The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-03-16


mlrg on one's ~hlte apron "a. laXur.
enoaah for the big house across th
street.
soldsr n cynfh'A Brsds,rsst ~lll pu
on hers 10 'reetlye' Ia. ,he thought, whim
slcslly. Sarah Cooper Was Abumor loyini
little person, sEd etj led her own ilttl'
wltiicisms when there was no ore else Il
rl,y them. The 10 ion of stately Mrt. j
Henry Broadrrel receiving New Yesr'i
calls 10 a white spror, no matter how
deep i,s kpl.i,d I'd. leg, was worth tmil
ing over.
ssil', uynthis used to BE- simple nit ded
enough, even after she msrrled J. Henry
Brosaslre John II my he wss then, plain
John Henry. But guss II 'urped both
o. their lesds getting so well "a. guess
lts liable TO. Probably II would turn miae
AID Plinys. Igness IN tell Pliny II would
not ba tafe for "a TO get iih.
She looked around the bare little room,
involuntsrily noting all the patched places
IL the carpet and the crafty uake-shif 8 OF
poverty. Perhaps, after all, II would no,
be necessary to mt ntlln 1t to Piiny.
Then she drew up the corners Of her
pleasant mouth sgaia. and went back to her
appoinud task Of watching for Cynthia
Broadstreet's callers. They would be CON-
Ing along any time now; by and by there
would be little stream Of fthem-ina owing
and ou lIwipg Ard some would come in
carrIsges-old Df. Tiurc, and yourg Hor-
ace Dalrymple, and the man that hired
Pliny.
He might call hire, laughed the little
woman, gently. Itwould only be showing
proper respect to Pliny's wife and have
my bt (. apron all Oh iii, huT won-
der how II would feel to receive a New
Years call? I'm going to slut my eyes
and make believe.
Sarah Cooper-when she had been little
Sally Mum, and from 'ihere on'-hsd
been addicted to making TO making believe
Pliny said II was her besettipg sin, but be
didn't mean 1t. In Pliny Cooper's eyes,
Sally had no sins.
She had made believe her dolls were alive
and her bits OF broken china were gold
rimmed plates and cups. She had imade
believe she had been to college, and could
read and speak eleven languages. She had
made believe Piiny was handsome, and
and rich. She had alwpys mad.
believe, like little child, ard er dyed her
self doing 1t. The sweetest, the most sac
red thing she had EVER made believe was
little white. spread cradle and little head
denting the pillow,
Now she leaned back, and began to rock
sss part Of 1t. Her eyes wer.
closed.
I'm just putting IN my best bombazine
:, e sm led, dresmily Cynthis's been over
-Mrs J. Henry Brcadstreet, mean, and
ask. d me TO come across ard receive with
,er. need you, che says, you're just tie
u. want. Nov, I'm all ready; m crosf-
The stree. Now I'm there. Now I'm
ceiyine Now I'm shaking hands with
he man hat hires Pllnv. A happy New =
Year, madam. be says, and The same 10 ="
gu" Isays. There's LOT more coming
. the door we're right In the m d 'e Of ),
,ow. We're having a steautifui t,m. C, =
hia whispers how nice look-And DO.
4, bombazine hiss turned into satiD -
ave on a thresd.lsce collar.
Now young Horace Dalrvmple is coming :,
owsrd ma, smiling and holding his hand :, !,
ut. WIZ. Mrs. Cooper, II II Amt you
% says. And II 1t aint good for sore ey es :,
0 see you! how's Plibyi Aud then he =,
ss to let 20 OF me, SO as to make room foT
omtbpdy else.
The room Is getting pretty crowded. :,
Why, here CONES Pliny, In a swsllow.tail :,
ast, to CAL on ne. ).
That woke the dreamer up, Her eyes
sw oper, ard she began to laugh softly to :. !.
erself, :.
| can't make believe that she cried -
uess that'sa good place to stop at A d ~
he went back to her watching at the win
Dw. Several men we're going into the -
reat front door Of the house; probably sbe /,
I'd missed tome ~bile the day dreamed,
i'd served her tight Bat she tettled down
,w TO lhe watching, determined TO miss DO
ore. =,
I'm alai the curtains aren't drawn close
gether. and I'm GLAD I'm coed and far.
gbte1, she mused, aloud ! can see Gym
Ia once 10 while, when she drifts this ~,
ny. That's ii.t the word-drlits. Gym =,
Ia IN .kes q fne-looking receiver. Iguess -,
Z just as well I'm not over there with her
10 AXE the ecge,ii. The little person -
ashtd xgsin cI cII)yingly. II was good ~
ing to laugh at yourself sometimes ,
hen you were getting TO feel little
and to with Pliny was
y.
Piiny Cooper was poor. There WAS no =
king believe that could alter that fact ~
, hsdn't faculty" people ssid-por ~
iny But he ~Asn't 10 debt Sometimes A"
|. little ~if. eoun'ed up the "pros" 10
Eor Of Pliby Oh her fngers, ard that al
Iys came frst He wssL't Ia debt; be ~
d = little whitewssled, ol-In.summer, - -,
homt /; thsre WAS spare
om In it--there w.re roses 10 lhe front
ID aiit AID tlssjss row VI plea on The
q Try shelf And the little wife vas con. 1De
,,sc Il va. only on New Years day ~
II she had her little wistfrl lopgirgs to
rich. and that vas because abe lived
,oa rhe street frotn Csn,his Brosdstreet's !
house and WAS 40 far-sishted. sae 80
rht have pulled down her shades. Of -
sue. bat she didn's do II; the pulled :"
IN up. !.
Wei, they're having beautiful time
II there, tte ,igned gently, and you're
wing q bekutiiu time ever here, s.rsh
psr. She aoded Dos0u mean TO lcok !"