The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-03-10


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Well. l nee, Be soia', ssid Mrs. Blsk
risios slosly' even ,bopsh yonr Ore doe
sneli good. Ibsvep't soi my .i,iin -roor
stvs up yet, Melvin sni bed ran Il
,tis svenis' sad pot u no, snd lookipl
over DER shoulders 10 sssure herelf tbs
,hi. blos bsd struck home. sbe departed
NIrenber snow fsw, bat still Meivil
hsd not made choice Of . honskeeper
sod l. ndsvilie bed become more spt
more curious People ssked questions o
everyone save Melville himself He va
90, man whom people Questioned. II,
lived alone. 10 two rooms. sod kept then
- rea' IS sny somsa conli hsvs doue
cooked his Own food. and seemed TO e6io
life 10 spite Of ti, neisbbors' disspprovsl
II sinf natural for . man 10 be pntterir
siound 10 womsp's place. said Dslphins
spIi usiy one December dsy ~ben Csr
dsce Blake wss calling.
II vas slwsys Csndass sbst was calling
90 Dslpbioe. ss Caudsce prided herself
on her pedestrian powers. principally
btc use Delphioe was too stout 10 walk
even the half mile which lay between the
snsll brown house and the big white one,
o., l done knov; returned Csndscs
csrslessly. He tells me be 10 getting .
long sll right, with . ely emphasis on the
:me" which instsutly consested her hos
tess's cheeks. Add then, Nov before l
forget it, Del. will you give me yonr new
salad recipe2
Melville said the last you sent him wss
licking good.
Dslphine gssped. Soe lost the power
OF speech 10 the wave Of anger aud embar
rsssment that vent over her at the know
ledge conveyed 10 her c,ller's words,
Her round face revealed the vorkipgs OF
her mind instantly to Mts Blake, who
stroked large new mt a aud smiled even
iy 9. the shsmeiscsd womsn husrying TO
get the recipe book. II the pantry be
bind the door, q few tears fell into the
fnrrows OF D,lphioe's "a. cheeks She
siped them sssy with her apron and rub
bed out her eyes before returning to the
sittihe-ioon.
Ms Blake copied the receipt and drew
her golf cape Ground her. (Dslpbine wore
a blanket shawl Well, must be goin'
now, and for one, Dslphne did not urge
her 10 remsin TO supper aud est Of 'jast
what few victills there Is 10 the house"
Tue winter passed aud spring came,
May found Mtlvio Brown putting 10 his
crops snd cooking bi, food, jane iound
him still alone, hsrro wing, hoeing, cook
ing. Lipdsville. oil except two Of it's
residents. had ceased 10 wonder and turn |
ed its attention elsewhere T6ese two
could not sbste their interest while one
lived Q qusrter Of mile doe north on
The turnpike and. end the oiker quarter
OF mile doe south oo the came road.
counting Melvin Browns house 90 the
point. and ss long as one q them
was famed for her cooking and the other
Ior attractions unusu.l 10 Lindsville's
women.
throughout the year each had steadily
assured the other that she v01ld be the
one elteted. The only difference was
his: Delphine ssid il honestly, Csndsce
merely to torment ber friend. Delpbine
believed in the depths OF her simple soul
hat Melvin was Q regular caller 1t the
big white house because OF the chsnce
md apparently careless remarks hat Gan
lace let fall as to what Melvin said to her
'bout this and that. She came to dread
Jsndsce's iuqnent visits yet long for
hem, She waited for 9 call as for a
blow witch could not be svsrted in
'rioaing snbmission.
Sill when II came che was not prepar
ID for 1t Oie Jolly day she hsd taken
Ter bpeket OF meudios ous on the south
porch and settled herself 10 9 strsisbt
,soked chair, when the gate suddenly
'pened and Mrs Blake swept up the walk.
For orcs she looked heated snd excited
)slphioes heart rose suddenly into her
hrost and go filled II that the words.
Veil. Oap, could scarcely force them
elves ont
Csndacs dropped into the rocker opro
ite D.lpbine end began TO fan berelt
igorously and rock rapidly. II vas IN
Ike Mrs Blake. Dslphine felt the change
D the atmosphere and sll her world dark
ned
Lsndl Aint 1t hot7 exclaimed Gan
soc.
Some. murmured DsIphioe, laying ber
,oekins. dogb. for her hand shook so she
,uld not control her needle.
Sucb . N uss ss I've got to 60 intol oop
o ned Csndsce. She meant 10 thrill her
me With disen.t. but. instesd. IL rsne
ish triumph.
d Iphioe cleared her tbrost to hide the
emelo 10 her FAINT, Wbst2
C,ndace eyed her. There's oil that
onss OF Mslvin's to be gone over this y
0, weather. Imseine thsil
Dsiptiae tried 10 speak. Her large =
ce turned from red TO sisint preeuisb y
sllor IS sbe msrssed to sriiculste. |
Id you you a -sbs could get 10 further. =
C.ndscs seensd. for once, not 10 notice :
90 friends couiusion. Kindly, che look y
s.tentively st The turnpike snd esid .
rightly: o.. yel / know you've said =
I along that Melvin vooid cali 90 me. =
e vo-l3nt take no.
When did yoa cor came hoskiiy from :
Ire Miles. Her voice proclaimed thst
.srs were not far tf =
Well. I've promised TO shut up my
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