The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-26
WHAT BROWN LEFT TOWN FOR.

All the world to each other. beside the old mill.
WHAT BROWN LEFT TOWN FOR.
iaa By MARY GRACE HALPINE.
Such commotion as there was in Bar
berry Green-among the feminine por-
tion of twas never known before by
the oldest inhabitant., n Arysg9 IN
] Thomas Jefferson Brown, who was
considered as much fixture in the place
as the town pump, had gone, no one
knew whither. - ,i@'f'. 1'I 'F.f
That he should have left town with.
out telling where he was going, what he
was going for, and when he'd be back,
were considered in the light of a personal
affront by his fellow-tOwnspeople in gen.
eral, and the Widow Peabody in particu.
lar. t'if.'''i'ii 'r ''Ht.'.'' .1'-'0 ''
The Widow Peabody was one of those
kind-hearted creatures, to be found, to a
greater or less extent, in every country
village, who take deep interest in their
neighbors' affair, often neglecting their
own to attend to them. e '.-..
But virtue in this wicked world of ours
often fails Of its reward, and we are sorry
to say that this worthy individuals dis
interested efforts in her neighb0rs' be-
half not, unfrequentlyy met with base
return, some of them being 80 unreasou-
able as to suppose they knew their own
business best, and could manage it with
out any of her help. "f s9;fVa a't
But this by no means discouraged the
Widow Peabody. She expected sech
things from them that didn't know no
better" as she often observed.
1t now being her self-evident'" duty
to find out the why's and wherefOres OF
Mr.. Browns sudden and mysterious dis
appearance, she set about it with all
commendable zeal and alacrity. .aor'q
She commenced operations by pump
ing Josh Hardwick, who used to do odd
Jobs for him, and any one else who
needed his services, Josh being one OF
those handy individuals SO often found
in Yankeedom, who" can turn their
hands to most anything, 80 ,.,....
But Josh was nOn- On-cOmmittal; either he
had nothing to tell, or was indisposed to
tell what he did know.
Mrs. Peabody believed it was the lat
| ter, and, as the natural effect Of this con.
oiuelo'' VIC Hiu Aoon c,ooH, "O a. iN.
ticKed quietly IN tne corner lot tne iast
quarter Oh csna14ry, vas suuuehiy ue o's'
covered TO neeu nxing
of these natural-borngeniuse of the New
England type but what can take clock
to pieces and put it together again-to
quote Josh Hardwick's frequent asser
| tion-"jest as easy as nothin'.D
4 yosn nasSu ~ ]. .'.lc iuow eapyay Muss
tntn Pison efSins gu pua p'sN ~ ua,ge
Dus hc aiieis cSS4 Sissc a'eu s'Ss vn
70 tne 'wimen-loi,ss hnd tnen. 1e VA
gao OF a,loe Io.,nming suit,ngs d mn !.
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.he wluuer jest. tewN 'aAe a. ~ UNIV a.
the consarn, "a = 80 -,
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I This 'oratnitous information WA. vol
rntaared TO- the W;dow Peabody wb,
stood ioot;no over his 'shoulder. he
thonebts intent unon. the ,rnb;ect that 5,
n,,,,iaa bar oct - a ,rar.reoch;no mind I
"How very suddiny Mr.. Brown did 9,
off! Don't you think soY" ~ - =.
"Well, no. marm: I can't saw as do
I thought he fingered surprising. Hi
darter told me at the funeral" = 80
"Ohl / didn't mean that Mr.. Brown
but Thomas--him that left town in sicl
Ia turrible hurry that he didn't hav,
time tew bid good-bye tew nobody. 70.
was seen talking with him the mornin
he went; what did he say he was goin
fur, and where tew?" '-'''ss .
"I don't know no more'n the man il
the moon; he didn't tell me nothin'.