The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-05-25

Wv - ~ 1t"Ns 49,
died. and be lived Tor oil the scrid liks
begssr! Wa fsDeasd bs hsd lsit you hes
dreAs snd thsre vas nothing. p
rpon'i fprs.t she clock. F4f s. 4
The clock ,eosnioll,. All by tbe w.
,hs, rsmiods me; there vas . peddisr hsr
ihi. morning not that II Is much goo
for snybody vi'h .nyhipg 10 cell 70 CON
hfrs-be saw tbs clock snd seemed 70 fsoc
il some bow He ssid he'd give Jon
couple Of dollars Tor IL IL you liked, and
Thought you d be glad enough 10 LEI hin
have it.
I Zad lt oked rather taken back.
The old cloct' Why. no, notb,r
guess ! wpslin't wn
You wouldn't echoed his mother IN sur
prise. miogled wi,h reprosch, Tue chill
dren are badly Of Tor boots. and " ere "
Be,iie nh hsve t. 60 nett vesk with sl
the other things. and msyb II won, brint
as much as that st the sale, THIS with |
little sigh.
Perhaps .h,ll no, sell II. said z 'deki
sb slowly.
No, sm not He had risen and va,
wsr deripg about the low ceiled room. hi'
hands deep 10 bis pocket. A, least
don't think su. But somehow II goes
sgsinst me to p rt with Uncle Y IDS iess'
oy. Hasn't it been 10 the family Is long
as there's any record. and didn't my great
gran ifather. generations back. bring II
With him when be came TO Americs?
So I've heard tell, Z,d, FE 81
His wsnderings tecsms more ensr
getic.
Well, then, he said. / dom bslieve We
ough to let Il 60 while we can stick 10 it,
1t isn I Just because it is the onlything We
shall have left when we leave here TO let
the children know tb we came Of iami.
" that wss we'll to do once Ifihsy don't
make people respect them for themselves,
it isn't much use having 9 tail OF grand
fathers behind tseu,, bnt wis taink OF
the poor old great grandfather bringing
that big clock across the sea to bis home
10 the new county. because he priced 1t
mora than anything he had, and when |
think Of oil the eepeTstioLs it has tcked
for. | can't fitd the heart olet it go into
8 ranger. hands. He brought himself mp
before the toll old clock in the corner.
No. the clock shsn't 60, be ssid.
Y d. you're the queerestl said his moth.
er, with al unspesksble CONSERVATION.
Qdeerer even then your poor father. and
| never could make him out.
But Zedekiah was content plating the
Did timepiece. with it's once stately cary,
Jog OF black OAK and its dial OF polished
brass. which, beneath the Giles Hen best
10 feclt, London. 1909. ran half obliters
ted leoana ana .he "aooo ns'4os'
Exeter. 1921.
| believe Its worth ever 80 much more
han S2. he said. examining the qusint en'
craving with care. Anyway itslot going
'or that, nor for anything. Don't mean
10 say | wouldn't sell it to keep us from
but we are not there yet. and !
hope we shsn't be.
Heven forbid said the widow.
But 1 mean to set that before me 10
work for. A home to put you and the liti
lie girls and the old clock in. Why. l am
certain the Hsrrises would give it . corner
o their kitchen till could olsim it iii it
,nly went and kept good time. that Is.
lie bent nearer the dial. What is il ii
sys? He spells out the quaint letters
lowly. Keep me true to tyne, and III
Do true to thee. Why, mother, he turned
ound suddenly. wasn't it 10 Uncle Zed's
will that we .houll keep it in order and
: ing.
Mrs. Barnes thia face flushed little.
Why. yes. she said. it did say so, TO be
ure, but it uooldu't go when 1t first
,sme, slthough your father tried to make
t. and you know there never was the mon
y TO spend on waicnmsk'rs, even If we
lsdn't felt 90 badly over the way Uocle
led had deceived US Whsteyer are you
liter. my boya
Only going 20 see what can do 10 IT,
aid 4 d. with calm resolution. 1t seems
90 bad, tomeLox. lot TO have try.
Poor old clock, bow could it be true TO
is when We w,rn't true 10 il? III fetch
he tools and have il to pieces snyhow.
You'll oaly make bad worsel
Mrs. Burnes rose 10 some meek eX sspers
ion aud went 10 the outer kitchen. There
vas plenty OF small chores TO do foI to.
morrow. aud she felt unressonsbly vexed
} itb Zsdekiah Tor bis refusal 10 sell the
,lock. Dearly rs she loved ber only son,
he was growing dimly awars that 10
trength OF miud and will be was LEAVING
sr behind the little red haired urcbin who
ised to lean on Mother for everything,
md then lie was becoming ss queer and
Anciful as his father bad been before
i'm
The sound OF the gentle hsmmerins
sme from the kitchen without. followed
y ,hs rattle Of the ponderous weights on
heir umbering old cbsips. THEN Zsds
oics sounded eager and pleasant.
Guess what's the matter, motherf No
1opder The old gentleman xonldnt tick
he works are ell stuffed With paper
sp't make them move. 1sbsli hare
, take of the dial before cen pull il ont.
ph.t 90 earth could have been the object
( feeding the old thing with crumpled
sp,ri
Mrs. Bsrnes made no response. She
.d paused In her work Of gathering chips
ud irsgmeLts of pine branches 10 lay
pady fer lisl tius the fire la the morning