The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-02

i1e Atu ht me cool, tikt Nmt seNIc iFo
tie "rso orphsrs
| usdtutsrd Sou Ge 10 be married /
nisbt, ts'd.
Correct, sHys ste iuu got any otis
| tiots.
Listen, sisiy, be.las.
Ny name Is Alss Rgtosa Reed, isys ~,
10 q pslued sEy.
Entw n. says l. Now, R,boss, II
old enough TO have oSti money TO ,ou
father. AID dat olt, speeIou', dress
W, ssrbied, sss-siek pemsire prsheir
around nvisieusly lie an iriem,disble ,ur
key gol bier viii pslepi leather ihoes c
10 my bstt friend Why cid you 20 al
get him Invested o tits marriage bus
nessg
Why, be was the only char cs there wal
answered Miss Reb1ss.
Nay, says /, givlpga siekniag look o
adm ration at her complexion ard style o
feature siih your besuty you might pic
aly Kind Il q nan l.vstr. Ryboss. o.
Mack ain. the mah yu wsut He wa
twenty-five WbeB ycu VAS tie Reed, as tn
papers ssy Til. bufs iao bloom VOL
last with in, Il,'s ali vLjiated wit
oldness AID eli Id, sud decay O.i Mscl
Is down with cas- u dian summer. II,
overlooked tis tet Rh 10 was young
a I'd now he's tuius Stue fer tha interes
on the pt, missO'y ,ote h. io.k from CupiC
instead OF Tie ca'h Il b)sa ave you btnI
on bs,iag ibis mauiige occurS
Why, sure sm, says she, oscillsting thu
pansits on her hat, AID so is somebody else
| reckon
Whist ,ine Is IL to take place. ask
ed
Atsix o'clc,k, says she.
made up my mind right away whs,
to do. I'd fayl old Mack II could. To
have good, seasoned, Ineligible man like
that turn chicken for a girl that hadh't
quit eating slate p ncils and buttoniug in
the back wss more than | could look on
with easiness.
Reboss, says |, earnest. drswicg upon
my display Of knowledge concernlog the
feminine intuilions cf reason --sin't there a
Young msn In Plns--a lice young man that
you think heap Of:
Yep, says Rebosa, nodding her pam
s!es-- Sure there Is What do you think !
Gracious
Does be like you? lask How does he
stand In the natter
Crazy, says Reboss. Ma has to wet
down the front steps to keep bin from sit
ling there all the time. But guess that'Il
all be over after toiiaht, she Winds up,
with sigh.
RebOss, says |, you don't really exper.
ence any Of this alteration called love for
I'D Mack, do youi
Lord no, says the girl, shaking her
head. think he's as dry as a lava bed.
rbe ides
Who /, hi, young man that you like.
aeboss | irquires
It's Eddie Bayles, says she. He clerks
u Crosby's grocery. But be don't make
tut thirty five mouth. Ella Noakes was
Wild about hin once.
on Mack tells me, save, that he's
,oirg to marry you at Elk o'clock this
vebing.
That's tie time, says she. It's to be at
ur house.
Rebosa, says |, listen to me. II Eddie
,ayles had Thousand dollars cash--a
housand dollars, mind you, would buy him
sore OF bis own--if you and Eddie had
hat much to excuse matrimony on, would
ou consen, TO marry bin this evening at
I've O'Clock:
The girl locked at me a minute; and !
an see these ioaudble cogitations going on
inside Of her, as women will,
A lhouss n dollart ?sa, .he. OF course
would.
Come on, says |. We will 20 and see
eddie.
We went up to Crosby e store and called
,tdie ont. He looked to be esti nable ard
reckled; and he had clills ard fever when
made my prcposli,n.
At five O'Clock SAYS he, for thousand
ollars Please don't wake me up Well,
ou are the rich urcle retired from the
pice business In India I'll buy out old
,fosby aud run the store myself.
We went inside ard got cid man Crosby |
part and explained 1t. wrote my cheek
jr th, usand dollars ard handed II to him
Eddie and Reboso married each other |
n time he was to turn the money over to |
hem
And then | gave en- my blessing, and
'ent to wander Ia the wildwood for a sea-
ID. sat on log and male coaitstions
b life and old age and the zdac and the |
ays Of women and all the disorder that
oes with lifetime. | passed myself con-
that had probably saved my
ID fiispd Mack from bis attack Of Indian
inmer. krew, when lie got well Of It
I'd shed bis infatuali0n and bis patent
ather thoes, be would fell grateful. To
s,p old Mack disipvolveo thinks I,ffcm re
pses like this, is worth more than thor-
md dollars. And most tf all WAS glad
lat I'd made study Of women, aud wasn't
, be- deceived any By their means OF con-
II. ard evolution.
IL must have been tali-patt five when
OF back home ! stepped 10 and there
II old Mack On he b.tk Of bis neck IN bic
ID clothes with bis blue seeks 10 the win.
Dw ard the History Of Civilization prop.
ed up on bis kntu.
This doL's lcok like gstlIrg ready for
wedding at siI, ! fsys, 10 ttsm irro.
mt.
Or, mys Mses, rt.thirg for bis tobacco,
ist vas po,tpoDtd back to fiye O'Clock.
hey fent me ro,e say ing that the honr
I'd been changed. lie saIl over now. wha,
isde you stay away 80 lotg, Andy