The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-12-21
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IN iu 'front.' 81 lmo. sul wh0 iuduIged from
tmo la time, "a tic mos strange and uu.
accountable mauUuvets Every now and
then Be won.d sci up ana hurry away 70
the narrow passage which leads 70 too
door D tbe drawn room, hud when be
tbouebl himself secure from observation,
wouid iaH 70 laughing to himselfia lbe
most violent mAnacr, sud continue the
hesl,hiul exercise uuti be van red IN he
face As lobster As we ueared Boston
these demonstrations Increased III violence
save that The stranger no longer ran away
to laugh, bot kept bis seat and ohuckled
TO himself with bis chin deep down in bis
shirt collar But The changes those port
man,eaus underwent He moved them
here. there, everywhere; be put thcm be-
hind him, In front Of hm, on each side Of
him, lle was evidently getting ready to
leave, but, as We were set twenty Eve
miles from Boston, the idea Of such prep
aratious was ridiculous lf we bad en-.
tered The city then, the mystery would
hAye remained uusolYed, but the stran'
ger at last became so excited that he
could keep bis seat no longer Some one
must help him, and as ! was the nearest
to bin he selected me,
suddenly turning, as II ! had asked
him a question, he said, rocking bimsell
to aud fro Ii bis chair The meantime, and
slapping bis legs and breathing hard
Been gone three yearsl All Yes, been
iu Europe, Folks don't expect me, but
got through and started. tclegraphed
them at The last station, they've got Il by
this time. As be said this he rubbed his
hands and changed the ponmanteau on
bis left to bis right, aud tie one on his
right 10 The los again. Got wlfe2 said
|, Yes, and three children, be observed,
and he got mp and folded biz oyercont
anew, aud hing II over the back Of The
seat. You are pretty nervous over the
matter, arc you not said, watching his
fdgety movements, Welb | should
think SO, be replied; | haven't slept
soundly for week, And do you know,
be went on, glancng around al the pas
sengers aud speaking in a low tone, am
almost certain that this train will rnn on
the track aud break my neck before we
get to Boston Wei, the fact s, | have
had too much good uck for one man late
ly, The thing can't last; il isn't natural
that it should, you know. I've watched
il, First it rains, chen it shines, then
rains agan. Il rains 80 hard YOU think
its never going to stop; then it shines so
bright You think It's always going to
shine; and just as You are settled in
either belief you are knocked over by a
change to show that you know nothing
about It.
Wei, according 60 that philosophy,
said ! T, you will continue to have sun
shine because you are expecting storm.
II is curious, he returned, but the only
thing which makes me think will gtt
through safe is, because think ] won't!
Wen, tLat is curious, said |. Yes, he re-
piled, I'm machinest- made Il discovery
nobody believed in it-spent all my
money trying o bring 1t out--mort gagged
my home-all. Everybody laughed al
everybody but my wile-ine little
woman--said she would work her fingers
eff before should give itup. Went TO
Euglaud-no better there camo within
an ace Of jumping Off London bridge,
Went into a shop to earn money to come
home nilh; there met the man want
ed, To make a long story short, pye
brought thrty thousand dollars boRc
with mc, and here am Good for you!
exclaimed Yes, said he, thirty chou.
sand d0Iars; and th, bcstof ills she
don't knpw anything about IT, I've fool
ed her ~ oileo, and disappointed hsr so
often that iud concluded would say
nothing about Ihn Whcn ! got wy
money, thoazb, you batter believe
struck q bea-lise f9r huse
Aud nos yoH viii make her happy
sqid T.
Happy! lie replied, why, Oh don't
know anything abanl f.. she's worked
like dog while have bern gous, ,ffieg
to support ber@t and her chiIltc, de-
Gently. IHey paid her thirteen centt
apccc for rskin2 coarse shirts; and
that's the way she'd live half the Zinc
She'll come down there to the depot g
meet r. in a giH2hsm dress, and shaw
buudftd years oli, aad sne'I think
Ibsa dressed up, Oh, she WON'T have
nice clothes after tAis--ph, no, guess
rot.
Aud eilh these wotds, which implied
That his wife's wardrobe wUn.d soon ri
val Queen Victorfs the stranger tore
down tAe passage way assin, aud getting
in biz old corner phere he thoughf him
sslt oEt Of sight went through The suan
gest p.nloinjme, laughing, getting bis
mouth into tbe drolltst shapes, aud iher
Swinging himself back aud forth 10 tb'
Limited space, as j be was walking dowl
Broadway, fuil-rigged metropolitan
bells. And 50 dil be rogicd into the de
pot, sud / placed nysell on the otber "a
opposite lhe stranger who, with post
mauteau ia esca band, descended aA,
was a4ading 90 ibc lower step ready z
Jump on ibe platform. looked fran hir
face to lbe faces Of lbe people before az
bu eaw uo sigus Of aRGl.iou
suddenly D.. cried, There they are
aHd laughed outright bat ia a aysterlca
sar, u way, as BE l3okei over toe crowd
f8EfatEpd his pyrs sHd san I'd some Gls