The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-01-22


Then you think you wouldnt do u,
Dollyf~ said uaels 'Liphalsi. pulling out
tho store hearth and pckias u The Goals
Of IRE
NO. 1 Iveuldnt 'Lipbsles. replied Aunt
Dolly. resting her shining knitting needles
While she stirred up the pumkins simmer
Tag 10 the pot The isrns paid isrnos
snd IL vs'rs ss,in, we've enough 70 last
rs through. Why shssid ws harsss our
selves vi seeking srtssr iehssf"
"'Taist riches ia be seskin artsr. Dol
III. bu, tAis NJ. Ssiaion they call him :
10y smart ysuns nss. DdIy--hs says II
/ ~ mill aist rssssn ~ ssliagssl 20 back.
ards the farms'll sink ia value and things
generally run dosn. You know. Dolly. ]
ssvsr held back when ! could do anything
10 help along"
ri sint likely tofsrget. 'Lipbalse where
the calf asd buttr noasy vest in tins q
vsr. scr hsv yss'ss Cvsa y church aad
missions. schools and poor folks. asd
everything else any ybsdy'd sind to draw
sp paper for. You and I've had more
dissgrssmsnts-
But this'll BE- helps others, Dolly.
Itia ~. Gsintsn-hs's very pleasant
spohon ysusg mas. Dsliy --hs says he'll
gusrAstse the stock shall pay for itsslf IN
thrss 10 Ave years. He says he'd rather
build hsrs than elsewhere. because hs
wants TO help his native village. and II
we'll oil take hold, and each help little
hs can do ii"
We've no money 10 put iu.' said Aunt
Dolly, lsaning back and fixing her eyes on
the Goals Uncls 'Liphalst had raked open,
"ualsss " take
''Unisss Ge take what we'd laid BY for
Isubs's sddycation, said Uncle 'Liphalst.
softly.
Since God took Rubs's sddycation into
His own hands. Liphalet, I've always
wanted that money to lie in the bank until
we'd ! PLAIN call to use it. / cant bear to
think Of it's being used like other money"
"Nsr /. Dolly, tut Rube would wish it
doisg good. and this Mr.. Swinten, he says
il might draw thribble what it does now.
We can maybe use the income in helpin'
boys who love larnin as Rube did"
Dolly replied Nothing After the men,
tion OF Rube's name, silence was wont to
fall between the old couple An old couple
outwardly M crooked, and gnarled and
scraggy as any two old apple trees that
drew sustenance from their rocky fields.
This Mr.. Swniton came out to the farm |
the next day. and Aunt Dolly put on her
black slapaos apron, and received him
with courtesy. man Of less shallow
sympathies would have been touched with
= kind Of plying tenderness for the obse-
quious old woman, but to Swinton her def
ersncs vas constitutionally agreeable. He
drew his gloved finger sthwart his foxy
cslored mustsche. and talked business
Heaven help the simple minded old
couple novl What is business to them
but kiad si mysterious wonderland, full
Of pyramids and sphinxes, and statutes Of
Msmnonl What is business man but
prisstly sorssrsr, with his offerings and
ineantations. living ever among the mys.
tsries?
Bat heaven did help them. Sometimes
it does sesm to fail people in their sorest
needs; and yet, things work obssurely and
very far around, and who as yet has sson
the end Of everything?
Aunt Dolly, in her wooden rocker. knit
silently on the socks that would bring her
rs cents pair. Uncle 'Liphalst drank in
TIE mans words with ehiidlike crsaulity.
"Lst mo tell you. sir. manufacturing
enterprises are the life Of our villages.
Conpsrs' Swinton drew his sompar.
ison fusntly aud correctly. Were We TO
locate elsewhere. stock would b rapidly
taken up. but sving to our nost singular
and unfofrtunats Rres--lsss Of con6dsscs
in the locatisn--I Am strongly dssirous Of
conierring The advantages Of the mill on
ny native village. citizens must subscribe.
Al for the risk--how can there be any
riski Let me explain" Mr.. Swinton was
. man Of facts. unimpeachable. immova.
bic facts. that there vas NO going back Of or
around. That doesn't admit Of . ques.
tion. know il 10 be true why. we've
denosstratsd il. cir, DO you seea"
Uncle 'Liphalet thought he saw. Who
could avoid seeing square, sharp defined
fact, tha: was nowhere allowed to melt
away into suppositions or uncertainties?
II hain't but leetle money, anyway"
said Uncle Liphalet. pushing away his
rough, gray locks with his rough trsm
bling singers. Mother and me saved up
enough. little by little, to eddycats Rube
With, but be died, you know, and the
money has lain in the bank"
"a thossaud isa't much. anyway" said
the maa Of thousands. tipping back in
his chair. and picking his teeth elegantly;
''but the morale you subscription lends u
something. Our very singular and unfor-
tunate fires, you see Tho fact that men
hike ourselves have entrusted their saw
ings 70 as gives US desirable standing
Uncle Liphalet's vanity vas teushsd.
but Amt Dolly With closed lips counted
her stitches.
"What do you say. Dolly"
Eve said my say. LiphslsL In sick
ness OF misfortune ve might fall back on
Rubss nossy, otherwise I'd rsihss it rs
nsis N ths benk.
20 Asusasd dsIlan. sir soptincsd the
~ ->1y. suAIeieDily hunblsd bssess this
ia l. -sAss. - Thousand dollars that's
nan o. : bit by BIT. and laid up 10 Ave
a