The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-04-22

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srmiai 0fEstsgs fhat we're intended q
,tplsslsb sbe nooe TOO generous asms IL
she cprs Gre place trpIb9 What's 10,
good oi ilf There aip', 90 ustd u & ~
ctn seei ~ - tr ktspl0 Heity MoHst
spy longer Al thal ere sebool, az psyio
sneh big bills, jsst i-goin' q 80 Il
Nov, D.ab. demonstrated Mrt Btsles
roo know there siu't no schools here 6i
90 ssnd oar Esi TO, an we won't BE- doin
our duly By her unle.s We give her good
eadlesslou How proud we'll be o. uetty
v ben ,he comtshome With q iiploma, al
10 sels 10 bold Der bead as high a. any oI
Squire Kings dAriers
Now, Msndy, said obadiah, s. be
seated himself ia low, rush.bo,tomed
chsir. there ain'g no aso Of cur tryin' "a
bold candle Z Squire Kings folks. They
sin't our Kind sn we aib't no business 70
copy after 'en.
Maudy sighed, but not because she was
convinced Of the correctness OF her bus.
bands opinion. She was an smbitious
womEn--mote ambitious for her only
child, Helly Motiah. THAI for herself OF
/ obadiah, whom il was Impossible TO move
from Tie old traditions. He WAS par.
simouious fellow, who bad Inherited
more laud lhan be was able 10 pay taxes
upon, Aad followed 10 the footsteps Of
bis predecessoTs 90 literally lhst those
who bad svor seen Old Amos Beales, or
lbe deacon, his son, wouId know thst
ObAdish came of the sams stock. Graces
may not be transmitted, but oddities are
handed down from generation 10 genera.
ton.
Mandy Beales was accustomed to these
remonslrsnoes from her husband, especi-
ally after The receipt 81 The quarterly
bill lot HetlJ's tuition; aud as she drew
The mock orange from The toe OF the sock
she wa darniuR, she bad time to collco,
her thoughts aud make another appeal TO
palernal pride
+ We've ss good right TO 90 as well by
our own child as Squire King does by
hsp, said Mrs. Beaes, plugging her
needle into The ragged edge ot = hole the
dimension. OF which were rather discour.
sging 10 the feminine retormer for Il
looked as II, when the wesrcr " The sock
sei his foot down, he WA likely TO keep
1t there firmly until something gave way
You sin't as proud as you ough, to be OF
liety Moriah.
am. 100, said Obadiah doggcdy. The
trouble is, we're too proud; an ii we go
to setlin' her up an putin high tangled
notions into her head, she won't think we
are fit 10 'sociate With, OF that anything
10 Crowfed is good enough for her
When she was ter home last vacation she
thought the old house wasn't fit TO live
In.
Wen, Il aln'i, said Mandy, with cousid.
cradle spirit. Yon know It ain't never
had coat OF paint on il siucc we lived
here, nigh on Ter twenty years, an' the
roof leaks like riddle, so that them up.
per chambers sin't no use at all 'cept in
clear weather.
Well, II costs money to be maxim i'm.
provements all the time, said Obadiah, to
whom Mandy's suggestions and hints
were like water on ducks back IL costs
like Jehu; and what's good enough for
me is good enough for my children. But
that amt all, be continued, the allusion
TO bis own neglect Of duty increasing bis
consciousness Of Hettys shortcomings:
| the last time che was ter home she turned
| up her nose more'n ever at Tom Kennedy
an gal don't know what aide her bread
is buiiered on when she snubs such fel-
Ter ss that.
Tom Kennedy said Mandy, with much
the same emphasis and more than tho
smount of Ecorn Obadiah had thrown
into The laruia' with which be began the
discussion Tom Kennedy, indeed
hope Heity won't take up with any Of
that Trash. Not but what he's good
enough as far as disposition goes, and
clever enough, maybe; hui be ain't never
goin' TO set the river on fire.
Well who wants him toi Heuy No.
riah may do worse thsn TO marry Tom
Kennedy, who sin't nobody's fool.
The discussion in the Beales family
Generosity beesn with Hetty MorIsb, and
ended with Tom, who bad long served as
bone ~ conltndon lie had been IN
the hAbii OF dropping in evenings ever
since Iietty Beales had been old enough
to 20 on, in company, and kept Il up
notwithstanding the daughters absence
quite obliyions OF the fact that Mrs
BeaIes who welcomed hlm as guest,
was opposed TO him as a son.ln-lAw. Tie
bad known Hcity syer since abe was
little girl--bsd grown up with her In fact
and always acted the part OF an elder
brother, and II was quite natural that be
should want TO bear OF her pfokres, At
school snd The interesting items With
which she Gil the letters Mo. Bsales very
Kindly made point Of reading to him
Tom blmsef wAs mol what you might
call cultivated gentleman. but he bad
seen gIest daal OF The world, was shFeWd
ana observing. aud bad bis mind stored
With fund of general information, tbAt
made tim excellent compsny for those
vho seldom took iAe trouble 10 resd even
newspaper To this class belonged
Dish Beslss, who woaida'l subscribe 70
snJlhlng i he could help ii, bat would
leud his ears willingly 10 anyone who
woald give grAtailoas information. snd