The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-04


aShi yea. bet ths moon wssso b5gtt thai
farmer GrAy's 81. slesk borses tTotted
aiosE wtth iss market wagon y essily
A. iiit hsd been bread day.
Jersey fsi De' get or verr early whsn
beg ~ 20 uarkei in tbe eiiy aid are
over tae riyei GKiDg Up their Niails By The
tlae 0taer f1ka sre sirfiog out of 'ed
Farmer Gfsys particular s,sil vas D.
wass llesa, iresa AID invitlag As Il could
be. aud Ills morning u was odofoos With
ctisp bunches oi rsdisbes and onions,
ieader beads Of green le.taeo aud stalks
OF Asparagus, snd great basket Of silvery
green peas. and --oh, dear il would take
an hour TO tell you al the good things
which were tempIinely laid out, even be.
tore came TO the rolls Of golden butter,
and The creamy white eggs from mother
Grays poultry yard.
Not the least Inviting was The round,
rosy face OF lbe farmer himself, with his
tilEeFy hAlr and his clear blue eye, And
bic freshly ironsd summer suit Of blae
linen, topped BY the white market spron,
ss fresh Asd clean as the driven snow.
Sales were brisk this morRing. The
silver colns jipgled In the farmers pocket
every time a new one WAS dropped in,
aud by the time the market wss over foF
\ the day, there wasu't tbiug to carry
back bat the empty baskets.
/ That 10, farmer Gray thought 20. Jnst
imagine his surprise, then, when, after
the white horsss were hilehed up, aud all
ready fora start, be went round TO ibe
back OF he wagon where be had thrown
/ q blanket which be sometimes used 70
put over bis horses, aud there, snugiy
eurled up on The blanket, lay little, rag.
ged, round limbed child, hardly more
than baby.
God bless my soul cried farmer Gray
Al The sound the baby opened the
sweetest pair Of blue eyes. and looked up
with smile which went straight to the
farmers heart.
God bless my soul cried the farmer,
again; what are you doing here, Midget1
Doin' 10 sleep, says The child fearlest-
ily.
Where do you liver
| Nowheres.
Nowberei Haven't you got a home
Got mammy2
Yes, dot msmay.
Where is she, then1
4 Goned off in box. Wish she'd come
back
Lord bless nGl What's your name,
bahy2
/ haiu't babyl It's Hannah, said the
child, pouting.
Hannah whaif Haven't YOU got Anoth'
or manner
No. Just Hannah.
Where are you goiug7
DOM to ride with you and big ponies
declared the witch, looking up 40 sweetly
that the old mans heart was won com,
plelely.
What on earth shall do be exclaimed
Mrs. Gofnsp, who kept stand for
Rot coffee close by, spoke up here:
Guess You had better take her wi hyou,
| Mr. GiAy, TO feed the pigs and chickens,
There's no one here claims her.
Do you know anything about heri
asked farmer Gray
Only that she's been wandering about
here for week or two, sleeping where
she could and eating when anybody gave
her anything-I've done IL often myself
aud seems TO have no ons to look after
her at all.
Well? veil cried the farmer; WE'LL
WE'LL what pItyI Hanged III can stand
i'll Here, monkey, climb over here. I'll
take you down TO mother Gray Tor I
while, anyhow. Aud II nobody claims
you, we'll see what can be done.
So The worthy farmer took home one
article be had not bargained for, greatly
to mother Gray surprise. But che was
too warm hearted not TO welcome tho III.
tie waif, and as weeks aud months passed
and no one ciaimed little Hannah, she
came TO be the greatest pst OF The old peo-
( pie who bad buried the only Two children
that were ever born TO them.
Years passed, aud no one ever ssked
after Hannah Gray. She grew into tair,
plnmp, rosy girl, looked upon every.
where as the farmers daughter, Hannah
had besux enoeeb, end might have mar.
ried well, bat she would not leave the
two old people whose hsppiness 80 much
depended upon ber.
/ Lawyer Green, who was q widower
with t~u liltle girls, wonld have bsef
very glad 10 ask her TO come and live In
hls handsome honse. bat seeing bow shs
repulsed younger men, he did not dare "a
try bic fate.
For some years farmer Gray prospsred
Then the crops failed two successive
years, though be would not have minded
that much, but Le had been persuaded tc
60 security for . man who had failed
and left him everything TO pay.
lie was obliged to mortgage bis farm
aud then was unaois 10 M The mortgage
lie paid part ofit, bat The crop failures
made Il Impossible fer bin TO III, the re
msiBder.
I Square Harris, who Was noted TOT hav
Ing an eve to the main ehance, hsid th'
mortgage. When II vas due, fsrme
Gray went to see Lawyer Green, whi
. vas good friend. and tben went TO th
Squares. But be came homo very mucl
depressed.