The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-01-10

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crown. A servant came @ery morning
10 brush bis clothes ard polish hl
boots OF course be Us, I a dressing
gown Il was hncd with aniit,d crm
SON silk. to maich the eoi,f Of has vel
set smoking cap, which W.. embrolder
ed with gold cord,
1 No one can be too neatly dressed
bat there is a class Of siadents thai
manage to wear an dveihsement q
their hght-beadedness On their backs
and H-aaall vas one oi tat uniortu
nate Damher,
Z u.sdy wss tte ~ea of 4 clergy mar
and inherited nothing but the inordi
nate thirst Il knowledge which had
consumed bis fathers ltail body, aud
burned bis life out III the prime 81 man.
hood He had struggled along 10y dlut
81 teaching singing, writing and day
schools, and turning every honest pen,
l ny to account, until he had d fitted along
side the fastidlous Kendall, who, while
be liked him well enough, made hlp
the butt Of what little wit and sarcasm
he possessed. Upon the particular
morning of their introduction to the
read n, they Sere discussing oratory
and rh torie.
"By the way, said Kendall, "there''
gong to be great p lticAl meeting II
Chester, Tomorrow, and, if II is possi.
bile, | mean ride over and hear Mr.
Cuoate. | never heard him spread
lmseif; md be is one OF the big guns
But the trouble IS ] am out Of funds,
aud the livery man has presented hl'
bill, and don't see how | am going tC
manage it..
"Walk was the curt answer.
"What, foot 1t? Ii IS twenty miles Z
"Well, what of it? Yon are aprettN
fellow to fight the battles OF iife, II yol
have got to be carried on somebody
shoulders when the order comes I,
march .
Kendall laughed family, showing hi'
white. even teeth as dalutlIy as a eir
lie glanced towards Hardy as If The
sugg,s ION was good joke.
You don't ,blnk OF going, ] sup
| Jose Z"
"Yes.
Kendall looked up more briskly.
"You don't really mean YOU are e.
ing to walk twenty miles over, anC
twenty miles back That would max,
forty N les! Y
yes, sir think | can walk Il
Chester and back again almost as cas-,
as you can saunter by the young Ia
dies boarding school
"There's something besides walking
to be done There are the hotel bills
We should have to stay two nights, auo
| [ hate to be mean y growed Kendall
Hardy pulled out some loose coppers
,nd tossed them up on his thumb and
finger; and, as they all came lowr
leads up, he piled them upon the ia
nle There were ten OF dozen o
hem
There is my capital y he said, point
ng to the coppers, "and there are m,
morse aud buggy pointing to his legs
Now, il is evident that the beast vii
cost me nothing, so / put the horse
down 0. / shall get my lessons fot
Monday, tc- lay. shall purchase 81,
crackers and three herrings which vii
make me three sumptuous meals; anc
shall walk home tomorrow night
aud be here IN season for breakfast -
This will leave me o few cents to inves
again"
"But look here What in the worl,
10 you walk in the night for?
Because il will be cooler and NOR
comfortable in the night, and will no
interfere with my studies"
"Well, Hardy, you're a queer fellow
It would be just like you to do it, bu
I'm glad don't have to depend on m
legs to take me through tie world"
1T would be better for you il 20
did" cried Hardy, with emphasis "
never saw finer timber being ruined d i
the rot The best thing that coul,
possibly happen to you would be to bay
your fthcr lose every dollar Of hi
proper y
Bmdy was aeepin bis Studies all do,
aud untll utne in the evening, Then b
brushed up ht.le, put clean cola
into hls pocket, bade Kendall GOO
might. aud started on hiss lonesom
tramp.
II vas not the first tii his legs hal
J done the student good service, aud b
iid not expect 1t would be Abe last N
puuce 90 his throne ever felt the glori
Gus Independence Of Hardy, as b
strobe on oYei plain aud through fOr
ests, fearing nothing. aud asking less.
The frst tea miles bad beer let be
hind, and our student judged, by th
slowly setting moon, that j. must b