The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-05-11

They sha1l 60 60 the pound Instantly,
shN NE'almrd. The men folks Rge aWaN
iem aemo, bat fEou win helm nae, Tim.
WiH see that N0n Eol paid iof it.
y ld 10 II 90 ohHge Nou, Rachel as quick
ASA wink, hut you sec, @lher seat mo
daNn 90 the b.aeksadlh's anef coulter.
lho horses are up, ready % 10 iab OF
lI plDugbias. and ll ! should stop ., ,hc
way, hH might whale me,
Go along then, sold Rachel, proudly.
viii drive thcm t0 pound myselE AND 80
t'fi moment she looked aud lelt equal tu
ANYTHING At starting Rachel tied on her
suu-bonnet aud armed herself wuha louE
carriage whip p,hay0ng peculiar ,indiclye
snapper
The eoru.fcld, which, was rustllug
with tipUuod grain almost ready fer tho
sickle, iaF on o cross road, and ID gave
Rachel q peculiar feeling OF satismctiOn
20 know that ,he would be able u drive
the cows past hcr eaemye very door, and
Jhu~ east another aet of defiance iu lheir
teeth. Secretly she hoped ta Aua tho
whole BeaytOu dairy Of thirty COWS
browsing aud crashing tle fuil stalks.
but instead of that only Two animals had
broken bounds, and having eaten 10 tho
point of safety, they were NOW stupidity
standing by the Eap iu the Hil fence
Rachel drove them out into the read nc
q smart trpt, bat as she ucapd The Bray
ton place she Stacked her gait and booked
up or the front window. BAT mono Of ihe
nuuly were visible, and llus part Of her
triumph proved abou.pc,
The pound was good, long country
mile distant Rachel was ina hurry; for
she had ieit unfinished work ut home.
lbc beat ot the autWmual midday appear
cd 10 come slraight down, with scarcely
"A breath OF air stirring, aud Rachel did
not spare the cows When She arrived,
hot and tired, at her destination, tho
Pound-maslcr, who was jolly, tat man,
came out to meet her.
/ Wen, now, Rachel said he, as he took
In the situation, you are spunky little
gIll; bat tell my wife | wouldn't give
a brass tuding for girl that hasn't sone
snap to herr
We couldn't stand It any longer said
Rachel deAanty. The Bmyton animals
were oycrwnning us, aud it's my opin-
ion that there's point where patience
ceases to be a virtue.
/ That's ,rue as prcachiu', and all tho
better for my trade, said thc man, walk
ing slowly around one Of the cows, that
was shaking and quivcring now ~ II ia
an ague fit, llut II strikes me you must
have druy a pretty iaR, be added wilha
refreshing disregard for grammar. This
one acts as If she was sick She las cal
I herself as full as a tick aud il ain't safe
( to stir critters much in such case. They
sometimes die in less than twenty-t0ur
hours. That would be q bad piece Of
/ business, lou would not like 10 Nil
ueighb0r's COW, now, would y0u2
/ OF course, not, returned Rachel sharp
| ly, with dreadful sinking Of the heart.
/ IOu don't mean to tell mo there u any
such danger?
I'm afraid so, he replied, cying the COW
! professionally; it looks little scaly, but
I you had better 90 aud hnd Herman
! Brlyton and tell him all about H. II any
body can save the critters life hc can.
Rachel turned back on the road, feel
4 ing half dazed and wholly frightened
I Her father was slow TO anger, bul she did
I not like to think what the consequences
/ might be should he discover that HE girl
had been instrumental IN killing a neigh
bor's COW. Her pugilistie spirit had
o02ad out and left her IN a bad scrape.
! How could she face those Bfayt0n's with
/ her story, and how could she beg pardon
and assistance, as it were, of Herman
Brayton, towards whom sic had begun to
feel settled dislikcl
While she was hurrying along, with
burning cheeks, turning over these
J. wfetchcd thoughts IN her mind, and feel
ing very humble, young man spraug
over the low wall by the roadside aud po-
Iitely raised his hat. lie wore q farm la
borcr's blouse and checked shirt, but the
lines Of his form were graceful and his
manner had charm quito foreign 10 tho
homcspun youths Of the ncighborho0d.
Excuse me, Miss Henderson, he said at
once, knew you By sight, and seeing you
20 by, thought would take the oppor-
tuuitr 10 send word to your father That
six Of bis cows are in my bauBard or
course be can have them on demand.
Old Bcss, believe they cell her, has
vicious pair OF horns She slipped her
hamper aud let the othc's into my buck
wheat icld. | shall leave Il to Mr. Hem
def-on 10 estimate lhc damage for from
what report says Of him know he viii
be inclined TO do The fair thing
For moment Rachel stood quite over.
Wbelmed by the lesson in Christian fuf.
bcaraHcC which Herman Brnytuu bad un-
consciously taught her, but at Ia,t tho
tears would come tn relieve her painfully
excited state Of feeling, and must adult
that for the moment her esnduet was not
at all IN keeping win the character ofs
bighstruuR, spirited girl. How confess
ioH was made J do mol quite know, bat
certain il is that Herman. as Oh Mrs
Petilgrew expressed IT., t0sk shine TO
Rachel, even i hCr tears.
"a ..l 4 NJ. Ill.
+ he said s0othiuglg, a. FuOu a. matter.
were made plain to hiis. ! understand
COW doetoring pretty thoroughly, aud
tUIuE know iast what 10 dJ for her.
NBu have been sadly pescred with our
uuruly animals this summer. but / must
+ say, by way Of apology, that tlc old place
when we moved Ia vas neither hen nor
/ pigprooG Crops were pressing, handa
were short; and, Of course somc things
were neglected. BE assured you shall
have nothing Of the Kind % complain of
in tho future, Miss Henderson. unless y0u
take me up for tfesspaasiug, foe meau
10 come over fome day aud zee II We cam
not arrange = treaty ~ peace.
!. That evening Herman sent message to
say the COW was out 0f danger aud a
strange new fultcr swoke III Rachei's
heart.
i A few weeks later, when the drst
SHOWS were lying on tie ground, ono
sunday morning in church the psrson
took for MS te2t these words Love
r0Hr enemies. DO good tD them that bate
You and displlefiiy use sou aud Rachel,
turning around, caught glance from
Herman Bras TOMS eyes, Wilrii thOt forth
mischief aHd triumph. When sbc walk.
cd away q, noon, Herman Joined in tie
most natural manner possible.
DO gou kHoW, Rachel sal1 c, how I
construed ihe minigtegs text 10 ms IL