The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-03-20
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very plain one, at the samc lime taklug
good care not 10 lct rs know ON which
side Il was 80 ycry plain. Most Of tte
testimony on both sides, We were con.
WINGED, was false aud the problem to be
solved was one not unusually presented
in lawsuits 10 find out the truth by slrik-
Ing a balance between contradictory lies,
Being In for a night OF IL, apparently,
and having regained toward each other
the good temper we bad lost ia quarrel
ing over the case, IN a fnal resolve to vim
djeats, against judicial tyranny, the ss-
cred right Of iures to disagree. The
next point was how to get through the
time.
Somebody tell story, suggested the
foreman. Mr. Dopples, YOU'RE an old
settler, and must have met with some ad-
ventures in pioneer times that would be
worth telling,
Wen, hey seed some queer thiugs,
said Mr. Dopples-Uncle Joe his neigh
bors call him-a hale old man Of about
sixty, with face tull Of good hunor aud
geod sense. hcy seed some queer things
but I'm not much at uaratiu 'cm.
I Never mind, Uncle Joe, We said you
will 10 well enough.
/ Well, boys, ef youll excuse mistakes
/ IN tell YOU all bout case that mought
"a turned out a deal serouser nor this
one.
60 on, we urged.
This was how Il was, began Uncle
Joe, clearing his vocal hatehway by roll
ing an immense quid into one cheek,
I When ia made mp my mind to come out
here an buy, Mother, as | call my wife,
she made me a belt TO kerry my money
/ in. Them was the days alorc greenbacks
an bank notes was no great shakes ef
I they got too fur from home. So land
/ buyers mostly kerrid what they he'd in
{ specify, which they commonly did in
/ belts buckled around their bodies-a
/ dodge the robbers soon got up to, an the
/ fust thing they did when they got holt of
chap, was to look for his money belt
+ Well, kissed Mother, an bid her good
/ bye one mornin, an sot ont to hunt
new home forns, kcrryin' the price OF it
with me in hard cash.
I Nothn' wuth mentionu' happened tin
one night ! stopped at cabin, an aXt
/ for lodgin's
/ You can hay EN-, was the answer
i that is, providin you don't object TO
i sleepin' double, for another strangers
here aiore you. ...-.
4 don't egsae'ly like the idee; but hous-
es We're scarce in them parts, an not
carin' to resk goin' fnrder and farm
wuss, lit, an takin my saddle-bags on
my arm, led my crltter round to the
stable, the proprietor showin' the way an
when Old Roan'd ben looked arter, we
/ went into the house.
/ Tother stranger was sittin by the fire
an gevc me a sharp look as | came for
/ ard
Good.eveniug', sez |, and he said so
too.
/ Neither OF us sed much more till artcr,
supper, which the settlers wife brung in
soon. The cookin' want excl to Moth
er's, but hunger, you know, : good sass
for emmy cook'ry.
T'other stranger, nodiced, KEEP watch.
! in me sharp. | din't fancy his looks
much; but arter spell he made up to
me quite friendly an soeiable like, an il
was always my way to meet that sort o
I thing halfway.
! lie, too was on the lookout to buy
an we compared notes on the subjcc' til
/ bedtime. Our host was one O them sort
o chaps that listens good deal without
sayin' mueh an his wife looked as ef she
durstu't say much ef she would.
/ We paid our bin atore going TO bed.
( T'othcr traveller sed he was goiu to start
alore day; but as our roads lay but lit
/ tie ways together, concluded wouldn't
rise 50 soon for the sake OF only that
company. Sun up was early enough for
me.
I Our slcepiu' room was one end o the
cabin petitionel of by itself
4 l's II long time since you au' ue slcp'
! together, sen the stranger, when we was
both ready to lay down.
So ti., ser /; which sd, do YOU like
bcsty
/ Front, sen he, eff il's ali the same to
you.
All the same, sez /, jompln ir
/ The stranger folle.cd, an ! don't
know what he done, but | soon fell
asleep.
don't know how late or early il was
when woke up, teein' chilly-Iike. The
moon war shinin' bright through the
windcr. The close was turned over
from the front side o the bed, aud there
stood my bed.feller, lcanin' over me with
big knife ia one hand, fumblit at the
buckle o MY mouey-bclt with hts t'other
hand.
Ot course Son arasped The arm That
welded the kiile with one Of your hands
aud llle williams throat with lhe other
interrupted a blu-tering juryman.
Well, no, ! didn't.
You cried Out, then.
Not that either
Well, said the clustering jaryman, td
Ike to see tie uiAu lbm would rob mo
wiibou, tu..el Tor II. suppose he h0d
Killed tou- Whist, after all, i- death
Ouly az eteraai deep Philosophy tell.