The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-07-21
rHg REBGLLios o. JANE.

s,liiemcni In The far West, Jane Dosdritze
tsd BOT itirsc, very favorable notice fron
hEr classmates when fret she appeared q
college.
4 Jane WAS cycidfe,sed for one thing, ant
Der rlca cloihitg did not q, her well, 20
had Il been selected with much taste.
sae vsi sensitive, proud and thy, sns
abe had been accustomed TO rule In her II
thel. hoate; so ihl combination Of dim
deuce snd arrogance in Der bearing p'quet
ard amused the girls who had grown u
Ia more healthy environment. With hel
mixture Of bsshfulnes and independence
and her chaotic nolions Of appropriate de
pertinent, she was iiill TO teachers and
classmates.
II they eoula have known, sll OF them
from pretty Ma IJrie Sinclair, the popular
class president, to Jessie Evelyn, The class
beauty, how Jane longed ;or friendship
the girls wouli have been kinder.
The faculty, toe, would have had more
consideration for her II ifstsekvsrd glimpse
bad been given tn m Of Jane seated on
the knee ola skarthy miner Ia the llgh'
Of blizisg pine kuCis, learning to rad
from an CID Webster's sptlling.book. She
had picked up wriiiug and arithmetic at
wesver's Falls, and snatched at her eeu-
cation by fl,s and starts through mother
less childhood.
Finally a mar, grAy.hslred and old, but
with q young heart, had drified in.o her
neighboIhood.
Her father and the stranger became com.
rsdes, and the stranger, an Oxford graduate
fallen upon evil days, had taken fancy I o
the little Jane, and taught her with en-.
thusiasm.
Latin, Greek, mathematics, science Mr..
Melancthon had drilled her In them by
turns, and she had passed her entrance ex-
aminations triumphantly as the result CT
his pains and her own cleyernts',
When 1t was time for her to 20 to college
Mr.. Melarcthon had selected an Institution
OF wide fame in an Eastern state. Orders
had been sent by mail for James wardrobe,
and her father had given her an allowance
which exceeded that Of moit Of her CON-
panions.
So Jane had come East with high hopes
and much curiosity for she had never been
with girls Of her own age, and WAS as igno
rant concerning them as II che had spent
her previous lie In another world.
Finding herself on the mere edge Of every
thing, ard kLovirg that the WAS held aloof
by an intangible barrier WHICH she could
not cross, Jane threw herself into study,
and did her best to gain all that the lec-
lures could give her.
There she goes, "Poler Jane said a gay
little freshman one Afternoon, as Jane,
books in hand crossed the campus. Isn't
1t funny, added the same girl, that all her
gowns are silks Fancy coming to college
with only iik gowns, and not even rainy
day skirt,
The girl did not mean to be overheard,
but voices carry In the still air. Jane did
hear, and her dark cheek burned crimson.
Ill not send for a rainy.day skirt to
please thtm, she said stubbornly. The
hateful creatures ] don't know why
stay here when | might 90 back to Weav-
er'a ard do as like, and ride my pony and
have my dogs again.
The thought Of the dogs tugged at James
heart. Her two great st. Bernards, BROTH
ers and exactly alike, must be grieylng for
their mistress and maIveling what had be-
come OF her! Jane wi;hed she could bury |
her hot face In Scott's tawny fur or viii
her arms round Anthony's neck.
And her clothes Jane had the first reali-
zalion that had ever been hers, Of the true
moral support there Is In being well dress
cd for the part you represent.
Tears blirded her eyes as she went on to
her room down the long corrlder-an end
room that looked ever wide sweep OF sun
BY green swari, with magnificent elms
casting .hsdows across Its velvet surface,
She gazed across the lawn, honesick for
a bare, strsgg irg village, where the frame
houses were staringly new where the wood
hotel, with It's yellow paint and big piszzas
iiunted its ugliness mar the railway sta.
ion where cosl-breskers loomed blsck In
lie distance, ard dear, shaggy, unkempt
'slher would hold her to lis heart ard call
Ter his darling little maid.
"Poler Jane" inteed Her resentment
,nw fierctr every seoosd She pitched
Ter books into ole corAer snd tore her last
leat exercise 10 two, and threw the pieces
nto another corner. Then still furioutly
Ingry with circumstances, the took her
Iresses from the hooks, one by one, ard
ooked them ovsi--.he green brocade with
,old fo.ers; the Lavender IIish poplin,
til eEough to sand alone; the red cssh-
nere; the white muslin, ard the good
lack silk.
Not enc OF her frotks, not even the over
laborSte white muslin, looked fitting for q
irl, ard taught By her brief association
nth other girit, Jane Doddrid2e kaew 1t.
1t Wesyer's the clothes hsd appeared TO
er lusIperienee fac enough for princess
ere they were Il. only for masquerade.
Her checks a imed hotly. She was acute
' m ferlble. A. the very bottom Of her
runk, dIschdsd In Ter Imagination as un-
|, for college, but brought with her be-
ause she had had good times In II, WAS
lain ii.lle gown Of blue serge, the skirt Of
be tkiupIest, the waist sithout ornament
-i.hcut BIT Of i,yle, tu. comfortable
I'd urobiius!ve.
Jane bundled The rest Of her wardrobe
ut Of tIsht and weat TO vespers 10 The
'ue serge. There was new assertiveness
her manner, and mixed with I. rev
lrlrking but the former Was predominant.
sne meant to wina place for herself or re'
re from the contest.
The eysning mail brough. her thick
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