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

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pantloons and thinking with slI my
mir ht shout trade be d been maxim, al
at the same time wishin' the westher'd gel
little bit cooler. The fact is 'Hlel and
med had little fsllin ont, though we'd
been married nigh onto thirty years
I'd been considerable worried abouI
that trade. Ii dldn't seem fair TO me. II
~sut Only but one sheep, but right is
right whether lie one sheep or forty, 40
this one / brought up by hand, an vss
eslculatin on nice new tablecloth al
napkins out o the price OF her, when he
up sn swspped her to'rd . secon han Gull
tlyator without Us much ss by your lesv'
to me. felt dreadful cnt up over 1t, bu'
oaIy Just said, calm like, you'd no right
to do It, Hltl, Al he knew how itlt. W.
hadn't had no words over it but hadn't
got SOS felt just the same to him as j
did before, aud be knew ii. bat OF couue
/ knew d get over j., siter spell.
/ AZ | was ssyIn, ! was tettin' ~ in tie
back OF bis pants he's gitLin go big
round have to do that with all OF EN-
an wishin' 1t would get cooler when ]
heard, Ny, but sint this hot thought
I'd melt rs came through the pss.er, sn
poor old Widder Elliott come round The
corner o the house
must confess want glad to see her,
not one biz When I'm kind tagged out
she tries me swfnlly. But then she has
way o tslkin right on sn on, whether you
pay any attention or not, that makes her
es'ler to get along with. 4
SO | KEEP, Oh sewin' an thiDkin' o The +
sheep an tbs beat, heaun word once in =
while, an set there 10 her old wsshed-ou /
calico dress, 3 isnpip' herself with her o
sun, bonnet, TIL at last caught. Have You b
had any new potatoes yet? | dug into
hill, but they were all little bits o things. Il
wanted George to put EN- 10 earlier but r,
be didn't get round to 1t. Father used to "
soc to sl them things. b
Tneh she ddn'tssy any more. | glanced a
1t her Her faded blue eyes was runI
llug over ttbe thought OF Father. One ri
old hand, oil ont OF shspe n the h
'ints, was hodin the silver bosed specs T.
lp out Of tue way, while the other wiped d.
way the tears with a bsnkerchef made ds
rom little salt bag. Sd could see the
,rest clumsy stitches she'd put in her
EN- from where set
Then | Was ssbsmed O. myself. | pul
ssy my work and cha ted with her, and
ried to make her think that there wM
omebody 10 the world that had little -
lterest lu her, II Father was 10 lis grave
q " hen she got resdy TO 60 home called
Hiei to so with her past the ios Of
i lsrs II was only starlight, an ne
lch pokeri.h place, an knew she wss
ways sirSid there. Then | give her -
tile pail o new potsto.s for her dinner
ext day, 40 felt better. 40 went TO bed. Wv
Hei, be came home su got toto bed
ithouts !i12 anything, but thought W
was beoause ielt about the sheep, .''
didn t say notbin neither al tried t. ~,
, to ,leep But it "" dreadful bot
sbt, 80 'Hlel, be turned over aud back -,
isin, 80 over al back again. till should
Fve thought bed h.ve tired himself clear ~,
y, al OF co3rse couldn't sleep.
Finally at last be sz kind 0 low like,
2is. be you ss.kei | aInt never oae 10
ofish when be usbts 10 make up, 40 ! i
2, real pheasant. Yes lt's 80 drsttuI e..
rm nobody could sleep, coolt they? a..
He did'ut say nothing more lot quite -,
lie, t4en s,z h LOIS, sgsio, kIDd 0
It like, 80 uA Whst2 Au ssz be,
Tot tlioS you'd cars 80 much about
g sleep, and ,imo.t hsd to have tb.t .
ltiyat0r I've been ~ishi1 the old
Ing vac IL Guiues ever since, Bu! III
20 Lsve lh.m tao B,rE.hire .hosts,
you s,ut 'eu viii that mskeit 'qu.rri
be
An / told hin. Ye., Of coats', 40 he I
lntsAy suy more, 81 dropped ihto adm
lie dr. iute
Say, LOIS. be sz assu, tuis tlDe 10 q VIII
.aptr. AnIrz Nbsi1 40 be ,tz 8 b.
10 tie 4aeerest thing 10 uight you ever fol
'. szbs sstB - tslse slore 10 tue II
lie place, ~hs
WIZ. Jshlrl Peal,, sez what su dire
.rdu
We'll, ~Leu | sa clnia home with surv
1 eaitva OF. ss,n II dpt You trov f.I,
rn aitr d,rE sAsn 90, tack irom yus