The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-02

Ehftbglb, 70 be sure IL may clear 40
before Gye o'clock bot nniess lbc wealhel
Improves, / iiluk yoa bad better give 4
up.
Give up wt,ats ssksd Grandmoihi
lowell
Going io Anuabcls Floyd tea. dght
answered
Ms dear. aid Aunt Elizabeth. She
lad horror Of slang, aud she had never
beard This particular phrase, which had
just begun 20 come INTO use twenty years
aen.
a tsa.iigiui And what .. 4 tea-asbt.
asked grandmother.
Oh, 8 nite soclab.e tea party all ui
girls. you know, lexplsincd Anuabtlla
Floyd, scros the creek ia- ore tbs af
tfguoon, bat mn afraid We can't go,
Umpb! said grandmother. iemrlu.
ber a tea-Gght Un Coanuscy Greek worth
going lo-but II wac mau's lca.f.hf
Hot aglrr.. though girl 'rlpsd gei il up
after All.
GA, please do tell 81. about itgrandma
said Violet aal / together; aud Aunt
Elizabeth added: Yes, do, grandmother
1t viii help to make the time pass pleas.
auae
Wei got lour woik and III down, aud
l.Iitel, yuu lne story, said grandma, Who
never could bear 10 see anyone die. II
all happened in the year l77l Think OF
that children, Those willows over there
were quite small trees, ! remembers. All,
Nei 1t sceins a long time TO wait.
Il was IA the beginning of that same
year, TINT Aunt Betsey broke up house
kcepiug and went 10 live with her neph
ew, Abram lfaskius, taking mo with
her. Amt l'elsey was widow, aud
= oirnn's mother had died not long be-
ior5; aud as he waa bachelor aud had a
large farm, he needed some woman
about tile house. So he asked Aunt
Bclsey 10 c0me aud take cburge, and she
enpsculcd. Ills hvu-e stood near the
cad ot the sneet, little back, aud not
very ttr from the creek. The house was
burned down aftcrwafd, bat II YOU look
'siiafp You may see traces of the cellar III
kcmad Shepherd = field 10 tliis day II
was 1 good house, with roomy cellars
and chambers, and large rooms down
stliiry md when Aunt Bclsey's furniture
was pat IN, il cooked very wen, only
lhere was always q stiff, scfimped look,
aud a un,ty, woody smell about IT, Ahi-
Fam was iriend,. as his. father had bcoli
beford hin, but lac wash't very Jealous il
religious nlnlers, ana hal lbc name Of
sittiug cay close 70 The world aud its
sood. However, his character was
good It that tlhae, though ldont. .tliillk L
any bolly liked him but Aunt Belsey.,s
/ had lived with Aunt. Botsey ever
sIuce my isher died, aud when she moy.
edi'wcnt with her / didn't like the
change at MI, aud said all lcould against
il, thvngh knew all The tiaiethat lmisht
as wen talk to the winds. Aunt Belsey
was very qllct tcnlpereu, .but She WAS
more set IN her way .tan any person
ever saw, Il
Thee is wasting thy breath, Sybilla,-
slie said at last have made up my
nind thd | shall act upon IT,. II thee
doesu't. likethe change, thee msst iiud u
home somewhere else.
This threat, as considered il, shut my
mou hnid ronseg my temper at the same
tine. \ said no more, bat | made mp my
miud that | would seek home some
where else pretty speedily. You see,
didu't like AhiiAm. thought him hard.
hearted aud miseily, aud besides, though
he ncyei. ,pid 20 in wsAtls,' knew thai
he waltri "a marcy me, aud that Aunt
Bet-e}s hesut was SCI ga ihe match -
Nav II yoe dpn'tlike man, the fact
that he want, % many you makes you
dislike. c.him tli lbc more. Macoyer |
dul Ike somebody else, and kuew that
be uked NE rhst somebody was IcHis
Howell. We uad been ~ ighbors alNal
ull father lsd.and lhink oar love grew
up wii1 us, lof doub lelhember when !,
began. Ah, sell, children, lewis hai
been dead siNt, .6ye wars Tie lit,I,
oak sapdrg that sproaied out Of hi'
grave over in fatplowp buryias sroud i
a bi2 nee now. Il cant be long before
they lag mc beside him,
Auut Betse, did not ike Lewis. sb,
said he was worldly and nrNeady- Ihar
bis father had beeu a sQsdicr in tl,e pjd
French War, ami that Levi. WAS iusl
like hiU. Then Lewis WASN'T 4 ftiend
bat weat 10 Tic, Eplscnrl1 Church for
there was one hers then /, ,Aanl ile.sss
Voa'd never iet tnc' see him If sbe coull
help e. sud never would silow that ~,
were ef,guped II was jast boy aud
'gli- tahty. .ir ssii sod veuid sopu Ii4s'
nNaF She bad Hu iuwahl pcnuas:ot
r8u he .bould zee me navS,ed 10 s9m,
steady hirhd, who gasaJle iaJake car,
- me-. aud not u Wild, worldly y5uus
man who caged more for i,biag aat
.hovlng ,itai anllliing elg Naw wleu
apu' lialse bod ~ iuSsrl peF-uasior
a. aaythlnz lH VI, nights apt 70 hrinl
Il tn 1is.s sind l4at Was Hie seatog Bh]
I disjked she nira - going 20 live =
Abnn'. was drtefmiaed 10 mar,
55 1iie bui Lewis knew iiiai be- VS.
asitlcr wiss isaF Hprails. and tini 81
80, iasin. ap mpae, - teasr hstHe 81
- lhuasH 1e a'du ~ 4 up sri a.
ufeaUet Ne lsd 10 lrp li. father VIII.
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