The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-04-09

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BslSosa 70 dspsss: sad ~ - bad ssvss
~ had . shasss h isviAs ~ isisss y tAs
larm il plsasass weather
Bat shs w. nagsaainoss - bald Ass
pasos.
.-Oh yes saa aaa sess plAss Tor hin.
said ~ hssbsad. lightly. 'Ihsss = ssss
roou q tAs ed of Ne ball vhsrs ths
spissisg vhssl H."
"Bss il isa't s4raishsd. " ylaaasd Lssy.
.Yss eaa sasily ~ easpst tsgsthss
ont Of thoss old pisess irea ~ Bslissds
room. ssd IL 10 tsosbls Y PIT up : nSs-
lin curtain 70 ths vindov and lin il : ~
bed. There sss plenty of sod husks Y
ths cora houss. and yoa css jnss tast .
naasrsas tossshss. and vhitsvash tss
ceiling. asd--"
sswhst's that. Bsaiahs Tho eovs IN
~ re losl Dsss nsI Evssyshisg goes
wrong Il I step into he hesns moment.
Asl really. Lutis. thoss thiags ~ yeaE
bssissss "a aos niaA - sddsd. iFrisa-
Lssy sssA ~ w Iasubiag ~ VI
hssssII, = ~ tSs0<s4 - " ~ sosps.
But il w. vssy ~ iitsss lssgh. asd
soon changed into sish.
Il voadsr." she ssid ia . vhispsr' ~
my Door, tired out ghost would heunt
shoss stone pAvsnsnts. and serab shelves.
II / wsrs 70 diei / mover heard q shost
il dairy before. but ahosld think y
might sasiIy b."
But this little bed room vas 6ttsd mp.
for al that, ard Usels Paul arrived. .
dried up, yellow sonplsxionsd Cd man.
Win an cid fashioned cravat tied in many
| folds around bis neck. and ssit Of navy
blue, with brass buttons.
He had the polite way Of half ceatury
ago, and Lucy thought she should like
him, il she only bad the time TO get ac'
quainted.
But she was churning 10 pounds Of but
Ter day, and there was the baby, and ths
company and the young chickens. and shs
baking 70 do for The sewing society which
was to msst Il her houss that week.
She was almost toe busy to sleep, bal
Uncle Paul was Watching her quietly 81
the time.
He csme out TO the barn ono day wher'
his nephew was putting now handle OF
. sickle blade.
"Pretty busy times sh, Uncle Psuis'
asked the farmer. scarcely taking the lsis
ure to look mp from his work.
/ aye" Abssntly spswsrsd the old man
"Did tell you, Nephew Ssth, aboat th
reason I left your Cousin EliAb'ss"
mot tbst I rsmembsr." said Seth
breathing on the blade and polishing
with his silk handkerchief
!. dorothy died-his vife.'
"Oh. yes," said Seth. 'Malarial fevs'
i wasn't it?"
..No," bluntly replied Uncle Paul. =
hard work. That women. Nepl'e'
W. ':dthe houss~ork for eight prrs"n'
oe.n' .. = even lei her have womA
Eiiso d'da 'sh ths washing aud ironin,
% help her Y. % irregular going brute,
Mus' nsss = the bsndlss little
said Seth, Tightening >"sdded Uncle Pa,
''All the sewing. too. .re. nsver ve,
-".Ls NEEDING and max. El,,b didu
anywhere except " church. i"
believe 10 women gadding abou..
.sThe old savage, said Seth. !,
she was fond Of reading bat she ng
got auy time Tor It," said Uncle Paul
s.She rose bsiors sun-up and never lay
down until II o'clock. II was hard vorl
that killsd that woman. and Ella b cooll,
declared that II ~ sheer laEyness whei
she could not drag herself around ~,
longer. And when she died hs rolled n
his eyes and called il visitation Of Prov
idence."
"Why didn't the nsighbors lynch himf
cried Seth, fairly aroused 70 indignation Z
last.
"why don't the nsishbors lynsh yous
said be.
I Seth dropped The sickle and stared.
"Nephew Ssth," said Uncle Paul, in
prsssivsly "thou. art The mani Are 20
, not doing the same shingi"
''Ii' gsspsd Seth.
il .Your wife il doing the work Of ; hons
hold Of 10 people. said Uncle Paul. "Sh
D is drudging as you hire no foreigner
/ drudge. Shs is rising early and lyin
i down late; she il offering mp her life on u
shrine Of your farm and its requirement
] have seen her grow thin and pale eve
4 through the few days that have bet
4 here. have carried water and split voc
. for her because there was no ons else1
4 do II. / have seen her carry mp hrs. b
i. ford's breakfast daily TO ber room. becan
a Mrs Belford preferred to lie In bed; u
I cook dainty dishes for Helen Psstsrso
beoauss HsIsn wouldn't - what the =
Z liked. No galley slave ever worked
I she does. And you. With ycuf hired o.
: -vhose board only adds 10 her csrss
: and your labor savisg machinery. sts'
,l soolly BY and - her commit allow suisid
Yss. Nephew Seth. think i j. cass
I. lynchiDg."
Bsth had grown pale.
Il Ill never thought Of this" said !
why didn't somebody tell mss"
\ "whsrs we're yous own syesf" ssk
be Uncle Paul.
- Seth Bsilsndsn rollsd down his sh
n sleeves, put on bis coat. and went into
ID house.
~ He told the BeIlords and Pattsraons q
il vas incosvsnisnt y kssp thsm any Io
sr He wavo Conan 6uaan 10 undesntG