The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-08-04
TIL. to Mr., Gray, however.

Iacoutciousiy, Miss Kitty came TO ht
rescue. We've not nkcd you 60 tea wilt
us TODAY, she said, and her voice had rir
Of laughter. pretty to hear, sha Was prcl
ty 10 look st too. under the fa,h Of excite
mcnt her lock of primncss tad disappear
ed, and something Of her shytcfs
Mr., Gray took out hls note book, Thtl
you are goirg TO ask me- What day shall 4
be, Miss WiathFops Sappose We say Mon
day that, you know, Is elcrgymans leis
ure day sud you win bsve cooLI 8 for Tea
and Strawberries,
We shall be very happy to see you on
Mordsy, tir, Miss Hapnah said, and The
words ia lttle formal were perfectly Sin.
eeIe.
Far ewsT, through the stiffness, they
caught the sound OF tho village eloek. .stIik.
Ink tha b u.
SIX o'clock, Miss Hannah said. Kitty,
suppose Iou show Mr., Gray the rose gar.
den before we 20. III walt here, thank ytu
sir, as ,hs minister offered hand to assist
her In rising.
Misa Hannah only waited, no sever, until
their backs were turned, then che scrsmb!.
ed TO her hands and knees, and from thence
to an upright position. There" she gasp
ed, smoo'hrg down he; skirts, that's a
deal better than being hauled up by man."
She gave a little laugh, the word, remind.
ed her OF Mrs. Palmer, Maybe it's llst as
well sally wasn't about, Jlst now, After
all, don't know which Ia worse---.o lie
short and stout, or long and stifl;
The walk home did not seem so long TO
Miss HI ty, Whether the fact that Mr.,
Gray iussici on accompanying them had
anything to d. with II ii not knowl AS.
suredly, his presence IA no wise lcssened
the distance for Mas Hannah.
Mrs. Day was out on her porch, a. the
three pal7td. Mrs. Palmer was there also
possibly she had staid to tea for the eY
pres, purpose Of seeing the sisters return.
Miss Hannah felt tho curiosity In their
eyes pursue herself and her comparlons,
all the way to the Winthrop gate reek.
or, they're asking themselves how the min |
ster happens to be walking HON, with US,
,he said to herself. They and oil the rest,
are bound to fad out abou. that invitation.
somehow, tina. eating on the grass business
Doesn't seem quite so foolish, the minister
being there-and guess, when folks hear
If his comiag to, tea on Monday, they'll be
100 busy tver that to bother about any
hing else
Certainly there were times when a man
lid come In handy.
Kitty, Niles Hannah said later that even.
ng, 1t Is ss thought. That envelope has
he last September postmark. | never be-
ore neglected to thoroughly examine the
utside Of a letter. never will again.
Miss Kitty was guilty conscious OF the
set that down deep In her heart, she was
lad that Hannah had failed to obterye
hat postmark. For once she had really
Ibyed tea at The Naples.
Nor did Mr.. Gray, smokipg q liet pipe ,
n bis porch, In the twilight, review less
leasurably the events Of the afternoon.
or the tlist time 10 forty years he began
D resliz,- what, for six months, had been
ute patent to more than one lady In his /
ongregaton--tba. 1t was time he married
Eizibeth-John Winthrop tossed let d
n into his wifes lap. Here's news Cou-
n Ritty's going to marry the parson--the a
ediings to: be in September-we we must b
I've them some kind Of blowout after a
ards, at The Naples C
A garden party would be nice, II the !
Gather kept warm, his wife answered,
on't suppose Kitty ever went to garden
irty. d
Which shows that In this instance Mrs.
,hn Winthrop was wrong In her suppos. d
ons. /,