The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-06-19

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hsss yosssif"
You're tss bard % tbs sAild. 6Asah.
said jobs Baker. - Msags vent cot ses
biss wildly. "SAs's " vs'vs 81 ~
vs'a sushs 10 mako her hoss happy
"Asd de- yea prssssd 70 ~ list ! max
Il ushsppy," demanded Nm. Baker
.Yss just spell ~ oas = " ssssos. Sb
aest know vAss shs really dsss vest
and: - she nakss mons tniss 81 . Del
hills. ishs hal v lgudgs y Luey Col
- shs'd hsss sesa iss ssapAAisL *,
-. ~ wouldn't pat Ss6sss isls y
s"r. = vssk sssash y manage hs
-, ''iag be- - y think her
self sbussi." 49, =,
Jshs Bskss ssil 70 usss. .
loag sxpsrisacs list farther
vosll b. ssslsss. 6arsh nlisd !. "a.
ChrlssiAs. sad vss ono of ~ most ss..
nsubss si ths Calvary sAnrsh; every
ThnssdAy evening hss 49, was heard II
prayer nsstisG. ssd she hsh prsmissaa
pssitisap - vasisss sonentss appstntsd
By the sllsn. Sks vAs always ready -
jois il plsss 70 rsiss tks church debt; shs
was thschll wQgkse 10 ,sysryl@ais snaso.
ciabls; her SDsttibutisss = ~ 1oh Box
and to lhs foreign EniAisss Ssrs always
large. asd ~ misisosr dspes1sA Onlaly
upon her help il svsrs scheme il which
practical energy Vas required. Bat her
rsIigisn sssmsa u drop from her hsAxs
like clsak from her shoulders whom she
entered her owa Asns. She did not sp-
pear to thiak Il necessary 10 exercise II
there st oil. The gentle reprsofs Of her
coed natured Husband aai W rebellion Of
her pretty daughssr oaly irrilatsd her with.
ont bringing her - sss.whsrs she erred.
She Vas very angry now. and began TO
clear The tabls with unusual energy. But
as John took his hat and went o. some
srrsua at the village pestoflss.. asa she
was left alone, she grew calner. and by
the time The dishes were all washed and
put away L~ irritation vas slnost forgot.
ten. & H "a &M
II gusss I'll rnn over ana sss Mrs.
Marsh miauts," she said to herself, a.
she took off her big Giashsn aprsn and
hung it mp. 'Like Is not that Tenn teld
her al / said. Hes one to ssioy making
a fuss. and | don't want any hard feeling.
80 I'll just step over and tell her myself
why ! can't sit up with her mother"
Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Baker we're very
nsar nsighbors, and had always been very
The were aecustomsd TO run.
ming into the houses Of each other At any
hour without the ceremony u ring or >
knock, and 80 Mrs. Baker went around to
the back Of the house whom ahs rssohsd
Mrs. Aarsh's, aud, finding the kitchen
spsn, stepped ia At once.
A. shs did % she heard ths ssuad Of
vsicss in the other room. ths door of
whish wis siar. n
She hsd advasced hallway acrsss the
kitchen, intending 70 nsls her presence
known, Who's the SQUAD Of bar own name
'poksn by voies wLieL she rssognizsd rs
Dsis aging to Mrs. Long, assiasar Dsig Lbsr,
made her pause.
"Mrs. Bakers religion amt the kind
hat stauds soap snd water" this woman
vas saying. ut hasn't made q spark ef
Inference in her. Shes d stiff-sscksa as
'ver She may bs gsod atrushing arosud
It society meetings, bat - for making
,srseual sacrifices it Amt in hsx.
Mrs. Baker heard ard trsnblsd with in. !
but worse wAs u come.
"Shs certainly doesn't carry her relig. |
On with her into her daily liz" said the
'eics Of Mrs. Marsh. "ead that's ths only
rue kind Of seligion, I think. She keeps
lers for show. aotfsr ~. I'm intimate
nosgh at her house 10 know that. |
"she bsttlss it mp and taken the cork cut
MY On Suadays and u prayer nsstisgs, 7
nd Mrs. Baker resegnisId Tllly Msrsh's
Ugh treble. "Ita csavenisnt kind Of
sligion you sos. But il don't impose
lpon any one hut herssll,'
when . psrsss makes professions
hey'd oughtsr stand bythem every day in
he year, said Mrs. Long. MRS. Baker
q sight, but she don't practice
ruth anything"
For moment Mrs Baker VAS tempted
. rush into the next room and frAskly
ell her nsighbers what she thsught Of
hem; hut angry as she wss, a. instant's
elaboration convinced her that such
curse would be highly isjudirious. and
night lssd to scandal which would afford
be village gossip. for months to come.
10. without giving any iutinstioa Of hsr
resssos she hurridly left ths house.
"Ss this il hsw my ssighbors talk OF
10 bshina my backf" she nurmursd. as
be reached her swn kitches agsis, and
hrsw Of her hst and shawl. srhis Il
~ I en- traducsd because I would not
i up oil sight vitk qusrulsus cid
oman.
She was very. very aagry; ba. gradual.
/ she grew saln. aad bsgss to thisk over
uistly oil she had hoard. The longer
as thought, the nsrs reasonable seemed
u charge which bed bssa brought against
Or HAD she brought her religion ists
sr daily lifsi Was II not true that il was
spt more Ter shsv than for wsars Bot.
cd up, y TiIiy hsa ssid. aaa The cork
Iksn sst ssiy on Bssasys asd in prayer
'ssting. Had hsr rsligisd made her
'ers lsnisns to The faults Of her dsug ghtsr?