The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-12-04

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A Fnacrc&L apx9xrios 10 rENFERASct.
shan't % siep farther
Oaly lust little wsy--Ee sbtli soon
bs home Bop eRe pnosper n ~ss.sg
doasi care. I've msde Up fht mspa
taaa I've wAlksa tso faE alrsAdI, spa im
Iusg going 70 sit down aud lest--ihfy
mu.s wai, ssd slsalire - | ssepss
Bat fAlhsf--
&sw ice tacu Iaik TO me Akout huts,
Charley, because ! won'i have i. 'balI
iasi sil dows ber~, sbd 500 siaa go s0d
Ten your mother not % wait not to walt
iho man repeelea faisns A. voice Wi'h
the s.upid anger q. luloxjeaioa.
yfiIi, ID Epiie Of tftfsthbt rtiass', The
ehild persisted 10 pleading 'hsf iis istI.er
asoud 70 bpme. bot his words g \
s,csn.H ,ys,fengti1et the f,An So0stiaAey
aad all sac boy could DO EAs to Get bls
father 10 torn <asssie hJta tAe high road
into the avid close bg, where the man
threw himself ia | length on the grass
somewhat under the sbsde OF the hedge,
aud In few minates be was sleeping
heavily, whilst the child sat down at
Attle aIstaOce, with a strange ktnd OF un-
childish patience on bis countensnee, TO
wGit uutll bis father sbould Awaks Poor
little Charlie be knew too we'll how use
less any s,tempt would be on bis part "a
rouse bis father from that sort OF sleep.
Rather mora than bali an hour had
passed in TIL. dresry waiting, sud Char
ley was beginning TO fud all his small
sources OF amusement fail. lie had
watched large bee that kept lowering
! over lbe couvulvulus blossoms in The
hedge, aud wondering II be bad not nearl,
| flushed bis days work, had placed
snail out Of hsrm's way, aud had beer
tempted TO chase painted butterfly iha
/ fitted pasl him; but he began at last t'
1 lose bis interest in bees aud butteIf lies 10
II was now leA.lime, and Charley wa
growing terribS hnpgry. StiIl be dix
/ nof mink OF deserving bic pest, icr no on'
but the child knew how often he hat
kept his tipsy father cfl the country roa'
when untu and carriages we're psssinI
aiong, uor how be had managed 10 guild
tHhi in Sasety over the pTTpw aefldg'
that led across the river TO their cottage
SO Charley Sat there quietly, lhoug
IM was Of wing more tired and huHsf,
every nome ent, nntiia young man jumps
over . stile a. the end Of the field aud ~
lproAehed the child, who then knew hiu
10 he a gentleman he had often met dur
ling The last few weeks, sometimes sketch
ing, something's wandering about with HI
kuapsack on his bGck aud bis portion
lundef his arm. Indeed, a kind Of half 30
quaintahce bad srrung up between III
young artist aud Chasicy--ons atitacse
by the glimpse he bad ATTAINED Of ID
pictures in the wonderful portfolio, ID
o,her bY ahe child's wisiful glances an
bis rnstic beauty, Busy With bis o~
thoughts, and Judging from hishsppy fac
they were very pleasant ones-perhap
dreams OF the times when some wonder
ful picture OF his should hang on ih
walls OF the academy and by 80 doin
heIp him on the road TO fame and fortnu
I.-Eustace Carroll had bali crossed th
iIeid before hs notioed Charley aud b
!iaiher. D Thsnhis quick eyestdld him b
meaning OF the little scene; The quiet
weary.looking child and the sleeping ia
ther, With his untidy clothes and bis neck
tie and collar nniastened, end Ms fac
turned up to the blue sky that looke'
down upon nothing so debased as thi
man, whom God hath made little lowe
than the angels, snd who, by his ow
vice, hsdfhhs Sltgraded himselr
with the quick instinct Of childboo
Charlie undeit1od the look OF DISCUS