The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-06-21


instilled into me She might he q dew
Il, but TO me the fact that this devil
was incased In a very attractive body
made II all the more acceptable TO me.
Now. this girl was really devil,
and am going TO tell you how she
proved herself one
When we came 10 that period In 4
courship where a couple can sit side
by side from ! o'clock In the evening
TIL In the morning | told Alice all
about my woman hating uncle, BY
this time he had given me n full &C.
count of how he had been ruined In
his brothers affection by designing
woman, and | gave Alice the story,
She seemed much interested, much in
censed. against the "horrid thing who
had so foully misrepresented her sex.
Meanwhile had given my enchan-
tress to understand that ] was TO in.
herit my uncles estate In trust for the
next man to inherit II after me, and
that could only do so by giving a
pledge that | would never marry.
Alice could not very well object to
this till after had come so far under
her influence. or the devil within her.
as to resign a fortune for her She
was willing to take me with the for
tune and, being still quite young, de.
clared that she would take me with
out 1t. But she admitted that II would
be a great deal nicer il we could In
herit my uncle's wealth The mink
had conceived scheme for getting
that fortune, but she said nothing about
1t to me.
My affair drifted on till was OF
proper age to be married and Alice
was a grown woman. Since l had de-
termined to put my head in the lion
ess' jaw ! was in desperate hurry
to do so. But Alice was in no hurry
at all. She kept putting me of till at
last told her that believed she was
fooling me and would not marry me
at ALL ] gave as reason that she
wanted my uncle's fortune as well as
myself and she would not take me
without II.
I can never forget that beautiful. re-
proachful look she gave me. 1t seemed
that had touched sensitive plant
and had blighted it. caught her In
my arms and implored her forgiveness.
She forgave me.
But our wedding was not whit
nearer than before.
1t was about this time that began
to notice change in my uncle. His
trades against women were less fire.
quent He surprised me one day by
saying that II man could capture one
Of these creatures young and train her
to sense Of honor such as is inherent
in a man she might be changed. as a
wild cub is changed, to domestic uses
How young, Uncle Ted" / asked,
do you think 1t necessary to begin
with a girl?"
THAT l don't know. Perhaps eight.
cen would not be too late" was bis re- |
ply. 's-.o,sptt @,ES!, lnSlSI ss.->1-"
It seemed to me as II my uncle had
been tanned at the age Of forty-six, for !
every day l noted some new evidence
that he was becoming a domesticated
animal. Then there came a period
when he seemed very Ill at ease with
me. Up to this time he had been very
with me. Now he would sit
at table reading his newspaper and in
the evening when we had smoked at
home or gone out to play together he
would either 60 to his room to read or
would go out alone. One morning l
saw him going into q flower shop.
What business he had there did not
know, and ! was not Of sufficiently
small caliber to try to find out No
flowers came to the house. No woman
hater could be sending them except to
funeral. and ] was not aware that
any Of my uncle's relatives or friends
had died.
One morning after breakfast my un-
lie took me into his study and said
hat he had very important commu-
aicaton to make. After great hem.
ming and having and getting very red
n the face he began:
Il have adopted you and led you to
expect that on certain conditions You
will inherit my fortune. Circumstances
rave somewhat changed this intention.
You will remember that ! have said
o you that II woman could be caught
'oung she might be tanned and turned
rom q devil to something that could ,
" lived with. have decided to try
hin plan. am about to marry q
'oung woman, q woman twenty-6v
ears younger than myself. But will
lot disappoint you. ! will on the day
4 my wedding settle on you a third
4 my estate without conditions. II
ave no children you will eventually !
et the whole"
! was relieved and delighted. A
bird Of an estate was far better than \
one, and II my uncle had adhered to
is original intention would get moth c
ng unless / resigned Alice. con- ,
ratulated my uncle, and from that
1oment we we're again In perfect rap
ort. | asked him when | should be
to his fancee, and he told