The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-03-09

tine aud tu,iled Of to Iced The way IL
double quick time
III ye' is tired, be said ughiiully. u
might take a esr The line ruus nsbl
neir bis bonss. Ill run behiod. Yo' kin
e., OF at street.
4 fou come. loo. said get on The plas
form. III pay your fare.
w1 losi 10 dreams shout my sick liz.
tie friend when | vac sroused by The car
coming TO a sudden stsudstill. and ny
guide came su touched my arm gently.
follosipg him of the rear platform We
ierned into lii 10 damp slleywsy and
stopped 10 front OF q tumble down frame
cottage.
Polr little colo lel. ttoaebi, We will
have TO get hin out Of this place % soon
as be can be moved
Oo eitl ler side Of the slsyvsy stood a
mass OF little woolIy beaded urchius. msle
and female. stepped over the threshold
in the open d. tor~sy, for 10 wss Nay, and
the day outside OF the sll-y, st least. was
warm. My guide followed 10 my walk.
A pale iscsd NO nsn met the and clAsped
both my extended bands in hers. There
was sorrow, far deeper than tears eoald
tell Of, In thst quiet drawn face. There
as bed In the farther corner. AMI one
little folded snd psrchmcntliks hand res
ted on the dsraed coverlet.
] stepped to the 81 ie OF the bed. The
li,'ls light brown head wss thrown back
on ihs pillows. the blue eyes were more
magical than ever in their hue. The
mouth. with its sbrewd. old lines was op.
en-. aud the breath came unstea lily
through tn, even rows Of small white
teeth.
My throat filed up aud conld not
speak. My poor little psr nsr. my brave
little col,nell His mother began tanning
bim getty and evenly from the other
eide the bed. His eyes frightened
when he saw me and hi, hand was lifted
o greet me-
Had osive up business fra spell, said
the co!oael, falteringly.
Oh, darling, cried. forgetting my part
10 this strange scene, cannot be r to see
you ok so i'll What can get your
A radieLt smile lighted his face and he
pointed upward I'm afraid l csn't do
business 10 the old stand, he said family,
but We got place mp there. and / hope
can keep my bunch oa my back. cause
il don't when you come along you won't
kuow the little co oael :
he ceased speaking to rest. / passed
him some wine snd water mixed that
'tood at hand. His eyes fell on his little
,olored friend standing back by the door
twist ng his bat in both hands ner, r,ously
md shifting noiselessly from one foo! to
he other.
You found her by her smile, didn't you?
,tli the little colonel. told you you
,ouId do il. My paftner has the sweetest
mills in the world.
The temp orsry stimulus sff)rded by the
vine and water began to wear away ever
10 quickly.
The shouting OF the chill iren came 10 at
he dc or and window. aud II smile passed
,ver the face OF the tile colonel.
They sre mostly black, but they were
'lways gcol TO me, he whisp
Then suddenly be rose up on one thin
little elbow and cried e1citedly, Collar
buttons, two for q cent; needles and pa
,ers. twenty five cents pack, waving an
imaginary bundle in his hand. A change
udden and awful, passed over his face,
us hand tie htened its grasp over my Own,
le ssnk slowly back on bis pillow; there
vas gentle futtering Of the eyelids. some
ong drawn struggling breath and the
title colonel had moved to bis new
tand