The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-05

on tremenjus, aud had the rheumaii
dreadful. me feelin' afraid all the time
shouldn't make nothin' OF her. bui deter
mined 20 try. And after some months o
! such work she took start
And the Way ths, calf growed whei
J she set about j, beats all you ever see
And | named her 'parquisite,' and short
ened her into 'Parkic, aud she growed
into handsome heiier, and began TO knoll
out on the forehead. and me tellin' be
how good lookin' she vas geitin aud sh,
lookin' at me kind o cur'us-like, as II sh,
Was a thinkin' on IL over. and runnin
after me Whenever come where she was
and rubin her nose on my shoulder,
and me tellin' her how much butter sh,
would be giyin me bimeby, and what ,
steady hincome she would be for the mis-
sionaries; and one day man rode up tC
the door and jumped down from his horse
Wall my husband he took him all over
the ranch and they looked all over the
vineyard and the fruit and the stock, and
they looked at Parkie long time, and
seemed 10 bo talkin' her over and was aw
full proud tgret foolD, cause | thought
they were admiriu' her Then the man he
staid outside, and my husband he came in,
and went through the kitchen where was
and says he, careless-like; I'm thinkin'
of sellin' the young heifer What young
heifer2' says /, never thinkin' Of nothin'
and says he kind o sharp like, The calf
and says !, jumping up, What. my calfp
and says he, mighty scornful, Your calf
It's my calf, I'd have you know; and then
he went out to the man ag'in.
~ sot down and bust out cryin'. My
husband is awful sot, when he is sot, and
| knew it wasn't no use TO say nothing and
/ Just cried like great baby; and with
tears all runnin down, watched the man
drive away my Parkie, and she hanging
back, and he whippin' her-and she new
struck before in her life. And just then
my husband came in, and says he, as if he
was maxim up for all, 'You can have ten
dollars of the money, if you want it, and
that made me mad. / didn't say nothin',
but / just looked at him; and he didn't
have no call to stay in that kitchen the rest
of hat day, tell you. And took on two
or three days all by myself, and got mad
every time he spoke or came a'near, And
one day as sot by the kitchen table, with
my work done up and q clean apron on, he
walked in and threw ten.dollsr piece into
my lap, and says he, There is the money
promised you; which caught it and
threw it right back at him, just as hard ns
| could, and it hit him and fell on the
floor; and he laughed, and went out milk
in"
'By that time had got to be drfai
wicked, and sot thinkin' to myself about
st. Paul, and how he says Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord. But we get
the other side - taat story in the Old
Testament, which it is psefty easy seen
how Abraham had TO give up to Sarah, and
let her have her own way, and what would
she have said il he had gone and sold her
pet camel, would like to know"
"Wall, the money laid on the floor three
days, and me a sweepin around it, aud it
seemed as if couldn't tech it. Which at
last made myself go and pick it up, and
put in with the rest Of my parquisite mon
ey, and me blubberin' while ! did it.
And maybe it won't be no good to the
missionaries, on account OF go behavin'-
which l did ask the Lords pardon for get
tin mad over it, and hope to be forgiven.
'And here is the money" she said, sud
denly producing her purse; II hope you
won't refuse it because | acted so. And if
you have mind to make me life mem
Der with it, there will be some to spare.
And she placed in my hand thirty dollars
in three shining gold pieces fruit Of
much toll and self-denial. "And," said |
she, sinking her voice, and swiftly lifting
mp and uncovering her basket, 81 want to
know whether missionaries like bard-biled |
eggs? ! have brought some down, and if
you think them three lady missionaries
would like EN-, ! want you to send 'em to
'em. They'll keep, for billed EN- myself
fifteen minutes by the clock. And it would
please Japan and Turkey most partic ar if
if they could understand, and shall toll
EN-, and they're all I've got now to talk to
butter not bein' alive.like, and Parkie be-
in took away. And il should tell them
that their own eggs which they've cackled
over is hard billed and sent to the lady
it would encourage EN- like
maybe. Which, il you can't send en- to
heather lands, p'r'aps the board would like
em-leastways the yolks, as many does
who won't eat the whites"
As she spoke, she rapidly emptied her
basket on the table near, and hurried away
leaving Inc gazing in half-dszed condi-
ton at the pile Of hard.boiled eggs, while
| unconsciously held the shining eagles,
her generous donation, elasped closely in
my hand. -Krs. Sarah Ed,Suds Henslarr,
Ia Pacific.
TouoH QUESTIONS TACKLED, Brother