The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-04-02

nm oRATEEUL 0oUu1ny.
Pears 10 - liks ~ nors than ] .,
aAa', Mis JsaA 'dssd Il dos; fssls lih'
1 ny hsArt dos burst vids opss. asd th'
speaker seaksd 70 ssd fro II an Asoey Q
gief.
| Bus vhat u ID. Aans Tilds Tell NJ
uhss ~ hspps~pd siaes morning =
iWtw 4sAWs = Jsn drhsy~ Usse
Hzs ssSs ! MN oasbans u 70 frod
Aunt TildA ~
| Dsss Il 4i- gsaA Aoss,! ~ u
Bob. hes doas goas oa V list, and ~
nsbsr ~ hin any more. nsbss. nsbss.
| What Unels Bob gsssi When did b
| gos and shs lair yoaag iaes grew sad H.
dssd. Maybe yos sss pis.shsp. Aust
TiIdA Uocls Bob vas not missing svo
days aso.
No; decd I'se met pislAkAn. Narss
Hairy. b do0s told ~ hisssli dst Bob's
gons tso lsvA I'd Bob hs said h. time
hss here. II NJ ~ hsd oss chance hsd
60; bus nsbsr spsctsd be meant Il. Miss
Jane. cos be laugh and tole me he's only
sAyin' Il 70 tsass me. but ! feel like he's
|asbsr Oninses ssnpabank - more apd
Jsm he's vay dos9 lhs ribhsr. sad daf
|sis't nVps IN 'cepti9 - asd the tears
|1owed kfesh. "a :
Few could realize tho old voman's cor.
rov y Jeapnssts Gordon. Since The be-
gianing Of the var her only brother had
been killed. hsr lover vss even then 10
prison. and her Iaihss hsdl gone bat >
vesk bsiOrs 10 Asht fof what he deemed
vas right. Left alone In The old hons1
place. her only friend and confident vas
Aunt Tilda. who had been her nurse. and
tried hard to all the place Of the young
mother vbc had died wtpa Jeannstts was
bssa baby, sighsSss ysAsssbstsrd
Aunt Tilds herself had known many u
sorrow. but the greatest vas when Jen.
hSsSss boy. ~ been sold 70 planter
stiown ths ribber. and itseemed then as
though life could hold no more bitter
grief. But now Bob" her .'ole nsan, =
the very sunlight Of her life. had gone.
and no one else could feel the weight Of
bitter misery that utterly overeame her
faithful heart. and she realized that she
was indeed alone. vainly Jeanette tried
TO soothe her. II seemed - II words I'D.
dsd to her grief Be- her young mistress
deemed II best 70 lot her indulge her sor-
row for awhile. and walked slswly from
the oabie. ~ e
Hsfsa hoF sftsrwards LILLE JAKE ran
into ~ eabintssay that. Miss Jans she |
say como up to the house. and come right
quick message which Aunt Tilda forced
herself 70 obey.
I've -bsep thinking. Aunt Tilds. said
Jsannetts. kindly. when she entered tho
room. that now, sincs there u 70 little for
roo = - h1ss ~ - psshsPs ~ wos.d
ike 10 work Tor some one elss. Mol don't
,top me; wait until I tell you ny plan.
II Ups1s Bot doss sonEs b1sk. Why you
wouid Sssl proud il sou ~ some nsssy |
< yenr - y show Nm; ~ Y - sbouId
aot come back, Why then Aunt Tilda. you
would have some money for yourself.
There, that will do, Aunt Tilda; ] know
III you wish to say. You see ! remember
III the kindness you have shown me.
Nov you can 60; and let me see how
nuch you can earn ior ycunslf and Un-
skHph skxKk
The plan proved entirely successful. In
Asg eaesrasss 10 halp Bob Aunt Tilda for
~ the Wsaiy dSys ~ waiting, the heart.
burnings and fears that her mistress knew
,nly TO we'll.
After oil. thought Jsannstte. Aunt Til.
% is al the mother ever knew, and ]
I'M glad, p glad, / thoseht ot telling her
10 earn something fsf hsrsslf. Poor old
Aanty. she vas always good and kind
10 me.
So the days sped on 1t tho farmhouse.
md many vsro the rumon Of defeat and
loss that reached them from the "boys in
gray" but nothing dsdpite. Once In
while Captain Gordon hauagsd 70 send
word that be Twas WE'LL" that was al. To
Aunt Tiids NO ssvs CAM, but she toiIed
=. AZ afr ~, enhpt IL ~ could
save ! iittlS moro ior s'Bob whom he como
back" Il va ended It let. The weary
days of Whiting, oi fear and dread wsrs
ended. ssd Jssanetse know that her brave
lover Va slesping in . soldiers grave and
her father. who returned. came home only
10 die.
Ts faithful. loving old Tilds NO news
came. and day BY dAy ths light Of hope
fadsd iron her isss. and The old mark Of
lcss was ahAndonsd Two months passed,
Ihen III third dragged slowly 90. and she
lelt that abe vas iadeed alone.
But ii last. when oil hops had gone.
and life seemed dark indeed, Bob returned.
Bat Il vas not The lisht-heartsd. laughing
Bob" of olden days TiIda reioiced over;
but wreck Of his former self be was; 90
hin. % wrstchsd. - utterly broken. il
sssmsd miracle hs had reashed home
llsN HShad tss1 y ! hospitkl. hs said i
d tbs sssAlkpo1 iospitaI y CAiso. and
"a seys srsturssA hslpless. broken
b ~ Ths terrible disease hsd a.
vsL 90 and bs ~ alnsst entirs-
blind. ia vss ovesioysd. He vss