The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-04-18

and done up Nou'll have 10 take a. Nt
DON'T make children bargains here
won fake Il Won't O. cheated
ont OF . bali dollar Ha, Was, No fri
uot b d long chalk
Bu, tou mist take Il, ,ir
cautl Fi0y cents, why iis awful, !
sotout 20 give It to gal, " could have
got L fora ninepcnee, OF lhcrcaboutst I
she's a smart one, aud when we'rc mar.
ried. could git a ninepcucc worth cut Of
her "a odd Jobs, raking hay, aud sich
bur flty cents ia see her durntd fust
And again Giles made for thc door.
Tie was excited aud took the wrong aper-
tire and instead Of finding himself IN the
street as he had expected, be was IL the
workroom, surrounded by uctt, girls
Stop him, there, girl, cried tie mill.
ner appearing Al the door with yard
stick, he's tiled 20 cheat me oat OF CIV
eenr,' Don't let him 60 Corner him,
Giles leaped franGeally over, and into,
bandboNes, aud bonnet frames, but the
gills were in for the Joke; aud all cgrcss,
except by the window, was cat on. lie
east one glance back at the iatc face Of
the millucr--she was coming with the
yardstigk Il was sutiicieat to decide
him. lie dashed ont the sash with one
blow Of his fist aud jumped lhroughl
As bad luck would have II, he alighled
exactly in The arms, and ia the basket o.
a street market woman who was CRYING
her turaips and .quasbcs about the
streets; and the consequence was, her
very best squash was squashed, aud the
fair proportions OF her shaker bonnet
were Knocked into cooked hat OF
course The woman was mad. II must be
an angelic tempered female WHO can
keep cool when her bonnet Is smashed.
She called on Giles 70 settle the DANA
ges, or take the consequences. He pre-
fcrred taking to giving, and took TO his
heels. The woman followod-a huge
beet brandished in one hand, and
mammoth turnip in the other--rcady TO
annhilatc him as soon as She got near
enough
Giles bad little flesh to cucumber him,
and he ran more easily than his pursucr,
who was slightly emboapojnt, but for
tune favored her, and Giles slipped down
on a curbstone. In a moment she was
upon him, belaboring him with beet
but only for moment lie was upon
his feet and OF again before her wrath
was half spent. She took aim with the
turnip at his head, but she had not prac-
ticed much in projectilcs, and the vegcta-
bic, instead Of hitting the mark, went
crash through Higgins grocery window 1
-slilusllng two Kerosene lamps, and 1
glass jarof patent cough candy! And .
amid the uproar consequent thereon,
Giles leaped over several small boys, some
cutters, heaps of coal and terrified wo-
men, and escaped But he had split his
best coat entirely down the back, and
lost his straw hat, that was new the fore
going summer. His mother boxed his
ears soundly, and sent him to bed supper
less, and he dreamed of the state prison
all night.
The next day he was arrested at the
suit ofth milliner, the market-woman
and Higgins Of the grocery; aud was
obliged to pay ten dollars to save himself
from jail You may well guess that il
was like parting soul and body. Ills
mother kept him on half allowance for six
weeks afterward, and he got so thin that
i would require a spyglass to have seen
bis shadow, unless the sun had been re-
brilliant.
As for Kitty, he never desired to set
Eyes on her again.
il was long time before he dared to I
ook at another woman, but at length /
Patty jerks came to IIighwood on a yis- 1
I. She was girl after his own heart, I
&c tondly believed-for If be was mean |
he was mcaner.
Immediately he began to be attentive ;
0 Patty, and she being without home
lad no objections to stepping into the
living Of the Myficks. So
he played her cards accordingly, and a
attored Giles with the utmost skill y
On Christmas night there was to be a e
'aty at Ilookers Hotel ia Grcenbnrgb, L
we've miles on,-and all the Highland 1
eaux and bellies were on the qai cice. Fl
tiles felt as If hc ought TO take Patty, f
ut he dreaded the expense. Many sleep b
ass night he passed in consequence, aud Il
last decided that IL could be mana d
ed G
lie could carry their supper IN his b
ocket, and some oats for the horse IN I
az, and 90 IN the old sleigh to save wear r.
~ ont the runners ofthc new one. The y
light was fine and cold, exceedingly cold Ii
at Giles did not take the bunaloes, for D
.ar the snow might Ay on them aud wet Il
DC fur. SO they kept themselves as com il
Jrtable as they could with the horse il
lauket. Il
The party was pleasant, all enjoyed b
even Giles. When supper 81
as announced be spoke 70 Patty, aud r,
ley went out ia the woodshed where, G,
J the light Of the moon, they ate the salt b
", doughnnts, and cheese, that Giles II
ID brought IL III. pocket +,
A Fffft. ~. -. & E.-s.t. 5+
)ine, but had proceeded only about two te
iles, when the Old sleigh parted the ~
p remaining behind and The bottom Il
'iag on home with the horse, alta 30 III