The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-04-03


Ass turkey sad pat Il ia the svsa; bus no.
body bad any heart for Any thing vhss
thsrs vssn't : sisgle child . vAtchia'
rcnad 10 stick ~ little hsgsn isso things,
or V pssp iass Ne passry, y 70 ceaz for :
dsus shnnl; aud there vasat : lcad Of felix's
expected 70 dinner.
Oas Il yoha Esosh's hersss hAl fsll
lama, % ws ssulaat ct = church, aaa
The msraia seemed . vssk lssg. After
dinner lsn phsbs Maria 70 clear away
things and put os my sus5osast and
vsat cut Ths ssasoa vns lals-thsrs
vas no sasw, and though thSrs'd bssn :
sharp frost ever night the sun Vas skin
in. and il Was psrnia' up sicsly. Sons.
hsw' my isst sSemsd TO turn towards The
wigeiss house. There ws . sleushy
loskis' naa sittis' on los N H. yard
and two boys. small. but lookia' ~ IL
they'd ~ equal to aaybcdys hen roost or
orchard. / hears vailiu' sound, like .
baby cryin'. / knosksd bat / guess they
didp I hear any thing but the vail, and then
wsnt 10.
And il l ever 80 > scene that locked
like poverty. seen it then. There wasn't
no ssrt Of eonfsrt in the room. There
WAS o green wood ere that sized and
smoked ~ IL all 1t could do WAS 10 tell
you how chilly itwss with the broken VIA
dows snd biss cracks in the walls. A we-
man that locked like distress set holdin'
the baby and whom ! laid eyes on that
baby / tell ysu just felt to holler out and
ask il there was any human Christian left
in tho world. or il there want. II WAS
pinchsd and bonny and wrinklea, and
looked At you out Of it sharp. hollsr eyes
with look that seemed ~ il it wanted TO
ask, "will you please to tell me, II you
can, what ever come into such : world
as this for?"
Close beside the woman was bigger
child, and she was fssdin' the two with
ssms corn meal Cruel.
stop that" says /. the first thing !
says. Don't you feed that baby another
mite OF that stuff Don't you know it's
enough to kill it?"
"I'J know" says she, lookin' as il she
hadn't enough spirit left to care. ANY
way there amt nsthin' else but beans"
II wasn't moral thing to wish, but II
you'll believe me, did almost feel like
Wishing them boys had got hold Of sns Or
tive Of John Enoeh's fat chickens that
night
Cant your husband get work." says I,
"sr ysur boysf"
Hes half crippled with the rhsuma-
tism. says she, "and only works by odd
spells, and then folks don't seem to want
him. And the boys"--she just broke dowr
and cried -"I knew they ain't always dsne
right. he or the bsys neither, but-wn you
ever hungry, ma'am?"
couldn't answer. / went and tried to
poke up the fire, aud stirred them missr-
able beans simmerin' on it, aud then
set down aud looked at that baby.
"Teethin'?" says |.
"Yes" says she.
l thought OF going right back up ts
Phsbs Maria's and maxim some arrow
root mixed with morsel Of fresh cream
and drop or two Of peppermint tss But
a. l shivsrsa In that room. for it was sdld
er than out 10 the sunshine, ! thought
that baby had little chance there.
made up my mind in . minute.
"Will you lot me take 1t up to the house
for little spsll27 ! says to her. Il an
great nurse myself, and I'll feed it wha'
it ought to have and dsctsr it up, and I'm
mistaken il it dent pick up prstty live
| y.
She stared at me and says:
..You don't live in these parts, d.
your"
Ne" says /, I'm stayin' spell up tc
Plummers." She looked in my face sharT
again, and says:
"Yes, you may take him he's dyin
here"
wrapped an old shawl about him. HI
was feather weight to carry an it wasn
long before was standing before Pheb'
Maria, as sho sat with her room tidy and
her hands folded, for oil the world a. i
there wasn't thing left Ia the world fol
her to do. She gave start when she 50,
what had.
"Almiry." says she. chow can you have
the heart to bring little child where
am?.'
I didn't speak. l just uncovered itl
fass. It locked right into her eyes will
that same look. and then she dian'tsay NJ
vixen laid II in her srns. went and
warmed ssns milk and brought it. Sh'
took it out Of my hand aud began fsedin
it. Issys to her:
"Phsbe Maria, there's hungry folk
down there. Can take them something :.
sAt?"
Yes, says she, take them our Thanks
givis' dinner--nost OF it's left
i II you'd seen that basket packed
Turkey, asd mashed potato, and turnips
and canned corn, and cranberry sass. sn'
eurrant jolly, and pumpkins. ssd drie'
ehsrry pies, and doughauts. lput in
loaf of bread aad some butter. and tea Al
sugar. II was the heaviest basket eve
vrisa. bnt didn't seem - feel il some
&. sst il dsws in the yard 10 60 bac
how. = cleth. for I'd ut my heart o
for tab. ruls rsAlizin' that Il vas hol
them poor :
Ter day. ssAns On the Abls, A.
She'd got them en- 10 dinner whs
wAs Just goia' TO cali