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

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foltsiobe fiis mother nsssd ihss 9Th
pride - abe watched him tsoss shs 0ossy
lender
Well. you Know | hold nostgass ou
the farm, aud every stick of ti0bcs i
~ofth something
Yes. bat se have 10 have Are sood.
Aai yoa could get drs GOOD si,houi
picking cut the best red,osk tsees coulda'l
your l vas walking through the wood ,hs
other d.y, .aj ] noticed sbenevss you
Gu, down trse you slssys cut dosn tbs
taes, one. Now, Of course. yeu can ~
psct 10 pay that mortgage next yssr. The
farm will naturally fall to u~. aud ! have
right TO see ihsl you dont damage me.
Tb re was moment Of very painful 81
lspce II wssthe bess iest Cross the widow
had hsd to bear She o,uld not truly
hope to pay n that awful mortgage. The
possible fortune that Bsu Morgan might
have lie seemed tsver forthcoming. She
bad doue the very best slnconid. 80 had
her cniidfen. She thought oi Sam. long
siuce lo.i sight OF. aud si,bed be Was here
to rltect his mother aud save the heri
,age Of her children.
Allan seemed struggling with . passion
too great for his unframed control. Pres,
emily he said,
What business bad you ia the woods'
Well, bad . right to SEQ that my prop
erty Was not =
But this is not your property, protested
Allan.
But it will be. said the squire. lifting
his eyebrows and smiling very hard
smile IT the young man.
But it won't be. retored Allan. We are
going 10 pay ths, mortgage when II is
due. Now don't let me here OF you on
this Iarm again Till your claim is due. l
guess will go = little farther. You came
here with mean purpose tonight !
guess this house is too small for you and
the rest OF Us. You get ouil Get ont;
Squire Folkstoue2
Allan-ptotested Mother Morgan, but
her hear, famed with the proud certainty
that be was justified.
What-wby, began the squire, rising 10
something like fear; for the youth was an
cry and very strong.
Go out, ! tell yon. Go, or / will
He did not need to finish the threat
The Justice started to his feet, felt behind
him for the latch. opening the door IN
bewildered fashion passed out 80 hurri edly
that the dog sounded another threatening
bark. and so e, capped to the highway.
Now. what shall We do? asked tiuorous
Msige.
Do Just what sad, replied Allan; pay
the mortgage.
Bnt, my SOP. we have nothing to pay II
With, said the widow. She was full OF
misgivines after all.
We will have, said Allen.
Than they began planning. Fanny
would draw no more money TIL the end o.
the winter term. II wonld be little IN
bnt A len would take the colts
and drive over after her every Friday
night, aud take her back to the school
every Monday morning. Madge would
belp mother as she never bad helped
before, ana Allan would sell ell the stock
/ hat could safely be spared aud ft the
farm fer working as soon IS spring open
ed
do wish Sam we're here, said mother.
Sam will be here when tho mortgage is
paid and will help us celebrate, said hope'
ful Allan. / am glad We kept the two
lower fields last fall and sowe ! them In
wheat.
SO day followed day, and the frost ol
winter melted into the veins OF spring.
Golrg to be most too wet to plant corn
in that field, said Squire Folkstone cheer
iully, lesning over the fence where Allan
was heapiug brush on patch OF new
ground.
Well mebby, mebby. replied the you ns
man /, does lock cloudy wv, that's
Q fact.
But be did not delist from bis working
G)ine to pillow up that fall wheat, sin't
you? p, rsisi,d the mopey lender
No; why2
Cause Us winter killed, replied the
',anire, 1t n,ver cat make aid with sll
this wet weather sgin' 1t nov.
Aliau was by no meas tnre. Boys do
not watch the seasons. But there was
one thing but arn,d him 1t WAS hope
He never hucned ior moment. He did
the peat he could. aud c. tua,ed on fortune
to favor him.
She did seem Inclined to emile, Tor 10
spite OF the rainy February snd the cold
March, the wheat came up spiendidly. La
spite Of the threatening drouth through
Apfll, tue cofu ktouuo o'oso W - 49,
best Of shape. and abou. the middle oil the
u nonth Allan came 10 at night and report
ed the fields ready for planting.
Squire Folkstons says it is too dry to
plant, .sid Msdse. He called me TO the
fence and told me 30 this afternoon when
he was going home from town.
Well, we'd piaDt to.nofos Just the
same raid resoiute Allan And we'll want
slI.le help you people eau give US. He
wss dlisd with the zest oi sction. encoura
ged by the crown Of manhood be knew le
was earning. lis sleep was go sound up
there ia the little bedroom uuder the rooi
The nigh, II a sssy Nth such uallmping
tread. TIE morning came with such
biimnit 9 goblet. Of life 10 its hsDds. A.
l.n vas up very early It was TO be bis
d II crop of corr.