The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-02-04

. Cbad yea spoke of--hat they htdiaa
maugtr
Then you know ell that aay onc jo
ghis world need ever care % know, I
said.
Il may have been au hoor. or two
hours. bot it seemed bat a minute after
tbis tbat the boy shook me roughly by
The shoulder
We are 10 get out here, De said.
. was very still In al my joints, but
Cold get up and climb out Of the stage,
aud 10 more. N / was cold aid not
euow Il, my limbs were numb, yet 9th
erwise was comfortable enough
crawled ont and followed the boy into a
miserable looking shauty by the roadside,
In front Of which be had stopped There
was . rough bar running across The room;
there was thick, black-haircd, hawny
looking man behind IL, and there were
two or three kegs of liquor behind him.
There was an mon stove ia the middle Of
'"' ''''"' 'e''1" "''"N '"' "'''' "'''
'h"' was a''' he 'ofa'Ne' lof some o'"o-
dy, drank a glass Of 10 after handing one
to l"' "h'en ! u'"nN' ana l''t 80 'a"eh
oe''ef iot uitIihIas 'bat ! e"'eu l'' '''
oite' '"a So' ~ "'' lne o'f lei"'eu ~
'ahe 'nf 2'''' ""e'eu "''"' nave VA"
enough, he said.
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we were going Out "heh lue Iano'oIo
oPeneu Tue uoo' "e'"'c us i'o'N'"S ""'
mo 'ue N'"'"l' '' "sN'" '"e't""'o"''l
are you going ""'
res sa'o the o'l, ! was 'o'o 10 u'''e
O'l' seh''e'"a" ~ l''"H' 'o''''Ru'' "'" !"
gong 10 90 It,
- you H'I 'he'e at A"' ~ "'' nv "'Sn'
s"Ie enough sal" ''l' ''"'''"'u'
WI" se' 'ne'' an ''' s"'"'' was '''
/ noy iePN'
Le' US slop mere tonight Salu' we
can 20 Oh lh 'lie morning
"ooid ialhef l"Ne you h''lr' lheres
no danger can pat my horse up befe'
ana my master would Ai'' me u Anything
happened 70 NM
IhaI decided me TO go on Besides
diu not care 10 laih' ! was beginning 10
ieel 'oio again standing III the "ino' 50
we got INTO tue stage 1t was not snow
ing any i0''cr ,ha" oeIore'simP'y because
II oo"'d not but Tue roaos were heavier
ana "hen we urea 70 starr, the Jaueu
morse oa'hed an" shrugged 'nfouSo Tue
afiih ior 'he stage had frozen last Whefe
y stopped, ........ .....,
u was '''ree o ''oeh now 'he lsn' !"
'lc west growing a'nlliief anu uln'lef !
the gloom oi tue mountains ana the pare
"oous coming nearer 10 US ''ahlhg 'lleir
meaning ieI1 ID our souls' h''l'g unlhe
win an a"iu' oieaa o. .he sho"-ooVerea
ROAD beyond len miles TO 80 YET, inc
h'gh' 'on'ns quickly On, 'he cola grow
ing more ln'euse' 'he roao tou8ner' more
P'osiP'touS' 'he morse eFluo"tiy giving
o"t pu' Tue ooy 'ooN up tue mes Iile
or'gn'' 'ranN sin'Ie upon ms ''ce' 'he
epeery "o'" upon MS TONGUE "ooo'oyo'
ho s"'o
/ we wen. Oh a'ong 'ne fo"o lhal IRON
'i'e Oeg'hnins oI 'llne II was orua'hea
"" were " ~ c'eP' '1oA ln'o my
ooIhe''
10 not 20 10 s'eeP' 'he pleasant voice
warned me from the 'front.'
lhahk you ! fepIled' cheered ana
warmed Dy It's nearly glow l VIII not
90 10 sIeep'
lheh 'oio"eu iohS siiehce' II Whieh
! hao views oi the lallihg snow, the
whlte hiiis ABOVE US the "hite hlIls stllI
oe'o" US IN "hlcn heara SOUNDS IRON
cfeaAIng grooming branches nom tie
wind sweeping saVaScIy past us Ihen
unconqaerao'e dro"sincss, fast coming
darkness then night,
IieIt hand on my face, then on my
shoulder snahihs me roughly a sweet
cheering voice ~ my cars calling me
back 10 NE
! IT you go to sleep now, you won't
wake up again, be said.
/ woke with q sudden START, tor an in
stanb to 1911 consciousness OF time abd
place: was not cold, only sleepy !
am quite awake, ! replied. lave we
far 10 got
Five miles, aud lhe voice was siili the
same cheery voice that hod heard from
the first. lie spoke 10 me often after That
then saw hlm'as 10 DREAM liking q
blanket that he had taken from the horse's
back, to the hickory bows overhead, to
keep the snow from driving IN upon me,
for ! was covered with IL to my knees
As God is my Judge, did not then clear