The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-07-07
. lock arorrd her mcnlh that hoced u
for Mr.. Thomas EIlIoi, of Hafvard, %.
The n.rt dsr he ssksd her to drive.

ssId. ard the time shall be left to you. o.
ly tell me little while before, that's al
Ard, Belle REMEMBER this; | AN going
be perfectly std sbseiatsly true with yo'
In everything, and eSptcl you TO be II
same with me.
II Nas no, long b. fore she found on tn,
he mesnt what he aid.
Do ! lock nice, she asked him ene evenIn
~ they we're about TO start for the thca.T,
I'm sorry TO ray that you do not, ri iii
ed Elliot You've got too much powds
on your nose, ald that bat 10 flight.
Her eye, aahed, but che said roihlrl
onellng him her handkerchief. she COZ
mandt him to "aipc oif the powder, az
Elliot did 20, wondering Ia half Il lighter
ed way what the mischief WAS the matte
with Belle.
They were carly, ard ss1ntertd aloni
the brilliantly lighted street. with plentl
Of time to leok inio The shcp Window
One nrm had flied lie largest window Will
ties OF dsshlng rcd,
] think I'll get ore q those, Tom said
There rightsiy lish ilst now, AID think !
would be becoming, doL's.o,s
No, ! don she answered promptly. 0o
ly q nan vi sgotd complexion can wts
ore q those tlligs.
Tom had u ssJs thought bis dark. cleal
skin ore Of his best points, ard that Bell,
should in,iruste that 1t wasn't rather huri
III. pride. Neither spaka until they enter
ed the theatre then, msnlike, he said the
worst possible lhIrg.
That's pretty giil over there, inclining
bi, head toward blonde beauty. Ialways
liked blondes, didn't you.
Belle was ,nu.l to the occasion. Yes, !
like blond mel | don't care SO much for
the girls.
Eiliot's lower j.w drotpsd tboughtfully.
He was as dark as Egypt himself.
N,i her eI j,yed the play.
Seeing It second time has quite spoiled
1t for me, Ten ssid. Last week took
Miss Davis, ard we bo.h erjoyed 1t very
much.
Bellies stony silence at last penetrated
Toms understanding.
There's no reason why shouldn't take
another girl TO the theatre, he explained,
ust because | happen to be engaged to
you, 1t Isn't announced yet, and won't be
antll you are willing. Ard you know It
ion't charge my regard for you In the least
20 20 with any one else. You are welcome
70 the same freedom.
A great light broke Ia upon Belle. The
,ext time he called she had gone to play
ennis with Yale man. He saw them
aughlng and chatting a little way down
he street, and the owner Of the blue
weater was carrying her racket. Tom
vas angry, for the Yale man was an in.
uneraole cad, and she had no business to
70 with him. He would speak to her about
t. Perhaps Belle wasn't as fully accus-
omed to being guided by reason a. he
vas though che wes an uuusutlly bright
,irl. He must be gentle with her at first,
md she would grow by dtge
Acting On this impulse he took his cher
shed copy Of Spencer's az lics' and pre-
eLted 1t 10 her.
You'll like this, he said, after you get In.
o II, ard 1t will help you amasingly about
eaaoning.
A vel. developed white arm threw the
pencer vigorously against the aide Of the
ouse, elliot was surprised, for woman
Ike this was utterly outside the pale Of
is experience. P,rhaps she didn't feel
7ell. He put his arm around her.
Wta. is II, Belle I! he asked, anxlously.
The singular phenomena increased In ir.
ensity, for B lie eiked away from him
nth her eyes n,shlng.
How dare you touch me shs said, then
alked out II the room. Inslde Ct ten
'inutes the idea came to Elliot that she
ID not intend TO return until he left the
cure. Her handkerchief lay on the table,
I'D he picked 1t up. He looked carefully
Ito the hall but Jaw no one. Then the apos-
9 Of reason put the handkerchief into
Is pocket and walked home 10 q brown
udy.
Four years at college had taught him
,soluttly nolhirg Of womep, and be was
'idently on the wrong track. 1t wasn't
asonable. but be iert box OF rotes by
az Of peace fierlng ard received In re-
RI note which emboldened him to call,
Al oli.time, friendly chat put them on
! equal footing again, ard Il liot grew con-
iential.
Ev ry thought OF mine rightfully be-
ngs to you, Isuppose, he said one day
Every thought Of mine 10 Of you, she re-
led softly, and he watched the color In
i checks vi h sensation Xxi to pleasure.
He thought about II in the hight after
Ird. 1t was nice for fellow TO know
a.a sirl like Belle thought Of him 80
ten. II II had been proper thing to do
wouldn't have minded kissing her when
Q said 4, for he had never seen her look
pretty.
The Yale man tad gone back TO college,
d Elliot settled down Ia business with
, father. He and Belle were the beat Of
tnds, and be looked forward with increas j
I pleature to The day which she had not
named. He planned European tour
,ich he was ture would both surprise and
.ase her He did not intend to mention
until sfitr the ceremony.
Surely no lover ever had mere attrac- .
'e Path to travel. Belle waa every thing =
It could be desired. When Lii visits j
re infrquent ihe did not seem to miss
D, AID, rsrest quality In woman, never
red him any questions as to The way In :
ich be spent his time away from her. =
m felt Ike picreer who lad emancipat- '
his by applying The test Of reason to Y
.ry duty and plesiure in life
The summer wand ard betIde the cptp o