The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-08-29
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sboln' 10 her bead aud s-lsllin' Of when
ever she gets chance. than | can hell
~hiitlin' ~hen talk
Want 10 knov how missed liyin' 10 tb,
White House an instead struck root on
down cast iarmf Well. don't mind IL
tell ye. seein' the COWS IL MIXED aud ih.
turkeys is and the old lady cant now wsday,
think Of another ebore fort least q mini
and half
Never lived on 8 farm. did ye. With Z
real smart aud go-shosd wiirY Well you a
be s'prsed to see how many things sich q
helpmeet could hnd to do after oil vas
done
Bot lsndl Kexiah. she's got 40 uster
midgin me up aud I've got so uster waitin
10 be mldgin, that II ed seem strange like
II things wasn't that way.
fe see l Amt nigh as pudeicky as us
ter be and things step along first rate aud
easy reckon even the old notion OF brIm
stone hereafter wouldn't scare me much
now. I'd sorter say TO myself and Keziah,
II we've got to be burned to ciDders, we've
either got to gin out some time or be made
tough enough to stand il.
Bat about my being President. | was
young in them days aud was considered
good looking. bein' five foot seven in my
stockin's and not lacking in conceit. May
be you've found out for yourself that folks
value you pretty much at your own figures
and to think you're some pumpkins Is the
surest way to be some pumpkins. It's
strange but mighty true. Now l don't
count for nigh rs much rs as did in them |
days jest because I've sorter grown modes.
aud don't set myself forward. Heisho, il
it wan, for Keziah don't believe woald
be any count at all.
But when had this good iselin, sbout
myself lived over there on Q farm Jest be.
yond them hemlocks ye see to the north.
and keziah. she lived here in the old
house. which | may add want nigh so
smart and white as 1t is now. Keziah was
beauty in them days. jest like peach
that's all ready to drop off tree. but il
you'll believe me didn't know II then. 1
had to go away to learn il.
You see bad growed up with her and
was so used to takin' her soft eyes and gen
tie ways for granted that | didn't think
nothing OF them in particular, or il l did
thought they WAS 8 part Of pretty much
oil girls. and my due for bein' a superior
chap. l uster carry her to singn' school
and apple bees and meetins, but as for
loving her, didn't know what it meant.
was ambitious, ye see. in them days,
and couldn't give no thought to love max. d
ing. more'n an evenins fun. And Kezish, /,
she seemed never to think about il no I,
nore'n ! did. She was easy and gentle, n
but that was all. >
OF and on worked down to the village q,
md kept wantin', strong and stronger, A
20 swing out for myself. where there was o
OTIS Of noise and excitement. Country a,
Fsys begun to seem dull, and country
olks no end OF slow. I got notion in nv ~
read that | was meant for o bigger man se
han farmer wanted to SEQ the city. n
Dear me! All boys jest comm into n
'biskers and neckties has the same feeln's b]
'ometimes they recover and sometimes h,
hey don't-which take II was the case n,
nth Bonypart. Now il he only hadn't y
I'D relapse be might q lived several "
ears longer in comfort and happiness. m
l recovered, but had 'em pretty bad ar
nd needed some master bitter herbs be
ore got well n
] took to findin' faults in the old people an
5 had brought me into life and worked Ii,
leir poor tired hands into hard knots for IN
" sake. / actually began to see that they se
iey eat with their knives and didn't care tb
bether they had napkin or not on
When / come to that state, / thought bo
was time left An so one Sunday af-
'rnoon packed up my close, and told so
other was goin' to New York. 10,
don't like 10 think about the way her In
rinkled face looked when / told ber 1T In,
as sudden and unexpected, ye see. 10
n, for ! kept my feelin's pretty much 10 tic
yself. She didn't try to argy with me fis
It to go-it want that. but 1t was The 90,
~ she said goodbye VA
Father want so hard he was . man, "a
d after giving me some good advice, the vi,
ing was done. iua
Ihen went 10 ttll kszish l Was oil. bo,
dD't 20 sentiment about that only mo
d feelin thst II onghter be done. and ple
l did it came across her at the pas her
re bars a-drivins home the cows. tio
I'm of to New York 10 make my fortune VA
ys !, gay and easy. so wish me good s
,ki pa,
She aood still for mint there in the er
adder OF the naples. holdin' on 10 the II,
st, and lookin' up Is IL she didn't un- Gov
rstand. one
AiD't You elad' says l. wondering Why res,
! eyes made me feel 80 sorter uneasy. 10 '
Why, yes, she makes answer 10 . hest the
ing way, but ain't 1t dretiul sudden? Il
Maybe It's TO some. but 'tAint TO me thin
. been thinking Of il these two months. and
ev place 10 Jim Bakers uncle's store MAJ
nd I'm going TO take it, the
'he took out the top bar SLOW like aud selti
ted Btindle's he,d. fail,
Vhs,il the old folks do' she says aud love
o knew partly Why her eyes made me z
ssy. But wouldn't own TO her that bsc,
u-s alp Of girl as hsd never been 10 81
city in her life aud didn't knov how a frigI
se car looked bu,
spoke mp loud snd confident; Oh wsy
: Il