The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-02-25
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oH sVwe oefS stSuf -" - S'
sis si ths tssiprias. Where hsvs "a
bcea this Isst ioftsisbii
Well yos hsos-
MOL don'l knos; bot I ssnt Va. bsdll
I've been basy spd coaidn't asi sbcs
mach. ssd sryshess l osvs been ! hsv
GOT happened 10 meet yon.
Betty Motornns rsissd hes sysb ovl
When . usu nskes II bis bosiosss
meet . sih every dsy 10 hI. lie -sor
,ires tso of three times day -snd The
I'll ., opos be doesot bsppeu 10 meet be
10 . Whole fortnight. IL looks bit queer
doesut ~ Be . msn. Fred. and osn oE
iou ere skuikics,
Whst the dickeos coald l dor I'm opl
human. II your is.hsr hsd let me oou
into the bouse your mother woeld hsv
irtz,p ns cot double qsiek.
Never mind that they vere no, 10 Il
day However, veil let thst slooe
What is oil this rov bstvsso your issbs
and you sbouti
l suppose you bsse hessd.
o.. I've heard . doEsn different storie,
sod uow l ws1t ths true version.
None OF them would be particularly
q H.tteri6s to me. III bet Fred 81. johns
tone vss decidedly savage.
No. Betty spsssred serepeiy. they we're
not; and every body hss been 30 sDxious
tibet l should know. The fret tale vss
thss be Pot you 10 the door because you
sould not mary thst Coicseo pig stick
er's widow, which / thought wss rather 10
your credit than othersis there might
hsvs been trouble 10 smother direction.
you see, II you bed undertaken TO help
her TO spend ber dollars. The lsst one
vas thst be Kicked you out becsuse you
made love TO your sistef's maid spd that
be caught you kissing ber. l object to
that. Fred.
As the old man could afford TO be 90
q squesmish. Hes not sbovs kirsing . pret
~ si,l himself, yet, vhen be gets . chance
RI swear.
Then yon did kiss her.
Ntvsr looked At the girl 10 my life.
His face vsi red, nevertheless II vas
The Jews.
l thought ss much. She was oil sym
ps,hy nov. Bat why did you let him
kooz thst you we're 10 with them sgsin7
would
II wasn't my fault; be would have been
Is old % Methussleh before / hsd told
,im the last time. | got money from old
schmidt, A fellow csnt live on cir. and |
ny psy and my allowance would Just
,bout hsvs KEEP, respectful csasry. Well
be wretch turoed crnsty and ordered me
o pay up. How the dickens could l pay
lp When l Ia nothing to pay up vith7
1e got cheeky. snd | told him 10 go
oy place be liked He chose the family
mansion. aud toddled down and inter
iewed the governor, then the governor
oterviewed me, and -Whewl ! en- dead
q
When | sol home from Bsdford's! dance
! 3 O'CLOCK In the morning the old msn
'ss waiting for me. How on esrth be
,snsgsd to keep svske 10 more than l
nov. BE vss iret zlosly polite and ips ,
me TO look ont when the governor be
,me polite but be wss determined. snd I
wss out OF the house half hour sitter {
ven, 10. vent scross to Uaele Freds Z
I'd be put up.
Wis does he sdvise you TO dor Z
Oh. be resds me . lecture every morn I
=. He stole sidelopR glance d the
,l's face to see il evasion would be Of sny q
'e, bat the look 10 her eyes warned him b
ID be went on brsvely, He deolrres that
ere is nothing else for me tbsn TO merry b
e Americsu. tell him che would not q
vs me, O
She mistt; there is no accounting Tor .
s,es. Bat 700 see you bsvs promised q
merry me. which complicstes imstters q
bit. Il
Feds color rose sgsio, The only thing y
II thst can zee, 10 TO cot. b
Aud where DO you intend to tcut 10, lc
sy'
think Of going of 10 Jack 81 John. Il
ID doing we'll out there, and ! know q
q be elsd 10 have me. Ia
70 Csusds. Betty stared into the 6rs 10
4 uerved herself Tor her ne1t words. &
d shere 70 come ini h'
rbstss . iscer, Betty. h
lave you never given me thoughtf %
lave l not7 I hsvs uos given . thought 70
rsry much else for the last fortnight, pi
Iou ak me. SomethinR rose 10 bis fst
o.t, but be ohoked II back msniuily. K,
not such . cad IS TO ssk you 10 wsit
r. Tor M, perhaps . lifetime. I've
o . cs,elesr, sel6ib. boundes oil ny sf
.. bat I'm long wy loo fond Of you 10
that mi
be siri blinked away . tesr or tvo Dc
,re ste spoke sssin. / you'd not Dc ev'
be myself quite 90 sccurstely i'll we're
/, nobody 10 dispu,ina the point Bot -
70 is to be 20 eryIpe { a sbont II; u you mol
70 Csusds. l an going too. on
'oi Betty
b, 700 need not be 30 shocked. Since De-
J. elk and you ssre nine We hsvs prom tra
10 nsrry escb other ] su "a nov, ms
surely after IS yfsrs Of coortsbip ! boz
tell you. ="
ont child. Hesveo knows I'd give II
bee, Per. OF ny life TO be sble 10 take sis
o. yous sofd. bnt after my pssssse
,ey 10 paid 1 uiil bsvs hardly . penny hs'
les myseli si,b, and ! cant tsks you cd
onsh IL.
an are soias 70 marry me. srybov. on
ue will take our cssnce OF the rough hn
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