The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-06-03

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coald 1 afford to board ber oai. fer
ilaa "a, only laborng-man. mack
n.lsmg III sammer aaa sl,oppnsktpE
all smtef. !e.s the dr-adial times
when he slati oai on d, Georges -
and lhen he couldn't aiiord. eille 70
keep hrr there aus ruin the pour gid's
reputation and what did Dan do bat
come 10 mc wiih il an.
Now Tor numbered wears ia been
% b he upper part oi tie town viii
Aunt NsuA, who kvpl shop ttal l
leuded between schools and heiore aid
after, snd Ia almosl forgotten lbere
was such q soul on earth as Dan Dew
efeux, - though he hal not forgotten
ne l'd got through the Grammar
and had year IN the High, ad !
suppose should have finished with an
education and gone of teaching some
Nhere, instead Of being here now,
cheeIgui As heart could wish, with a
ltile black haired hassy tiliering on
tie back ot my chmir. Rolly, get
d5wn Her names Laura, for his
mjti,er | mean ! might have done
all this, II AZ that time mother hadn' &
/ been thrown on her back, and been
/ bedriddeu ever since. ] haven't said
mneh about mother yet, but there all
/ the time she was, just as she is to-day,
4 in her little tidy bed IN one corner OF
! the great kitchen, ,weet as a saint and
as patient; and bad TO come and
keep hdnse Tor father. He never
meant THAI should lose by il, father
didn e begged, borrowed, or stolen,
bought ol hired, | should lave my
books, lac said hes mighty proud Of
my learning, though between YOU and
me It's little enough TO be proud of
but the neighbors think know almost
as much as the minister, and J lei EN-
think. Well, while Mrs. Deyereux
was sick | was over there "A good deal,
for il Faith had one laieut, II was 10
tai ineapaciy, land there had chance
Of knowing the stuff Dan was made
and | declare 10 man it would
have touched heart OF stone to see
The loNe between the two. She tho't
Dan hcld up the sky, aud Dan thought
she ,cdS the sky. Its no wonder,-
the RISKS our men lead cannot make
common-sized wives and mothers
But | hadn't been coming in and out,
busy ing about where Dan was, all thai
time vi hout making any mark T; al
thongh he was 50 lost in grief about
i- mother that he didn't take notice
d hi- oli,ar feelings, OF ID nix Of hm-
set al alt. And vino could care the
ess about him Tor hai 1t always
btmgs down woman to see man
Wrapt IN sone sorrow that Is lawful,
and tender a, it is large. Aud when
he came and tod inc what the neigh
bors sail he must do with Faith, the
b,ooi 90 siill il my heart.
Ask mother, Dau," says I,-for !
couIdnt have advised him. "Sue
knows best about everything
So lie asked her.
II tlink--lm sorry 10 think, for !
fear shc'll not make you good wife"
sad mother, but that perhaps her
love for you will teach her TO be- ou'd
best marry Faith"
but cant marry her = said Daa
half choosing u don't want TO marry
her,--it----it makes me uncomfortable
Ike 10 thluk Of such IA hing. care
for he child plenty Beslde-, sad
Dan, catching at brighl hope, i am
not sure that she'd have me.
Have you, poor boy What else
can she doF
Dan groaned.
Poor hile Faithr said mother
'Snes 50 pretty, Dan, and she's so
)ouUg. and she is plant. And then
how can we tell what may turn up
about her some day, She may be a
dukes daughter yet,- WHO knows'--
Think OF the stroke Of good fortune
she may give you
but | don't love her, said Dan, as
hnaity.
p Perhaps--It is not---you don't
love any one else I!
No. sa d Dan, rs a matter Of course,
aud not at all with reflection. And
then, as his eyes went wandering, there
came over them misty look, just as
the haze creeps betw en- you and some
object away out at sea, and he seem
ed 10 be searching his very soul. Sud
denly the look swept of them, and his
eyes struck nine, aud he turned, not
having meant TO, and faced me entire
lY, and there came such light into
bis coun,enaucc, such smile round
his lips, such a red stamped his check,
and he beat a little, and II was just as
if tie angel Of the Lord had shaken
his wings over Us IN passing, and W.
both Of US knew that here Was a man
and here was woman, each Tor tie
osAer, IN life and death and | just bid
my head in my apron, and mother
Turned on her pillow with little moan.
How long that lasted can't say, but
by-snd-by ! heard mothers voice,
clear and sweet as a tolling bell far
away on some fair Sunday morning.
The Lord is in bis holy temple, the
Lords throne is ia heaven: his eyes
behold, lis eyelids try the children oi
men.
And nobody spoke.
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