The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-05-02

au tha5 identical Monday morning sou
mIalt haJ gou boau au carly riser, haFc
aeau ihe deacon, dirg-tel of h. coat aul
hs Sunday dignity shaking iIe best
raam carpet ia the back ward.
Thele e 80 Herd Of saying Wlat be dii
aezl, of what Nf. Flint was doing then.
They went through lh6 icariue,up pro-
cess very much "a. other people dos ana
uut being endowed with no uyer-abun.
dance Of this world goods, the last load
ol furniture consisting of lhe deaeoa's
wife and baby, lbo twins, aud the best
goem lookiug-glass, was ou its way 90
tI.e depot al O'Clock, p. ln.
Blessed be nothing exclaimed Tie
tired little woman, as the deacon helped
hcr cat of thc wagon lf we had been
Squire Bausom's folks, samuel, we
Shouldn't have been more than quarter
through now, would wet My how my
poor bones would have aehed though.
thia time Tomorrow night I'm glad the
Lord knows whats best tor ms, sho add
cd taking the baby from Tie deacon, and
looking around for hc twins.
Il wa, but few hours, ride TO c., and
iust in ihe coolest dn.k Of tie July twi-
light they walked mp the street TO their
new home, very tired, aud thankful they
We're not Squire Rauson's folks, but just
themselves, If they did have to work late
that night putting up the kitchen stove
and uupacking dishes and bedding,
Tuesday was day OF many troubles.
The babies were tired and lrottnl day
light revealed coating Of dirt on the
doors and windows, the depth Of which
they knew not before and the heat was
intense. But the deacon possessing un-
tiriug energy aud his little wife the sun
uicst Of tempers, they succeeded so well
that by Thursday night, as he came into
the kitchen with an armiul Of wood,
where his wife was washing dishes, she
commenced singing:
TIE deacon thinks his work &. almost done.
Brt feel az V mine had just begun
Did you hear that, samuel? she said,
laughing and turning around to look at
him.
II was prayer meeting night, and the
deacon went TO prayer meeting for the
first time in c., took an active part, and
after meeting waited to shake hands with
the minister and some OF the brethren,
answer their inquiries and present their
letters lie had the satisfaction Of feel
ing, on his way home, that he had made
a good impression; il pleased him, I'll
would have pleased us; and be told his
little wife that night, in his grave way,
that he hoped, coming as he did in the
midst of strange people, there might
never be any occasion of remark against
him while he remained among them.
I'm sure, hope not, Samuel, she said,
looking innocontly up in his face, and
adding, as she nestled up her little brown
head on his shoulder, | don't feel much
alarmed about it.
The next day, Friday, the deacon went
back to the old home, having some bust
ness settlements TO make there. Can't
tell certainly when shall be back prob
ably not till Monday noon; guess there's
enough wood split to last till then. Good
bye, he said, and was gone.
The wee woman went singing back to
her half washed dinner dishes, and with
one foot on the cradle rocker, she secured
the knives, while she told the story Of
Jack aud Gill to the twins. When the
last kettle was washed, the kitchen stove
and table brushed and secured to the
usual shade of black and white, the baby
asleep in her nest ola cradle-blcss her!
she washed the pretty twin faces tin
they blusbed like red peppers, and then
settled them in their truudle-bed for a /
nap,
Dear little womanl she did look so
tired as she came ont from the bedroom,
and stopped to brush a fly from under
the musquito-net over the baby; 1t would
have made your back ache to look at her. T.
But the cheery heart in the weary body
asserted itself, and she smiled with the
thought Of an she would DO before the
deacon came back
| must slick my hair oyera little, so ifI
amy one should come wouldn't spoil the /
deacon's reputation, she said to herself, /
going up 20 a little glass that hung be- I
tween the kitchen windows Just then
a gem Of sunbeam flashed IN at the win I
dow, and seemed to tauglo itself all up in .
her wayy brown hair Oh, how pretty, .
She said, with blush aud laugh ike .
chiljs Guess If somebody had been at
home rd had kiss, then and on She
lew % her work. \
How Ike magic the white curtain.
went up and the eobwcbs came down
bow the best room looking-glass shoue
amer il. polishing, and lhe old daguerreo- (
type d samuel Ia Bis best days never
-houe through 50 clean surface d Il did 4
tliat day. 50 The lime flew, bringing tie .
deacon irlAfh nearer.
One morning she awakened early, en- .
tifgly free from n wreicbcd headache She
bah llic day before, want i all done
tbe kitchen cleaned up and my dress
changed before Samuel comes AZ noon.
Quickly dressing 20 as not &c awaken .
lhe children, she slipped out Into lbe
kitchen. built flrc and commenced opcf
atIous Hos she did work every step
told d something done, and al bali last .
'9. despite all her hindTanees from bAbF,