The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-11-08
ArAmlLY AFFAIR

tAe Faft IN ~ oAu nta3s sAfNaks s~' 'F
Of msadcs slirtipg clsysviils on the south'
Tseir high Get beads Of eyes gaE~d calmly
from their sliu heads on the Sepiembef
brig of nature. and The csckles Which
IL times parted their vide orange hned
balls denoted : ssiisned slste of body, u
not Of miad. Presently. .hossver.,be head
ssadrr uttered an indignant hiss. spread
his uioes. sed svupe himself angriiy cut
cf The path, His iolicsem made after him
slsvishIy. aud the whole company ranged
theusrlyss In wrslhtul line 20 voice their
Opinion u The intrudeis who had put them
about
Tso women we're coming toward each
other 10 the path. One ot them sas built
on lavish plan. snd had rocky Kind OF
fsos, sst ia gray hair that vas riviied round
hsr ears 10 iron gray txisia Al she sight
Cd The other woman she isrked her chic
and ssiiisrsd her throat; her eyes we're lift
Cd clean over The othen bead a. they came
closs, and she thurt her skirts aside. bat
stuck 10 the path ~ II disdainiug 10 turn
out Z hsirs breadth. The sligbter woman
gave way readily. swsrving 70 one side and
quickenins her gait ~ II anxious to have
the encounter over ss speedily s might
be. She never raised her face ~ she slip
ped by. . small shadowy creature in
limp black calico gown, the hem OF which
turned With her heels st every step.
'Tsint cause dAssent look at Liza Ann
that hold my head down when we run
sein each other like we done Jest now, she
said 70 herself. a. II replying to some men
tel voice which accused her Of cowardice
l Amt skeered OF her no ways, but II pears
like haven't got the heart to look st her
whom she churns thss cold glare onto me
An We 'ns both sisters. though ! don't
hold 10 the kinship nohow; I'm right as
banned that the same blood runs in me Is
runs in Liza Ann Clinkenbeard!
She whipped up her head, but the
straight lashes Of her dull dark eyes were
clinging together in wet ragged points
By this time her pace had increased to al
most a run, which shortly brought her to
her own gate, the latch Of which she undid
with trembling fingers. No house bad been
built iu Claysville for 20 years; the two
which Hiram Wade had given his daugh-
tsrs upon their marriage were the newest
structures in the villag. still standing the
last cottsges in the street, a they had
long ago when IT was thought that "busi
ness nd gvad'slly take to creepin' out
to'ds Hoggin's woods." The houses had
never been painted, and their gray boards
we're iringing Of in feathery threads like
fraying hair. Between the gardens ran
slight picket fence. which had some time
had . coat OF paint like skinned milk;
near the street four pickets were of, dark
spaces showing where they had lain against
the top rail. each bereft brown square with
. iorlorn rusty nail hole yawpiug in it.
Ellen Loves stopped for second rs her
eyes lighted on this rent in the fence. and
the tears stayed themselves as il dried by
the heat Of suddenly reused anger. She
bad thin face with flesh OF Q wsxen vel
low, which suggested flow in her veins OF
some thick. colorless fluid instead Of blood;
her eyes looked brown. and the color seem
cd to show through the stretched lids, tint
ing them pale russell
Iwouldnt churn my hand 10 have one
o them thar pickets put on,not Of | wuz
adrawin' my last breai, she thought bitter.
". Then she pushed on to the house.
Name o. sense. Ellen, what are yeh
thinkin' OF TO slam the door like that! ]
reckon its no use 10 say anything; ef l
wuz dyiu' il would be jest the same-no
rsspec' for my feelin's.
Adkips Lowe fetched long sigh ~ he
spoke, aud leaned back 10 his wooden
rocker With look Of suffering submission.
He WAS man we'll on past middle life.
with traces OF bad health aud habitual
bad temper clearly marked in his face.
His nose was merely continuation, in
perfectly perpendiculsr line Of his brow;
u the nostrils il widened abruptly, with
something like an sir Of surprise at find
ing itself nose st all.
His wife began to apologize. didn't
20 to do II. Adkins, Likely . done il thro'
beiu 80 illustrated. l met Liza Ann down
street, right plumb face to face.
How'd yeh treat herr asked Adkins.
peering little snxiously from under bis
wrinklsd brows'
Treat bsrl l-humphl We done Jest like
we've always done for the last ten year ri
vent my way an she went hern.
No speakin' or sechs
Well Il reckon mott jsst looked
straight ahead O. me, ez stern ez knowed
how. bev ~ 10y tibet Liza Ann has
found out thars more sperit 10 me n what
she thought Tor.
hope yeL're keepia some'ercs near The
fscks, Ellen, observed Adkins. with no
imperfect belief 10 his ~iie's assertion oi
her sicro carriage. don't know AS any
thing could rile me worse than to bear
ths. you 'ns bad showed sigps Of eivin IN
To Mi.' CIilkenbeard. II nd look weak
minded TO me,
Ellen looked At him with sor. Of dull
wonder in ber face III ych ha'bcr any
scch curyus notion Is that. she began in
hurried way. yeh orter hearn me .slkin' to
Mis' weDxle this o'nin'. Bein' new
hysre. she hadnt got the rights Of u. 90
she y. me hov I yes. ! told her how
some IN knocked OF them four pickeu.
nd Liza Asns hens conserkenily KEN
steppin' over into my fouer beds ous day.
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