that uppish our friends sint good enough
for you.
And that was how Ellen happened TO
60 TO the ball OF the Shamrock ssocis
tion. She gave her sister-in.lsv osite
blsnche 10 the mstter OF 9 new dress. and
that psrsoDsge. restored TO good bumor,
reveled in The purchase and mskiug Of
. real white s,tin frook,
Bat the day Of the ball Ellen could
hardly keep her mind on bsr work, Her
elsnce would wander toward the sky
sorsper where be vi. working. She
feli that be vas whistlins, bis movements
we're so brick, Add John ives trying.
with the best Intentions, to marry her
of solely TO msintsin the honor Of the
Mulvihill family. She bad thought Of o
day when she vhould marry, when the
skysorsper was done perhaps aud be be
came Q contractor. She wonld not wear
lhoso nasty high stocks which she design
ID for other voman, but dresses turned
10 1t the neck and edged With soit lace.
md be would tell her that she had the
throat OF 9 lily. Young husbands 10
novels always said thst,
At night John led her the length OF the
bail with pride stamped on bis face snd
,is wslk Men we're introduced to her
md s,ked her to dance. bat she became
Of . strange terror and slipped
,sck among the wslIfowers. Mrs. Malvi
ill watched her with rising anger. Whist
vas the use Of worrying over . real satin
Iress for 9 stupid girl like Ellebf
Ellen was thinking u Trixi, and how
ste they would resch homo and how
oud the music wss when she heard .
lesrty voice d her elbow:
Sure, I'd be glad 10 meet the sister Of
Ohm Mulvihill. an its odd l never knew
on had one.
She swung around; end suddenly the
ehts 10 the room lesped into bewilder
ng flames. The dancers mingled strsnge
J % 10 . broken kaleidoscope. In the
one isot stood ont clearly.
There wss lust one man 10 the world
tho could stsnd like that. one man who
I'D such . pair Of shoulders. and he
10 the man who vrsusht every dsy 10
be skeleton Of the skyscrsper.
She heard her brother soy II was Den
ls Gallagher, president Of the Shamrock
ssocistion. Thst vas qnite real to her.
v course be would be the president.
ben John drited aHsy, and Gallagher
i beside ber. II vas quite . while be
IRE she glanced up into bis face. She
o. trying to resl,s, the beautiful truth
that they we're no longer ported 10
idair. but sitting side By side in = noisy !
eated ballroom. Bhe Va, glad II wss
,isy. otherwise be might hear her heart
bet.
When she looked into bis eyes she
srted, and the color came and vent pret
y 10 her cheeks. Dennis Gallagher b
riled. He bsi seen girls look like this
,iore. Bat X len was utterly ingenious
spite of her sebty .fse birthdays. He Q
d not speak and finally sne said almost
l thought they would be blue. and they
Q brown no. hsz,l. &
30 OF course II came out. She didn't g
esn be should know eli, and be didnt
low sll-just enough 10 mske him lin I
. through two dances and eet John n
ulvihilrs heart swelling with pride. II,
A mouth later Ellen dropped into the n
tie quiet church ou her Wy TO work.
,ere we're 90 msoy "sII hsiIs" 10 ssy
is nor1ing, snd the church vss quite
,piy, so With cl@ped bsnds snd eyts "
u OF happy tesrs sho locked ioto the
nien fsco q the Womsn Of Many bor =
~ sbd nurnnfed:
Blessed Mother, do l deserve 80 much =
ppinessi Am ! good enough fof bin =
, is coming every "Wednesday sn Son
, night to zee me 80 by an by 1t will =
every night. Hs ssid 90. Every day :
a every nisbt We ~ill be together - y
~ % We live. Y,u sho have suffered I"
ncb. teach ne TO be strong snd brave y
bin.
Atd all tbst dsy . msa working fer 10