The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-09-21
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HtsYssagnd seFYitress, uttered The EXPIRES
i've moaosyllahle, "Iiumphi which
equivalent ia Yaakctom 70 thai famot
Preach sbrug Of the shoulders,
~Il is al well To talk. said Hanna
Ann, 'bui dunno as can make quail
on toAst and eurrani Jelly outer sticks al
stone. I've done the best can and nc
body can't do no more.
rs the leg Of pork all gone, Hanna
ANN said Tibhy, plaintively.
Every identicle particle ontf' Hanna
Ann answered, with the majesty Of
Druidieal pnestess
And the chickens?" meekly limited Tib
by.
II killed the last one Wednesday"
Didn't old Hugh bring along any trou
yesterdays" pursued libby,
Yes" said Hannah Ann; che brough
EN- along But we owed him two dollar
aud fifty cents already, and Hugh hai
family to support SO ! didn't fairly
like to run mp any longer account"
"And you were quite right, said libby
with a sigh. "But, Hannah Ann, wha'
are we to dor
That's what Ia like to know myself,
said Hannah Ann, curtly.
Tibby was silent drumming her pretty
piDk.tipped fingers on the kitchen table,
while her eyes looked intently at the old
fashioned brass warming pan on the oppo-
site wall.
Hannah Ann, said she, piteously, at
length, couldn't yoa suggest something?
Because, when ] ask mamma what is to be
done, she only cries, and says, Write to
your rich Cousin Falconer. And have
written to him and | only get back checks
for ten dollars, with the coldest acknowl.
edgment Of my letter. I'd rather starve
than live on such grudgingly doled-out
charity as that Don't you know of some
way, Hannah Ann, to make money!"
Hannah AIMS hard face softened, as an
icicle softens when the winter sun strikes
it.
"Miss Elizabeth, said she, 'its secret
Don't speak Of it. But | was cleer driv'
to the wall, so I've took boarder"
"a boarder, Hannah Ann?"
'Out in the barn chamber, /" said Han.
nah Ann. "You see, Miss Elizabeth"
(Hannah Ann never condescended to the
undignihed pet name with which her little
mistress had been invested since she was
ten years old, 'this house used TO be
sort o tavern in the old days afore the
bow-window was added on, and the re.
naissancy porch put on the south corner.
jerks Glen Halfway House, it used to
be called when was gal. Aud there
come a gentleman as used to hunt and fish |
Oh these here mountains, twelve good
years ago. Is this jerks Glen House2
says he. We'll, that's what they used to
,all, says |. Can get accommodations
lere says he. I'm afeard not. says |.
And then You should havc seen his face
all. i always boarded here, says he,
and cant make up my mind TO go else
where I'll pay any price you please, my
,ood woman, and | am not at all particu
ar where you put me. We'll, says /, If
-ou don't mind the barn-c hamb ber-Its
cry clean and quiet there, with the apple
rec boughs in bloom close to the window
md says he, Put me in the hen-coop if
ou like. so I've boarded him eyer since;
nd the week is up tomorrow, Miss Eliza
'eth, and l expect he'll pay his seven dol
ars.
Tibby's eyes sparkled.
Hannah Ann" she cried, you are
emale Napoleon. You did right" (
II know Of two other boarders / could
et, shrewdly added Hannah Ann J
sketch young ladies as don't like their |
ooms at Coon's boarding house--if you {
ould make up your mind to spare the e
ig front room; and after all, you never '
sc it, except as guest, chamber for com t
any as never comes"
"I'll ask mamma" cried eager libby; L
because, you know, Hannah Ann, we I
lust live.
Mrs Wayne, limp, sentimental elderly t
ldy, who spent her time in reading novels 5
nd bemoaning the splendors of her van. :
nished girlhood. began TO cry feebly at $
ne idea. v
"Boarder?" cIied she. "AIe Captain h
rost Frozenham's daughter? And has it
deed come to that? Oh, if had only died
N years ago and avoided the terrible hu-
G
"But mamma" pleaded Tibby, "you
sed not have anything to do with it, Il
annah Ann will attend to everything Is
nd can gather wild berries for the table, n
I'd see to the linen, and get flowers for tt
le dining room. Hannah Ann says she N
sd Just as lief cook for ten as for two. d
nd we might raise her wages then, and b
-
Don't torture me with such details, "
ghed Mrs. Wayne, behind her pocket Il
d
"But you don't positively forbid it,
ammaf" eoaxed Tibby. IN
/ don't forbid anything" said Mrs. m
ayne. my wishes are OF no consequence,
le way or the other" 10
Which Tibby ioyfully construed into dl
emission. And she ran down stairs to
unit the cups and sancers, look over the g.
ble drapery, and consider as TO the mum 10
II Of chairs which were worthy Of use.
or some one must attend to these things, b.
ID libby was 50 anxious to be useful. as
And in a month jerks Glen Halfway
ousc was fall Of boarders Some people se
me there for the view, some for the air, in
me for the delicious quiet which brood. bt
ter the erestE Of the hills. Mrs ynyna |