The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-01-18

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Is Il night be. noE, said The diAns ms
e. ins5nuAtluely that II the lady vss sske,
g ID, q settle here.
a. The company looked iurIvely at on
&C Anttb,r a. though zach one we're e3v
ie ertlr calculating the ohsuc,s OF beias ID,
u first to clip away aud get a chsnec 70 Tu'
tins momenloas qno,tioa uuhindrei.
d The lndisns msn laHgbed No, be said
ID you re all 10 The same boat nov You're
u oil watching eaab other aud nododys so
y ius to get the chance 10 20 Cnt TO the
e Bar o alone.
The best thing Tor lbls yer crowd tdo,
u said old Hank perssll, from back seat,
. shere be bad been quietly smoking, Is TO
d come long 'itb ne los holy up to the
, Bal,G, Most oil the sysilsbIe matrimonial
. tinibe o II H,rter Cou liy's hyer. l'm well
quainlol ith the LADY and I'll engage {
ak Der, free 40 eonfieashulI. If there's
nnytLing Iu the lot she can make out
. with.
Ne reslr ought to so over to say good
: bye, said the storekeeTer anIiously. lou
boys can come in my room here ADD tx
yourselves up.
II the st1rekeeper favored the plan be-
cause be thought il M sht help him to
disp So of a curious jriit Of gents fur
nlshings on his shelves which seemed to
have accumulated there some time during
the phocene period. he was highly sucI
cessiul.
Purchases we're soemuly aud iudlcIally
made.
T 10 basin, toEel, broken mirror aud |
bl4se comb 10 the corner were 10 constant
and violent rrqulsilou, aud for half an
| hour thA rear end Of The store looked like
the green room OF an amateur theatrical
trooD. Then the shutters were put up,
/ the h3bts out, ponies mounted aud the
calvscade took its way, With courage that
ebhed at every step, TO the Bar &,
Miss Eus seemed tomewhst swed aud
astonished, not ut the yuIt-snch calls
had been common during her stay-but
the manner Of her visitors. They might,
bad the number been suifi ,ient, have been
readily taken for the pail bearers going IN
body 10 funeral.
Wnen the party was fually seated there
iIanb Daatg all |
who seemed to consider himself elected
chairman OF the meeting by the silent
suffrage Of the eye, deemed this q fitting
time to speak,
Rising. be waved his hand toward his
companions like Snowman exhibiting a
collection of curious auimas.
We heard, Mise te s aid, that 7on wua
thiukin' O. leaving us. Harter County'II
miss va Thor os-'. -.te3..e n-ss,.. ooau'
ty wouldn't do to try to keep ye II
seemed to some o us that ei ye wuz per, 3
vided wcth a satisfactory pardner, ye v
might be more in ther notion to stt!e
hyer.
NOW, luls1 WIN hbOIutl CJn
gesture, " the layout He spoke with
some depression, as though the gCols on
the whole, did not look as good as he had q
expected
Youknow ther tricks an ! gsits by this 81
time, ma am, an whether there's anything
ia the grove t'would do ye Somes old, 1
bat p'r'aps they re siiddier. lone o em D
done handsome very much, bot they re 81
all tolIabe sound an Kind, an, it the one II
y pick don't travel iist TO suit ye. hers tn
r st Of us to wallup him into shape fer ye u
can we trade?
Some years ago all we'll conducted fe' u
males were reputed. in literature, at least, 'l
as fairting upon receiving proposal OF
1t is TO be recorded TO the u
credit OF Miss Eulas nerves that on receive "
ing round bali dtz3n at ole blow she g
neither fpinted nor screamed.
Why, the fact is gentlemen, said she u
1iyiled between amusement and alarm, 10
.hut your prol otal overwhelms me; It's so m
no Texan ii you'll permit the express o
sion. really think too much Of all OF b
you colecriv " to accept any one indi Ii
ydusly.
This founded we'll, but somehow it was "
.ather unsatisfactory. The band Of Il
uitors looked one at the other to see il !"
10y comfort mi. BIT be extracted rom it, ''
nd fadtng none, looked gloomily down 10
md yirled their hats. Ut
Sc iug uareieved depression, Miss Euls
ried again. The fact ie, she said, that g.
,our kind tffsrs or oiler- comes too late
nybow, I'm engaged slready 10 fact I'm
,oiDg home - be msnIed ct
Deeper gloom on every face. Some 81
euderloot chuup, sonhded Pret Somers
. the depths Of his sombrero, some ieIler u
a run from COW and couldn't ride ct
we horse or rope q steer il his life de 70
,euded on 1t s'
Why, no, answered Miss Eul, with IN
ON embarrassment, I'm gong 10 marry u
gentleman tbst you all ktos right we'll:
fellow citzsn Of yours. ID
They looked at each other in conster N
iatiou pt the mention OF a dark horse.
hey had thought that all the eligible OF
lscbe 'orbood OF Harter County was tben
ilthin Il ose four walls.
It's Nj Norton Willis, our ueis Dor %
o the DO tn here; she added, hlusbing-
Tie worm, "a
The company ros With SOLEMN slscfity,
took theR host.ss' hand and filed out. o.
Wen, remarked lsnk Pestsal cheer N
ull7, yon'Il bSve to let mp tslsin but u
,0rt. luck stef thit, reckon be sln't TO
70 early worm 10 TINS trade
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