The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-03

away Wy sEs tAaAe, anu WV heaNNh hA
! remarked th., il Was bot. but good wesihs
Tor ciops, and his wife had inquired Il a.
Z the Hrnaersons were well, and sand th
ilie, were 50 thick she could hardly keel
! anything decent, little pause ensaed.
; was broken soon by Mr. Henderson.
Deacon Chase and sister Chase, she sa!,
! waving palm leaf fan industriously Be
; fore her face. the business I've taken upon
/ myself TO do is more extremely unplesssn
than ] can tell you. But someone mus
work aud labor for the good OF the mi
verse and the world. and il might just Al
, well be me as anybody. She paused an 10
, slant with see-how. .magnanimou.. Lean
be-look or her face, and gased At the dea
con who was nesting uneasily in his chair
and then st Mrs. Chase, who was regard
ing her husband as snriously us though
afraid to hear that he had committed mur.
der or robbed bank.
I've ben callin' on our respected neigh.
Dor, sister Allen, assumed Mrs, Hender-
son. aud she related TO me, as well as told
me, a terrible, awful thing.
Another pause. More nesting in Mr..
Chase's chair; another frightened glance ut
the occupant of said chair by said occu-
pants wife, and again Mrs, Henderson
goes on.
You know and are aware that Miss Rus.
sci, the school teacher, boards at sister
ter Aliens. Wal, one night Bertha Whit.
en- was spending the evening with Miss
Russell They are great friends besides
being very intimate. Wal, you see and
perceive sister Allen had occasion to 90
into the seitin' room bed room that even
in and while she was there she heered
Bertha say;
lou know you made my brother
drunkard and suicide. And then Miss
Russell she answered and replied:
Oh, yes, I've made so many bad men
cant keep track of EN-.
Therel--triumphantly-what do you say
to that Deacon Chase and sister Chase?
And, severely as though they we're in
duty bound to answer, and had refused to
do so-what can Bertha Whiten be think
ing of to still associate with the girl that
destroyed and ruined her brother? Tell
me that will you2
Oh, Willisl from Chase.
There must be some mistake, said the
deacon, nervously rubbing his fat hands
together, while troubled look swept into
his clear blue eyes. Miss Russell seems
like such a nice girl.
Appearances are deceitful Mrs Hen
derson delivered this highly original sen
timent with O grave shake OF the head, and
added It's surprising how folks will act
and conduct themselves Amt it Tinsmith
that so feelin'ly remarks that mans inhu
manity to man makes more folks mourn
than you can shake stick at?
I think, said Mrs. Chase, repressing the
smile that would come to her face in spite
Of the weight at her heart. that you must
refer to G0tdsmith's lines:
Mans inhuipAnity TO man
Makes countless nnil.inlr monfn.'
Yes, that's it, answered Mrs. Henderson.
It don't make much odds or difference il
you don't git exactly the words of any
thing if you can git hold Of the meanin'
of it, knew the name Of the author and
the man who produced and wrote it was
the same as the title Of man that works
on some Of the most precious metal. But
we are wandering away from our subject.
Deacon Chase, Of course you wont let
that wayward girl carry out her evil and
sinful intention Of joining our church?
Sister Henderson, said Mr.. Chase, re-
spect and esteem Miss Russel very highly,
and she is dear friend of my wife. This
fact will give me special interest in what
/ shall do in this case II Miss Russell was
a stranger, however, / should do just as
| will now; give her a chance to explain
her words, and stand by her whether she
is guilty or not. In either case she needs
help and friends. l shall ask her to meet
Bertha Whiten. Mrs. Allen and yourself
here and in your company, and that ofmy
wife and myself. say " hat she meant by
her wicked sounding words. ! feel sure
they can be explained satisfactorily.
/ hardly need say to you that it j.
the right way to do to allow this story to
90 no farther until Miss Russell has had
chance to deny it, as | am certain she
truthfully can.
Wal, said Mrs. Henderson, rising with ]
the air OF rather disappointed person, s
hope you amt falling into tho fowl of the '
OF the fowler / mean. The !
Bible has great many and innumcrable Il
warnin's az inst strange women that go o
-ound like roarin' lion seekin' to devour .
md gobble up somebody. / shall feel 5
hat I've done my duty any way. Please e
iand me my bunnit. Sister Chase.
didn't make no promise not to tel, she "
as she stalked away, looking as II
hough her principal article Of diet for b
he last six months has been steel ramrods. 81
think sich things ought to be known. h
When Willis Chase told Miss Russell Il
s gently as possible-oi what Mrs Allen u
lad declared she overheard, aud asked b
Ter Miss Russel to meet Miss Whiten, u
frs. Henderson, bis wife and himself, and u
0 either deny that she and her friend had
'een heard to say such words, or explain ri
hem, she said with an amused express X
ion:
What monster Of wickedness those la NJ
les must consider mel / suppose Mr.. ]