The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-02-26


hsve 10 iesrn 10 make The beds aud sefat
The aoor, ssld wssh lksaliishsss ASa ] ean
cook almos, As well a. girl.
u possible' | sball bave 70 take
sspper witb yea on my say back 10 Ihs
city. ARd is'g cur skll. -.
Johnby biushea, asd ! adaea:
itsa PIly, my boy, that ,yea have po
sister.
bad one. bssald, Ee atig bot abe died
and-Ii she hsd lived, | woalda't have
wished ber 70 Dil, aud brlpg wood sho
water, aud scrub nstDy mother AlwSy,
did Sometimes wish could havt
spraHa sil the way from a baby 10 niAn,
It's such slow work growing mp and II
was while mother was waiting for ne to
grow 0p, that she wstksdsebard,
But, my boy, yoh cAnnot expect to DC
sou and daughter Sna mother, al 10 one,
You cannot DO lbe worG for whole fam.
is,
Ies, eau; il isn't much, and am 60
ing 10 do il, aud the work my father left
undone. I'm going 10 pay that mortgage
.ifI live.
HeaYen graut you may, said, ieryent.
y rnOder ray breath, for not many moth
era nsye sueh son.
Mother does not know that ! mean to
do il, aud she il very anxious should 90
70 fchool, aud | mean. TO some time; but
Know jost where the boys In my class are
stadyiag ,lsnd 4 gettbe lessons ut home.
Mother reads them TO me out Of the
book, while am washing the dishes or
doing her work, aud we have great lun.
/ Try lorenember aud repeat it, aud IL
we come 10 anything we can't make out,
| take IL over 10 the teacher, In the even
ing she is very kind--she Tells me.
Very kind Who would not be kind
to such boyi | felt lbe tears coming
10 my eyes at snch sudden vision of
this sou doing girls work, while bis poor
old mother held the book in her twisted
hand, and tried 10 help him learn.
But all this docs pot earn money, my
boy. Aow can YOU hope / D save II you
give your time iudoors2
Oh, don't do girls work all day; no,
indeed have worked oat our taxes on
the road. II wasn't much but helped
the men build stone wall down by the
river; and Deacon Ball lets me do great
many days work for him, and W hen get a
chance 10 take anyone from the hotel TO
ride, be lets me have this team for almost
nothing, aud pay to him whatever !
make. And ! work on the farm wih'the
men in the summer; and | have COW of
my own, and sell the milk at The tavern !;
and we have some hens, too, and we sell
the eggs. And in the fall ! cut and pile
the wiutef's wood in the sheds for tho
people who haven't any little boys-and
there's good many people about hcre
who haven't any boys, be added, brush
ing fly from The old white horse with
the tip of bis whip.
After this we foil into silence, and rode
on through the sweet New England
roads, with Monadnock rising before US
ever nearer and more majestic. 1t im-
pressed me. with~a sense OF his rugged
strength-one OF the bills, rock ribbed
and ancient as the sun; but | glanced
from the mountain TO the little red head
ed morsel of humanity at my side with
a sort Of recognition Vt their kinship.
Somehow they seemed to belong together,
! felt as II the same sturdy stuff was IN
them both II was only fancy, but il
was confirmed the next day; for when ]
came back 10 town after seeing my iava
lid friend, went to call on Deacon Ball
| found the deacon white haired and
kindly faced He kept the village store
and owned pretty house, and was evi
dently very web TO do Naturally we
talked OF jobs, and the deacon said to
me, With. tears in bis old watery blue
'Nt ~ a
Why, bless our heart, sir, you don't
think Pm goingto lake bis money, do
you? Tue only soh Of his mother aud
she a widow, aud all lied mp in double
bow knots with the rheumatics besides
True enough let bis father have the
money! aud wIfe. she says, saws she to
me, Well, deacon, my dear, we've not
,hck nor child, and shall be just as well
,f,a hupdred ychrs from now II The wids
Nv never pays a cent; but 'eording to
ny eslkerlaliou us better TO let The boy 1
.bipk be's paying, She says might as
~eIltsy 10 ksepa barrel OF vinegar hom
working as 10 keep thai boy FROM work
ugs Is,sshs mother 10 him aud it's got |
o WORK. We think a good deal Of the |
widow, Mandy snd me. did before
,ver saw Mandy; but for all that we
lold the mortgage, and Johnny wants TO
work il out. Mandy aud me, we are
,oing to let him work.
turned away, for was going TO sup
Il JohnHy's house; bat before went / |
Isked the deacon how much Johnny had |
Ilrfady paid.
Weh, don't know; Mandy knows-I |
,sss IL to ber--sbe keeps The book. Drop
g before you 20 10 The traiB, and ! will
how il 10 you.
dropped In and the deacon showed the
Iccount. Ii was The book ofa savings
,ank 10 neighboring town, and on its
,ages were credits OF all The Iials sums
be boy had earned or paid; aud cav
hey were standing TO Widow Beebe's
iame. lgrasped the deaeon's band lie
sAs looking sway over tho house-lops 10 /
shere Monadnoek was smiling under the
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