The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-31

The corn 10 shs nsw sronnd, whsre tbs
cLechscssr you'd not ~csh.
: All oi that day. nearly 81 II tho next
and then tho pIsn,ins wss dcpe. Allan
took gallon of grain from The sack II sbs
snd oi the fold sno plAlt,d u all 10
kinR.hill.
That's Tor good luck, he said. Fsnny.
yon'rc worth ~ much ~ man.
Th.nt You, saij f.nny, "a shs looked
81 her tortured hsods She vas rslly
very tired.
Too bad 10 lose al your seed that way.
called Squire Folts,ore. while Allan ws-
huisy about The barn ~ The close OF the
day. See thst moopS Going TO have tso
weeks Of dry weather. Besldes. DO one
ever oush. TO plant corn in the 6rsi quar-
ter. The boy did not snswer.
The usxt morning wss Sunday. Allan
vss reused BY the rolling Of thunder. He
was lulled to sleep again by the soothing
sound Of raio. He only wsked sn hour
afterwsrd when bis mother called him.
Aud ths corn is all III she added tsana'
fully.
Squire Folkstone was willing to admit
that Allan had been favored oil the weather
in the matter I corn; but he bad plenty
Of time to prove that the rain was the
worst possible thing on wheat:
That long dry spell filled II with As.
and il any Of il misses the fly this rain will
Ill II with rrst, be said.
And il it comes to good hsrve ID will
fill you with disappointment, laughed the
young man.
All through the mouths oi GUNNER and
autumn il seemed the God Of the widow
and the fstherless smiled upon them. All
through the season when the sun above
and the earth below. when the dews a
night and the winds Of dawn were pouring
their treasures into tho the ears OF corn
and the heads OF wheat, 1t seemed that Q
greater hand was doing tho work, that
greater hand bad planned. Never in ell
the years OF his Grabbed life had old squire
Folk.tone feen such wheat ss the harves'
ter found on the Morgan farm: Never In
the memory of the neigbborhood had such
giant stalks b rne such massive ears OF
cors. Never had the orchard swung such
luscious treasures above sod 80 fragrant.
And never had the humble crops OF Der
ries, plants and potatoes 81 richly rewai'
ded industry.
But these neighbors will long remember
that Fanny Morgan did many q bard days
work outdoors. They will not soou forget
the sight OF the tender Msdge struggling
# not quite effectively with bur
deus that man might have wearied under
And none Of them can overlook The tedious
days when mother added her strength
hat had never before been tested SO rough
~. TO the Efforts OF her children.
As TO Allan, he found his abundant re,
ward. The crops had prospered nightly
HIS resolution, taken without the aid OF
horoscope for the futue or experience t9r
the past, had been vindicsted.
The summer wss over the harvest WAS
ended, and they have been saved.
This is simple story. 1t is the story Of
q year Just ended, The story OF season
when the gathered sunshine OF seventy
two consecutive days have heapod Their
golden treasures in our land. IL might be
easy to bring back that prodigsi son at the
last day OF grace. supplied with Ben Mor
eans missing treasure and let him lift the
mortgage that no band at home could
1t might be easy to draw upon
the undepleted stores OF the Improbable
But it is much nearer the truth TO ssy that
the four helped themselves, ana then dcd
filed the measure OF their needs.