The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-02-01


The girls ai the wharf we're very near row
Where ~As Ilstsy' ny, she vas gst,lns
; tired
She Was 10 the srms Of the girl,, the ~io-
ner Of the 6rst race.
Twas just lueh. couldat really beat
Hsttyi
Not . giimpse Of Hetty could she catch
that night. sgme ope said che had gone
into town TO visu friend, who once In q
great while invited her.
All that evening = question kept roubl
lex her peace. IL bobbsd from bst~esh
nor slgebrs saves, it skippsd oat Of her
bureau drawers, IL dArtsd from behind
doors, II pearcd from dark corners. She
thrust itassy from her. but II would not
dosn Utterly weary, she at last crspi
into bed
hope Hetty Bayne will win by half the
lake! That vas Julisna's last thought, ..
he buckled her skates for the second race
she skaied we'll, but Hstty came In Just q
iiuls ahead, pale and paniing.
Don't look 90 grieved, honey, Whispered
PeAchy. iou didn's skate ss you did yes
tsrday. YOu'l win to.morrow, sure,
dobt miud 1t all, whisped back JUL
ana. How could Peschy know her qulver-
Ing lips meant trouble far other than this
defeSf
All the way back to school, and In her
DON Afterwxrd, the girls talked race, race.
race.
Juliana, do, do beat Hsttv tomorrow |
implored they all.
Shc can't beat Rachel Thaw. | don't
know II you can, Judy, but I'm certain |
about Hettv, said Nan.
Bestf OF course she can, II ws can only |
get her stirred up to beat Hetty to-mor.
row.
JuliAns, you will try, for the sake OF
chool, won't your have = mighty faith
you when you say, Ieiui
IL means one thing g--school dear school,
looked to her, and to her alone, to save It.
She could never do anything for II again
probably, for she would be graduated 10
June. "School spirit" leaped in her blood.
Juliana turned her friends out OF the
room on some pretext. Then, after brief
meditation, she went to visit the youngest
,ad bsst-loved teacher 10 school. Min
psrke, she said, want to bother you
You saw both races. / could have beaten
lefty Bsyne easily to-day, but | didn't
ry. hadn't made up my mind.
School must win that Clifford Hall race.
TN not surs can do II, but have Q bet
Ter chance than Hetty. School depends op
me.
Here's the other side. Hstty's quiet and
odd-And--yes, unpopular. She's never
had an office Of any kind, or . place In
play or COMMITTEES, or anything. II sht
hadn't won the race for three years, she'd
% igaored by the class. Her skating givst
her place 10 the girls admiration that
sort Of lasts over ell the year. She's proud
4 1t. It's oil she has.
myself don't come Into It, not one Bit
II had no one but myself to consider, ia
let Hetty win tomorrow by twenty yards.
IL don't skate, I'm traitor to school.
" do skate, Tm-no, seem to be . trai-
Tor to my friend.
But won't Hetty understand and be
{ ad-
Mono! That's what makes the hardness.
She's not that kind Of girl, big and gen.
'rous. and she doesn't care much about
chool. You'd have to lore 1t with all your I
might to give up your glory to 1t, - she
would have to. She'll see only that her
oesl--her only-friend has betrayed her.
'ut then there's school, and all the other
girls who Oh, which is right Miss
PArke!
Juliana, It's just what we couldn't agree
n In julius Ce.ar' last year. Some Of
he glrls said Brutus Was JEALOUS mur.
'erer, some that he was patriot who
ried TO free his country from tyranny. It's
he old questi D, MY friend or my csuserI
Which kind Of people do you think most
righti l.
Miss Psrke smiled. Juliana, my father
ia one OF the elect Of the earth. He would
acrifce every friend he ever owned, be-
inning with me- to what be believed was T
4 righteous csure. Ny mother, who's 3
'aint, too, would sacrifice every cause hat
sver had the breath OF life, from the crus.
,dss down, TO those the loves.
Juliana rose. / understand, th. said,
irearily. Miss Parke, do you think II
a ar had got well he would have under
TODD why Bfutus did III /,
Do you think Brutus would have dors
otherwise, even II he'd been certain OF that
III tu BruteY
II was easy for Juliana to defeat Hetty 4
be next day. She Could skate with IN un-
! vided will After the race she hid away
q h'r loom; she could mot face Hetty's
corn or worse, her grief. Ia
Craohi The starters pistol. The two
girls we're over the line and of. Julians c
= as the swifter. prettier skater, but Rs.
:hel Tbaw's powerful strides made for =
greater endurance. The course was twice
-ound the lake. I.
Juliana was we'll In the lead TIL she turn.
% down for the stretch to the wharf. All,
be windf She bad never kkAted against al
,sls like that II beat ssr back with bru-
81 hands, 1t clutched At her sHtles, drag
ling them down like iron weighs. she felt
'"me one close behind her. Then she ssw
Rachel TbAw ~ her side. She closed h,rI
ys
A srsat shout from lbs Clifford Hail bank
made ber open them.
Rachel ~ss three Yards ahead. Clifford e
asll had nsi,hsr grace nor spsed IN its .
hampton. but it bad po yer that could u