The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-24

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~aey teAFt' that h Il sa lptufahle.
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swtnd hnelher, Bot don't yon tblek he
: VIII sia n iaalf
\ "a ho hiss lorg stree slvyn al nv.
ifE, esd has iast set,l a himself late such
t'ase 9! hopeless laya that poae Of Tue
resl q es cave cha &c ut Nil. ata call
that grave fault.
fbe rest Of Us pron hy t., aaywsr, "a.
pl'd htF escort, For M pstt, am glad
Charlie II out ot the Gsia.
heshwhiie Chsflld was dsteuipg ptyltut.
" TO Aiss Anu kaneS tatrcatirs Tat he
"tuId let her gtt 81 methina for hlm 10 cat
before goiag TO bed
havn hsd suFppr, Aunt AIN, aaa pbaa
doi't mtRe Itabel Ro 70 bed last yet. i
htS0 sme papers want TO show htr, sta
| II you win kindly leave her 10 toe library
iittle While promise not to d,taiu her
org,
tpob thls the good lady DEL arttd, tell
'ng hfr nephew that The would prepare bis
old b d nm aad he would 4 I'd il ready for
hs use. As soon as she hsd Il IT The room
DC took from bis poeketa package oipspis
aid hstded to Isabel, say los
| have beeu TO s.lms, Ala, ard have
brought you these His VI lge tboos, and
he locked very pale as he wa,ch d her sIl-
ently open aud read, fret certified copy
~ . mar i4ge license isfutd to Clarenee
Atct and Mary Wayte; secordly, decree
OF divorce dated two years later, IN which
the grounds for lts application were stated
as neglect and eesertlon of the vlic
! she looked stunned at ti-st, but at length
the meaning OF II dawued fully on her
mind, ard she exclaimed with ehudderInR
horror Thank God, | have esesped, and,
turnif Z Q Charlie, she SELF "a bis hand ard
| prefs3d ! vi b trembling emotion.
Dear Charlie How did you and It ali i.
outY
| Uncle wrote 20 me to 20 to Selma and
mske itquilies shout Miller and told me OF
the presumption Of the fellow, and | was
mad enough, can tell you, when | heard
what character he hsd His treatment
OF his wife was ablminable. He ran away
with her before she left school, and then
| threw her { n simply because he was tired
Of her; and then he IL often drunk and as.
ISOLATED with such bad set that his father
sent him to Washington to break It up,
The scout drel has been writing there about
the beautiful Miss Kane he expected to
marry. could break every bone 10 bis
| body for II.
Isabel hid her face 10 her hands, and re.
remsned in trembling silence so long that
Charlie leaned forward and tenderly ftrok-
ing her hair asked, I'D you mind II so
much, dear? ~
on IbdlliIt dil 81 uNtIlbJDt nv lnE
thought OF my escape But for the mercy
Of God, which has In aoma strange way
kept him bach, wDuti have been too
late, and then sbt cd D N tbs whole story
blaming her o@u q lily ie ever consent
ing to such st,p.
Her own self-rep esch was 60 vehement
that Charlie tried to comfort her, AID they
almost forgot to conjecture what hsd lept
Miller back.
He will surely come yet, aud, please, isa-
bel, let me answer him, am just wild TO
tell him what think OF Lin.
No, no, Charlie. There shsll be no more
trouble on my account. | viii not sec I'm
at all, and you mus. promise you will not.
shall dismiss him In such way that he
will understand what think, and that will
be enough,
She gained bis consent TO remain quiet in
the coming rupture, for biz own good sense
told him that any conn ct between him and
Miller would only briog unpleasant motor.
iety to Isabel; ard when they parted tor
the night her tones were 50 tender and
kind, so much more than cousinly,a usual,
that hope dsrted into Charie's miad that
be had long since ceased TO feel
Whenever be had toli her before Of his
love she had at once sIIenced him with Df-
suranccs that she could feyer regard him
In any other light than as her hest friend,
but tonight when be had dared to speak Of
bis own love she had uttered no word Of dis
couragemcnt.
fudecd, the thought OF bis eheiterlDg
care and protection had bgen such solaee
that her last waking thought was ot grate-
ful tenderness to him for saving her.
when Miller reached the botel At Aylmer
his knee vas 30 swoIlfn that he had to send
for doctor. As soon as some relief was
given BY soothing llnimenls, be wrote
long letter tG Isabel but he eeud not bring
himself to relste ID tue story Df bis de-
tentloa al ia Haunted I'M. II seemed In
the QlarIng light Of day too wildly impro-
bable to receive sny ertderee aud Ia con-
sequence he inyepted breakdown u the
vehicle and attributed hIs Injured knee 10
that accident. His feryent entreates not
10 wait longer than the coming night to
carry out tho ci9pcnent were wfitten with
feeling u degpsIr, bat he would make
me more sgaggie hsailtt fate fni pfrhsps
To Nigh: yet giD
TIE letter saa eafrlei fpeeial mes.
sgpger, and 70 reply he received copies Of
w marriage lleshte and decree Of divorce.
xith d note cD,lsIsIag only tle wotd,;
The iacl9aad papsls viii trplsia why Miss
Ksne dec,ipes hBy further tcqasilianee
with hf. Clsrehee Nler.H
He fititat hope @ss gone snd duflng