The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-02-11

for tea, remarked Mrs. dibbs, snd tns'
soue cheese. Grandma Ellis 10 dreadful
fond OF ebeeese, end so is the Minister, !
believe. Can't you call st the grocery and
buy q pound IS you come back? III se'
you some change.
Etlas broxs puckered into . sco~i Of
d.smay.
Dear mel Every call wsntto msks -
this side Of the grocery, and some oil The
girls are sure to be out. 60 ! shall cali
again ss come back. And l cant carry
around cheese, when I'm making calls.
It's as fragrant as onionsl
Well. then, neve. mind. said her mother
soo,hinRly. Your father said he'd got to
90 TO the blacks ID it'll g this afternoon, snd
III ask him to get il, Tsint much fur
ther.
But Mr. Glbbs, coming 10 soon after 70
pu. on his coat before starting. objected
on economical grounds. to doing the er
rand.
It's money thrown away, buying cheese
.. ,be present prices. One pound Of ut
ter buys two OF cheese was always the 'u''
bu. now look At itl Butter sixteen cent'
aud cheese fourieepl Msby you can afford
il. but can't.
Bu. Just pound for tonight. because
have company. urged bis vile.
Don't invite company ifyou cant Iced
am on what We can tfIord; and Mr. Gibbs
really poorer 10 heart than 10 pocket, wen
of With bis parting shot.
For,unstely, Mrs. Gibbs bad avery lit
! lie money OF her own in her purse Just theE
(tbouph as q rule il WAS as empty % tn'
proyerbisl contribution btx) and when,
few minutes later, Johnny came, swesting
into the Kitchen and bessn burriedly =
hunt up bis fishing tackle, she planned
another attempt.
I've got my stent o hoeins done. pante'
johnny, but l tell ye, ! worked like nail
er TO do ii! Now I'm going fsbin!
Where sre you goinea
Over TO the Cove. I've got to hurry, 10
father said l must be back VI six o'cloc
to get the cows
Then Johnny. won't you call at the grt
cery ~ you come back and buy foun
Of cheese? I'll get you some money.
l shall forget it, mothes. know sos
or lore the money Aa tt34ttSn
On! now. do Try ard rene mGiit. 90
you net dnt take any mtiey. Tell ii
, Brown 10 charge it, and III pay 1t f'gi
away.
. Johnny hastily departed, leaving ss b
,.rt;pe consolation. l shall forget il. mot
er; so don't depend on me-.
Three times snd ouu thought Mr
Gibbs giving up with hslf'sish' u
thought OF cheese for supper.
But Just then sbe spied Horace hsr
coming slore the road. man righ'
named. for be VS. the handy msn Of .
oeieLborhood, Away soliciting errsn'
and bringing msil uuasked. for the pu
/. Io,e OF doing isvoss. il seemed. And vb
did be do this very Day bps come to !,
doc, and. opening !. fsmilisrly, put 10
head aud ssh:
Any errsnds ] cen do Tor you at the v
iage to-day. MIS- Gibbs
(Hov providen,isll theush' see w
time are you coming bscif
Oh, long shout ionr or i've O'Clock %
Then Mr. Hsud. il you will get me
pound Of cheese at the grocery. III
aver 40 much Obliged. I'm expecting o.
psny.
ssr,iu, ms'sm. III do II aisdly. Need
ee, me any charge nov. I've got p'er
70, that, and you c'p't,slI Jest hos nu
twill BE-; they may cu,s little more or
vou know. jest ss we'll pay ne ~her
come back, end know bov ], IL.
shsmbied avsy.
With . .en,e Of relief. Mrs. Gibbs b.
,.n.a 10 her bedroom aud cbsnaed
print de.ss for . new einshsm. donne'
clean ~bi,s sprop. then took her fnht
,o,t and sat dovn 70 wsii. for this Ss
.rp nine. o!d.isshioped country shern'
,i,i,. vben three o'clock sss plenty
.nou,b TO comr. and ionr o'clock mp
aon.bl, late. iooLirg /. il ope e'me
purpose iOr 'uppsr
Tb.y came 10 rapidly ros. till the u
n.,los su foil. Mosi bad bsousbs pre-
. sewing OF kpittins so't. but one OLD
nile Of s,cehibss With beei' to fno'
,po,bsr sa piecius . RISING Bun
omit. oes, .Lo tsd 20 children 70
- Tor. v.s ou,lirs.siitchiss ZONE p''
s,sus si,h the familiar lines conce''
.sx s.e~, lilies. snd sro.bss 9TH s1o's
- Of .i.sd ,srss. ss tnisiins strips
: s.veiisd rag.
= Poor. o,erwortsd Mn- s'one