The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-12-29

"a WASrED--A lady TO keep books In
1t smsll drvgoods store. Apply ct No.
sd Madison Street.
She laid aside the paper with slgh and
weri cut AID down the stairs. Ia the hsl
below, spparep,ly iust about to ascend, sp
pesred portly individual srrsycd 10 bed
m rsagled coat. The sttlre was familiar tc
- Miss Harper.
N Or, 10 II you, Mr.. Muli,gan.
Mrs. Muligsn looked up.
In All then, but I've found ye at last Such
n. sfureh ss I've had for the lumber, miss.
Sure they dliect,d me wrong at the Guild
boarding house.
n. Miss Harper, about to turn back, sudden.
ly rtcollected that she was losing time and
II might miss the situation.
Go right upstairs aud get the clothes
yourself, Mrs. MullIsAn. Open the first
/. door to the l,ft. You'll nnd the bundle
il retdy. |. 10 on the sofa. By the way, put
more starch 10 the skirt than you did tie
last time.
y Yes'm.
i Miss Harper oper ed the hall door, went
q down the high steps Of the Washington
Street boarding house, rotted one block
g south to Madison Street and took west.
! bound car. And mean while Mrs. Mulligan
g sscended the stairs and stood stock still In
the corridor above iu state Of supreme In.
D decision.
Now, which door did she say ? regarding
blankly the two brown rows extending
alopg either side. III iast open this one
and take tqaint In. IL there's q bundle
on the sofa It's hers. II there aln't, the
others The room.
!, She turned the knob, pushed open the
door ard cautiously inserted her red WOOL
en- head. Yes, there II was. She went
boldly across the ROOM secured the wash.
Ing ard retreated. Arrived at home, bad
news confronted her.
Ia yeistlf, Bridget quavered out her
decree |: old mother, as che entered. Here
Is Tim been tyaiin' fur We this half
hour.
Tim, thu, 1t dlcsted, came forward, say
ing
Iwuz sent to tell ye to come over at once,
Mary Ellen is most a.dyin',
What. shritked Mrs. Mulligan. Ne sis.
ther Marias own blessed choild Mother,
II ye kin zee 10 do it, put them clothes Of
Miss Harpus to coax agen to.morra's
wash.
IL kir? o course | kin responded
Mrs. Ryan l. dignantly.
She stralghtosy prepared tub CT warm
suds, quickly opened the bundle and doustd
the contents therein.
Mics Harper did not get the position OF
bookkeeper. Early as she was, q spruce
young lady had been earlier. So she swal- J
lowed her disappointment, made pilgrim.
age up to Leavitt Street to see friend and
returned home just 10 time for supper very
tired and discouraged.
Soon afterward, up In her rather bleak
apartment, Miss Agatha Harper lit the gas = '
and produced her work basket. She had
iast inserted her arm In long, elm, black u
article, preparatory to darning 1t, when
she heard someone coming up the stairs,
three steps at at time, Dear me che ,jacu- y
lated, its the new boarder. A few minutes Il
later she heard the opposite door flung open
with bang, and Mr.. Chalmers voice rails. ~
ed 10 provoked questioning. "
You must have stuffed 1t away some u
where, Hurry up and try to remember.
left it ON the sofa. 20
saw It, cir, when was making up your e1
room, but didn't touch II, the housemaid 70
replied. a
Ga the sofa A sudden, incredible,
awful fear pierced the tender heart of VI
little Miss Harper. She glanced toward 10
her own brown.red sofa. There lay the
bundle che had hidden Mrs. Mulligan take vi
Trembling, she fprapg up, ran to the door %
md opened 1t. !"
10 the corridor. coat ard tie discarded, nc
tood gentleman, middle.sged, gray. us
nustached, angry.eyed-a very, very ap. w
'alling, ferocious individual, indeed, to 10
is guilty, shrinking neighbor. en
II beg your pardon. Mr.. Chalmers, but WI
Il am afraid my-my wssher-woman
ook what-x xhatever bundle was on your ms
ofs. ioi
Your wssher.womap he sail bewilder- 500
dly. o'e
Yes. And she falteringly explained. oa'
Mr.. Chalmers groaned. Gu
I'm so sorry, protested Agatha, ready a.
, cry. lP'
What's her address taH
She lives In Twelfth Street, but don't wa
now the number. Did il. contain any ano
ling valusbles toJ
0oly my Antonio costume for the inR
ncy dress ball tonight, he exclaimed ~
ith another grosr--the ball Of the sea- ana
u. lhe
Oh, how very unfortunate. An bright Una
ing. have you a csrrlsgs belowf You J
I'VE I'll just get on my things and f
I've over to Mrs. Mulligant, tm sure 20
IAN find the house, though can't recol- .he
II the number. rae
All right. III 70 with you. have moth. 60
Z else to do. be assured her. Inc
Ten minutes later she foudd herself In oiai
closed carrisge, which rolled south on 10
ntral Avenue and opposite her gen. "p
man TO whom, until within the last half are
ur, abe had never spoken, Her La.rrai !
nidI;y, now increased . hundredfold,
pi her silen.. But inwardly abe WAS per
dressing whitening rebukes TO Mrs ava
llligan. How could she have blundered D.
It was after so'eloek wien they found ~
. house and gained a1mittsnce. Mr.. you