The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-10-12
nrecls. .,D rus WIDOW

Oue day Saudg Fiiggins came into ms
~ and sat down without word -
For minutes be sAt silll. watching
iHeutlt. a. il he vas lg Ing to make oaI
fn'm fbe sound of NY pen What ws'
wliiiag
squire. said be Al lenglh. Ola ! evei
tell sou = my escape with the widoW
iosrs, ar bsre ou TIE river
Never did said !. laying down my pen
et's have H.
They re curions creatures, widows H.
said be Ia med lalive tone, and tic
more you study about 'em. the more you
aon't know anything sb1at IN What
IVES thai thing I've read Of 10 Egypt, OF
some other country that nobody cDud
sundd,ef
The sphinx, probably, replied.
Vel, he continued, that was widow,
~ sure SIS you ever bad grsuuy -
/ Everything else has beeu found out bot
them, and they are a. much msslerl
to-day as the length Of the North Pole
fou mas read the history OF The world
from Genesis to Revelation, aud youil
d q that widows has been al the bottom
o. top Of of five quarters Of all the devil
mems that's bten cut up. Was you ever
10 love with one!
Lots OF them, said |
| You're great gauder-thsts what
you are, said be. a man that loves onr
aud gels over it, won't never ket bil by
another, II he's got As much sense rs =
ground hog ! don't consider that ~,
gol any sense at all but I'm little grain
to smart 10 lei another OF them get all
he lrumps on me. This Widow llorr,
that was speaking of IS little The
nandsomest woman reckon, lhat ever
TO- ked msn into fits, aud ought TO be
Judge, for I've seen lots Of pretty wuneu
IL my days. She was about twenty -tiy
years old when went up there TO work
jet Ia he boom OF her beauty, aud A.
full OF her deviltfy as lhree.y ear-oid
colt
There was a ball at Jeukius', and OF
course | went, iof always 20 where
taere'p any fun going on, and generally
act the fool before getting away, Of
course, She was there, dressed r. fint
A. Soiomon's lilies, aud flying aruuud a.
irlsks ss ayoung lamb iu a rye pslch. !
got introduced TO her, aud asked her TO
dance with me, aud when she 4 lshed bei
e,es st me, and SAID yes,I jumped up a.
LfDd set down on a hot gFiddle. You
may tals about sensation, bat when she
.ook my hand aud sort of squeezed it,
ieit sensation as blg as load o. wood
ana IL kept running up aud down m,
Oaek like squirrel with = hawk aitel
ann. l'm very fond of daucing, hut Ft
DC hanged if | knew whether ! was Oh
earth or In a balloon, or on q comet Ol
any hing about il. II was undoubtedly
case of love al first sight, aud bad
Case at that. For n wonder got through
the irolic without making myself con-
spicuous or cutting up any extras, as
au In the habit of doing when 90 into
publ c. | set my pegs TO 20 home with
The widow after the ball, but just as
Sas fixiDg my mouth TO ask her, up steps
big, long leather-iaced doctor, named
Malbray, and walked her right of before
my eyes. That riled me little, but /
Kept my tongue still, inwardly swearing
o break his bones the very first convent.
mt opportunity that presented Itself. |
Jaw there was no use saying anything,
- went hume aud went 10 bed, aud the
re.t OF the night | was dreaming SbOu
fainbows, angels, butterflies, fiddes,
widows and doctors, all mixed up worse
than a DutchL ans dinner.
Wei, Squire, to make short story Of
1t, | made up my mind 10 have the
widow, ur would Kill N, self or some
body eite.
% made II convenient 10 be on hand
where she was upon all occasions. |
ctutdp'l cal, nor sleep, nor work, and II
tuc thing had gone ou, | wouldn't lave
mad seuse enougb left To skiu rabbit.
But | was determined it shouida'I ta,t
long, iOr l'd been fooled 50 often by wO-
men tbut ttought wouldn't give her
time TO thlnk of anything but me. Size
appeared to lake 90 me night SHARPLY aud
the doctor secned inclined 10 mix ii win
mc, but didu'l consider Tin 40 more
tuau brush ience, tOr was 10 iai gJut
thought She couldn't see nobody on
earth bnl me. Wen Squire, things wen
Oh SO for abuul month, and one SUNDAY
scIeStd up my spuuk aud pat tie
question 10 her. She sorter laughed, aud
sae sorler looked oUe-sidtd, and, finally
told me she could not give nc an answcg
just tlien, but II fd call at her house aext
thursday evening she'd give me a iiaa'
answer then. Thinks i, you're niue,
jlsl as sue as there's fi1d er- beio@
Whenever a woman takes lime TO stud,
she'll say yea! Squire, don't poets "a,
something about be calculations Of men
sind rats gOin' crookedg
Mice and men, Burns says, answer.
ed.
Well, mice and rats Is all one, aud ea
n men aud Tools sometimes ~ have
found onl 10 ms travels I was 50 SURF
SIZED tGve me, ! went III and spent AL
ns ninn = for fine clothes, thinking Id
hFve thrm ready for the wedding -aud |
did coufouud that widow, SAY =
Coufonnd sIi the widows Thursday
evening came al last, though IL was
long lime About il, and over | went.
areseed uto htg. and feeling a. t,ig as