The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-01-17

sMlD u1E WlHH taN saFH85if cN#sNt ep
uis CAP made a,.ag amF haeA over ths
broken 1 a.. aua rasitnE aai aftae room,
Issped rather Han aa down stairs
pausel uomeai g. Sc ny breath 81 ihc
mai in tie tHifs sHl heard ihe slow
footsteps 81 elr Aus, Charlotte u
,he descended fFum 81 upper story and,
stopping at fhe door u gig j reb room.
locked IT, Sic ealled ont over BE banis-
tcrs t. tle maid. amt Mgtla teil yeur
master l0eard tls porch m direetiv
aflef ibe 5ntT went uwsx H
Even while slc .paAe sHd before Mar
tina eamc from The Kitchen ~ auswer ber,
Aed iuto Jle garden.
SO awi help tle boy weed, sai Mrs.
Psrkwick % me- A. Size met NE at the far
tl3ettst esd Nay are rou idiiug shout
hcret John and Fred have gone back
with the van
j knew ihst the men would rather John
aud Fred bad uot gone with them, but it
was no pant 81 my duty toaocu.o any one,
- I hasleued 10 thg place where tie boy
was wedding AVID was glad to hide my
face by bending down beside him, tor ter
r0e had taken complete possession Of me
ju.t then. | suppose beloved aud fayor-
ed child would icel very -atl at having had
such an accident and 90 20 aud own it
might not be easy 10 ihe happiest boy or
girl But |, knowing that was not liked,
that many troubles came 20 me for things
never did, was almost crazS as thought
sboul IT, | never went into the houFe to
get my tea, but worked on until il was
nearly dark. was afraid Of being scold-
ell II stayed cut any longer As II was
found that John and Fred were going mp
stairs 10 bca aua ono Of the men called
from The porch after them Young mas
ters, you've been throwing wisps ofstaw
and other rubbish, into that window Of
the p3roh-room Nd my mate, ha' been
up there with baske, Of china, aud flung
out pretty lot of yoar traps
Then wicksl thought came into my
mind Ny having my cap would not be-
tray that had been 10 the p5rch-room, =
No one had seen me 70 there. But young
as was remember that lny dear mother
had taught me that God Is every where
that bis eve sees an that is done. Ny
mother, knew had gone to heaven, be.
cause She loved her Saviour. His name
was the last sound that her dying lips Mt
tered, and wanted to 20 to heaven, too
| thought then--yes, ard think now--ot
the bliss Of meeting my parents in the
/ Better land.
so that this evil thought in my mind
was cast out by the recollection Of my
mothers teachings. Cast down, but mo-
given over 70 temptation, | entered the
house, and with a guilty feeling skunk
rather than albed into tire Kitchen. II
the confusion OF the house, tic kitchen
was, for tie time, q sort Of resort for the
whole family. The servant, Martha, gave
mo a push and said, roughly. There.
your supper waiting. MIR. Parkwicl
was beginning TO say something sharp
when a scream on the stat from Mrs
parkwick startled US an, and she rushed
INTO the Kitchen, followed by her sister
he boys Aunt Charlotte, who was vainly
ryiug 10 appcase her.
That stupid, clumsy Ned Dobbs ha'
broken the large pier glass, with the carv
cd oak frame. lie has, and its
! We'll, but | Thought that Charlott'
ocked the door when the midday val
vas emptied
so did, but Ned was ordered by m!
sister to take the basket Of china olna
nents there for safety, and seeing som,
or the boys things under the window
brown there in play, he crossed the room
ud trod upon the glass | was comm!
n aud heard the crasn. The glass ongh
never TO have been laid down. The al
vas in the men not sitting it up by tn
wall
Stupid fellows said Mr. Parkwick
One Of them, at 4leyents, shall not ente
my house sgain.
we shall have every thing smashed
,obbed his wife. 4 would ratherany thin
else had been broken.
Poor Ned, looking very red aud yexc,
came, al call, into the Kitchen to b
,coldcd or dismissed for lis awkwarduos
The sight Of hi. distress somehow gave m
courage to do right; with a beating hear
| stepped a loot % Two forward, aud said
,s well a. remember, iu rather FOOLS
: words
III you please broke the glass. Ii
very sorry, yeIy-picase.
sWhatg cried Mrs, Parkwick.
s'llush-a moment said her hnsban(
looking very ingenay, aud with some su
: prise al me. Hash! lets hear all abont il
with mauy trembling paoscs aud awl
= ward words told my version " how tt
y llass was broken. We all went up to ii
: ,orch-room the green baizs was remove
and there. sa,o ca0ugh was one ion
track from The lower y ule opPosiI
= lracr, an balg 9u vuA biz hoI
6 crashed Ia By a heavier t33 lhan nitac.
i You mischieyeu- lfe-9me boy, 20
, shall remember bfeAkins my beat pie
4 glass. said Ms PsrkNick. III = rage.
l Hush. sister Tie bas need DOT ha'
"a told. sad Miss Charlotte, laying ber hall
e kindly en ans bead. At that gentle tout