The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-08-27


thought the day OF dosm had come TO ms
for there was hardly . week passed We
didn't hear OF some poor fellow being shot
for sleeping at his post. Twas 30 stupid
with fatigue and drowsiness that ! couldnt
somehow make out where vas. Every
thing was iumbled in my mind. Ths
cows coming home from market the
mince pie on the table. an open grave and
. boy standing up As target for line ol
soldiers. my mother in tears
Brewster stopped abruptly. and some
body asked eagerly what happened next
what the colonel said.
''Lenoir had not known good nights
rest for weeks He had bssn twenty -foui
hours in the saddle said Brewster
slowly and impressively. "Hs vas worn
out mentally aud physicallys He had di
rected his man 70 call him q dAy hrsak the
next morning. But hs took my musksi
up from the rock where l bed placed IL
ordered me to lie down again, and did
duty for me two hours while / slept"
There vss no comment on Brewster'i
story. The account OF noble deed sinks
quietly into the hear. without parade oI
flourish. After few moments Of silence
some one put in query in which iurked
q suggestion.
"Lenoir acted finely at Andersonville
too, didn't he, Brewster?"
The lumberman gave short rejoinder
consulted his watch and rose to 80. De
spite the self-depreciation ofhis narrative
all we're aware that he had been one o.
those noble specimens OF American man
hood who had survived the horrors ol
that awful experience, and finally emerged
emaciated wreck OF humanity whose hero
10 devotion to noble principle will re-
sound through the everlasting ages. But
he could never be betrayed into any rels
ton Of his prison experience. he pulled
on his driving gloves, nodded cool adieu,
to the score or more OF loungers, and was
soon driving at a quick pace up Make
street and out Sixth. For the first fs'
blocks the well paved street was linet
with handsome, comfortable residences
and then the pavement grew uneven. Half
mile further the street abandoned all ap
pearance OF smartness, trailed humbl!
between one storied warehouses, leaped |
railroad track, lost itself in maze o
switches, and resumed existence in th'
guise of . wagon road, terninstiug with
miserable wooden structure, standing in
desolate region and fanked on one side
by tall lumber pines. The clerks aud da,
laborers we're fling away, and the nigh
watchman. q quiet.mannered man with OF
unlit lantern in his hand, stood on th
steps.
"Well, Martin, what success?"
II gave them warning, sir, to clear out
this morning, and kicked their hov
' tier they left. for fear they woul'
~ o'.' = tonight, like rats that is
DO back agar.
III but one. -, N.. 80, tno,
urea' guns ~ ! cant get dol
mes as bad as dozen. AZ wi,hopt nav
or OF Insurance on the sto. sstisfv IN
ng double rates until / can cone"
ompany that the whole tribe is con
The tribe referred to by Brewster "a
isted OF fiouting population of disyeL
able vagabonds, allied in character to the
oodlums and criminals commonly known
wharf rats" and "hay bunkers," who
ad squatsed on the "dumps, and utilized
,e tin cans scattered plentifully over the
round in the construction Of miniature
lllage. The members Of this peculiar
ib-stratum OF society were tabled 10 exc
Ut their sustenance by diligent grub.
ing in the heaps by which they are sur.
'undel. They we're looked on by the
,lice and the public as dangerous class
citizens, and the underwriters very
lsely refused to insure property in their
at the ordinary rates. Martin,
eanwhile, advanced lame self-defence.
at was early, and he hadn't shown
mself, sir. didn't quite like to knock
5 house down about his ears. You see,
r. Brewster, he's different like from the
st-quite carries himself above them,
u know"
This siammering communication am used
ewster A queer notion entered his
ad. he would consult the usurper him [
I. and see what manner OF creature he ]
IS. He called 10 the Office boy, who was {
liking down the road. bidding him to 20
to the bonse and inform his wife tha, {
would be detained a couple OF hours.
The two men, left alone, stood at the
ndow and looked in the direction OF the
,ed village, TO detect some signs OF life;
saw only a stray dog who wandered
consolately amid the ruins smiling the .
Fps OF garbage with dlsdsinful cir.
e ligh. wsned and the serried ranks of
1t, that had been lying in wait amid the
stern bills and across the straits. closed 9
upon the city. The merchant grew i'm
lent under the long delay.
i can't understand. Martin. why You y
Int get rid Of the man along with the 8
I. Did be venture 10 question your .
hority?" 4
Why. you see, sir, didn't like 10 y
ak rough to the old chap. I'll venture 9
'ay be hasn't always been what be is
'. Fact is. ] didn't speak to him di- !
!. thought he'd take the hint and 81
ve." .
Ny soul!' The man shrAnk from the
ienation and disgust expressed in bis n
ployer's tone. then bastessd 10 smooth N
y his righteous indignation With hap. il
after thought