The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-12
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not thaiitabounds In hAlr breadth escapes
or Of blood 10 large or small qansuli1iest
( bui that-wtll thal It Is f5maaile.
About one ycar ago MIss Rama lIo-
laud, ol Galveston, visited an sub, In
Warren County, Ky. Il WAS Summer,
aud Que evening Tie g,rl sat IN 'bc yard
bait reading and bali regarding The euor'
mons humble bees buEzng sToaud, a
Warren County humble bee Will attract
attention anywhere. tie can make you
lhiuk that be Is tanglng himself 10 your
hair, aud looking around, you see him
ten feet sway, olinflnF 70 thistle bloom,
I That's enough about The bee, A iootstep
dldn't arouse the young lady ltwAs .
voice, that said, Can get drilk OF wa
teri Two anne and the chin OF tramp
leaned on The fence. lie was dressed In
the trAmp's garb. a wardrobe at vace 30
dsscribable and Undesirable. say can !
get somo waterl ......
Yes said the girl.
Must 20 round 10 the gate OF climb
over the fcnoeS
Both II you choose.
That's the way like 10 hear people
talk, talk said the tramp, climbing over
and approaching
Now, where's the wstert
III bring H.
You'd better bring the well, for Pm
dryer than barrel Of promopbyre.
The girl went to the house and return
en- with bucket OF water. When the
man bad finished drinking she did not
think that be had exaggerated bis thirst.
In fact, she did not think that his com.
parison had been adequate.
Wha, book are you readingS
Mill on the Floss.
Oyerraled. never liked it, All depth
or no depth. don't know which.
Strained characters or no characters
don't know which. The novelist has
tried 10 write story without well de.
fined plot, and she has failed. Gold
smiths success as plotless aud charm-
ing writer was bad example.
You shouldn't tear my favorite book
TO pieces. | like George Eliot aud her
works
You don't like Mill on the Floss. You
have been noddng over II for the last
half hour. You only pretend 10 read II
because you imagine that in doing so
you develop literary taste.
think, sir, you are impudenl.
But truthful. Here's book you
should read, and the tramp took from bis
ragged coat catered copy Of Burton'0
Anatomy OF Melancholy. DR.. johnson
said that this book was the only work
that could induce him TO get out OF bed,
mornings, sooner than his regular time Of
rising.
And that's why you like 1t, remarked
the girl, taking bis book. IfDr. Johuson
hadn't made this remark you would not
find the work so charming.
That's all right, Give me somo more
water.
lhe conversation was pufSueu uh'''
the tramp accepted all invitation to sup.
per- His IDEA OF burton ana JOHNSON
was soon covered Up win o~''cr caAos'
The tramp, Mr. preston femaiheu sA
night. In the morning when be announ-
ced bis intention Of leaving, the girl ac-
4 4 IL. Inr oh
companied him to the spot where sue ia
when be hailed her'
Why do you tramp ronna have you ho'
homer
Yea as 10 the home DON'T know as 70
tramping'
Whiskeyf
Whiskey.
Why dont sou qntf
viii.
Whes.
Now, on one condition. That you will
consent TO be my wife. Meet me under
this tree one year tom TO day,
Iwll.
Good by, and he climbed the fesce
and was gone. No correspondence was
carried on between them. The manly,
handsome face of the tramp hung before
the girl like n portrait. Deep, merry
tramp. Several weeks ago the Young