The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-01-04

girls were together ne tnlunuaHt tof
lnwel her with his eyes. aud " she
lermitted ant uihrr hoy /" bc dc,o,cd
20 her Roger was seized NJ onsc with
the sulks
Rosa appeared tu rTlprwaie hts at
tnchment WHY nu one you'd under
stand. necnnse III the marked differ
enre IN them lini We are. APT To Tor
yet that oppo~ites attract each other.
Many \ hoydrn has married stu
necked clergyman VII" was never
known 10 smile
Roger grew older while Rosa re-
mnincd n chit When he was eighteen
and beginning To think ~ career
Rosa was still nittine ahont In mad
cap style, while her girl friends wcrc
beginning To consider themselves
young ladies When Roger was niue
teen aud removing n growih of hair on
his face twice week Rosa was stili
absorbed IN iritlcs Then he went
away Ia be educated Ia his profession,
and Rosa did moi see him for several
years,
When at twenty Two Roger returned
TO his natiye place be found his boyish
love Tie same half child. half woman
AZ when he had paired with her IN tho
DAYS Of the bunch with which they
rad both trained man Of twenty to
twenty five Is likely 10 cnrei the so
ciety OF n woman older than himself
Roger found his little sweetheart still
his little sweetheart, but nothing more.
Her prittle seemed altogether too
childish for man Of his age. On one
occasion upon calling upon her he
found her jumping rope. On another
occasion she was pluylng tng with u boy
of her own age While Roger wns dis
appointed. he could only set down the
attraction he had felt for her ns one or
those first loves which are considered
later TO have been ridiculous lie grad
ually came to hook uptn Rosa ms one
who had failed to derelop and In time
withdrew from her
Twenty years after Rosa had begun
to take the antltoxin she SIN used IL
But there were times when she regret
ted having ever begun II She was con
scious of being queer mixture On n
body appearing to be but fifteen she
put clothing appropriate for woman
Of from twenty To thirty The friends
Of her youth were married, and their
daughters were now about the age that
she bad been when she ceased to grow
older In some RESPECTS she was titipd
to associate with misses and In other
respects she was not, Her body ana
her mind. the latter being an emana-
ton from the physical brain. had re-
NAMED the same as they had been
twenty years before But she had lived
thirty five years. and while physicnlly
she did not become wearied with hav-
ing lived that period the onnni that ~
to he expected IN such II case had set
tied upon her She had neither lover.
husband. children nor intimate friends.
Experience prevented her enjoyment OF
those things that pleased her when M
teen While she retained her freshness.
hinga had not retained their freshness
for her. She now understood that they
were not IN themselves delightful. but
had been made so by their novelty.
Nevertheless. she was still young.
She had not seen Roger Asburst since
she was twenty-five She remembered
him AZ growing into manl,ood ana
pinned for him as he was then Sot only
had he retained his place Ia her heart
but she was deprived OF other men 10
take his place Young men attracted
TO her through her maidehly beauty
soon grew tired Of her. considering her
inspid
one evening she was Introduced 10
man of forty or Whereabouts. lie did
not remember ever having seen her he
fore. Her face was familiar to him.
but he could not place her lie was
man VI intellect. ana prominent, lie
seemed pleased with her prattle. AMER
q man passes middle life be IL attract
ed BY women much younger than hinr
self This is IN obedience to the law
Like Is antitoxin for like. Physically be-
found IN her girl just budding into
womanhood Had she talked like
woman OF his own age tie would have
tired Of her: as u was she was re-
freshing To him When he wns ely
gagged with the serious work Of life he
had no use for her; when hesthrew on
care she was like sparkling VINE.
pretty play. soothing music.
They met several times In company
without either having heard the OH
ers name. Then she learned that he
was Roger Ashurst,
She was at first mortified ~ Tie
changc In her youthful lover. bur there
was something about Ilm thai from
the moment she met him 10 middle age
reminded her Of him as a boy. She re
Trained from telling him who she wa-S
she could not bear 10 let bin know that
his old love had remained chii while
he had developed Bui she sought ey
cry opportunity 10 be wilb hiin anh
was pleased that she seemed 20 rest
him
one DAY he said 10 her Little girl.