The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-20
BLAZING cULcH.


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700. sirsrReS Well, don1 tncs n
~ mucs o tell. bot ere gots.
Bill Mscy aud I wsre partners down
Dvsolsiion Camp they called Il that b
caase ci the h,g food that washed o.
bali OF The cabins one night. and lef, II
b,ek. dosa belos siregn with pots ~
pins aud dead men. too. tall We we
dosn aud buried them How we took d
With zach other. goodness only koos
Hs vas ~ asest . scamp ss ever wo
boots. snd tho sh didnt know il then
Guessed at IT, A for me. my folks dou
east thought ! was dad years back :.
good Job, too --or thered have heen wor,
grief than there was, perhaps. in the l,til
old parsonage under the New Hsmpshir
bills. ia been rather q bad tot a.
youngster = nothing so bad. siter all. a
boys go. but little wild and full Of lark,
bu. they thonght me . gone case down Il
those quie. parts. and the place got so no
tina, st las, | left IL aud vent of to rea
That ship got wrecked on the Caiifor
nlan 90 tone iiDe day. aud most OF ,h,
crew went 10 the bottom. Why ! didn'
go too. l cant say; bnt as it was general
ly supposed at home that had. 1 dare say
u answered the purpose abou. as we'll
How driftsl about for the next few wears
doesn't matter just now; sny how. ! turned
up at last at Blazing Gulcli. with pretty
firm purpose not TO let the old folks know
| wasn't dead after oil. until | could do
something to make them pleased TO hear
il.
So Bill Macy aud / fell together, and
chap who could tell story or sing q song
with anybody. aud be was popular for
that; and with the women for his long
legs, and his yellow hair, and a certain
way be had Of making any one OF them be
hsppene TO be with think he thought her
the only woman 10 the world the scoun
1rell
Up at the head OF the valley, Just where
'be big rocks hang together till they al.
most touch. and you eau only see thin
lip Of sky. like a ribbon. as you stand un
Ter and look up, there's store the store,
o fact there isn't another nearer than
romk kinsvile. fifteen miles off, The old
torekeeper got shot one night, when the
'oys were foolin' round, little gay over
find some Of them had had, and news
anne that new chap had taken the place,
nd was coming ont from down east some
here, with his wifi, and one girl. You
ct that made the boys look upl There
asnt an unmarried woman nearer than
omki willie. and she was ilty-iive, and
luinted There was run on bright col
red handkerchiefs abont the time the new
orokecper was expected; and hair oil went |
p to premium.
Well, they came.
Did you ever see white lily floating on
black pool, and wonder how 1t got there!
hats JUS the feeling had when l frs I
! eyes on May Pinnick. down there in q
isolation Camp. among all that rough Q
ng. She was just like white feather 9
opped from the clouds on 10 heap Of :
adside mad. only she didn't get smirch. q
should have thought her father n
'uld have known better than to bring I,
r to place like that; but be was born Il
d. II ever thee was one; and her mother b
sn't much better. a
Not that there was . chap there that 81
uld have lifted . finger TO hurt her; Of
IRE was that about her that they would g
dare, il they wanted; but somehow a,
y didn't want. They'd have lain down fo
her to wipe her little shoes on them ss
somehow most OF them felt more com.
table ont of her sight than in il; it's
d OF restraining. you know, to have to
and choose your words. aud swear 81
!. il yon swear ut ALL III
suppose there was nothing queer in in
fact mat fell head over ears in love M
her the first time | saw more than G.,
hem OF her little pink calico frock. but nj,
I'd seem queer that she should take TO on
There's nothing like being in love FL
,ake man sing small about himself biz
his own merits. thought had nev- he
ad such poor show TO offer rs that gel
It when l met her on the rock Ut the the
Of the valley, standing alone to watch fsu
moonlight. and offered to sca her |
e. 1t WAS just under the big withered mil
tree that got up courage to blurt it | v
oa. somehow; and when her little not
o arms were round my neck. and lit. it..
altering heart beating hardagainst my enc
guess | wasn't certain Just then frol
it wasn't all : dream, aud that / ths
ldn't wake TO find il so. str
I'll. Well! No doubt you've been to
yourself. stranger; and there's no abo
Trying to describe i'll never felt and
o all my life before. till | tried 10 say v
thing about II to Bill Macy the next pla'
ing. aud found the words stuck 10 ing
brost. He looked ct me with kind cost
'src. and then bis face went yellow CON
remembered all at once that be vas cliff
osed to be sweet on May himself; not on a
bat Was anything out OF the wsy had
chap 10 the camp Vas that, more or A
But at oil events ! Vas sorry spoke WOO
shut mp pretty quick. pret
we're working on an old. bali.us wer'
,de. and Bill had all along said il vas
! any use He began on II again this And
nr and y pretty nesrly ready TO 'oh
u aud leave IL, ~ he wanted. when OF
once the bit Of earth | was picking ohe
ns down With 3 run, and there rolled mite