The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-02-27

and showed tlaai bai. another blow on .
the other ese soHt him aga.a 90 grass +
where ht continued Go lle
Get up aid Naprs
YouH knock me down aaaja -ald
TImm-.
Nes, returned Mapes; ! win
Then won't get up, aid Timm-.
lourc an iufcrnal -coudreI, said
Mapc-
caut help your saving SO, answered
Timm,.
lou sawed the hog, said Napc-.
What log asked Timms.
You sawed the log, repeated Mapr, eat
yauciue g step.
Ycs-sDop, said rimm- ] sawed lhe
log.
Well. You ueednr rldnk. said Mapcs,
that after Your marriage you're going to
tel that story. md make mca laughing.
-lock
IIl never .pcak pt.i wbiuea fimm-
Perhaps you Won't said Alapos: bnJ
I'ia going to .wear ,en bobrc get
through There's aualhrr thing, YOU
woutha woman 10y L.. riekcre, and
know il is in you Ia abuse her; .o I'm
going to wear Won 10 treat hrr kiudly
IN swear, -aid Timms
Hold up your hand, -aid Mapo,
Timm. held mp hi. hand
Now, repeat after me: | Silo, Timms,
solemuly swear thai will never bring 10
the owiedge of auv human being that
| sawed the hog whereby Daniel Mapes
fell into tie crqel, and LOST q wife, and
luther, that will, she conscntiHg, marry
Eliza Reed, and always treat her Kindly;
SO help me God,
Timm- repeated the oath, rerb0tila.
Now. get mp and 90 home, said Mapcs.
don't thmk youll be married till your
eyes get out OF mourning and by that
TINE IN be far enough away. But don't
think III lose sight Of YOU. and ifyou
don't keep your oath, you'Il see me.
Timms arose from the ground, shook
of the dust, and walked away; but when
he had secured nqfo distance, he shouted
back, exultingly;
Mapcs she's au angel,
In twenty wears, Daniel Mapes had
learned many things, and among them
this: Life is very much as we make it.
In other words, the world is like a mir
ror, aud looks at rs with the face we pre-
sent 1t returns scowl for scowl, and
smile for smile 1T echoes our sobs and
our laughter. 10 the cold, it is as icy as
the northern seas; 10 the loving, il is as
balmy as the isles of the tropics He had
learned a still harder lesson; which was,
to forget the gricfs, the SORROWS, The
sights, the wrongs, aud the hates of the
past The effect Of this lesson was to
make it appear that the lines. to him, had
fallen in pleasant places. His r0tund
form and Grm muscles bespoke good
digestion, while a cheerful cQuBtenauce
told of mental peace. A fair woman
named him husband, and children called
him father. A beautiful home in the
Santa Clara Valley was theirs; besides
which, Mapes had many broad acres of
land, as well as many head of stock run
ming nearly wild in the counties Of Mon
terey and San Luis Obispo
Once in eaon gear the cattle that eraze
on California's thopaand hills are gather
ed Ia bands al convenient places, to be
claimed and branded by lha,g owners --
such assembiaee- being called ggdeos
Nlape- had i.ean down across the Salinas
Plains. ia attendance upon a roaeg; and,
being on his return. Jogging along on bis
mustang. he saw. lar ia HE distance, but
nearing him. m equmif lone traveller
slowly the distance between them de-
creased; and, IS they approached Mapes
with California prudence --siigpad his
revolver upon the belt which sustained il
from his back, round 90 ld. lcil s&e,
bringing the hilt underline shadow uf his
"''"'o "''"' '"'' "''''''' '''' VAN .'
riaat band. n heHt l"Vh assured A'aie7
'i"' il" 'aa l'' "'l''''"' ''' "'"p'"N' .','
comtng aau was oi middle age p"t m-
loon was "'f"t weary "ele''e't anu
hopeiess--in local phrase ms Haui'e'
was that oi man who ha. lost hi@ srlP'
and those who Lave net That terrible MS
.f.I. -5s.
fortune are never highway robbers grip
being ihcYery quahiF wanted 30 'hai
hahardons pursuit.
The traveller, met with long inqnf-
ing gaze. wien from the" i'F' s'iIu'''n'-
ously burst the words Napes-I INNS
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