The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-10-27

Nusbhsvuu and her vrcags. but ali To-
late; you sill weep your heart VIII b
vrung and there is The csusel
And With her Last words che waved he
crook over Minnies head. and suddcnl,
disappeared, Wills the Judge turned /,
put bis arm around the frightened child
Poor little Mamie burst into tssrs. end
no amount Of logic, persuasion or caresse.
from her father could convince her iha
she was net heeneiorth under spell. ol
that .Nushbawun's curse could fail 10 bs
accomplished.
Judge Harnstt could bot remain many
hours with the child. ~ be was obliged Il
start for Washington the next day. He
had come here in the midst Of IN import,
ant and tempestous session Of Congress to
attend ths wedding oi hs eldest son. and
had 10 hasten back 70 his post Of duty.
where for six years be had been rspnssep.
tAtive ior his native oolpsy. He was .
man Of nntiring industry and unques.
toned honesty, and waa dessrvedly popu.
lar in Milford. Atthe lest election no ons
had come forward ~ opposition candidate,
until. for very forms sake, one Of his
townsmen had consented 10 do 30 1t the
last moment. IL would spoil all the fun
and excitement Of IN election in the
United States il there we're not at least
two candidates for every Office. The old
womans dire predictions had no effect
upon the judge'sl Indian policy. Never
was there an Indian bill brought before
the House OF Representatives that he did
not raise his voice in protest against furn-
ishins the sborigines with whisksy to in
fame their evil passions, and arms and
ammunition to cut of the flower Of our
youth.
But Mrs. Harnett viewed the matter in
. different light From that hour she
looked upon Minnie ~ destined TO an early
grave, or 10 suffer some great trouble in
atonement for hear fathers hard .heas ted.
mesa.
As the years rolled on, and Minnie grew
to be tall. graceful girl whose beauty
and sweet temper wss universally &C.,
knowledged. the mysterious evil that
awaited her caused her 10 DO regarded
with = special tenderneness.
For Nunshbsvun's curse was widely
known and generally believed in; the more
80 because some Of her subsequent prophe-
cies were fulfilled with remarkable exacti.
tude. In tit OF intoxioation Caleb Daw-
son drove her from his kitchen one slesty
night, aud as she went away, she warned
him that liquor would bring him death
within : twelvsmonth, aud IL did 10. Jo-
siah Patterson refused to give her tur-
key one Thanksgiving-day, and she truly
foretold the sudden fitting Of his wealth.
Mrs. Jamison was hystetically inconsolable
the day her husband wss buried; Nushbs-
wun said that in six months she would
wed again, and the widows mother, sean.
dalized, gave her . scol ling. At tins
Nushbswun bade her set her house in OF
der, for tho wedding would surely take
place, and wonld be so little to her liking
that she would die ut her own hand the
day after. All Of which actually happened.
TO be sure, Doctor Barton and Judge Har-
nett said that any one could have predicted
Dawson's death, that Patterson's poverty
was natural consequence Of his extrava-
gance, and that the JAmison prophecy
caused its own fulfillment for the simple
reason that the two women had not mental
strength to resist fancied fate. But
what availed the opinion Of two mon when
the whole township Was against them?
Nushbawun had certainty predicted these
things; they bad certainly happened;
therefore tho squaw must bo infallible.
they argued.
When Minnie was about sixteen she was
very i'll with pDsumonia; every one, then,
thought that death was Nushbawun's
curse. But she recovered, and grew
strong and beautiful When two or three
worthless lovers appeared the gossips
sighed. but as they were refused, miser-
able married life was evidently not it.
Philip Renwick, Doctor Barton's neph-
ew, came to Milford TO assist his uncle
when Minnie was about eighteen. and as
soon as the two young people met their
hearts went out toward Que another. Im.
pnlsive and sure that he had now loved for
the first and only time, Philip declared
his love within three months.
Yes. Philip, answered Minnie, after
much pleading from L.f lover, ! do love
you, and for that reason must say no to
you.
Pressing her yielding form to his manly
heart, he whispered:
But you cannot mean both yes aud no,
my darling! You have owned that you
ove me; Iwhy may not ask your father
Tor your He does not like me, Think.
Oh. no; he esteems you very highly.
But you know my misfortune
Your misfortunei echoed he, mysti.
led.
Yes. there is dark fate in store for me.
md ! cannot lot you link your life TO
mine. lest the curse fall on you. too.
Nonsense. Minnie. You don't really
place any faith in that wretched old Indi.
ms rawlings, do you3 asked Philip, with
owing raillery.
Hush hush! Don't speak 90 OF her.
What harm can that old hag do TO me-
Or. TO you either' answered Philip. kissing
again and again the sweet red lips which
Irembled with fear for him, aad the gentle