The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-05-15

1taghlcr aud mr. Mfs Cou,ls. he said,
womcu don't know anything about bnsi.
ness lbo old iosy) they can't understand
The why's and whefciofcs oi trade loa
are very smart, Mf. stickney, ! replied,
and very polite besides bot anyone, even
woman. can tell that when man ronts
house aud lives 10 Il, be ought 70 pay
We don't know anything Aboa, business
perhaps mores the pits. live were
no, meant 10 know something about bn.
siness Why were our natural protectors
taken awsyi They would Dot allow
wolves aud Suekueys to cheat and swim.
Ole Us and Il stands to reason we ought
to know enough totake care Of ourselves.
II is of no use for me TO ever 10 there
again; ! came to you to help Us, tor | am
at my wits end.
What about the libel, Mrs Coutts2 l
yentured to ask.
A slight drawing OF The corner Of her
mouth indicated that the subject was not
altogether 40 uppleasing one to my client.
DO yen think, she replied, there Is any
harm in sending Bible to man who
seems never to have read one2 made a
present TO the Stiokney man OF twenty.
cent Testament, with the leafturned down
at the verse about deyouring widows
houses, aud you'd have thought Il was =
rattlesnake, be was 80 furious DO yon
think, she asked little anxiously, they
could harm Myra because lgaye him that
testament? He told me be would sue us
for libel; aud all on account Of dogs
ear in the good book she said with a
smile.
Another question want to ask you is,
why did you call on me2
She smoothed her handkerchief very
deliberately over her knees and iroued II
with her hand as she replied;
Well, you used to pass by my house
every morning, aud you stepped so pert
and looked SO fresh aud young thought
perhaps you might not know as much
law as some big bugs, but didn't be
lieve you'd have time to forget your own
mother, and maybe you'd have the heart
to help poor distracted mother get the
right foHher child, never meant to talk
so long, but the way you spoke Of your
mother opened my heart, and everything
came out before could stop.
That decided me. The appeal was
made TO one suffering from an attack OF
home sickness which never comes but
once when the youth has left home for
good, is 10 the midst OF strangers waiting
for business, and bis unoccupied time
gives him ample leisure TO dwell on the
state OF things forever behind him.
will attend to your case, Mrs. Coutts, |
said promptly, and II sballnot be my fault
If this swindling goes on any longer.
We hear great deal Of the expressions
and crueties of landlords. From Miss
EdgeworthN representative Attorney
Case TO hard hearted collector Of shillings
in our day, landlords are suppose to take
delight in abusing their tenants. But this
was clearly case where the tenent was
the unjust party, and the landlord, or
rather landady, was the sufferer.
went to see her daughter Myra, and
visited Mr.. Stickney also. The argu
ments of man and lawyer in tho
course OF time proved efiectual, and after
ward the money was promptly paid. But
Mr.. Stickney has moved away; Myra's
mother is my mother now. We are liv-
ing in Myra's house, and whatever other
people may think II is enough for me to
know that sho is satisfied with her new
tenant. This is the reason why thank
God that Myra's mother was my first eli.
ent.