Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-08-19

was all Of a tremble, an 1 heard tother
woman cry out
F" do you know him, Hannah? o, have
YOU seen him7 Tell me, Hannah, have
you seen my Jim ?"
"An' then Hannah said-Tve heard
wounded deer moan, but nothin' like that,
-'Yes,-oh, yes
"Then the woman begged her to tell
where, an of he was alive; an Hannah
said she'd seen him, an he was WE'LL"
"'Can you tell me where he is? Oh,
Hannah, can you take mo to my JimT
An Hannah comforted her, an said she
could an then the poor thing went to
sleep in Hannah's arms.
"I couldn't stand 1t. couldn't set still
for knew suthin' what that poor girl was
sufferin' while pother one was sleepin' in
her arms 1t flashed on me all at onst, an
knew tbey were both goin' to the same
man. / knew tother one had the right
ont; bud felt for Hannah, an'--well, 1t
isn't much TO say, I'd have died for her.
9Aby heard Hannah come out Of
tiI. 49, en- lay down that sho might
on an sobbed, an couldn't stand It,
went up Il her and touched her. Han
nah,' 1 said. DON'T she cried don't
speak to ne-let me die
But after n while she set up, an | told
her knew, an would help her Of could.
But she said NO, that she should send
Annie Myen to her husband, an then she
should die. But was older than her, an
knew that peoplo couldn't alters die when
they wanted to, an thought may be t
would ease her bit to tell old Bill
"After while she told mo how it was,
an that Jim had married her. He'd had
streak O. bad luck, an she'd come from
Californy last year in rich train, cookin'
an waitin' on some ladies, an she'd saved
the money an got it all for Jim. They
was goin' on ranch when she got back
with the money. She'd worked for him
good spell now, an they want goin' to be
parted no more. An sttin' there in the
freight, see her face an how she loved
him, an what faithful critter she was. L
wasn't brought up as she was,' she said af-
ter while; Il hain't got no religion, nor
eddication, nor nothin'; an could send
her to the wrong place, an go back toto
my jim An then she took to moanin'
agin, like deer with bullet through it.
But after while she got up an went back
to the wagon, an lay thinkin' till morn
i'm.
"After that, we hadn't no moro laughs
over the cakes, an Hannah's smile was
worse nor any cryin'; but she took more
care of Annie, an was kinder to her nor
ever. knew how it tried her, an her face
got thin, an big circles grow round her
eyes, and was feared she would get sick,
too. But she didn't, an we got on day af-
ter day till We got to where was goin' to
stop.
"When iold Hannah was goin, there
came such a look over her face that told
her I'd go to Californy of t would do her
any good. An she said she wanted me to
take Annh to her husband, cause she
couldn't. She'd writ the direction on a
pieee'o' pater, aDt she wanted me to take
the. money she'd earned, cause t was for
to Californy took Annie to her husband.
After the first he was glad to see her agin,
an 1 told 'em they'd better make a new
homo for themselves, an gave 'em the
money, an tried to help 'em, as Hannah
said-only didn't say nothin' about her.
An 1 lef, 'em happy together, an went
back to Hannah. wanted to put bullet
through him but she had forgiven him,
an what was ~ When l got back Han
nah was gone, an I've never seen her
since"
"She behaved we'll, didn't she ?" said I,
as he paused.
"Wellr repeated Bill, with something
like Indignation in his tone. "An' you
talk of dyin for folks 2-faugh But it's
getting late, an you'd better go to Sleep"
"Thank you," I said "good night"
"Good night" said Bill.
And l went to sleep, while he sat looking
at the fire.-Overldnd Monthly.