The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-06-23


we're all Alcusly devoted TO cats. Who
am II
PeisAs WAS somewhat rufr d b. the last
trsumphan, lIs, ard lss mssFsrly interrog.
alive conclusion.
Pshaw sad he. 0ac would shilk that
lis one unrfl duty 10 like cats.
sllGis, aYorfed. Tha: truth hss led
me 10 make very iapertant addition 10
historical mtm sirs. Marcus Aurelius WAS
very fsnd Of ests, yet curiouslv enough be
forga. 10 acknowledge In his frat chapter
how much be pgtd to them. have rem
edled LIi neglect aud ade up paragraph
which should have been set with the list
Of yir ues Tia be owed " bis father, hls
grandfather ard the oti ers. | will ray II
for you:
10 my cat Aholibah owe teaching Of
iestrve, of urbsri y ard " i d aite Ind n r
ence to the m ihods and Misunderstanding
OF The simple.
tT1 my cat Heslofe, bfcsuie OF her com
munion with the moon aud the night, ard
because Of h,r delicate body and her serene
eyes, owe my conviction Of her immortal.
liz and therefore Cf my oxn.
"Ani to mJ ca. Heioiias, never to say
or to arite In letter that red herrlngF,
cream or any fowls are more honorable as
food for me than 80 stolen sweets for fell
res whom The gods made hungry
When had haisAed r, less was laughing
e1plaiued to him the aoits Of Cheshire
cats, ard we said 70 more.
l. was May, aud We were leaving next
day for the country. cannot forego the
luxury II that sn,ence, though ! must
nov eonfss that we have become very
simple psople siaee PvleAs Is grown too cid
to m Gel ard t1 write well; SO that ilm'
mers we have uiutlg to stay Ia town. But
thii year n ciola b ID worked arevolusion
Nlchola Ia our one old servant whom can
introduce to you 10 more graciously than
to tell that she has secretly been using her
half holiday for weeks past to hunt US out
place to live this tummer; and ihe bas
found it--a farm sunk In honeysuckles and
llscs and wild grsps', as we afterwsrd dis
covered, where the board Was nothing and
the glimpse Of the river everything There
Semirsmis ard Peleas and Nichola and !
established ourselves when Spring was still
the young lord lover Of the earth, though
hurryidg to ths colftent summer Of sole
proprietorship.
We reached the station late In the After
noon, and drove to the farm, old Nichola
carry SemIrsmis in b tket, as many aro-
ther servant must have borne her in odor-
Gus lltters centuries ago. Old Nlchola pre-
tended to be very cross, as she always does ;
and especially she pretends to dislike cate,
though she privately feeds Samiramis
cream at the shadow Of new.
For the love Of heaven, she cried paevlsh-
ly when Semiramis raised her head Lam
guidly from the basket, In No wonder
Our Blessed Lady never was painted with
4 cat.
She wa., Nichola, | explalred trium.
phantly. Barotcl put a whole srmful OF
kittens 10 the lap Of bis Madonna. And
Murillo did, and Romano
That Is a great nonsense, exclaimed Nj
chola argrily, and you are only saying on
names.
should like to have heard any one ans
wer that argument.
When we reached the farm relieved NJ
chola OF her charge, and without taking on
nv bonnet went outside with Semiramis
in nv arms. can never understand the
passion OF some people for removing the
dust of travel AID getting cut their bru.hes
the moment they enter new place. Bet
ter the first breath and handc!asp Of = new
world than the very pomp Of your bureau,
tastefully laid cut bottles and combs But
that day my own first impressions were
chiefly Of Sem 'a-ms.
l walked with her to a fpot where the
sun was warm on square Of thick clover,
and set her down, and was Nitness to
the most abandoned ,v that evsr the mad
meas Of tun and clover AID afternoon con-
spire TO bear. All her incidence and Ian.
guor and indifference were shaken tfi; the
veil Of her ralicerce val gone from her |;
she was Ike the spirit OF all the warm air /,
she hsd all the ply steal exaltation Of any
lover CT outdoors when the outdoors calla
and the lover snswtrs
was very thoughtful atfupper. Through
The little window panes couli zee a great
golden noon rising like queen h,ver out
OF the howery meadow, and Semirams saw
1t too. She was not asleep, though che had
had her cream She was sittirg where the
faint light lay across the vcranda, locking
steadily at The moon. Ryou had seen her
you would have le'ped me with my plan.
Ildeed, any one would, as believe, saving
Peleas and Nlchola
Nlchola went taily TO bed, grumbling
lH6L > .IfllThuiAs Uabhtb uhu puiitu s0i al m1
wholly aud when hsd made . bed for
3 miram's in the sumner kitchen ] lined
p.leas In orr fragrant little room on the
ground ,or And then made great fuss
over The lhIngs could not q ID, the medi-
cine must take, and the shoes tha! must
lay out for next day, until At lergth Peleas
was fairly ready for sleep. Where's. bold.
" declared that i must have glass Of
water Ia the room or die of thlrst by mid
night, and so cloied The door and slipped
cut. The farmer aud his family were sIt.
Iirg abou. The well-house, he smtklrg, bis
wife shelling corn. They were taking
about the plo~ Ing, but saw ~ passed
ths. the magic Of the moon was over them
all, though they did not know. lifted
semlramls gently from her boz and stoie
out the dining-:oom door to the verands,
down the path to The gate, and 10 cut on
the silver, periumed road.
There was place that minded to have