The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-23

That Vas rather cruel. unieslins 70
mark Of Mr. Earle 10 his daughter Sadie
or Sarah, a. she nov wished 10 te called
because, "a least. she wasn't baby.
mo, Sis, you are neither little CIR
nor woman, bs, just between bay and
grass. ~ one may say.
Sarah gave an extra punch TO her si
ready we'll tied back muslin overskirt and
started for school with sno!asrine
spark 10 her eye.
1T is true what father says, she soil
oquixed, as she walked along II am toe
old 10 wear my dresses short, and toe
young 10 wear them long; too old to lei
my hair go loose and comfortable. and too
young for frizzss. puGs and coils And %
the cows Ia the spring. when hay Is gone
and grass is not well grown, have to put
up with odds aud ends. so have 10 take
all Hats and Jen's cast of dresses aud
hats, II there is anything swfnlly unbs-
eeming 10 shsm. get il whether ! lihs i
or not. Then in the work, what ] have
is just what everybody else hates to do,
like washing dishes and trimming the
lamps-just what nobody gets credit for.
either, only blame for not doing we'll. !"
BY this time this ambitious girl OF ours
had reached the school house. but the
teacher had an engagement so the card
attached to the door handle told the schol'
ars. Sarah started at once to retrace her
steps, for it was two miles walk, with
only here and there few old apple trees
10 shield her from the suns glare.
"What is the use Of talking, though
II really wanted to be useful could not
Who would ask me TO sit with sick people,
for instance? wish could bs snre /
would bs the right kind Of woman, and
then, seems to me. it might be beautiful
to be wrinkled or gray; for by that time,
one is sure OF ones self !"
Then she suddenly stepped down from
her mount of moral enthusiasm-a fear,
alas so easily accomplished, SO hard to
account for often.
Before | get to be good and gray, I'd
like some nice times and some nice things.
This muslin overskirt and waist are nice
for once, new, but wby-what--"
She sprang quickly out OF the road in
sudden terror, for she thought loose
horse was plunging furiously down the
road behind her. She had not scrambled
half way up the steep bank before he
came in sight, but to her relief he was not
riderless. Squire Waits hey reined him
in with difficulty, just within view, and
turning in his saddle shouted at the top
Of his voice, evidently to some one in q
neightoring field;
III DR.. Bluslie amt to home what will
I do?"
Sarah could not hear the reply, but the
boy appeared satisfied, for he quickly set
tied himself in the saddle, applied the
whip to tho horse, and was cut Of sigh:
in an instant. Sarah hurried up the bank
and looked over the wall at the top. At
ne great distance she saw man lying on
the ground and three more stsnding by
him. In moment she saw who it was,
and as she ran toward the ground she
guessed the truth, which was, that Squire
Wait himself had received at the hands of
one OF bis blundering workmen severe
cut in the leg with a scythe, while NOW
ing.
The bright arterial blood was pouring
from the wound, death like pallor over
spread the sufferers face, and his eyes were
already half closed.
Sarah whisked her muslin overskirt
her head like flash.
"Help me tear broad bandage out Of
this?" she cried
The men were dull looking, plodding
laborers, but one OF them seemed encour.
aged by her air Of determination, and in .
moment from the back Of the skirt .
breadth was torn. Without any words
Sarah tied a strong knot in this breadth.
Then she stopped down and with one
great heart sinking, one cry OF the flesh
against the spirit, she lifted the rent gar
ment from the gaping wound TO see Just
where it was; then she pressed the knot
just above the wound with all her
strength.
The blood, already affected in its flow
by her pressure, oozed more slowly from
the wound The stick was brought IN a
trice, land slipped under the bandags
where John had tied it in hard knot
Now" said Sarah calmly, twist the
stick till you tighten the bandage 80 that
the blood shall stop altogether"
BY this time poor Mrs. Wait, trembling
and terrified, arrived on the scene with q
little, old fashioned bottle Of smelling
salts, and cruet Of vinegar wherewith to
bathe her husbands head. These restora-
tivss answered well enough until the doc
tor arrived.
"You are right smart, sensible girl, !"
said the doctor when he heard what Sarah
had done. "Any one Of you fellows, !"
continued he, could have stopped the
blood, or mostly have stepped ii, by
pressing the limb. above tho wound, with
your fingers, till help could be got.
Next morning when Sarah stopped At
the squires gates to learn how be was
John was spreading hay 10 field close by
and he came out TO the road to speak to
her.