The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-02-12

Cod thou wilt not despise. He has .
sympathetic face, at least And thea
what delightful mannersl How will
ingly he sought 10 be of service to
you, How many men in his circum-
stances would have acted as he did
How many, alone with an unknown
woman, in their own house would not
rather have yielded TO different inn
pulses? Men in general are toler-
ably ugly race, with vulgar souls, and
nature mixed with mud. But he
poor young man. Come, you must
reward him with kindly word!
And she sought for that kindly
word; but, at first, she could not find
it. She found however, softer accent
and sweeter smile, TO say:
Now then, signor Fenoglio, you will
be my escort and accompany me home,
will you not?
As you like, madam, as you like. ]
viii 20 at once to doff this ridicu-
lous toggery of Chinese Mandarin
and am at your command But be-
fore | 20, let me say one more word,
and il will be the last, swear TO you !
With what an air you say this ans
wered the lady. Be gaycr, ! beg of
you; | prefer to hear you jesting, as
you were a little while ago, than to see
you melancholy and frowning as you
are now.
Pardon me, said Roberto, but / can
not force my nature. Under the form
of jest, l said to you moment ago
all that was in my heart. / have offer
ed you my hand sincerely and prompt
ly, that you might from the first un-
derstand the nature Of my aspirations.
That was the first homage that ! must
pay woman like yourself from the
moment that felt | loved you. You
have taken me on the contrary for a
frivolous man, for one of those empty
heads that fall in love on the slight
est provocation; and now, ! suffer the
penalty Of having taken good reso-
luton and not having at first declared
the praiseworthy reasons -.
All sir! and do you believe | did
not think all these fine things? Go,
20 and change your dress, for really,
puzzling your brain in this manner,
You are no longer just to yourself, nor
10 ME.
! am going. madam, i am going;
but yet tell me -. | shall accom-
pany you home! i shall return, with
out comfort, to my little lonely bach
elor apartment {. q. And those two fell
lows who know me to be married
who viii 90 and repeat it ...
That is truel exclaimed the un-
known lady, letting her pretty little
head fall against the back of her easy
chair. | had not thought Of it! You
-emind me now how inconsiderate !
have been Of you. Oh! how sorry !
amt
And the expression Of the lady's
face as she uttered the words chow
sorry l am" was so melancholy, that
Roberto Fenoglio fell on his knees be-
fore her, and taking her hand, said in
a hurried tone:
Do not grieve, ! beseech of you. !
said foolish thing =. But what the
deuce made me say it. Rather than to
see you weep, / would kill myself
Let people say what they like i
let them believe me married; ! do not
care: shall condemn myself to eter-
nal eelibacy and it will not be a great
sacrifice for me, if ! succeed in not
causing you further annoyance. At
ter seeing you, what other woman in
the world could | love?
Trcacherous pity slightly moistened
the eyelids Of the unknown lady.
Avvocato, she said in a tone Of
graceful familiarity, you will accom-
pany me; you will know where ! live
and | tell you now that so true a
gentleman as you viii always find the
door open in the house Of Laura Mon
eglia
Had a thunderbolt fallen at Rober-
.o's feet, it would not have startled
him more than that name from the
Ups Of bis pretty guest.
What? he cried springing to his /
feet. the cousin Of Felice Magnasco /
DO you know my cousin +? asked Sig
cora Laura
DO ! know him, madam do 4
n0w Eim Imagine, he wa
cated here is this same easy chair
laIf ar hour before you came. and was
laseeehing me ho was saying 20 me
Bnes ths vcry day he was e
introduce me- 70 yeg
T5 g5s Al, I remember .. Il
.s 60 me ~ a gentleman. Il
E E surely II fact
r name d6d no. ae5m unfamiliar tl