The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-03-09
BEST PEOPLE

o. MILDRED WHITE


IhHp LaIdlau aas bitterly dlasp
pointed Ia q aouau g. nham 0onlef
haa heretofore failed 81 Interest AZ
mosi o. had s.Irl 10 iae shy hai.e u
mauiaer. ard n.air who aoaId SIT.
ISIS g. hraFt sbeu he behcid Fay
Winters
EaE bad Cgns back % tie small
f0au after al abeeuee sinee young
srlLpgJ and TalAg. the admired BeN
auoue} mN ber drst moncutarily
then aith 3 iluz, Is glance a. she
came fhrauEh the nghted doorway II
che towns hest Store
perhaps after 81. said bis mans
hopeful heart ~this happy young
woman mas Dot be 40 that tie towns
people say For her return had long
been heralded
Fay Winters coming back =" phii.
lp's landlady said Wei. what pos
sessed her. I wonder "a come % the
tofn that wasn't good enough for her
years agoT
aFay Winters coming back ta
Eldridge = exclaimed Philips house.
keeper Wen think Of that. after
all her travel and college training
Won't be- nobody good enough for her
r. associate with I remember her:
she was nothing bat proud. pretty
slip u girl Her rich aunt brought
Fay ~ when she vas left an orphan
and now shes left her an her money.
So Philip LaidlnW formed his imag
mary picture of the newcomers char.
acter She was a snob, no doubt, and
not an acquaintance 10 be cultivated
but after his second lingering gaze
into the young woman's sweefly al.
tractiye countenance. Philip had mar.
velously changed HIS opinion.
Either the girl had altered with
years or her former nelghbors Sian
dered her; and after repeated eve
uings in Fay's pleasant society. the
hope Of marriage came joyously. thrill
ingly AZ last 10 Philip
Here was the woman Of whom he
had dreamed and dcspaired Of find
Ing And secretly yearning. as months
passed by, Philip decided almost. 10
make his plea. Then came his great
disappointment. IN her charm for
him. and her grnclousness. Philip over
looked the indlspufable fact OF Fay's
aloofness from others her superior
ity, SO openly deplor,a.
Il was his housekeeper who forced
the subject upon him Her com.
plalnings he discovered. were now
echoed on al sides
Miss Winters hasn't got any use
for Eldrldge folks the old woman
told him. except you. because you've
been to college and have money She
don't call on the regular people here
or ask EN- 10 call on her. Not even
Mrs Or Wells, or the bankers wife
And folks do say. they wonder who on
earth would be good enough TO he
frieed Of hers"
Rrusquely, because his heart was
fun Philip put the matter before Fay
that very evening Though he had not
openly voiced his love for her. he
knew that the knowledge must be
hers.
why he regretted "do you make
no friends among the women here.
Fayf Is II because" the bitterness
Of disappointment brought contempt
10 bis tones-"because there Is 10 one
good enough-even among the les,
peopley"
In surprise, she regarded him When |
he replied. her voice sounded coldly.
You are right" She agreed zone
should be sure that real friend Is
rood enough-one Of the best people"
Her inslnuation angered him: he
COX his hat and left Il was humili {
itIng that the town folk should be !
.orrect in their judgment Of the y m. {
IN be loved-tbey. the cruelty, criii- /
al and slurring She did not send q
or him and because he felt that he 4
wed her an apology which BE- could
m give. Philip Laidlow stayed-suf.
His office assistant
iter volunteered Information.
"The danes are chattering again" Z
bar young man said They are hor- y
flied now over Miss Winters new s
friendship. DAY after day she goes 1
own 70 MAY Worths with her books \
her sewing Day after day The two /,
nunr women ere seen together
ueh a contrast. you know. ST. Laid.
'w. 50 stunuingiy unexpected But
don't blame Miss Winters; the 40.
'pted ST ~ Eldridse are a marrow. a.
lcoulat'ng lot; taken together s. Ia
ngiy ] know 'em iu
Wondering unayoidably. Phniu vas q
} his feet. .,
TEL uls." be demanded. where l0es -.
T. Worth girl liie-T =
And the clerk told him. Philip had
ficnliy finding bis way there The ~
'usc Wss 49, small aud unobtrasIye: %
r lack = paint, - hidden by twist. IL
Old tires from The roadway Bot ul
~ Winters was win her chosen Of
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