The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-07-13

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~ very wei hr him 20 iak a. De dute,
50 long as ~ don't tes ibc shiI lat
come 20 that, ! believe 8Wli Is more
than be can bear
We believed d tee. wien We saw ths
beautiful creature Naddarg put 81 ,ht
ir1Ri gate by Auutys Side. sHhongh
wien iho nclghbpr Informed hiler
lihc That drepti MAS "a 4 he iwd
s'citty replied Lea hre keep h.m tUrn.
Ns iof we ! VII never &c him. mover
have any thing 20 DO With him
L was not 90 Ne wondered a that Ai.fn
aud waited eur Aunt, ftun with
eager curiosity or thar tbu inquiries nRh
which my story commences. greeted htr
entrance She d.d nat ropfy II on,r
she took up palm leaf fan that lay on
the table, seated herselfiu the aru ehaIr,
while her features worked painfully.
never had anything work me Is. she
exclaimed at last moro 10 herself than a..
Aud then tho tears rolled down her
checks. Attera whlc She became calnirr
aud told her story 90 Alice aud mo. >ii-
tnE ~ the large rocking chair. tanning
herself with her uIm-lraI fan
lou see Farmer Pike bad Just risen
itom his afternoon nap, and was going
out the back door a. / rot ranud III tba
meadow Ia front OF the house. / spea
nun ahd hurried there Just as lao got up ia
the we'll
How dye do, Farmer Pike said / mi
nee, neighborly sort Of way, as / came
9p to hlmi can't you give this child
dfihk oi water he's bad d long walk aud
is pretty nigh tuckered out.
The Old man was completely taken
aback, | could see that by The way he
looked az me, aud looked back nj him
as cool and innocent as lamb. Then he
glanced at the child and saw the mus
cIes around bis neck quvcr little. but
he didn't say a word be took up the
IN cup that stood on the spout aud filed
Il from The bucket and held il out to me,
but his great hand shook So that the wat
81 spilled over the top; but Of course |
dldn notice that, ! just kept on talking
IN lhe most natural way you could imagine
about the fine weather aud the good
crops we were likely e get.
Now say thank you, grandpa, | said.
as hung out the water after Weston
had done drinking
Thank yon grandpa, came out the soil
small tones OF the little child aud knew
they Went way down ia that stout old
mans heart like sharp, cutting sword.
Whose that are childy he asked IN
low grull voice, rs if he didn't dare trust
II to speak louder.
Wen, now, Farmer Pike, to hear YOU
ask that question, says l. II you can't
tell the color o. them eyes. Won must be
struck stone blind, aud did yon ever SEQ
forehead that was Just the shape OF that
one, and little round head that was
never still, but always kept shaking and
diddlng round like leaf on a silver tree,
and il you don't know that, you can't
forget that heap Of golden curls Just the
color OF ripe rye, when the sun strikes
on It. ! never see curls like them except
ON one head, and that is under the grass
a long way from here now.
The old man sat down on the stoop aud
saw IL was because his great limbs
shook so he couldn't stand.
] sat down too Tis rather warm, Farm-
er, ! went on, standing in the sun TODAY.
though there's good breeze in the West.
Speaking about Weston, | don't think he
has his fathers mouth, though Joseph's
had way Of setting down, tight aud
grim, just like your'n Farmer especially
when his mind was made on any subject.
But If you look, you'll see that mouth
was cut just after the pattern of Mary's
even TO the dimple in the left corner.
declare, ii takes me right back 70 the
time when Mary and ! used 60 20 to
school through the pasture What q fun
NY loving creature she was, ! used al
ways TO think her laugh sounded good
deal more CHEEKY than the robins in
the bushes as we went along.
Don't, Esther, don't said Farmer Pike
and he put up his hand as though Il was
more than he could bear, aud, bis face
was white as the tombstone. He had'ut
called me Esther, though, for more than
twenty years.
| saw now was the time to strike, and
says |, Yes, 'spose it's trying TO your
feelings, Farmer TO talk about Them
times, but i'ts comforting 10 tli0k YOU
have got your wife aud son. An made out
like picture there Weston, YOU dear
boy, called out 20 him, as be was hunt
ling butterflies on the gIass, and 81 came
up to US, now 80 and say, grandpa, won't
yOu kiss mey
Aud tie little follow went up aud lined
up his sweet, baby face 20 the old mau.
anu h7P'l WV ~ flNti13 -" tDH llF7
me, grandpa
Iheoli imam reached out III. arms ana
gathered mp the child IN such d quict
hungry SORT If way that was almost
scared, aud then ~ groaued ont OA.
MARY, Oa, joseph iu a why that made
my heart stand slilLaud he huggedup D.
boy 50 tight 70 hi- broad bosom lhal
knew be would never lct him 20 from Il
again
A thr point ia Ler story, Anut Esther
paused aud cried. and 50 dii Cousin
Aliee, aud thought We laughed ~ each
other all lie time
Wen, what happened next, AuHb /
asked, as soon as / could
didn't stny another minute cii.l
couldn't. Just slipped atOuud dc eas-
urr ~ the hvu.e, and hurried ri hotties
bul hoard q deep sob So upeuct dc
gate sottlf. and hnew i came up from
a heart that hadut SHED foar lar more
than tony years liui il 0uiJHed me al
The Way back 10 lhink tbat Ii Mary III
heaven knows what I've been doing io,
day, che q thank ne for l.
liut we -hau't have Weston With Gs
ans more now How stall Nc Qti aiaiF
without hintf exclaimed sudltlly, Er
al our hearts Lad grown % the sweet
clild
les, we Shall have bin. answered Aunt
Esther quietly uuiying the .tfiuss of her
Legt0rn bonpcL Farmer Pike stid uigfe
than twenty yrafs ngD he Wguldb' iriist
ans wgmait 10 the village bui mo % bring
up a child, and heain't going 70 titipk les-
81 noe far ilis day' work
Aud E-tber wa. right Just % evening
Farmer Pike came round - our lgRse
leading Weston Dy the haud Miss I.at, 0e
said ain got anybody q b1ine iquile
ike 20 trust him With, bat f Yen'il inbe
the eai.j We won't sa} anything about