The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-28

ee the Lone IRON Hora',, sss tt too.
lie big bI.el Gro 81 loot. Like, Al i,
stsB. rislt up ia the rasi boa, tea or
t.tlvs rods The ether aide o the stts. |
coald zee u from qui,e w.ys bach. 40 II
stayed right there The 6rt time |
thousbt il must be ny eyes .u diduT
pay uueh attention 10 It, bat last uisbtit
looked 90 ,olemn like It cot the thiutin'
| btytr heard Of 20 ~ Ike thst did
your
Il uais ne tetl Kind creepy !asi 10
hear him tell IT, couldn't explain IL 20
way. Of course, bot vu real ri d I'd
made up With lin. for sometimes waru,
lnss DO appear 10 be seut 10 iolk, ~hen
some.hing dreadful = going to hsppeu,
death IN the family OF tomethin. Th,n
te2, Did yoa see 1t 10 night did you
"yf
Al be dii. Rsti there. gte,, black
crosss stsudlng strssht up 10 the middle
0 The road
40 If thing shoId happen Lois, be
stz didOt sstt ym 10 have any bard
teelials tossrds me.
Then ] just laid u, bs.d seslnst his
shoulder, an SEE |, lm boae o your bone,
Jebiel. sn Aesh o you Aesb, On could
ut keep bard teelu's a. you no more than
| could al myself az ~ veil ju.t rem
emb Der we've tried to do nsht most always
40 so to sleep. To morrow night we'll
both go an see il We can fud out whst 1t
i An before we tuowed the roosters I
was wskin' Us 40 II ss moruin. q
He vas dreiful good that day, would 2
most bsve thought he was back 10 the /
honey moo0, II se hsdn'ts had shout sixty
pounds OF hesh extra An after supper o
done the dishes sn' sat down 90 the pisz G
10 steps TIL he got through with his chores 3
sn he come out and set by me Then he Il
got TO talking stout our cour,in days. an n
so Cd, TIL 1t got pretty near nine clock II
but | could see all the time that he wa.
rem bly, snd sss tbinkn' o the sign that "
appeared to him sn 1t vi. KIDD U worryin a
him. 81
| didn't know What TO tbink OF it my cS
'elf. neither, go | was gIsd when be seq, 1t
ow and solemn like. 1t was jast about m
his ime, LOIS.
Know what he meEt sD sea Shall we Of
% uo~2 til
An be got mp snd We went ont the ha
ate. He "z. I'll sell you when ! see it tel
ut don't spose you will see thing trC
es, there it Is sgsiul Do you see any
,ias2
| looked along the road 40 my flesh all
Ike out 10 goose pimplee, know, for i
the cold chiIls run all over me. There DEL
rsight, and black, sn high, wsss great oli
jssl Ihe cross piece was ss wide ~ the ho'
sd, and the other part thre or four times no'
long. ! took hold o 'Hiel's shirt sleeve. the
see m sd to me that | wanted to touch ou'
m. to he snre that vas n,t alan. u;,h arr
. awful thing sat
Let's go lords 1t 40 mebbe it II go away Vi
ez, half in a whisper, for | was awful II
'red. He knew it. Don't be afraid, an co.
put bis hand n mine as 1t ay on his l
n. an s.z va solemn a, lo,i,, rho. frs,
vi no evil come nigh thoe. D
Ia then we went tords it and my heart mar
st stopped bestiu. We walked up .
srer, where the road was bein' graded sllB
behold you, the cross seemed then to l.
Iyin' dowo, and directly the fo,t Of it wan
at our feet An it want nothin' but
rough middle OF the road, gu the GROSS iheI
80 where some fresh black dit had mar
b put. or II
70 stopped. Jehiel gave one Huh-if
- the way you spel the noise that's Al
Iy q gruut through the nose-en y'
eled around. Lets 60 home an 20 10 that
be tez, as grumpy as you please, I'm 90
anne old io)ll p"
SAID notbin, Ia been waited on sn done
10 to all day I'd got them two Bork, sno
, shos's to pay 'or one oil eve and 'oilo
lothin' 10 complain ot But | don't now
mention tlat wsrnn' to 'Hiel to this oef'
sn dun nos ever shalt ward