The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-08-15

10 She needs rs 10 be With her There's 10
10 Of good things about your mother lw'
10 thinkin' this morning about somelhir
grandsir used TO say; she's like cow th'
!. n give . good pail O. milk and then kic
70 Il over. II makes me feel bad when ] ss
q how she must have worked before W VI
a married. never sAw house 30 spick ai
a span from asrret TO cellar.
Dan bad sad consciousness that thi
a was partly done out OF his mothers prid
: 10 her reputation As housekeeper. but b
Q had wisdom enough 10 keep things Of tha
!. sort 10 himself He was loyfully hspp.
aud delighted in HAnnah's affection 10
him. after having been disaIproved .,
B long by his mother Shed 60 through fir
: and water any time; but she trips up OF
! nothing. aud then blames other folks fol
the fall. be said 10 himself. Come Han.
} nah. let's 60 down the orchard lsne. hs
| added; and away they vent. and fingered
, about the old place until after moonrise
making plans for their work and their lift
: together. II was pitiful TO think how
much plessanter ii was 10 be out OF doors
, than in, but they could be happy any
where The Sunday before had been rainy
aud that morning they had, in the country
parlance, appeared out, Hannah had worn
her simple wedding inery, and they had
walked up the aisle to their pew arm iu
arm. The heads OF the congregation had
turned as il wind had tossed them like
heads OF clover, and after the service there
was great hand shaking and congratna-
ton. II took socially the place OF the
formal wedding with invited guests. but
II il had been the Sunday after their iuner.
al Dams mother could not have cried hard
er through the hymns and prayers or held
her handkerchief TO her face more con
stantly during the long sermon.
S'pose she has seen trouble, said one in.
dignsnt neighbor, as they walked home
together along the country road. So've
all the rest OF us that's come to her age.
She's got habit o. pityin' herself, and
wants everybody else to jine in. She pres
sed my hand comm out O. meetin', as il
she was too full for words but | says
There, Ann PARISH whatever the years
has brought ye. ye've got the smartest
girl 10 town an the best hearted for
darter- -in.lsw. She made out to wag her
head an say yes. But there, tbs one OF
her down times, an nodoby eau rsise her
ont on 'em till the 'pinted time. not il ye
blow her up with powder.
Dams always jest so pleasant, said an
other woman. I've seen the boy look at
her kind O. sidewise when be come 10 to
supper. and he'd know right of. when be
was little feller. whether 'twould do to
say word or not. Sizes denied herself
every thing just because she was pleased
to. when Dan would hA' been only too
satisfied to have her spend what she want
ed One time she even rincher herself O.
estn' butter. SOS they'd have little more
to sell.
She never pinches herself O. strong tea,
I've observed. responded the other. Teas
as bad cuss to that make O woman as
drink is to drinkin' man. She keeps that
old black teapot on the back O. the stove
day in and day out, an says there's moth
ing but tea sustains her. / told her one
day twas the cause Of her poor feelin's, an
she'd Letter sign the pledge, an she nev
Or hardly spoke to me the rest o. the day.
though I'd gone over neighborin' to help I
her quilt. She never asked me to stay to
supper. nor said good afternoon as come /,
away. /,
The listener chuckled with satisfaction.
| al'sys thought I'd find out what twas
come atween you two that time. So twas '
IN account O. the tea, was it2 And they
parted. one to 60 up be own shady farm
ane, and the other 10 follow the main t
Dad short distance. Just then Dan and '
Hannah and old Mrs. Parish drove by in I
heir new two seated wagon. They had
eceived hearty greeting from their b
riends. Tn, women sat together on the n
,ack seat and Hannah had put her own
lew summer shawl over Mother Parishs
houllers, for the wind had gone into the o
ast, and the air was growing cool. b
PART THIRD.
With all her kind determination and K
beforehand OF the inevitable r
ifficulties, Dams wife found her heart isi
Ter mere and more as the summer'a day.
rent by. She did not mind the hard work I,
1 the farm; she had always been used TO il
'ard work, and grew fonder and fonder a,
I her own home and Of Dan. She had IL
er faults and hated them more than ever a
ow that they were met by that chilling al
% Of rebuke snd disspprovsl. Sometimes
be fog would lift, and the elder woman q
1ould become cheerful and companion 9,
BILE for few days, and then ii Was real b,
7 happy time % they sat together ct
heir sewing or went about their house II
old work. Ann Parish would talk Of the 81
ast and OF Dams childhood, and give
pine hint Of the true affection for him 81
hich burned warmly under the cover Of ca
,l6shness and jealousy and critics u, 7
hich time had slowly woven. Sometimes "
10 poor woman would become almost
ay, and look young, even pretty. in the ga
Iquisite neasness Of her black print gown "
ID smooth hair. You'd know Mother us
.rish WAS different from common folks
annsh proudly whispered To Dan once. -
Ut NEXT morning the chilly fog was 50
'ere again and seemed 10 dll the kitchen 81
Nothing suitcd Ann Parish worked hard ia