The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-01-25
IIULDA

vemsn sddreste5 locked or from unde
bis bloc suatoun,t She bad been shell
ias peas - stc sst 90 tie ifast DOORSTEP
e her pretty dutiI1g Hef besut'in
syos : i'tefe1. hsr eel bot baud,one iea
turrs utre alive ulth itterest for one hrit
moment Her beat tplI her that some
iAi0s sac coming inst ooceu ei hsr d
feoty.
No. haven't. tAa sessered the hAsl
IN bef eyes isdins out Sad her hnser'
lteublipg. sFoss iIs Llshe Webster
marriage lhssrl teHss engaged.
NJ. ulat thst~Il-i's nearer hum,
than ,4st.
II uas a. loaert suubarued face, tbS
ai her neie hbor. Farmer Harvey, Sho had
come a mile cut 81 bis way to tell tbs tale
that bad been told hIm. He flushed tC
hi, ears. though lac vss red enough before
as be went on stu'teriugly.
Mise Bellsit Daa's vile bad iall.
They cay her back is broke Twas from
satans Ledge, where she vas picking
black kb,rues A sio1e rolled sDd she
vent over twraiy feet down, ] guess
An tb,r's ell then Children. | swear
ieel bad fcr Dau.
Mics HuIda's handsome lips were set
ul.h q stearu curve as she bent over the
pau OF ell tflug pea pods
thought 1t would cone. | knew he'd
te punished for marrying that creature,
she murmurcd, her whole wopsn's nature
in arms told him 10 good d come Of
II. aud there amt | declared souldn't
help him, let what might come, aud
Vou'tl
All the 5olor aud grSce Of beauty died
ont Of face.
The Farmer wiped his forehead with q
heavy read aud yellow ii handkerchief.
Then be capped bis straw bat on with
something that sounded like sn oath
hurled from between bis teeth.
Amt you leetle hard Miss Hnldyf
Ant you Jest a lettle hard She's been a
good wife and her, fur as ] kln see.
knew sLe was wild aud foolish 10 her
your ger days. and got herself talked
ubont, but she $ all night now. Poor Dam
The place down tie Is bard farmIu, rs
youIl low, all stone and rock Lodges.
faint like these acres up here, cleared
aud planted tore You were born.
Roger Harvey doa't you say word,
and nov the Vomsn's eyes were sbleze,
We've always been an boaest family Not
much money among US, but always q
proud name so far as ever heard of the
B,lIairs Bat now IT'S dragged 10 the
dust. Why, | never was 80 thankful in
my life that the old folks we're dead, when
Dan came home with the news that he
was going to marry Fan Tsggart The
world seemed fallln round me- II the
hills had melted and run down and cover
ed us. | would o been thankful Eau
Tsggartl gil, brszsn, hsndsom =, vulgar
eirI, whom nobody would speak to on ace
eonpt of her character, and our Dsnl such
a delicate, high minded man! the only
brother ever mao, uud that loved 90
l.
She broke down then, aud turned to
take mp the pan which she hid set aside
ip her wrath A tear actually rolled over
her smooth cheek,
Roger Harvey, she went o1, as she rose
and stood against the dull umber blcEI
ground OF the open door, slight, SYM
metrical lraceiu figure, in spite OF the
am pie apron and the prm dimity gown
perhaps you thought I'd care, but / don't
That's come TO pass that told him would.
If,ou bring that girl htrs, ! sad, co.
Mother tJId us 90 her dyin' bed never to
mart lie WIS ell | had. | was all be
had. He was weakly, and Ids worked
nv fingers TO the bone for him and for
bis wife, too, If be had married the night
woman, but to bring tbot oh she cred
shrilly, don't me tslk any more about
it. / should go cr'zy. ......
S,e walked few steps into the sombre
Kitchen, then some impulse OF Hospitality
arrested her steps some fne instinct tlso
Of having og,rs,epped the bounds OF delli
cacr.
Come in, Roger, and don't mind my
-, ka aat3 in an altered voice
nrfss green sppIepies and new bread ana
..r,way cskes, I'm sure you must be
'unery.
not this mornin', Miss Huldy, the Tar
mer said. left my horse over to the
bscksmith's to be shod lie c'st shoe
c min Good mornin',
lie walked slowly down the path, stop
p,d moment st the gate TO loos at the
bn 2h' many esbled house, sud the thriI'
". up bill scres be Dad.
She's we'll fixed, Anysay. he muttered
dtc business woman, too; the rock on her
OIL casa help, rather thin hlndrsbce.
", H. bless the Lord ei she sin't got the
crit Of oil the B.llairs, boiled down. J
oppose il Dan had broke his back it
ao1ld q been different. Poor Dan with
an them children and be moved ttesdiy
iosn the road.
( Fr,ke Der sct broke Der back nut
ID. red Halda. yet the Votds hardly con-
we'd tie terrible meaning ihey yered