The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-11-27
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1e know Danuy Casey ib&f's IFlb' 10 tbe
sbaaly, o. .ss very edgs q 'bs river, on
the other sldsf rs tie freshe, i eKrryin'
him sway. satolrsly, Asd ts eel hvlp'
tipe 70 get sBytbln' bat the cbider aud
tbe hh o. GDfuiiare TO ssfe place. sn' be
hayln IS bcaRliial litter o. pigs As liver
was, tiven o them, and not week old, /,
aud The wather, and the big blocks Of Ice
n5alin' up, and washIh over the pen
An says be 10 me, says Dspny. says he
Z Mu McGnntS, I know you're poor.
lone, WILDLY womsn, aud the bIt sud ihe
tbpior the childer Is bard 70 gel, aud
you're welcome 10 three o. my plss, -
ioine pigs ss liver You seen, anime moviu
80 The loft over ne Company store,
where the wife and the childer'll be warm
aud safe, bot pigs is not allowed. An
the opld one, and four u the little ones
hes Afther sellin' 10 a man from OH City,
for good price, 80 DannY'll not be losin'
Ah lee rich they'll be, sither givin' us
three folne young pigs, an it's beautiful
an fat, 40 wortha dale they'll be Agin
fall But my lougae runs away wild me,
aud its drowndln' the foine little pigs 10
BY this time as like IS not Run, Micky
tlstlfd' wild The big bssket, an put slhrAw
Ia /, aud The bii OF al ouli shawl TO
cover iheG1, for H.. finder plants young
pigs R
The last few remarks OF Mrs: McGlnty
were screamed iron the opSn door, ,for
Micky, DO les delighted than his mother
at the prospect OF possessing three fJiue
pigs, has already started on the tun. Aud
before be reached the bridge be had seem
10 bic minds eye. the tais OF those pigs
grsdnslly strsigbteu ont of their quirEs,
as they advanced 10 mature pighood had
seeu them weighed With nesh beyo d
any pigS that had ever lifted up
their sq6caisip Clsflor Cousty, had seen
them sold. and bad seen nls mothers
broad face Aglow with delight over hesp
OF money that woald buy them all warm
clothes, And plenty, t0,eat Tor tbs tSinier.
For Micky, Aithoneb be was only eleyen
1 was The man OF the family, aad had taken
great deal of care aud responsibility
lupon his shoulders, ever ,since The death
OF bis father, more than year before.
Micky found crowd OF people lining
l the banks OF the river. 1t bad raincd,
seadily, for five days, aud 'the river was
rising lapidly. Ii was full OF ice-large
blocks, that Ieaped and slid over each
other, almost as fthey were living things.
II had been the most severe winter for
many years, and the Ice was OF wonder.
lful lhickness. A great many logs and
Ithbers we're aoAlIng amOpg the blocks OF
ice, with The roof OF a shanty, q ben-coop
and broken chair aud portions Of light
,yooden bridge. The iroh mills were near
the bank OF the river, aud The men bad
left their work to look at the rising wa
ters. Micky heard one Of then prophesy
that the bridge would 90. He ps1sed in
his ruD for one moment. What II he
should be swept away with the brldge,
and drowned9 His mother would heg
worse off without himt thaa withont TIE
pigs; The wages that be earned In the mills
were all that she bad TO depend upor, eI-
cept the washing che found to do now
and then. : Mr., Ludlow, the superinsend'
ent oftbe mills, was Standing at entrance
of The bridge.
VIII the bridge go, sirp said Micky,
ont of breath, his red hair 81 anding out
straight, under bis. Iimless cs p, and bis
freckled face iery with excaem snt.
Pooh have they been trying to scare
yon, my boy2 said Mr.. Ludlow, a red
faced, jolly man, who was alwags very
kindto AHcky. There ispft . slauucheF
bridge on The AllegbAny.
Mr Ludlow was authority Tor Aticky
lie never thoagbt % qnsslioning bis
opinion. With one bound he was on ,t'e
bridge, running, not Tor life-he had mot
. shadow oftesr spcc Mr. Lndlow rad
pronouneed sheibridse safs bot fet ebs
pigs, almost as dear as life Danny Ca
seYh thAnty looked Asifit were aimo Vt
submerged; what II the pigs bad already
found 4 waterr gravei That thought
lent red0nbIed swifsheas 10 Micky's feet
In almost As short time as II takes 10
tell 1t, he reached Danny CAsey's deserted
sbsnty, and rushed to the pig.pen. Il
wGs completely under waterI The blow
wastos mnch for Mieky 10 bear calmly:
be thrust his fats into bis eyes, and ut
tered prolonged Irish howl.
!. Is the Wildly McGIinty's bye ye sre!
called voice from neighboring houss,
higher and drier than Danny Casey's. aud
an old Irish woman approached with her
cspacions apron filed with sqnealing
macs, which proved to be The three little
pigs Danny left them wild me, aud well
he did, with the martherlo' wather COW.
ering the place inlirelyl
Micky's mourn wss suddenly tnr oed to
10y. He placed bis treasures tenderly in
his basket, amidst the stFsw, aud covered
them with the piece Of warm shaw
which be hsd broaghl. aud their - ussline
gave place 10 pigsish grunn Of satisiAc-
ton, The crowd on both sides Of tie
river had increased, Micky noticed, Is be
took his way homeward, but everybody
ksd leit be bridge.
Look here, boy, don's know as you
had better 20 Aeross there. ain't sure
that it's sslsl osllsda man.
a.osbi said Mieky, Initiating Mr.. Lai-
low. There don't be aaHdaher bridge
on Ibe Alleghknyl
And be rsa ssoaK. withou, Thought of
| fear. II bad never occurred to Micky, 70
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