The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-04-14

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rooe on tue traction eompauy's re
ialr wagon was gDtng to give her ,
poodle as soon a. bis brother goi ths
hauling 9, ntract Ia lbe Ninth Anc
the mnn VINO siways ate sparribs aud
spinach and said be vas sock
broker asked hef 20 SO - 'l'arsifal
With hiin
y d0nf KNOW where this place Is,
said A!leeu while taking Ii ager will
Tidy. but the wedding rings got "a
BE- on before ! put stitrh into a
travelling dress Aiui tina, rightly Well
guessr'
But, Tlldy.
10 sieaming ehaiiering cabbage
scented l,ogies there was almost q
heart tragedy. Iildy. with the blunt
nose. the bay eolored hair. the free.
kled skin. The bag o meal ngUre. had
never nad an udlnirer Not nan
followed Der with his eyes when she
went to aud fro IN the restaurant
save now and then whFn men giared
With the beast hunger for food None
OF them bantered her glyly 10 coquet.
tlsh in,erhanges Of wit None OF
them loudly jollied her OF morn
ings as they did AiIeen. accusing her,
when the eggs were slow In coming
OF late hours In the company Of en-.
yied swains. No cue had ever given
her turquoise ring or invited her
upon voyage TO mysterious, distant
"Parsifal"
: Tidy was good waitress. and the
men tolerated her. They who sat Al
her tables spoke TO her briefly with
quotations from the bill OF fare and
then raised their voices In honeyed
and otherwise Favored accents elo
quently addressed to the fair Aileen-
They wrhhed In their chairs to gaze
around and over the impeding form OF
Tidy. that AIleen's pulehritude might
season and make ambrosia of thelr
bacon aud eggs
And Tidy was content TO be the un
wooed drudge II Aileen could receive
the hattery and the homage The
blunt nose was loyal TO the short Gre
elan. She was Aileen's friend, and
she was glad TO see ber rule hearts
aud wean the attention Of men from
potpie and lemon merlngue.
But deep below our freckles and hay
colorcd hair the unhandsomest OF US
dream OF prince or a princess. moi
vicarious. but coming TO us alone.
There was morning when Aileen
ripped In 10 work with slightly
bruised eye. and Tildy's solicitude was
almost enough to heal any optic.
Fresh guy" explained Alleen. last
night as ! was going home at Twenty.
bird and Sixth. sashayed up. so he
lid. and made a break, turned him
iown cold. aud he made sneak. but
me down 10 Eighteenth and
tried bis hot air again Gee, but !
slapped him good one side Of the
'ace Then he give me that eye
Does II look real awful. Til? should
late that Mr.. Nicholson should see II
\ heb be comes IN for his tea and
oast nt 10"
Tidy listened TO the adventure With
,reatbless admiration No man had
,ver tried TO follow her She was
nfe abroad AT any hour of the TWEEN
y-four, What bliss II must have been
o have had man follow one and
,lack ones eye for love!
Among the customers Mt Bogle's was
young man named Seeders, who |
worked IN laundry Office. Mr.. Seed
RS was thin and bad light hair and |
ppeared to have been recently rough |
ried and starched He was too diff |
eDt to aspire to Aileen's notice, 50
e usually sat at one of Tildy's tables.
where he devoted himself to silence
nd boiled weakash.
One day when Mr.. Seeders came IN
0 dinner he had been drinking beer
here were only two or three custom
RS IN the restaurant. When Mr.. Seed
RS had finished bis wea1fish he got