The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-03-13

tt EH|fN #e one ANlu& ttAt uh# ah te
Moore tbsu haathcF. soli,oqu.ze1 five,
thinking himself uuobaerea
We beard him for ali thai, iar he sal
just oatside toe cabin, under rhe shed,
watching between the whias Of his pipe,
the drip, dip from the shingles, while
the four of us dropped sway at arawpok-
er inside.
oar cabin stood little withdrawn
from the main street, the house Of Gye Of
us ior many months We knew quite
well each Others history, as far as gem
eral points went--all save that ot Five.
who wa. au enigma. or him the only
tangible and discovcable mark was O
bIne 60" worked between bis thumb and
ioreGnger-aud 50 be earned his title. 4
spare, nervous, little, man, with black
sweeping mogstache, eareworn coan.
teuanre aud restless eve
Hot hot terrible hot were the sum.
mer days, sud ! amused TO hard work.
dropped my shovel one burning after
noon and wont up to the shantv tired out
aud Disguised was surprised TO find
Five at the honse and in bi. bunk. for he
had gone ont with the rest aud wa. al.
ways a steady worker
SICK, old man.
Yes, lad, very sick, dead sick Bruce
iie down!
For the dog at his head growltd yici-
ously Is | put my hand on Five, fore
head aud found IL almost blistered with
fever
Not SO bad rs that, old man, You're
good for many "A day yet Have "a drink
don't mind--something-- cool.
fetched him a pan OF water, and he
drank it. saying:
What are you doing here at this hour
Of the day
I'm tuckered ont, Five and had to
give it up.
Wen, am obliged to YOU, and he
sank into his blankets, and fell into a
deep slumber.
The next morning he was right again,
but after he recovered he seemed to open
his heart TO me and often in the dim, un.
certain hours we talked of men and
things.
heard his solloquy, as ! said before
and not long after, tired of the cards,
went out to him.
Wen, old man, what are YOU mourning
about nows
can hardly say, lad, hut mostly O.
home
Then you have a home?
To be sure.
Well, we slways have our doubts abouI
{ #.
don't know how much Of home 1t il
now, bul had wife aud two children
and mother-in.laN, which last wa
! p'isoned, and hope has bolted into an
other and better world You see it,
hard nayigatin' in a shoal place; and
mother-in-law is the shoaest thing ryt
struck. Have You been married,
No.
Don't you marry any one but an or
phan then.
Why so?
I'll tell yer my experience. cam,
from Rhode Island, and anciently was
captain, and have sailed the purties
creature that ever skinned the water.
got on well till met a blue-eyed CIR
from Maine, aud thought she would do t.
!, cast anchor with, which did, and w
were as happy as two barnacles on a sun
b ny log, till her mother came to live wit
us; arter that the compass had a continu
al variation, and things got to be no bet
ter in short metre. That ar mOther-in
law, she tried TO be steward. and bo's'n
and first mate, and had her eve on tn
captains cabin, and we was in a mutin
all the time told the wife | woul
pension of the old hulk aud drag her in
\ TO safe harbof, and then she and III
= and the babies, which they were two G
'em, would go off ,ouudings and try blu
wafer all alone. But the wife wouldn't
am told that wimmcn think they ca
allns get husbands, but they never ca
have but one mother-.o they stick t
her Blessed il see what they want, O
any mother after they gifts man to Il
the brcad-locker aud buy en- new stud
dm.'ls. 20 bought little house wit
nay savings, and put'em all in, and whe
the gold news came, came out here.
tell yer il there's a cranky mother-in-la'
on the quarter deck the ship won't kce
her course. Everything goes souson
moth, a. the devil ,lecred the wiudlas
aud the captain /. like monkey on tli
20 lee back stay. gave EN- everything bit
my fiddle aud dog, and came ont her,
p'rap. when I've made my pile I'm 2
back again and yecr around the fold
There. little Maggie my purity little out
she never turned agin her father, thong
the mother did. Aud IL can only 81
her, and take her little hand, and wal
out among the bird. and flowers, au
bear her talk, think gould be hapf
. agaml Aud # she viii only call 81
father once, want nothing more, al
tbc old man brushed uway a tear wil
ed Bis sleeve.
Cd Thl. Wa Five story, -sd TO him. at
when lhc fellow. were disposed to iei
u ~ Elm for hi. oddities. ami Told the
fhat his heart was almost broken 0
troubles of home, an unconscious pi
was feil iar him forever after
The mines did not tempt me 80 rema
t.,... tl..ss The FraH IA fortune ,,... 81,