The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-10-12

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Gre. without tuae iog either greeting u
the s,r.uger or 70 bic family Nan pas
tfas sl4rs. whispered 10 the peddleF.
/ Don't ye mioi uueIs; he got ooe OF b"
ba spsIis 90 p3V, bu, ihs s'et bothered
it'u pass oa by sud by
The pedaIer nodded, and bes'o tai
concerning oae Of bls adventures 10 Ter
a.. he vas soon Interrupted 10y Ano
/ Whey
/ sll up, stranger; se hsin I got much L
eat. but suoh ss it is your leone,
/ - ,~ soiamI
silence, slter which be took bis hat sh
raply left the cabin. Aunt YIaey sas b.
t. explain.
Nose, my ,l1 msu, hant been lie biz
sell since the veuoc men carried bis sou
John cf hve years ago last April
/ SuIhn, | s'pose?
Yes, ud top Of that be shot Que Of EN-
While they were trying TO take him I'D
they pat tim 10 the ped h'ry st Nash
vile for tn year.
The ptddler remsined silent Tor smo'
ment or two, But when the dishes were
washed aud put away he again entertained
the two women by relating sundry remluls
ceuces Of his own career, and also describI
ing The wonder OF certain great cities be
bad visited.
Al er awhile Moses again stalked siIentI
Iy 10 aud took a sest 10 far corner.
Will tue pedder talked he continn ned to
eye him closlely, as If suspicious that the
stranger was not Just what he should be.
Speaking Of telephone, continued the
peddler some folks in the e mountains
don believe that people can talk 10 each
otAer, and them hundred or more miles
apart, bat tell you IT'S fact, I've seen
1t done myself,
I've known Of mel hollerin across from
one mountain TO another, said Aunt Nlney
dubiously. Mebbe they could make them,
Sc Ives heard matter Of two miles But
hundred -- she sho ook her head dlssp-
proyugly.
It's so all the same, though, | have set
and heard ihem tsIkin just as we be now,
That's as big lie as ever was told, OK
claimed old Nose, rising and making Tor
the door,
He seized bis rife as he passed, gls1c
ing mensoipgly at the peddler and once
more left the cabin,
The old man is little touched in the
head, siu't he2 asked the peddler, who
seemed to take no offence whatever ct the
old mans rude behavior.
Ever since John was took of he's had
queer spells that come over him eyory
now aud then. | must say he's more'n
apt to be 'spishus OF strngers when they
come around. He's always thinkin Of
reyenoo spies | dessay that's what
makes him act so toward you. But you
mustn't mind bin. | never knowed him
to succeed in hurting any one yet.
1t was Nan who replied, for Aunt Viney
was maxim preparations TO retire for the
night. When the girl and the ped'
dltr were left alone the latter seemed
somewhat curious about this son Johu,
who for so many years had been n Ter the
bah Of the law.
John was always good to Uncle Nose
and and Aunt Viney, aud that's one res
: on Uncle Nose takes 1t so hard now.
suppose as you're hin to them. you
must have felt powerful bad when they
took him oh2
He eyed Nan closely as be spoke, and
the girl bushed slightly.
Amt 10 real kin to EN-. said she. My
folks is all dead nd they raised me from
a little gal. but John aud me was always
gooi friends,
Nothing NOR?
The girl looked at him reprovinsly.
Ils about bedtime she said coldly. !
Sbsn't show you where you are TO
sleep?
The peddl,r rose, took up his pack and
followed her into the little shed loom.
There was 40 open xindos by the bed,
through which the full moon WAS then
shining.
You won't need no light, reckon, she
Then, bidding him good
4lghl, she returned te the main cabin aud
ven, TO bed herself.
But for some reason shs failed to go to !
eep. The bright moonlight, the rHp.
ng cry OF the kstydd from the trees with
Out and the discomioitIng nsture OF her
thoughts kept her awake. She ielt vague
" uneasy about Uncle Nose Where was
be. Very likely at the little moonsbiue
,tilI mp Beer Hollow half a mile away
He often spent night there engaged 10
-is illicit toll Sac temem bered his un'
lufriendiy treatment OF the pediler,
i bose heavy breathing could nov be
beard through the ttia partition wall. He
b ID once laid 10 wait, hs 10 hand, Tor .
1assine droyer, whom be had SET down ss
.py. Oaly AuLt Vloey's prompt sppesr'
lnce had prevented prJb bic murder
ncls NJ ose though good man enough
= hen 10 bis right mind, was dangerous,
laccttun persouSgs Sheu stirred by tue
uenory Of bis t0l into spirit Of halt IN
Iane hostility against sil the world.
=, pre.sy did Nan hecgue that AT lask