The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-03-19
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EcckinEipu. 8mprcssiFelg. declsre
did lot know what care meant before
brother Gabriel died ard left tue all the
m0uey.
We'll, cousin Claussa, observed George
AerIloH. who wa assidously engaged
in euiaugiing the widows work io fbe
very beet OF the very worst Of bic ability,
10 case you Hud yourself unequal 20 the
strain, ali you have To DO is 10 lravc mt
lbe Eve thousand dollars,
The fir.t thing ia lbc morning, went on
Mr.. PcekinRiOn, uuheeding Mr.. Mefii.
tou- modes, hiut, ard tbe last II night,
I'm thinking about IL. Fir,t put il in
Deacon Elijah Horton. bank, snd then !
drew Il out again banks aren't nowadays
sale uow adsys Aud then ! bJried il in
T The east cellar. eiose to The apple bin aud
( there came, tbc deIugug rain, and /
. kuuwed lhc cellar wouId be three inches
deep "a water - up it come again, sud
I tbeu could not rest in my beG for tear
ot dee. So got IL changed into gold, aud
[ ! gue-s H. safe enough.
7 Ia The bottom Of your big ted chest:
mi-ebeyiously hazarded George
/ No matter where, sir, said the widow
nodding her beud
o, bat yoa might tell IT., persisted
MerriItoa. We are all YOUR own folks,
Cora and |.
Cora Dallas sat stitching qaielly in the
corner the pretty orphan whom goo,lMrs
Peckington had taken out of the orphan
asy inm 10 bring ~ five years before.
don't expect to leave YOU nothing,
Mrs Pockington had said, for I've reA-
tions of my own. but IN give you n good
decent deeslrick school education, aud a
good chance to DO tor yourself.
And Cora has accepted the old dame.
offer with meek gratitude.
She had grown very pretty IN the last
few years, this solitary child of nobody.
Dark-eyed, with hair full of deep chest
nut golden shadows, peach blossom
skin, where the rosy blood glowed bright.
ly through on the slightest proyocation,
aud nonth like Ilebe, il seems rs il ma
/ ture had made = solemn compact with
herself to atone for all social Sights that
might be cast across Cora Dallas's path
Wen, said Mrs. Peekington, seriously,
| don't mind telling YOU, but mind YOU
don't repeat 1.-THE bags hung halfway
up the chimney on au iron hook.
But suppose the chimney should take
dre said Merrilton.
Ii wont. keep it well swept, aud be-
sides, If it should, it takes pretty good
heat to melt gold.
Upon my word, cousin Clarissa, said
Merrilton, YOU are certainly second Ma.
chiavelli.
| Who in pity sake's was he? asked Mrs.
/ Pcckington. There's neighbor Simkins
at the door--jump quick and lei him ia
Cora, for it's beginning 10 snow like all
possessed.
Aud neighbor Simkins came ina
broad-faced, jovial agricnlturist, who
lived on the next farm, aud was suspect
ed of matrimonial designs on the heart OF
widow Peckington,
Set by, Mr. Simkins, said the widow,
Hospitality, putting another moss-fringed
/ log on the fire; seems like we're going 10
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