The Republican journal., 1873-12-25
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t,n.Iv sav. H.. 9Laa. so.- n"nrI,' shad
ana !, hardy r,on Nm .tiuas tolorata
louo con14n nf vnar. AndI haI IL ,Is.I
Ia 2an;no NJ. wonau tnlI:. h,,;na. r-at.r
from TIE -prine some distance III At the
foot OF the hin, and gather their waehin~-
fluid i'll i large hog4head placed at the
corner ol the house
tpr wears Mr. iIiuman had talked about
having we'll dug, and had expended
much breath and cI1quence on the subject
in vain. while Andy in his spare hours,
tinllercd away at something TO amu,c the
chi)lrcn OF please his own fancy Andy
had promised many times that he would
DO The job when l:rm-worl1 was slack but
the time never came, owing perhaps, to a
deeply grounded prejudice in his mind
that what was good enough for his mother
would serve ms vile, aud 4 very stubborn
faith il the powers Of endurance possessed
by women folks generally,
bnt hi daughter Polly had grown 70 be
I tall, straight, comelr girl, with fine gray
eye', in which the thoughts laE like agates
il clear brook. Polly had developed a
talent tor managing her father Mrs Him
man did not possess That excellent wo-
man had harpcd 50 long on q few moldered
sfrln9S lhat AhoY lonnd ne hafpln8 an
accompaniment |" M 'h1ugll'9 ne "oHla
lltE y, \ iil',Ne, hto ~ ceaseu aitoGgVhef'
"l!S h'o s''Iu ~ llei neart. here shal,
'p =" VII ~ tiiI7 summer '9he coa'o
~ ~it'ta-t utmost rs itl ''cA - memory Went;
.uY9il:s ''cAels oI ""5eL I' up 'ne MT ana
9l'l'9iiIns hef ''llhitN alI 'he W." ana 'he
rNf'i9F t, "'S ,lont lh' -G9% d.S'",''iul no"
'i't @"V '''',''' " T'ii4 WIN @le'''E haiin'
Var H'} IuHE ll'7el'fo e Aerstl before
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~" t''' y" l'1ilrt. If''pcr @"Ji "i''Ff-
sweet ne Wlr nl'I"& = helVe 10 a new
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lllg3 i'I Ae1'ed a&tlii'l lhe r"9@'f OF ms
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