The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-24
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
FOR HIS HEALTH

I wretch - MS nsme Nhs hekipss" NNe
waite, bu, We called him Wretch for shors
-leit college somewhere 10 The dusky East
hi. family decided that hard sIudy had
wrought havoc with the poor FELLOW :
health aud iorihwilh sent him 10 try SUM
cure as ouly Texas furnishes ~ As
matter Of fact, he had studied nothing
more serious thsu . beautiful assortment
Of Bottoms cribs. His ill,hepltb was due
to causes not connected With 'be intended
routine OF college lie,
80 the peaceful little community oi JIM
willie, Texas, awoke one day to conscious
ness OF the fact that it hsrbored Reginald
Croswsits, Esq, goreeorous 10 store
clothes and sn English accent. Old mn
Bowman, who in some remote aud ipeIpli'
cable way was related to the Wretch, and
At whose house the latter stayed, expressed
himself about the newcomer 10 The general
store one day.
He's queer cri,,er, he said 40 an so
pesky fond Of him as / should be, be being
kin o mine. dosn't rightly understand
his ways, mebbe, being brung up different
like, but ant or bsnkerin' after seein' er
chile er mine,tbst away.
And that was perhaps the feeling Of all
Of us there in Jimville We were plain
folk. and Texas seemed very fair to US. As
for one thing the Wretch Dragged to us OF,
sometimes 10 his condescending way -
we'll. the East was welcome to them. Dante
nigh, be pecesssry adiuncts in that shell
tered lie down eatt, in Texas they were
out Of place. There was tragedy enough
10 our daily lives, and any cowboy will
tell you that riding the range will give yon
more grace than oil the aesthetic profes'
sors in the world
Twas winter by the calendar aud north
ern weather the Wretch came TO
us. As the spring came on We thought
surely the glamour Of it would seiza him
alec, for there is nothing more glorious
than Texas spring When the juicy grss
ses began to cover the pastures. growing
almost vsibly, with the wild flowers oil
strange beauty and variety springing up,
IN mushroom,like, on the face OF the earth;
when the mesquite trees shoot out their
slender, knife'ike. leaves, and the cedars
take on new fragrance, new color; when
the soft, gentle balm OF the south breeze
induces feeling OF absolute rest the
person who can be in Texas then and no:
feel something Of the JOY Of living where
spring is so glorious. is not spersen ht
for decent society. But the Wretch never
opened his mouth in praise OF anything
Texan. He only turned bis nose and his
trousers . little higher up and spoke un-
pleasant thing about the internal mud
think the Wretch had but few friends
in JImville. His cigars and his wbskey
may have made him some friends smcng
the sort Of men who fsvn on any one so be
but stand treat
His only amusement seemed TO be rid'
ing. lie generally rode to Morstown, the
nearest post,o flee, aud his face wore an al
most happy look when be came back from
there. We supposed be was getting letters
from home. His way Of Iiling the tro'
was thing that Jsmesvllle laughed af'
He said he was riding English. We said
the ponys name was Rube, aud incden
tally venlured that il be were to ride thai
vay for days at a time his hide would bt
10 shreds small enough 10 make saddi.
straps Of.
Spring drif,ed sw,y before the herct
SIMMER sun, and he was still with us
And then the new scboolmsm came. The
old one had been tflered school neal
Austin and had left us. She was an elder
ly, bomely lady and nobody paid much ct
tentiou to her.
But the new schoolma'aml She wat
Young. aud-so pretty. The blush OF 81
AltIspdiia peach vas on her velvety
cheeks-how she kept her complexion II
that climate is a mystery cbimeric : and
the CLINT Of the cloudless, szufe Texas skJ
was 10 btr eyes She was the daughter o
farmer 10 the neiehboring towu'ship
and her name was Mamie Alvin. She
hadn't taught school a week before al
The children 10 the district we're her yer,
hum BILE servants. Cous. queutly sbe ruled
The village.
Tue Wretch evinced sudden fobdpes
for pedesirisuism after this. he used y
happen by lhe .cbolbcuse IN the mos
casual wsy just shout the time idst ibssi
in,iop Of learning was letting ou'. Thei
n. would walk I ONE with Miss Alvin sns
carry h.t books and ibibas. he used I
tsll very e~seliy TO her, ] isncy, and sh
seemed 10 grow quite fond oi h'n i'm
vile looked on And ssnfe 10 i'seli. Iher
sss no denying j, the scboolms sm ga
falling 10 love With the Wretch.
The man xto svore lcuie,i aud moo
i.l,eutly At ,h's state Of thing was L,ria
Dieb, lhe c0sboy. He loved the school
mssu sinee be hrsi set syes 90 her. bu
hi. rough, uUpolIsLed vs,s uould BOT ls
hin ,bou bis love except 10 the sisifni
uess OF bis big eyes he ass bard. nc
Cultured fellow. used TO 81 uneeu,Ie lii'
bu, be xss honest I. the day ~ ions
Like sil strong home keeping men b
yeners,ed women with 81 slmost ebiidis
feeling
One evening = the simmer vas sIfesd
"A veil sdysneed. snd The Wretch snd Mani
y vere in Jinyilie's eyes ss good ~ engage
-Lxis, Dick cls,tered past lhe ouilyin
houses of the villsge at pace tbst besol