The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-05-17

nut II was true. sae tod herself re-
snor~cic~siy. Shc was grttins 70 te
quite an old woman. And abe went 10
the glass 10 eyervhelna ber wcridlincss
With a proof of the fact. but sosneaacw
she glass did NOT carry out the sen'enoe
Of the assertion Her skin Was stiil
soft. and her checks had the same dell
cate f,ush that had made her belle
In the farofr days Of her glrlhocd. and
there was not a single gray Intruder
amonx all the glossy brown hair that
was coiled and massed upon ber bead
She was thinking Of her future now
as SHE sat under the grapevine arDor
listening 10 the srlf assertis. work OF
the ronqneror In the kitchen and ol''lr'
ious of the persuasive twit;ering NJ
her side deep down in her heart sise
was trying to steel herself 10 some
thing desperate. 20 30 away. TO sssek
employment anything. II her brother
would not give up her share OF the
property she would surely hc able 70
earn a living somewhere.
A quick step on the grayei wan.
brought her eyes from the needles ansl
her thoughts from the future.
on. here you are. Miss Keturah
r,e looked for you every where And
Florence. the conaueror's sister. bus
tied into the arbor and pumped herself
down on the seat beside ketnrah
Florence was eighteen, very vivacious
very dumpy aud very much In love
with herself. Added TO this, she wa'
the pride and admiration OF the con
queror's heart.
.oh. Miss Keturah, have you heart
the newsY' she cried as soon as sh'
could ,et her breath "The Rev. Chnrlei
Barden. missionary to Japan. Is com
ing TO Mcadowvllle and Is going TO lee
ture 10 the people here next week an'
ls coming here 10 stay. What do yol
think of thati Going to stay here wiz
us a whole week"
Keturnh rose quickly and then M
down and began to ply her needle
with desperate energy. She did no
even notice that she was knitting bacl
over the same needle.
what do you mean, cblldf' sh'
gaspcd In voice that she intended y
be calm. How do you knowr
why. what woman you are'
laughed the girl Zone can't even men
ton missionary work but you go oil
into the fidgets. Catch me ever gettin
90 cracked on charity as that But it
truel Your brother was at the statio
when he got OF the train this morning
and he Invited him here. ] was In you
brother's store and saw him, and he
lust splendid" = enthusiastically 50 81
feet high and more and carries himsel
like regular soldier Your brothe
told me to hurry back and let you a
know he was coming" She was silen
for a few moments, with self satl'
fed smile on her pretty face. the
burst out with: "I'm going to set IN
cap for him. I'm Just sick and tired Q
this poky place, and ! always did wal
TO 20 to Japan and China and theI
foreign countries"
"Chlld. child" demonstrated ket'
rah. Hes more than twice your age
.Only forty -five," said the girl pc
ycrsely. 81 heard him tell your brotht
30. That's Just the right aRe In MAJ
! And there's nobody round here ca
hold candle to him. ] don't belies
there are many real handsome wolne
in Japan, and you know, Miss ket'
rah, a smart girl can do almost an.
thing with a man In a week.
"Maybe he's married, child
"No, he amt, for your brother aske
/ him. He keeps house and has Chih