The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-28

la&r Is Western New faH $50 fsfie,
bad lfsr RHt heaf8 iHnatt3 iu dsbi
tiist taa weeks before his Atatt ne hfa
lad iFfh aaii ~ iurcr'ofuls 81 Haaff eHrr
Ani son y hat uas MARI Is taE
Hr aAf laa g niufieeH s8EAi abd
tof 81 n ian3e haa wllh lEr ifrHgfb "a
@aH 10 tl. siHeW8 aftas Iic lmd liad
llse usaai advantages ~ rdHcai.au afford.
- e. fsfmeri sons
iIc wtufacd ha0e from h.s father
grave u ilae small HupasBted stern sud a
bali h@nae, abd aiisf hitu came hls fash.
ere cells s'uoglser. wellte-do farmer.
wi9 wtlElsd "a tlc peiglb0Theod
Tile unce Nj William lltbtr, Wa. 3
nAn n sl2ty tc8rs, pompoas SOD teif-im.
poraut iiif sopi wss % the smallest
pattern. aud ko had netef been known 10
So . geneFVus iecd whih he l4ad ,luue
taanr mean ones
Wei MARI said IL pnele. I've ssHl
a. folks 80 home - that can hagp =
Eoo3 TAU wlih 700 Morgan tells me be
wants ihe hfM ~ has held on two
Meele whie George was n jag, but be-
y abis " move IL next week What are
toa going % dof
I dou1 know. uncle ] am lrfing %
think What csh dog
haze ih0nght the matter over. said
Nh ilrbcr. aad haYe thought upon plan.
! ana willing 20 take lon, Mark aud treat
suu a. ms awn sBH. Nou shall have a
bone - ms bnuse aad = seat atmY table
What do son saff
You forget, uucle. HAT have some one
90 provide iaf beside ms self. said Marx
Suppose ! were TO aecepi this offer Of
t0ars, what will you 20 feF Cav
The giH y 40 rristl0n ~ yours Marx
The loyfsIghei
Poor lit,ie Gay. be- said hers is a
hard lot DO sou remember how The
child came bY her name2 II Is thirteen
years this spring since 3 lady stopped at
our door aud asked leave 10 remain over
night, She siaid GA day afcr day, grow.
ING weaker aud weaker IL did not take
long 20 discover that she was insane. Slo
called the child Gay, aud sometimes ga
bfielie, which Is Gays truo name But
she did not tell her surname. nor any
thing c0peerqi9g herself Late that sum
mer ahe Died No Que ever came 10 In
.llrc AFTER her OF the child.
Her mother was a crazy tramp, aud
nothing more. No wonder george was
behindhand, when bis wife adopted the
child ofa tramp and brought her up a
lady, said his uncle
Marx col0red
i cannot hear a word against my moth
81, sir,' he said 4 shall protect Gay
while | live, and she shall not be separat-
ei from me
Then ! wash my hands OF YOU, cx-
claimed Mr.. lIeber angrily. You can 20
your own way, and get your own living
Very well, sir. said Mark quietly I;
tina, Is settled then.
IN one week Mark lad sold a pair Of
colts which be had raised himself, cor five
hundred dollars, the household furniture
for nearly as much more, and was on his
way, with little Gay, "a the far west, TO
seek their fortune
The young travellers arrived at Icayen.
worth aller long and tatiguing journey
Here Marx, while looking for wagon
and yoke of oxen with which TO cross
The pIairies, ten III with an old farmer
named Whitman, who had been living IN
Western Kansas, bat did not like il, and
was nov on his way 10 Nebraska Mark
concluded to Join him, and Mr.. Whitman
assisted him IN purchasing a suitable ont
TT, and that same night Mark and Gay
were snngly ensconced IN their huge
travelling wagon, outside OF the eity. on
the edge Of the prairie, where Mr.. Whit
man, with bis wife aud seven children,
had cncamped Six otheg families were
with them--the seven wagons being
parked IN the form OF circlc-that Is,
tile pole of one wagon resting upon the
rear OF anoiher--and the oxen. mules
horses, COWS, dogs and pigs being gath
cred into the circle thus protected.
Outside The circle OF wagons great
Gre was burning, and as Marks wagon
drove up. the conductor Of the Train, Mr.
Lanford came forward and welcomed the
new c0iners.
IL seemed Go Gay aud 20 Mark that they
lad entered new and wondrous world
Roth lay long awake that night In their
wagon, close np under the canvas roof
aud they talked iu whispers of their great
m,nrc. aud wondered what Il had IN store
tor them.
The next morning at daybreak the
camp was asiir. by sunrise the wagon
train was on It's way toward The north
west.
AZ night they halted beside small
stream and parked the wagons, and bad
supper, and talked and sang songs aud
told stories, like one great joyous family
At daybreak, again they were on the
way,
ia The course OF ten days, having trav-
plei rapiuls tor uN teams, they reached
ihc lAlile.uine river, branch OF the Big
Bhtr. lhe @ulnen built iinr, aud began
tl,r pnerafstIo., i'n supper he neu pu,-
r..,,.i,af 10 psrk liir wagons
rft last train ! tnpk oyer tai, route
Nl,~ attacked D, Indians lasi here, said
conductor Lapdiori. They we're unnsu.
ats bold. aBd we had iough dgbt--t,uod
brayeusi What T. thai
he l,clicisi. bg tbs h.l rass ut toe sun.
81 moapie,l baud - Indians, their
Weapons glit,ering ~ the yellow light,
their plume. apddlug IN the wind, a. they
etmc on like Whifiwind
'Fa9,aHsr ,e lrd the conductor, in
Voice that inside every woiuan's iice tnui
- i,ilc 'i'swtwss o. sioux | cant tell
Wlhch The, .ectu ~ ~ op thr war path.
raa sec tucie weapon They uutnun.
ber us. cuunllug IA Our wemen Call in
tlaa children Ne shall have q deieud
unnsrlNes
Tie lsa a slaill blast on lds bugie that
fa,sg aai lat aud wide. They were sweep
ittg duWn ppsu tle iraiut witt whouFs
and yeils. mAflrt sud rapiue in their very
,.l~ri.
tWduel.f Landlord Wns skilled ii H.
dian warists,, aad aas 4 .cJut OF rJisid
,rsit3e Ua,e
rberp ace tWrntv .aVape. hp au.
i,aau.s-d Remember. h.Ns $500 afe
fxi'iux utr uur naiwrs ard .i.irts
~a,ss ~ $ tai ,iuii suu an lbsle 81
flam g. sliuutc,i
Nav. ugen. il,e gene lIsve uut the
gam FlteN are !m aar paint, aud mcau
mischief MhrB give tle word, Gre
tbs iufliaus came nearer aHd nearer.
HAtanclHs Ia 4 straight line