The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-07

stuused Il he defeat Of her hope Sad
dsaly she Le,houghs herself Of tho PROV
idsncs trails 10 Nev York Fred might
W. as The slsiies pov. waiting lot hi'
irisad. Fssty nisstss vosld tsks he'
there. and she coslA psrsssds him No, e
ss. Acting % The impuiss she slipped
quietly out sf The frost door The Iisli
q the street light fell upon cab. sAsfs
! diver vss dexinS 9Th hia bead spon
his bssAst Mithis also. sat man, BIZ
bead bowed o. bis bosom, bot ia " stu
pid slssp Of intoxicaiion. instead q the
slambsr Of fatigue. One glance sufieed
4 for The woman. II Vas Fred: Fred VA
shout 70 b. drggsA away 10 the train TO
slssp sssy The effects 81 the drisk IN the
cara, asd And himsslf in the morning
1 snbarksd ou three days spree 10 Nsu
! York.
"Yvsd. Fred wsrnsrl" she said 10 him
ssflly. sssshing into the carriage and
shslSag hin ~ ths ssm,
IAN right Toa. drive on, Sad tho
poor fellow. ''lss's y home"
Quick ~ thought she sprang istp tho
cab. aroused the driver by vigorous poke
Of her umbrella. and ordered him 10 drive
10 the Ftchburg depot - fast - he could.
A yssn. . crack Of the whip. and in two
minntss they were so FAR away that even
the SQUAD OF the wheels was not heard by
tLs servant. who. descending arst. stood
waiting for his dollar with Warmers yalise
In his hand. Fivs minutes later. Tom
came down TO fnd cab and victim
gone There wss but on solution, Fred
must have reused up aud ordered himself
taken 70 The New York station, forgetting
In his drunken ioolishnsss that he was to
wait Tor Tom. There was still time II he
lost not . moment. So hs rushed of, not
waiting 10 hear the servants exslamstions,
when he found that the woman also was
gone.
And away the fugitivss went to the de.
pot, while Tom was cursing his luck.
ssmsrtha never minded her parcels She
so,ia ssu.a them by express. She never
minded double fare for the hackman, or
auy dstisx, Esy herself. She had saved
the Widpr lW,ntMsr's boy. Poor fellow !
hs must. .havel had dH6ny drinks, and vile
ones. too, tto be so helEssly stupid as ne
seemed He slept all the NY to Fitch
burg, .ppJ fell asleep again 40 the depot
bsiose she could, ,ssal, 70, the livery gable
for sitsAm. Thers was daily coach 70
Hslltowp. hpt il did not start till midday
aaA aha could run no risk Of ,Frsd's bel
ing ssesgnizsd.j in his present state. 50
she Arlarsd q stable boy to be sent %
hsrssAAck ~ take the carriage back. and
drove Aasssb av through the drssry dark.
!. - bsfsse hhe darn. up the long rocky
hi. ~ When .dAyllsis lbrske.,ti4s ,ppps
man SOW fAat ,couiing 10 himself, f~aYl
lyino on ta~ ~nf. in ,iAe Pall"r ilsstind
s.mau, hsIx +hap. Whs asroenH,.s qf -sttony
soil. /. Il, As fuas l,infrop,hsriiittl- k,tcii-
pa hv,od She gave Aim the coffee and
everything 'lse 10 DIV way OF loving care,
I,nt .ls did i. u Vat IhiM NJ without snch
sermon as he ,svAr 'drsaWsad could issue
from such . p sckAEep hpNonhole OF .
mouth a. hers. A boot tletims that the
coach connected ", IL the Sunday Agsin or,
rived, Fred walked .NsAsuroly up,ths road
10 his mother home, and had to acesDt
with secret shame great Aeal OF sSfrsf
psttinR because he 10 Sked so pale and|I
,eem cd 20 ovsrvosk Cd. On Sunday night
As went TO church, and after tho service
ne greeted many old friends; but he loft
hem all, and walked home with the iittis
milliper, Samantha, aaAl in her parlor sue
put on her nearby" sp6 ctscles to see his
signature upon little tan persnce pledge
hat she had prepared far him. Twas his
declaration OF indepen aeaes" against the
slavery aud chains t,,si sirestened 10 drag
his own and his mo tllGr's hopes IN the
lust. He was not to tsM his mother OF his
weaknsss till he had kept his pledge
yesr. 'for Why" said SMosnibs. should
.he be troubled. a sLe III ust esnss~nlv w.
i she knew the danger you wss ,n?'V
But We told Tom. who grew SO snxious as
10 bis whereabouts that hs tosk Nj early
rain to Hilltowu. They made made him
wslcome ia the home. and he sharad the
,ysuiog among Feed = friends Ht ile \ .Tty
md Tuesday evening, after the EourtlI
IN their way TO tho cuscn. stop. ~ sIth
Fred y minute; and looked at the IitAasons
md flowers in tils window OF Samsrafl2
Marbles shop. H.
"TrIl you what. Fred. that must he q
mighty hics kind Of y woman. Reckon
30 many Of us 60 to the 'gs IL
hey just held on to as ss she did on you,
declare. il wasn't too awfully asha. ned
"a like 10 shake hsEds and take of my
'st to her myself. I" |,
"All right, Tom, come along! She's old
md ugly, ssd - angular ss Virgins
snce. but On the inside she is gold! There
he is. csrkscrsv curIs and al. Come
long !,
And they went in, and Fred left Tom
here. aad they stayed so long they missed
he coach, and had to hire i.rmer to
lrivs them 70 Fitchburg. But the pledge
q the Bible had t~o names, and they both
greed that they had had glorious
fourth, and never meant 10 live anywhere
gain bnt 10 the ''lsnd of the Free" Al
OF SsOsstha' any listener psssisg ut her
,sts would have heard crscked lnG qua.
eripg voice. singing Is she worked,
Praise God from whom sll blsssiags
sv." Ameriom R.formr.
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