The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-05-28

, sP'nfssised tea 'addenly ssld Hshl quii
oa' ioni, la ,ats lhossh, every boa,
soald have heard yrn,
Did ~ ItItid IL vas bse.u.s / h,,
pened to thiok isst Of tbs, nouee, IN.
bed 60, hold Of the ibios ths, 4 VI.
Tying 10 remember before church. A,i
'nrned oat ! wss mistaken.
Well, George, II you msle sssh a .,
cfe' and mystery sboai II. Of coarse nc
body on earth can help you
There is 90 mystery sboui II q, sll Ths
ise' 10 simply this, nsppepins TO NEE,
Dodgers 10 the Chy yesterday, l stopped
Tor few m!nuies' chat. aud he asked
me . riddle --or. IS one nigh .sy, . conun
drum. care very little for tha, lina Of
thing ss general rule. bat this vas
sithoul exception the tinest aud eityeres,
thios Of The Kind ever heard, Ime,ut
10 Tact. 10 makes note Of II.
Aud nov you've forgotten Il, said bis
vile injadioionsly.
No. Don't interrupt. l have partly
remembered II. II I had forsot,cn 4,
that would oniy be what has hsppsucd
to everybody, II had temem bered The
question snd not the answer II would not
have been very unnsusi. Bat can 70
member The answer and have forgotten
the question, and doubt II tbs, has hsp
pened 10 nybody before me. The belief
that be vas quite exceptional seemed
to comfort him = little,
Well. George, II yoa tell as what the
answer is, very likely We can give Jon
the question. II seems so silly Tor you
to worry yourself like this. when /, may
be riddle that one Of Us knows. Asa
Girl ] wss very fond Of snythips OF that
kind. even wrote them out 10 book.
lis extremely unlikely that you would
know II. Dodgers gave il to me as quite
the latest thing. Williams who vas with
me 1t the time. had never heard II be
fore. aud II Was quite new to me. How
ever sooner than be bothered any further
about II ! will till you shat the answer
vas, The answer wss, From the way
sbe does her hair Now, then. what
was the question:
There WAS dead silence around the
mshogsny table. Brows were wrinklod
in deep thought. His vile repeated the
words over and over again under her
breath with pious but uniouoded belief
that this would help her.
Now. then. said her husband sharply.
you pretended that vou knew tho qaes
tion what was itf
l can't help thinking that I've besrd
II. she said ieebly.
And then Georges wrath broke forth
upon her, and che was asked why shs
had interiered At oil. Lsit TO himself be
wonld have settled the whole thing by
then. II he wanted to remember . thing
be could remember II. That was Ger
tain. He was not in his dotsas. Bat
pffloious interference msds o difference
of course.
Then he complained OF the closeness
,f the room, tusged st the cord OF his
new pstent veniilstor. broke II. and was
nothing bettered.
As the Sunday wore on TO It's hsgesrd
,lose bis poor, mistaken family requested
aim to give 1t up. Then he pulled ont
be heroic stop. This particular riddle
heugh II wss the most smusing he had
'ver heard 10 bis Iiie--was nothing. but
be principle Of the thing was every
hing To give 10 would bo sigu OF
weakness. He Was not the map to put
lis hand 10 the pillow and then look back,
Nbst success be had had 10 life was
Iue TO bis perseverance,
His vile said that II was Just the same
nth Napoleon, This may or msy not
ave been true. bu. |. wss the best card
be bad played yet. ltprocured . respite
I an hour.
Az the end Of that hour be sacked
be psge. the boys 10, had been long
D the bslsnce Hs accelerated the bed
Ime OF bis youngest con by one hour.
lie refused everybody permission 10 do
nytbing. He ssid that expenses would
ave 10 be out down sli around.
And then. quite suddenly, be remem
cred the question TO thst riddle. Every
ody knows the silly old riddle, Of course,
D there 10 no need 10 repeat IL.
Daughter -Yss. ps, there are two meu
ho have ssked me to mssry, spd both
70 nice fellows.
Father -Are both ia q way 10 support
on2
think 70. Pnil tells me be hss tidy
llary, and George says be 10 receiving
pod wages.
You choose George. and yon will mske
o mistake. It's ssfer 10 msrry msn
ho hss wages than one who has sslsry,
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