The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-29
vs. COOKERY.

side almost with horror.
can't help what you think. she criet
d. family. ] just can't stand this sort Of
thing any lorgsr.
You don't have to, be urged 8ently. Tou
Just say the word, Sally, and III see you
ps tomorrow.
Can't you upderstsnd, Jack Peters' sh,
cried, with a stamp Of the foot That wo-
man wouldn't let me take the high school
course 'cause 10 he wantin' to 70 to col.
lege next, she said. She just don't want ia
see me do anything grand Just get married
and settle down slaving for some,man just
as I've been slaviBg for her ever siuce ps
married her.
Don't you think, he suggested gently
that perhaps she means weli She's seen
q lot OF tho world. Aebbs she knows
'twouldn't do no good.
There you 20. preaching like oil the rest,
she stormed. Some Of these days you'll
wake up and fud me gone. can be ~
good ~ her.
don't see why you want to 70 of and
be foolish Jest because you don't like Mrs.
Burrows, he declared gently. She msans
veil.
I'm going to be like ber, insisted the
girl, pointing to lurid poster represent
Ing young woman In CAV apparel stand
ing upon the tip Of her toe on the back Of
q spirited horee. She was one Of 'em once,
guess can ride that way ~ we'll a. on .
saddle.
Huh, unused Peters. A girl ~ can cook
as well ~ you ain't got no call to be trspse
ing round the country with circus.
Sally Burrows got down from the wall
All the came. she cried defsntly, I'm goip
with 'em, with q nod toward the circus
posters. susse can cook for 'em ustil ]
can ride.
She darted of down the road. Peters
looked regretfully after her. He knew
from experience the futility Of seeking to
overtake ber.
Th,bgs had been well between himself
ard Sally Burrows until her father had
married circus rider whs had been thrown
from her horse and left behiud BY the
how until her fractured leg grew wells
Long before that time she had won the
affections OF Hiram Burrows, and she made
him good wife. Sally, however, had re-
fused to accept her new mother, and there
had been quarreis ever since Hiram had
brought home bis bride. The girl resent
I'd the intrusion Of a-sthsr womss IN sher
mothers place and her own dethronsmeni
ss mistress OF the hsuse.
Now she chafed to leave the quiet home
and make name for herself sven - the
rival had done, And Jackssn Peters pleaded
in vain.
he had strong ally IN Mrs. Burrows,
who raw that the girl 10 hsme Of Der own
would be far happier than 10 her fathers
house, but this very alliance Was against
him. and Sally from the barn saw him e
into the house, and her slender frame shook
with sobs % che realized that Jack wss
taking over her new Idea with her step
mother.
She did not, however, cssnsct Jackson's
visit With his departure for the county
town the following day, nor lid she realize
hat be carried with him . letter to the
proprietor Of Wells GrAsd United Shows
and Consolidated Mensgeries; therefore Il
vas With no fuspIcion that ahe regarded
that geD,iemana enthusiastic welcome Of
her proposition that she join the troupe
snd set a cook until she ceold learn to b.
= performer.
Jsst what | wanted, be cried ievially
You've rot the very build for rider. w
lay over hers tomorrsw. and I'll give you
,oer nr,t lesson 10 Tie Afternoon.
Sally wanted 10 wait, bat Wells would
,-ke 90 deAiaL The show would stay op
be grounds ovsr Sunday, and there Vas
., time to b lost. She csrid alp away
from bar people, and be could tsii last
hat sbe could Do,
Her s,epmother had driven ovsr TO lhe
sext town TO. visit sfssr the paiins.
performance SATURDAY, snd there wss moth
INC TO hinder her from keeping her appoint
m.n. With weIls. Doe Of the vcmen fur.
nisbed net with COSTUME frpm her ward.
obs. and sally. blsshins fns!ously st the
bloomers, crsps Into The ring.
Wells cas- ,- chi-s his oSp daughter TO
ride. and 70 tbs eeaier pole Of the tent had
been aSded huge boom which reached out
~ far ~ the eifcumfsrepee Of The risg.
From q puliev ., tbe snd OF this dasgied
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