The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-01-19

marine tint that hall room poets rhyme
With true" aud Sue" aud GOO.
The one natural and frank color Wis.
ible was the osiensible green Of the
newly painted benrhes-n shade be
tween the color OF picked cucumber
and that OF last years fast black
eravenvtte ralucoat. But 20 the city
bird eye OF Editor Westbrook the
landscape Appeared masterpiece,
And now. whether you are of those
who rush In o. VI the gentle con.
course That fears 10 tread. you must
follow IN brief invasion OF the edi.
tors mind
Editor wc~tbrook's spirit was con
tented and serene The April uumlel
OF the Minerva bad sold IT. entire edl
!, ton i@for,. the tenth day of the month
A nrwSdealrr ia keokuk had written
that BE- rould have sold tfty copies
more II he had bad EN-. The ownrrs
OF the magazine had raised bis the
ejlrnrs' salary, b. had just Installed
In hts home Jewel OF recently i'm
ported cook who was afraid % police
men. and the morning papers had pub
lished 10 full n speech be had made al
a publishers banquet. Also There were
ecboing In bis MUD the jubllani notes
OF splendid song that hig charming
young wife had sung 10 him before he
left his uptown apartment that morn
ing. She was taking enthusiastic 10
trr~~t 10 Der music Of late. praetning
early and diligently When be hud
eomplimrnred her on the Improvement
In her ,oiee she had fairly Rugged him
for JOY al his prniSe. He felt, too. the
benign tonic medlcament ~ the train
ed nurse. Spring. tripping softly adown
the wards Of the conyal,scenr city
While Editor WeStbroOk was saunter.
Ink between the rows Of park benches
talrendy flllng with Migrants aud the
guardians Of lawless chlIdhoodi hr felt
his sleeve CRASHED and neId Suspect.
Ing tba, be WAS about 10 lie Tmnhan.
died. he turned a cold and Improbable
face and saw that his ealitor was Dave
-Sbarkieford Dave dingy. almost
ragged. the genteel scarcely visible In
him through the deeper lines Of the
shabby
While The editor Is pulling himself
out Of bis surprise rashiight biog
raphy OF Dave il offered
He was fiction writer and one OF |
W~~ihruok's old acquantances At
one time they might have tailed each |
other old friends Dave had some
money Ia these days and lived IN De. |
cent apartment house near West. |
brsok's The tnp families often went
20 thrsier~ aud dinners together. Mrs 4
Dave and Mrs Westirp0k became |
'siraresf" friends Then one day a
fiiils trnfacie az the octopus. jusl 10 1
smusr itsels. ingurgifated Dawes cap |
i,al. and he moved TO the Grnmercy
park n-ighborhos'd. where one for /
few rn,ais per week may at upon
ones trunk under eight hranched chan
d~iirr- aud opposite Carrara marble
manielr and watch the mice rlay I
uisn the feor Dave thought TO lice
by writing friian Now and then he
sold story He submitted many a.
W~~fhrcok The Minerva printed one
or two Of ihrm the re~i were return.
I'd Wr~iltrook sent earrful and coo
si-nib,n, i-.rsnnal letter with rach re.
t~f~d ripi. IsIlniine oni 10 de.
tails biz rta@,us for considering Il un.
available Editor w.sibnai,k had his
own elsar rwnr~i,tlnH ~ wial eunsfi.
ru,~d rsssd reit'n: 80 hHd Dsse Mir
Dave was nslniy ccnt~rnrd al,aui The
conssi'urnis u thr -ani, dish~. Of
fssd that sb~ Managed 10 srape 70.
r~shrT. Our day naee had been
slssctins 10 hsf shout the exrrilrnfis-
~ r~rfsln Fnneh writer's. Al dlnn.r
they sai Down 20 dish that hungry
srbooli1y sonid have rnnompassed at
J gutr paw~ commented.
-ii's Maulsassani hash. sah Mrs
Dawe III may not h. arr. isat DO
sish you would DO ave course Mar,
lon Crawford serial WITH an Ella
ws~ler Niloos sonnet for dessert
I'm hungry"
A far as this from success was
shsrtieford Dave phen be plark~d
kdaor wesibroak's Sleeve Ia Madison
'quare Tbai ~as rhe nrsl time the
-d'icr had seen Dave In several
nonths
~Why. shfek. ID tbs your said
Fss,erocs, sensvhs, swswsrdly, TOT