The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-12-10
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ftftNNr VIII A heart 9f Elsf sAtf#N HffiEt-
was staudIuR ~ the corner talking le g
iHrad lie brid a cigar 70 bis mouth
wifh Ais .rH hand, and with bis right BAD
Ja- struck q match against TIE Iamp-pasi,
whea 81 lis elbow v1e excisimed
cheeriIg, Busted ag.a. Msssa Tom.
Tom threw = glspee over his sbou der.
and there sood Hltie Joe, small, mis-.
sbspsn negro shout Is wears old, with
erurass uHder hIs arm. sgd feet sll
twisted cat Of shsPe, his toes barely
loucbiug the ground as be bopped along
tie had on an old straw bat with only
hint OF brjm. There must be some law
Of cohesive attraction between straw aud
wool. for little Jne'- ersuium was large.
while the hat vas small, and set back
muea nearer the uap of hi, neck than the
crown of bis head vet held its pace like
natural rxrtekceuee, or horrible bore.
Joe tad met With very few people mean
enough to laugh ST him: for, though be
possessed all the brightness aud cheer
fitness snd pluek OF detofmed people
generally, there was wiafuI lnok
about hi. ewes which bis want of height
aud his position ou eruIehes intensified,
Gndepd, perhaps crealed) by keeping
them npluraed while taking with any
one taller than himself, aud this wa.
generally the case, for there were no
grown people 80 small as little Joe. His
shirt was torn and his panAloous ragged,
but 10 gid these faded glorIes be wore a
.wallow-taied coat with brass buttons,
which some one bad given bim, whether
from a sense OF humor or q sentiment Of
charity let the god. decide.
Busted agiu. Massa Tom'
What busted you this time, Joe? ask
ID Mr.. Wise
Lumber, Massa Tom. was in de
lumber bjzni.s last week buyiu ole shin
giles and selIin 'rm for kiudDin; bat my
parduer, he naked run Oh de bank aud
den RUINED away wild hsself! Ainl
you gwine to sot me up agin, Massa
Tom?
What business are you going into hi.
week?
'Frckshuhnery, replied Joe, taking the
quarter Mr.. Wise handed him,
Dis'il do TO buy the goods, but 'twonI
rent the store, Msssa Tom.
What store, assed Mr. Wise,
Dat big store Hunt and Mason is j-i
moved oulen. Mr., Mason says | may
hsb it for sebben hundred dollars ef
,ou'tl go my skoorty.
Tom laughed: Well, Joe, was think
ing | wouldn't 90 security for anybody
this week. Don't you think you can do
business on a smaller seal?
Joe'r countenance fell, aud he suffered
visibly, but a cheering thought presently
struck him, and he exclaimed disdainful-
ly, Anyhow, ain't a keeriug bout
HUT aud Masous ole store--der ole seb-
ben.hundred-doIar store | can git
goods box and turn it upside down, aud
stand ii up by de Capitol grounds, and
more folks'!I pass along and buy goober.
deu would come in dat ole store all de
year. Dey amt spitiu' me.
As Joe jumped of to invest his money,
his poor little legs swinging aud hi-
swallow-tails. tapping. Toms friend
asked him who be was.
Belonged to us before the war, said
rom. Poor little devil! the good Lord
aud the birds OF the air scein TO care OF
uim. | set him up in business with
twenty-five cents every week, and luok
after him little in other ways Some
times lie buys matches aud newspaper,
aud sells them again; sometimes he buy
gtuger cakes aud eats them all; but he j.
invariably busted, as he calls il, by
Saturday bight--Joe! Joe!
Joe looked back, and, with perfect ia.
difference to the fact that he was delaiu-
ing Mr. Vie, answered that he would
be dar toreclIy, continued hi, negolia-
tiors ior an empty dry good, box wing
NJ the door OF a neighbOriug dry goods
slute.
What you want, Massa Tom? be asked
on his return.
Miss Molie is going TO be married
week after neXl, Joe, and you may come
mp TO the house it you like. / was
afraid might forget it,
Whoop lou, .irl Thanky, Mas.a Tom.
I,e bound to see Miss MoIte step oil de
carpit. But, Lord-a,mu,sey dem new
new uiggers you alt got amt gwine TO
leumr ia.
Come 10 the front door aud ask for me,
Cut out now, aud don't get busted hi.
week, because shall need all my money
. to hay a breatpiu to wait on my sister in.
Come, John, lets register.
Joc's glance followed Mr. Wise aud
. bis friend lIl they were out of sight;
( then he turned and paused 40 more tin
+ be reached ala oul-ot-ibe-way grocery
store iH the window of which were dis
played samples Of fish aud sosp aud cal
leo aud kerosene lamps aud dreadful
brass iewelry, among which Wa fright
iul breastpju in the shape of crescent
set With red and green glass, and fuTtb-
Ter afnaHenicd By ii chain Of the most
atrocious description conceivable. Be
fore ltis thing Of beauty, which to him
had been 4 l5Y for weeks, Joe paused
- tF..-.....4 ...a -...-f. d d. gs..F. It'll
breast sud sighed the sigh Of poverty.
Then be went in. What. de price OBJ
dat gents pin ia de corner ob de win
dcrl be inquired
don't see ans gent Ia the corner Of
the window, fala the proprietor Of tie