The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-04-20
MISS nEpsEY's ENDLESS CHAIN

- heilcsily al the d. 'cted bagre hesid
bsr, Nos 10, have Il ogi, Jessies, 81
ssid 700 want to tell ssmstoty.
On Miss Hepset The blue eyes ali.'
al b teafs Perhaps ought Dot TO speal
Of Il, bot AIN worried. The money tba
father lei Us "a melting away 80 tast-;h
lAsyer ssys Il wssn't Invested we'll tha
TIE inieresi wont ktp us any longer
though | uy 10 BE- as economical as-oh. a
Anfibinsg Mother 1. 80 neryou, snd wesl
doctor says she masnt be worried sbou
snttblna. 90 dare not let her know hos
poor We are But ! sm fnghted, and
dent kbos what 10 do.
You doD's say IA come to that hlready
The horB.rimmld sp,ctseles lay on ID,
broad beam Of the loom and there wa,
noihing to hide the kind eies. How Ole
are you, Jessiea-seyeptetn
Not til rex, fall.
Isu't there q metbing you can do to earn
little ard help slons Girls afien do.
Miss Hepsey, | dont know how to do
oue thing well but housework, and could
not earn anything at that. lou know
cane leave mother lorg att time, srd as
for my goirg out to service, mother never
would consent to that.
How about your musi,
oh, thst's viii lst breaks my hear |
love H. ard I'd rather be 3 muse teacher
ttah anything else 10 the world, but dent
know II tbor usbly. I've Ilst wandered
along and picked up good deal by my self,
and had an occasional term OF lessons with
teachers who were not particular, ard
couldn't conscientlously attempt to teach
even beginners.
How lopg would /. take you to learn SO
you coudf
A short time with really good teacher
would help me out 30 that | could begir,
and then | could earn enough to pay for
more lessons afterwards. But good teach
ers charge enormously, Miss Hepsey.
Mrs. Brown tells me that Miss d lancy,
that teaches from the city who was here
sst August, Is going to board with Mrs,
Smart again this summer.
She ls Ada Smart told me so. But she
won't teach during her vacations and
couldn't II che we're ever so anxious to
teach.
Miss Hep,ey turred squarely about to
look into the discouraged face close to her
own. Jessic3, don't look on the dark side
OF things I've heard say that Where
there's Il will there's way and pretty
much believe.. With you and Miss De-
lsncy only mile apart, It's queer to me II
the supply ard demand question can't be
managed. How much time do you have
every day that you can do what you please
With
Two or three hours. spend most Of 1t |
practising and try ing to study out Of my
music books, but don't make much head
way alone
shouldn't wonder il the day would come
when you'd I'D the time you've spent
studying alore hadn't been wasted. Can
you spare me an hour every day
G adlv. What can do for your
Tend to ny garden. It's suffering for
care, and my backs so stii this spring
can't get down to 1t rightly won't make
euv bargsin with you Just now.
Id love TO do T., said the girl. You'll
each me how then III know why cur
garden never amounts to anything, snd
maybe can make 1t do better. don't
want any pay should think not, after
your kindness to us.
Miss Hepsey picked up her spactscles,
Wen b. gin tomorrow, she said, and mo-
ment later the heavy loom was clsnkipg
noisely, while the web Of rag carpet rolled
slowly on the beam.
Jessica walked slowly acres, the yard to
her own houe hext door, thinking wistful-
ly Of Miss d arcy and sorro wfully Of her
own helplessness. I've got the will all
right, but done see scrap Of the wav,
sbe muimured. / wish there were more
PEI PIE like Miss Hepsey. I'll be so glad to
do something for her, even IL 1t is only
wedding onions.
That WAS busy afternoon for Miss Hep
sey, her brain kept pace With her fingers
From two o'clock until four perplexe
wrinkle creased her forehead between four
ard five u gradually relsxed, and as six
strokes sounded from the kitchen clo1 X, she
set her teskettle on the fire with her accus.
TONED serenity q couutenance.
ftlt sure II would ccms to me II hung
IN lOng enough, she remarked aloud to the
cat. I've no manner Of doubt they'll al
because, ,bting reasonable humsns,
to say nothing Of Christians, Why shouldn't
theJg L
The next morning the little woman hung
/ sign on the tide door, HONE at eleven
,cloet, !" for the benefit Of possible custo. |
ners, thtn SET out to Mrs Browns. From !
here, after short call, the departed TO .
Mrs. Tsy lor's, a1d al hour later to Mrs
SMART, whence she was driven home 10
be rev phaeton Mrs Smart bad provided I
or the use Of summer boar ders.
Fifteen minutes yet before eleven O'Clock {
Miss Htpsev, taking down her
i'm. Saved quarter Of an hour and lot
II strength BY that Tide I'll use that time
'ettirg things down In black aud white, 80
won't get mixed on my calculation Now
here's Jus, one Miss Delaney hft. aud II
The doe.n't belle her locks, she'll be just
30 obstacle worth mentioning, Blue eyes
md yellow hsir aren't likely to be stub
oorp-thoush ,he must be stutborter than
ihe ! oks, or she couldn't amount to so
much,