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

II ~M slill dsrk. though sbe esEoky dus
I OF The shy bad lain. suggestions OF gray
; ii a. II daylight huas fsr up behind 10
. loser vapors Af.sr little while the van
iag night took on . sor, Of dim tanspArsl
cv, 10 which objects we're plainly Visible
Az Ellen 80, Looking toward the eass, viii
hope that II would soon lish,cn for dA~'
her eyes caught movemen, In the yar'
which held them strained With fear sh
knew presently that figure Was erossini
the garden, and almost " one with TIN
PERCEPTION came the knc~ledsc that !, wa
the stardily built form Of Liza Ann,
| Over the dark stretch Of grass The hsur
went, on toward tho looming blAekness o
the single Or, beside which il stopped will
q wooden Stiffness. ss Of rigid joints; on.
hand thrust aside the dragging branches
and in the onts,retched palm ot the oihel
Ellen saw the round whiteness OF an ess
Liza Ann got stifiiy on her feet again. and
began 70 recross tho yard, her square out
line growing momently clearer In the III.
ing gloom. She vAs walking smArtly past
the kltchsn window. whom |, fell BY chance
that ahe cooked her eye in that direction.
and y, once caught glimpse OF the pale
face on The pane. She put forward with
and idea Of whisking BY before she should
be recognized. bat before she could reach
the door, il was opened. and Ellen stood
on the threshold.
What z you ms doin' in my yard. Liza
Ann Cliukenbeard2 she asked, IN rather q
strained voice.
The other woman laughed shortly, and
finding she had 10 stop, stood in q defiant
way, her arms rolled in her apron and
crossed on her breast
Reckon l hevn't trod down the grass
none. she said, as il At q loss to give . rea-
son Tor her presence in her sisters domain
l. he'd occasion to cross thro hyere, she
pursued. after . little pause, and then
made as II too push forward on her way
Ellen came down the step and laid hold OF
her arm with thi6, hot hand.
Liz, Ann-you ben a-puttin them eggs
onder tibet tree them eggs thet ben a
stealin'. What did yeh do il ferp
Liza Ann saw there was nothing for IL
but the truth. Well. see yeh take the,
first one she admitted, with evident re
luctance. l he'd my eye on thet white
hen, for knowed by the sassy look on hei
face thet she wuz goin to steal nest of
som 'eres. She's too smart to have feathers,
.het white hen is. Iwuz lookin' out my
back winder, an l sec yeh rach in an get
the egg, an sensed right of that yeh
must be 10 tight place count o Adkins
hevin' he'd pore health. l knowed y all
wouldn't hev nothin' from me no way !
cud fix it, an Well,the white hen would
ut 20 back thar no more; reckon she wuz
sort O. put out when she see yeh take her
egg. Hens are awful sensible critters;
some o. mine come mighty near bein'
folks.
She was talking at random to hide her
embarrassment, but she broke oil sudden
Iy when Ellen sat down on the step in a
weak way. as il her strength had spent its
last effort. Liz, Ann helped her into the
house with speed Of movement largely
dashed with fear.
You got to set down in this rocker 'ith
a piller back o. your head, while turn 10
an put the kittle over an bile good cup
O. right strong coffee, she declared, as she
struck match and proceeded to light q
candle.
Oh, Liza Ami them fence palms
Shocks! commented Mrs. Clinkenbeard,
looking at the candles hollow cone OF
flame with wrinkled brows, as II IL had
suddenly presented itself as an interesting
study. I'll hev old man Smith put 'em
on today.
No, yeh won't Liza Ann; L
He owes me q little bill anyhow, inter.
rupted the other, an ! may as well take H.
ont in carpen,in'; I'll never git II out O.
him no other way. Them Smiths arc oil
mean no count set. Don't yeh mind
aosanna Smith, Ellen? her thct uster let
on like she wuz sick, 80 she'd git to lay in
bed?
'Liza Ann, said Ellen, without heed TO
the subjec, OF the Smith family, which her
sister had brought up for the purpose OF
livertiug attention from the more emba
RAISING question OF the fence. whist yeh q
do somethin for me. Whist yeh'd leave
the fence like 1t Isl I'm kinder interested
In thet white hen. she's 80 kind O. humsn
lookin - an then the gap II be right han !.
dy fer you an me to crawl thoo goin back
An' forf. She spoke loudly; Adkins WAS
stirrins iu the next room doubtless aroused
by their talking. and abe wanted him to
know that the breach had not been repair.
cd by an advance on the part Of Liza Ann
Her devtion to him WAS none the less that
1t was now in some measure balanced with
renewed affection for her sister. which no
word OF bis could ever again disturb.
Well let the fence stay like Il Ia, Ellen.
said Liza Ann. Her voice was 9 little
thick. for she had been blowing the FIRE,
and the smoke had made her eyes wet
| A Mistakes Father.