The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-02-27

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With her eyos on him and briaiing for
battle, Bat Job did not lake up lhe RAsc,
bu, lool "a Al her wIih tender, sorrOw-
fol, plying gaze, and, sighinE, went and
found bis crust aud atc i without
word.
When physician ends q patient getting
beyond his skill be calls 10 brother
practitioner; aud Mrs. DR.. Job, thinking
the moral symptoms Of her pAtienl more
aud more pna1ling, laid the case before
Mary Ellen.
Mary Ellen was Mrs. jobs sister, liv-
ed 10 the lower bali Of the house, and
pever had believed 10 job Spinning
There is woman In the case, pro
bounced Mary Ellen, porteutionsly
Mrs. job fired Mary Ellen, don't
believe i'll Job Spinning isn't lha, man /!
Mary Ellen smiled superior.
Men sre men, aud bot women, Jane,
aud facts arc facts; and 4 Job don'i
spend hi, time here, be does somewhere
else. May be job is All right, and don't
say be am'i; but the lirst question Vt.
ways a.k about husbands, Is, What DO
tucy d. with their tima and lhcir money,
aud then judge accordingly
There's different ways OF putting facts,
said Mrs. Job, much wiItsd, bat suill
vagscly convinced OF the monstrosity OF
Mary Ellen'a conclssious 1hen applied
to Job; and We all ksow you always
were Jealous about Job--tbat slipped on
her tongc without intending don't
believe IL, Mary Ellen, say what you Will,
None 30 blind as them that WON'T see;
and for jealous, cried Mary Ellen, very
red, | must first see something TO be jesl-
Gus of-not TO say that you needn't be
mad at me, Jane, as | sin't the woman
he's after, anyhow.
call that low, observed Mrs. Job,
hastily picking up her work basket aud
retiring with mach dignity. Not for
worlds would she have cried before
Mary Ellen; but sitting by her own fire
she could do what she pessed-and then
her hyslerical passion over, she still Sat,
watching The fire CLEAN on the wall; and
in the silence, broken only by the falling
Of the coal, or the measured licking of
the clock, came back TO her bright
in their wedding lives when
Job had brought home that very clock
aud set II up ou the shelf, telling her IL
would say, as long as IL could tick, faith.
iul foreverl Aud Mrs. Job said TO bersel'
that the clock had licked out many AN
hour that found her frelful, but never
one that did not fnd him patient; and
minutes enough in which she bad been
selfish, but never one where be was not
self-deDying; and what was the use OF
his fsithfulnes,?
Mrs. Job started aud gave a little
scream job, coming IN softly, had
touched her on the shoulder before she
was aware-and starting up she iaced
him, hesitsling and flushed.
What, crying9 asked Job In troubled
way.
No, not crying, returned Mrs. Job,
glowing between her recollections and
Mary Ellen's spur aud a new resolve; |;
or II was, it was for myself, not be-
cause of you, job; for believe you are
right, Job, though it all seems so strange
because 1t is you; and | love you, Job,
aud am going to trust you till you speak
out of yourself, and tell me what It IL
between us crying heartily as she talked
aud with her arms about his neck.
Between US! over usl muttered Job ;
and then a sudden and awful paleness
fell upon himyou could not say he
turned pale, be was so pale already And
with the plying, tender, woefnl look
that she had seen on his face before.
Poor lttle woman! poor Jane be said,
srokiug her hair that was siil soft aud
bright; poor dear! and that was all. Ills
maunrr wa. very lender, and from rha'
night he suiIened INTO many q his old
wals;. that was all.
Ibr DAYS went on in,p mtml,s, aud
oue mornlng job propored Spinning
spree. lie had not spoken the word be-
fore since that day thai had changed him
Ia slch mysterious fashion.
We -hslI take the steam cars, aid job
Al once The smsi Spinniugs were chn'
oruus. but Mrs. job was silent. lier
bear, beat fast d lbe thought that to-day
Job wsuld speak out She never thought
where she wasgoing; only when Jot
would speak on. The iron horse picked
tbem up at Que depot aud truaged sturdi
ly off with them TO snolher-a raw lttlt
station, where Mrs. job looked sbou
bewiidered
| have friend who has a house here
said Job, giving her his arm; and sh'
noticed that bis breath csmo short anC
1 his steps were uneveu.
lie is going TO speak, ] know, she saiC
| 10 herself.
The friends house was a charming
hsusc, with a yard at the back aud in th
front, and, oddly enough, The key Of th
front door was 10 Jobs pocket, who en-
tered without ceremony. Mrs. job en-
tered, and, looking about her, grew re,
and pale By turns.
There are large rooms Shove, said Jot
watching her.
It's our very house, burst out Mrs
u Jsh thaf wrIve MANNED a hundred times