The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-08-11

bay tho aoelur practice and bis auto
mobile and BIS vhplc 0uiiit ia te
made. but what's the use % talkngl
let us 70 10 Bud sce Miss Deborah
I Perhaps | can help her bit You
/ must be n skies and scvens
'Norah has worked Ike a major
We shall camp tonight, aud tomorrow
We are 10 have--ncvcr mind II YOU
come over 70 tea you shah have
lovely surprise" promised Folly as
they entered the house
When they sat around the coEy little
fire In the back parlor Polly brought
in the dragon screen and showed It 20
her lover
"of course you can mend IL Dick, /"
she said confidently
Or, Fraser did not reply lie was
examining the fine carving with the
eye OF lover His skIllful fingers
ltchcd TO handle brush and glue pot
and restore TO its original beauty the
dragon screen
Il shall mend the embroidery" cx
planned Polly. thrsting inqulsltive
fingers into the various holes and rips
In the panels, Look at this sealy old
dragon. Diekl lie is fairly peeling
OF"
"And this dun green eye needs TO be
frightened" remarked the doctor alb. |
sently
Polly brought a basket OF silks and /
sat down near the light and gravely /
matched her skeins against the faded /
embroidery OF the screen. Miss Deb
orah, knitting near the fire, watched /
her with tender interest These two
young people were the very main
spring OF her existence now that so
much OF her life had become merged
in the past
The light shonc on the dragon screen.
and the golden dragons glittered until
IL almost seemed as II their scales
moved
''IIow father loved that old screenw
mused Miss Deborah.
'Will II not be lovely TO have II
around once moreY asked Polly, turn
ing her head, aud then the screen
slipped from her grasp, and she caught
wildly at the panel on which she had
been working She caught torn
fragment OF one OF the golden dragons,
and the silk, rotten with age, fell
apart in her grasp, showing the white
cotton lining
Dick jumped to catch the screen, aud
as he rlghted II there slipped from the
torn panel long, legal looking en-
velope bearing some memoranda In a
grabbed handwriting,
"By GEORGE shouted the young
man excitedly what have we here
treasure troye? Polly, grl-eatch
It's yours"
pollys eager fingers caught the en-
velope and gave one glance at the SUI
then she flew across the
room to Miss Deborah's side,
The lost securitiesm she cried. "Sce,
Aunt Deb; grandfather has them la
beed How do you suppose they came
TO be in such a place. and suppose we
had never found the screenY
suppose | had not sold the furni
turep quayered Miss Deborah as she
opened the bulky envelope and ex
tracted the beautifully engraved GER
tifcates DO look at these, Dick
I'm so excited | can't read a thing!
Father must have slipped them In
there absentmindedly those last days
before he was taken III.
In very awed voice DR.. Fraser
read the list Of valuable securities. and {
when he finished with long drawn
whistle of astonishment Miss Deborah !
md Polly were weeping In each others
arms '
Wont the old house look perfectly I
ovelyY' Polly was sobblng. "All the
old fashioned furniture from j
he garnet and
"And Dick snail have the south wing J
or his offices, and the carriage house
AN be made into very respectable 8
added Miss Deborah, straight. y
ming her spectacles, ,
What" demanded DR. Fraser very
II couldn't, Miss De
,crah-. Polly--I want to earn my own ,
Iome" {
"You win buy out DR. Browns prac-
Ice" said Miss Deborah decidedly. Z
You can pay me back some day II you
viii But you can do more real good r
y becoming my resident physician a
han waiting there on the hill for the ]
atients that do not come"
Polly" pleaded Dick. I'm trying n
D keep my Independence. Back me up. o
'ou don't think ! ought TO accept this /,
rom Miss Deborah C
"Aunt Deborah" corrected Polly
wectIy. Then. "If you marry me at n
Il, Dick, II must be exactly as she D
ny. for-it win make her awfully
appy, won't IL, Aunt DebW N
Miss Deborah arose and. coming 10 d.
lem. clasped her long arms around VI
iem both u never had any children
I my own,' she said huskIly; you II
70 are all ! have Don't keep me et
aitng much longer for my happi- a,
2ssW
Then the three heads came together, te
'ay and black and golden, and the n
.agons on the screen seemed 10 wrlthe a,
I'd twist and wink their green eyes
Try knowingly as II they knew Miss q,
eborah would have her own way a,
ter all v,
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