The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-02-19


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seakly
Thai vii, do send 10 Miss SmlGh.
wish 10 dl,ialc Alone IN . merc,
tie president n the Consolidated Gas
company io ked Kirk stanley's ron.
fession ~ bis private safe and smiled
q very human sort Of smile sir Gala.
had Ilou Qui1oteold chaps you're
nat ia Il with Kirk Stanley. bless
tim
A year later Kirk stanley was boss
ing q gang " men Ia Canadian uu
bcr camp The sturdy outdoor life
had added breadth 10 his shoulders
aud had Drowned face aud hands to u
deep bronze tint In bis rough iannel
ehil sud corduroys tucked into high
boots be tramped to aud fro. bringing
order out % chaos. steadily growing
III the favor OF his employers aud day
BY day forgetting all the old life from
which be had fed 10 give a fallen com
fadc another opportunity TO arise and
make good
When the days work was over and
the axes ceased their ringing clamor
and the crash OF falling trees was
flushed Kirk dropped his air OF au.
thorIty, and with new glad look In
bis eyes he would hasten along
winding leafy path that led 10 the
cabin Of John l.Ocksley The cabin
Ras pcFrhed on j hill among pines,
Hud Juhu Locksley was student who
bld left civilization 10 live 10 the wll
dayne. aud regain shattered health
ktk Stanley had met him When be
fsI came 10 the lumber camp and had
lrcu grateful when locksley invited
him to share his comfortable little
four roomed cabin Sis months after
ward Locksleys daughter, Nellie
cane from the states TO keep house
for her father. and. as the gir had
made no objection TO doing for the
quiet young boarder. the three had
spent siA dyllic months amid the Ga
madam SHOWS
ON this particular evening Kirk Was
homeward. his eyes eager
for the FIRST glimpse Of Nellie l,ocksey
lie h0ped she would be standing IN the
cabin porch Watching for bis return
lie loved 10 watch her unseen aud rev.
q IN the sweetness OF his love for her
and The huddng hope that Il was re.
turned
But mingled with the sweetness was
the bitterness Of recollection What
could he offer her bnt furnished
names Before lac could ask her hand
ia marriage he must tell her father
bout bis life In Llnwood and he must
reveal the past to Nellie Whether he
regretted his part in sacrificing himself
fof Wilbur Webb / do not know, but
I Is certain that be was very grave In
those latter days of his woolng and he
did not whistle joyonsly rs he had been
wont 10 10 IN his first acquaintance
Nith Iacksleys lovely daughter
The sternncss Of his face relaxed as
he glimpsed the girl Ia the SHADOW OF
ne porch. and u tender smile curved
bis iips as she vanished nj the first |
sight Of him When he entered the |
sahjn Nellie was reading week old |
newspaper that had arrived with The |
mail that day aud her father was en-
loving the dry paragraphs Of some sci.
'utlnc journal
Mali day. asked Kirk with the /
.arelpss indifference Of one who never
ecelres any letters.
John l.Ocbsley laid down his paper /
md looked Ner his spectacles M the
.Ounger ma:
"Yes Kirt: you viii be surprised to
hear that my physician says ! may
,ome home and try il for year. We
want to be of by the end OF next
week. How would you like TO keep
De- cabin for your headquarters
Kin. paled under h,s tan. and there
as an uncomfortable Juggling 1T his
loart So he was 10 lose Nellie rs well
Is honor aud everything else.
Thank you. slr. shall IN glad To-"
he said grimly 1T vii seem the more
Ike home to me because you aud Miss
Nellie have made il SO pleasant for me
iut shall be mighty lonesome"
Come back into The world Kirk"
riel i.ocksley lmpulsiyely fon are
.nl out for better things, and eau
i've you chance I'm not the beggar
appear 10 be ia this mountain cabin.
have money and influence can
,ush you along 10 The trout Why
hoald yau bury yourself IN 8 lumber
amps"
KIRK locked frorn father 20 daHgh-
cf Nellie Was regarding him with
by eagerness. bnt her eyes wonld not