The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19
Gerald's
Wife ',o.. s,,,,
FORESTER
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tent 10 tAl " IftfNihes ''A"'N "'N
written tina, they did not live IN Pine I
willie proper but Ia rlnegille.hy the Sea-
otherwise Pinerllle improper.
All that Broderick saw were pines, /
plenty of them. a fat white ribbon OF
roadway and biz OF posfofiice.
roughly shlngled, In the midst OF the 4
nearest clump Of pines. He stepped /
into the postofiice as the central spot !
Of civilization. Some one was stamp
ing letters behind the glass inclasure'
gIrl with smooth dark hair Beatrice
had smooth dark hair.
He watched the girl stamping letters
with interest and wondered why some
one did not tell her 20 wear her smooth
dark hair Ia two soft braids around her
head. crown fashion. as Beatrice did.
.Whcre do the yaushans live.
pleaseYr he asked finally, when the
stamping ceased.
"Tbe ynughansf Oh. Mr.. Gerald
Vaughan and his wifef It's brown
house down near the shore, with
wide veranda and funny roof. About
n mile straight down the road
wide yeranda aud funny roof
That sounded like Gerald. He won
dered how Gerald's wife liked II. Bea'
trlce was artistic. but not artistically
eccentric She had n horror Of things
odd. bizarre. so called bohemian, ana
yet she had married Gerald, And Ger
AIDS brother knew that Gerald was
utterly odd. bizarre and bohemian, so
called.
lie walked on down the fiat white
ribboned roadway and wohdereu
whether he would find her like the
girls Gerald had always admired. a
lltbesome. limp. blessed damozel type,
with close silky gowns and loose hoppy
hair. Last summer she had not been
that tyne. He thought OF the trim girl
figure holding the rudder Of the water
Lily that last day. She had been more
tbnn the sort of girl to fall In love
with. She had been a good fellow,
stapch friend. And as he watched her
ne had stopped rowing, and they had
drlfted slowly In the sunset glow that
f,ooded the lake while he told her.
There had been no actual engage
ment. He had nothing to reproach her
with He had not been In position 10
ask her 10 be his wife then, but he had
thought a girl like Beatrice had meant
more by n kiss, hand clasp, a rev
- 1Ars
other girls. He had thought she might
wait until next summer And now, III
April. he had returned to New YORK
TO learn that Gerald was In disgrace,
had married ON nothing, eloped to Pine'
yille.by-the- Sea. n. O., and MS wiie
was Beatrice Stafford.
Gerald's mother had said they were
pennIless. Gerald's father had remark
ed that he didn't give rap Ihey
could exist upon love and art.
More or less for Beatriee's sake ana
n little for Gerald's, Gerald's brothef
had taken II upon himself to visit the
bridal couple and help Gerald. smoth
erIng his own love. he had made up me-
mind that as long as Beatrice nae
married Vaughan she should not sur
fer from 1t.
: There was no bell at the door OF th'
. little brown house with the funny roof
II was merely bungalow In weather
: ed shingles, and he pounded on th'
door Justify until 1t opened and bea
trice stood before him.
: She was not the blessed dainoze
: type yet. Her smooth dark halr wa
wound about her head In just the SAM
! crown fashion, and she wore n shor
9 dark blue linen skirt and white shlr
waist The sleeves were rolled 10 lie
elbows. and from her finger tips TO e.
how dimples there was -four sprihkieo
He had not expected to see her rae
to face so soon or alone. Neither ma
0 no expected her to act as she dld, IN
0 color rose In her cheeks, tipping eve
: her ears with pink. II was an old hh'
y II. He remembered It,
~ thought you were In London sh
said.
"You don't give a fellow very d'
cent welcome after he's Travelled rroi
London TO this wilderness to say Col
grrtulations."
lie stepped into the hall after he
She hesitated and laughed, looking
!. her foured hands.
= 81 can't shake hands with you, and
and the biscuits are In the oven.
shall have to watch them. DO yo
mind coming out to the Kitchen
He didn't mind. There appeared
ID ho only three roons-the studio-slttif
Is room. the dining room and the kitche
ly collapslble ready minute studio Q
n vans were In the sitting room ana di
ne ing room IN lieu OF bedrooms II w
! all charmngly, most uncomfortaD
odd. bizarre and bohemian.
80 .Where's Geraldf" he asked when
~ had found a chair In the kitchen.
re- Reatrlce knclt beside the stove
is look nj the biscuit He could not y
ial her face.
re-. "He went to the postofIice for 7
le- last mail. You must have miss
nd him"
~. .weIl, what ever made him come
hy this lost corncrf
"Oh. because il was the chance
1, something definite, you know DO
ai' Won known she added quickly. seci
'ry the puzzled look on bis face. I'VE
ms Cerald's chum. Netherby Ames, bro
ew ali 10 pieces last fall from overwc
us, and 30 on, nnd he was ordered 90
re. here. And he couldn't afford 10 CO.
/, and r,ny indefinitely. so he pulled
- few wires. and things happened.
tn, was made postmaster here OF ~
hat VILE. Aud be got lonesome and heai'
his and workful again a month ago
!, CeraIds Ia bis place, and he's In y
~ York. Don't you sect II was res
Ia, very deinite and bnslnesslike
a. right under tie circumstances.
'ss "oh. certainly, under the cirer
ilei stnnoes." agreed Brcderiek. 80
5ol. Gerry's postmaster instead Of Ariis'
w Both" she corrected. lie has
ers, of time 70 study. and it's good for !
the the responsibility, mean.
,sh. wouldn't know him"
~ snnr.fts. nat h6geUfed BrOlRi