The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-02-20

stand here until tomorrow. I've lopi
tramp before ma sad I'm no, going h
suy place where ! think they'd be likel!
TO buy .uytLius Of this sort IIi Sc, en-
back by the chimney piece, ma'sm wher
they wont be In sny ones way And l'u
very tired With carrying them
fel, sorry for the poor iaded wretch -
so made no objection. And when b,
vss gone. the vases dill make the room
Iook wonderfully pretty. ] could but wist
that they were mine
Obadiah preceived them a, once. whet
he came home 10 tea,
HeIlns said he. What does thu
mesnY
So told him. adding
only aish that could sfflid them -
taey are so bandpmc.
Obadiah WAIKIKI around aud around
them: with bis bands in bis pockets and
bis brows knit oushtfully.
Yes. they're pretty. said he. But they re
not perfect,
Not perfect ! echoed.
Not by any means Don't you see that
Ienpthwise crack down one9 Add the end
OF the little raised rosebud is cbipped of
on the other. ! hope you did not do it.
Josie2 be conclud with q sudden glance
Of apprehension.
|? Certainly notl / cried Why. |
haven't so much as touched the tbingsl
Then dare say it's sll right said Oba
disb.
Aud we sat down 10 supper.
The next day. however, my friend. the
came along smiling aud oh.
sequions as ever.
There are your vases. said l, just where
you left them!
But all ut once he broke out onto q
storm OF reproacb aud obloquy.
They had been cracked and damaged in
my care, They we're perfect absolutely
perfect = when he left them there the day
before. | had worked the mischief, and
was OF course responsible for the value
Of the articles
OF course knew that the rascal was
telling falsehood; but what could | do?
was alone in the house and fairly cowed
h., ,ba fa,ooity of tho MAN
You must pay me for them, he roiierat-
ID, again and again, or will bave you ar.
rested at once!
burst into tears.
How can pay you9 said |. The vases
we're damaged when you left them here.
ind, besides | have not five dollars - no.
lor one dollar in the honse.
(Which was true enough
While spoke he had been glaucing fur
lively around
don't want to be hard with you. ms'sm.
aid be. or, course, poor man like me
las got 10 save bimself from loss, and il
Gull let me have that set OF blue and
White India china in the dresser. in eX
bange, III leave the vases, and well say
10 more about ii.
1t went to my heart to part with the
ndil ware, which had been relic Of my
,other's housekeeping days. but l was so
owed and terrified by the mans Bullying
manner that believe would have given
i'm the house from over my head il be
ad asked for it; and he went away leav-
~ the beautiful vases on the floor.
How glad l was to sac Mrs Meggs come
heerfully IN half an hour afterwardsl-s
ood, motberly old soul, with silver
pectacles aud an elderly dimple still ling.
ring on her cheek
Why, my dear, said she, How came
gu to be SO taken in? There was an
rticle in the paper last week, ws(npg
'erybody against this vey impostor
'idu't you see it? II wsss called "ThA
ase SwindIer. 80
| coIored deeply and hung dow u}
cad. n
We have stopped taking the paper,
id /. Obadiah thought we couldn't af
nd {
And your beautiful old china. tool said
RS. Meggs. Why, there WAS half
,lumn 10 the paper week before last,
,out the vaiue Of cid china just now. Z
nd by what is stated, your set Of old 10. |
aware must have been worth twenty {
,llars at least. /
TweDiy dollarsl Aud ! had frittered /
EN- away for pair Of wretcbed, crack I
!, tswdry things, the very sight OF t
blch made me sick v
My dear. said Mrs. Meggs. your ideas $
economy are altogether misplaced. You &
ould read the papers (
0bsdish went and subscribed for the e
,ggt vile Herald that very evening.
And 10 the frst number be saw an sd .
rtisement Tor hands at new steam fac. h
" 10 the nrighborhood, which offered il
lady work and wages Third higher
an he wss nov receiving Add l insert z
modest little "Dressmsking Wanted, b
d it was answered within Me week, and 6
IN making my own snug little income q
a, thank beaver! Il
And il al, bodl tells us nov that we
u aG ,rd TO take paper, We tell them, a
,sdish aud |. that We eau't sfiord to do h
tboui one. 4
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