The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-11-13


Of ,he back gard. The Judge gsfsd At .,
rhihsr solemnly ss bis wife eIsoiled ila
vlrtaes ssd spoke sTaltiagly OF The good
7 lack which bad attended hsF efforts.
Az ws baSn lhs best ot wood The ashes
we're strong enough without potash,
whleb makes soap biting and harsh. !
added = strong ISOLATION oi bsraK, which
Will render !, toner for ,he hands, and
also Increase 1s cleansing properties.
How much DO yoa.eall !, WORTH asked
the Inoge
! do not propose 10 eel II, sAid the wife
30 you will not have the pleasure OF ped.
ding II out; butt will las. two years,
and save forty or iltty dollars,
lis il possible exclaimed the judge
With humorous twinkle iu the corner
OF hls eye. am lost 10 admiration and
ans cement al this achievement. Could |
ever have imagined should have = soap
maker for wlfel
Mrs. Manotte laughed; she knew the
Judge wAs rather pleased af.eS all.
Though bis wife dismsysd and alWost
shocked his propriety sometimes, be bad
. certain quiet pride In her proves. He
never knew any essay which ended in de-
feat nothing she attempted fell through.
II she could plan she could execute. A
few days later, as the judge was walking
home 10 dinner, he was accosted by Mr..
sequiu.
Judge MAnotte, will you have the kind.
ness TO give me the name OF your soft
soap woman2 Our folks accidentally
saw her at work In your back yard, and
we want to employ her to make up our
ashes She is splendid worker-such
activity aud strength, and you don't find
many such in these days.
The Judge was agbsst At first, but be
soon rallied, and said; | will send her
TO you to- morrow morning, II you would
like, and Mr.. Sequin vent home TO tell
bis wife, Judge Msnotie's soap woman
" III be on hand with the morrow.
The judge merely remarked to his wife
at the dinner table that Mrs. Sequin wish.
ed her tv call at her house next morning,
and Mrs. Msnotte thought nothing strange
OF this. The ladies were acquainted and
attended the same ckurch--Episcopal.
Accordingly Mrs. Msnotto made ready at
the time specified. The judges wife was
. handsome, stylish woman when dressed
As she approached the door OF her neigh
Dor she noticed the front part OF the house
had decidedly shut up appearance, and
she had TO ring once and again for ad.
mittance. Within, the two girls were
peeping, and beheld Mrs. Manotte dressed
so grand on the front steps.
How strange she should call at so un-
seasousble an hour, they said, never
know her to do thus before, and when we
are all 10 our worst clothes, with the par.
lors shut up, expecting the soap woman.
II is TOO bad how can we lei her in.
But the bell rang again rather prempto-
rily, Mrs. Mauotte saying TO herself, as
they sent for me, aud have been at some
trouble TO call at this hour, why do they
keep me waiting for entrance in this un.
seemly stylel
! must let her in, said Mrs. Sequiu, or
she may take offence, aud Mrs. Manotte
Is too good friend 10 lose, although 1t 10
strange she should call al so untimely an
hour. Something particular may bring
her. So blind was hastily opened in
the parlor aud Mrs. Manotte admitted, +,
while Mrs. Sequin excused delay by say
ing they had some unusual work claiming
their attention that morning, aud told the
girls aside ii the soap woman came 10
show her the ashes and scraps in the area,
and set her to work at once. Then she
returned 10 the parlor with Mrs. Manotte,
who was unsccountably silent and rather
stiff at length, as she asked;
Was their anything particular you
wished, Mrs. Sequin and that lady ans.
wered, Oh, no, Mrs. Manotte, as she
bowed her visitor out.
Mrs. NJ. walked home feeling rather
vexed.
thought you said Mrs sequin wished
to see me? she remarked to the judge in
the evening.
So Mfr. Sequiu informed me, was the
,oBSe, then ahe did no, see fl TO en-
Emp,ov. 1saschosd Mrs. MApotte, but
~. -. iDscrutAble.
The vory pe.t 'ay Mr. Stquin sought
an, The indse and :, d: Your soap wo'
man did not come yeste. uAy lu'' 's'' u1 !,
her whereabouts, il you sA'e' '"a' :
may seek her out.
The soap woman has inforL. eu me
that she went TO yonr house yeste 'o@f
morning, but your wife did not say an.
thing about wishing her services; be-
iieye virtually declined them.
II is NOT so, said Mr.. Seqnin. fear the
woman ia not TO be relied ou.
never knew her to break her word
she is rather wiliul woman, but by no
means an untruthful one, the judge said,
With that sly twinkle 10 bis eye which bis
neiahbor had learned carried meaning
OF its own.
Mr. Sequin went bone aud asked bis
wife II she bad bad any callers yesterday
Only Mrs. MABotte aud she came before
- O'Clock 10 the morning; | never
knew Der TO call At such an unseAsonAble
bour before. | thought something special
had brough, her, but she did no errsnd.
Mr.. sequln roared.
Why, she was the soap womsu, wife,