The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-06-06

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arms 30, fram 'hs giri who had fei
iawed him iaso the teem
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her fnes vas lovely and her eyes ts.
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ctarmjng Fuwn - trown velvet That
nHiehsA ber ewes rxapslY she Wa
dlmT3iag Win laughter when be turn
"a. and shs tried 70 stiren her fea
f ,urcs tate sesemnay a. their eyes ne,
= here yea wili pardon me ! Am
90 sorry she fsitered 9Yon have
heen 40 rcfy Kind Ana hrave 70 POT
cot the FIRE Bat n you had 10, said
'ma8am Il woald not seem 80 funny
oh, dear Again she rlppled inio
laughter
Lufien looked down ~ The form he
was holding - siifiy ia his arms
His eYes widened with amaEement,
and sheeplsh grin overpread bis
face
The lads o. the alabasler hand star.
ed unwinklngly q, him from beautiful
eyes frlnsed with long ihshes Her
beautifully arranged dark hnir was
drawn sway from a wa1eu brow yes.
Raaen face o. pink and white per.
fe7ian. The shImmerlng fabric o.
her handsome gown fen llmply away
from her. and the faces Of her sleeve
exposed waSen arm aud the perfect
alabaster hand
Gently Lucien Braddock stood the
wax figure upright The lovely ala.
hastcr white hands were held stiffly
before her She was very beautiful.
Tut she WAS made Of wax!
Il SIN SO sorry repeated the girl as
f.ucien faced about
I'm not. be said after a quick
glance at her face Its one on me
though. Er-I wonder II you would
mind telling me why she was standing
there in the window
Il must explain" said the girl with
pretty dignity You see, live with
my cousin. Jeanne Goulard She mar
ried NJ Goulard OF Paris. aud after he
died she found she was quite poor. So
she came back 10 New York with the
loyeliesi ideas about clothes and open
ed dressmaking parlors In this house
That Is all You have mistaken the
model Ia one OF the front windows
for a-A-person. We are very CRATE.
full 10 you for your brave deed tonight.
sir You may smile, but the waxen
model is very valuable and the gown
also"
Lucien laughed heartily al bis own
discontinue. and the girl joined him
with that low contralto laugh which
dc had beard once before
4 wonder II you would mind telling
me something be yentuFed
What Is itT
DO you recollect standing In the
ycstibule OF your house several weeks
ago and seeing man taking OF his
hat 10 your model asked Lucien,
Yes Indeed Pardon me- but II was
so funny
This time I.ucien Joined her IN the
laugh, and the sound Of their mirth
brought Nine. Goulard below stairs.
After the whole matter had been ex
planned to her Nine Goulard intro
dnced her pretty cousin rs Miss Ethel
Wyndsel and lAclen recolected q
classmate at college whose name had
been Nick Wyndscl, aud OF course he
was Eihel's brother Lucien was In
vited 10 dine with them. and Nine
GOuard Insisted that bis visa Wis
might he the lovely model with the
ulabaster hand
Then Lueien told his story and re.
lated how he had looked from under
his umbrella that rainy night TO dis
cover the alabaster hand holding back
the curtain.
oh that was Ethels artistic pos
ing" laughed Nine GouIard she
admired the hands OF that model quite
rs much as you did. sir ! suppose II
was her own arm that reached up and
pulled down the shade"
Il shall always have the friendlles
feeling for The wax lady" said Lueien |
earnestly MS he babe them good night
Months aficrward. when certain mat
ters Of importance had 10 be settled