The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-28
J. RATK0sD aDERDIcE

? = H%frfat ? AH4AtNAAH AlNh y IhM- N
have known each other for Years lha
Is true. bu, can mover think Of yo
osherNiA" than az very dear friend
] DID thlnk once that there might b.
something besides comradeshig b.
tseen as. but that has passed know
no~ that can never be"
But Margaret. this Is far diner
"ni from what on gave me reason
To expect The last time / saw you
While Eaa away Harold VAIN has
come sith his money and fine clothes
Can y BE- that you love him. ! be
hevc to1 have been led from your.
sell by the glitter Of gold
Don't sas that. John II ia not that.
not altogether. st least nat daye
been your chum too long to think /
marrying you nov So why should /
no. make AS good match as can
with some one else' confess that I
do Hoi care Tor Harold Vain. but he
has plenty Of money and loves me. II
J do not love anybods may MS well
marry bin and have the fine things /
have always wished FOR
And you will sacrifice my love ana
yours just for money Madge. YOUR
eyes are blinded to the truth by The
glitter Of his gold You do love me
you know IL. but you crave wealth and
position. ! have nothing to ofrer now.
but my practice IL increasing all the
time aud ! have several fine cases of
fered me. There viii be no happiness
where true love Is trampled on. am
not going 70 ask you again, but think
II over. Madge aud do not let money |
win over honest love" He strobe sad. |
~ down the path from the summer
house
Margaret sat gazing after him. her
pretty eyes fun OF tears She did love
him; her heart would not let her for.
get mat but she wanted the pleasures
that money could procure. Harold
VAIN. millionaire and clubman, had
fallen IN love with her. She did not
care for him.
Frank Howard walked quickly down
The path TO the road He was thinking
what an empty existence life would be
70 him without Margaret. From his
earliest childhood he had known her
little Margaret Allen They had read
II late from their tayorite authors in
he evenings and had spent much time
ogether, Now # was all to end. She
iad given him every reason TO hope
Until Vain had appeared 4
There was whirl OF dust. the dis
'ordant honk of horn. as Harold 8
Vain passed him In his huge touring =
ar lie waved patronizingly as he !
assed and was soon lost to sight He y
'as going to see Margaret. to take her n
Or a spin. What chance did Young y
lwyer have with man worth mil. i
ons! Frank cut the heads from the h
aisles with bis cane az he thought :,
soon he reached tniontown. the 1T.
g village near which Margaret lived J
& he walked slowly down the street =
0 saw book in the window of a -.
ore and stopped to look at it, He :.
'ad the title. Loves of the Ancient :.
DDS, and stepped inside II was just =.
70 Thing. lie and Margaret had been .,
aiding mythology together when he !,
"a asked her TO be his This would
hitting reminder OF their happy
'urs. He would send II to her with IN
tier OF farewell as
lie fastened home to write her =,
letter to accompany the book. When ~
had finished II he read what he had -
1tten: ~
.,, his
Dear little girl, am sending you -,
Is little volume as sort of farewell =,
'mento, II will recall all those days ~,
loved so well. but in particular the on,
g In which you decided that life with
'ney and without love Is preferable -.
lie with me- where love at least, is =.
indant ! am not complaining at
ir choice You ara making a sacri. "
OF yourself as well as OF me ,"e
! leave for New York tonight. You ~
)w have been offered a position -.
h the law tirm OF Herndon a. 3.
slings. All have held them of for =,
'ecause did not want 10 leave You
that Is all overt II you decide that NO,
. Is hest, send for me Frank" !
hat night Frank Howard took the ,sb,
n for New York. and after reading Ian,
letter over and over Margaret Al a :,
cried herself TO sleep lion
wo weeks had passed since Frank she
gone. During that time Margaret and
been alternately happy in her gar.
inns OF pleasure when she should han,
9 married Harold. and miserable 10 !
n she thought OF the man she loved arm
'as as Frank had said she was u
ihcing his love because she was two,
led by Wain's gold Yet she could heou
resist 49,
lie had received the book with the ~
r, but had not yet brought herself the
sad Il The title called back old Wbo
'ories too sweet for her present Won
DR one day she cut the leaves VAS
Idly turned them as she sat alone as u
g summer house where she and OFF,,
X had parted not long before. She ~
not reading, but suddenly her eyes MOI
attracted by certain passage. 49,,
she read Not until the end OF the
Ter MAS reached Sts shn -.