The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-11-29

10 hls ova house, he took ssuoe tsiee
Mary CLARK ifit the foundations SINKING
bspeath hsr feet. She, toe. hsd been
caap, ~ 90 scaton oi freedom sh'
scrsptd some butter from piece Of broad
she sas eating nui remarked, 81 Il thiak
Ing sIond she bad 20 tLiuk very loud 10
order 10 make Samuel hest) The old
gather tosether,tbs Young scatter FAITH
trs goue. 40 ihefs DO lellin when 81. bt's
slsved 50 dug for oil these years will be
gone too - scattered to the four Winds Of
the earth
she sis he'd and With her eyes dIed pro.
phetically, g,ztd on the wasteiuloess OF
the future, Samuel. the spendt rltt,sti'r
red hi. tea The death Of bis father had
turned certain speculations OF bis into abb
solate knowledge II bad lived 10 a quit
ct corner Of tue world, where nature for
the mot part took her course uumodlied
by seemingly alien forces, Severe storms
snd pestletoe were uuknownthere, Death
was usually ~ the dropping Of the scar
and yellow leaf The blade, the ear the
/ full corn in the ear and the harvest. 1t
was thus that be monsfcbs Of the forest
/ fell aud the yuuua eaplugs stood 1t vas
/ thus that she would go at last and he
would be free. Evidently she had not
thought Of tins He had best remind
her
Ltfe's uusartain. AlIeot to die some,
time, Best be ready, be said, IL cheer
ful tone
Tnls was the beginning Of long strug'
gle. Each occupied ground that was lml
pregusbe aud a retreat 10 their ioftrtsses
ended most OF tAtir sklrmishrs fer the
time.
Then Samuel CLARK reminded bis moth
er scarcely ten years bis senior, that she
was old and must soon die, aud then be
would wca, bis best clothes and rent his
farm and board IN town, or travel. Her
only defense was: YES Samuel, but ! /
hope TO be sble to lay you away first You
know, samuel you're deei, aud you'd be
cheated out Of your eyeteeth. hope to
be splIoi as long as you need me, SAINT
ud /.
And Samuel who knew what this kind
ness and care meant, was not soitaned, He
knew It was true-hI deafness and the
aud the ability Of the world to cheat him,
Dearer than himself was his little proper
ty, which be SO longed TO enjoy in Lis own
way. He felt p0seress. yet lmpOtently
welded hls one weapon. All got to die
The old die first, In hls thought the tlowI
er Of youth wasyet to bloom for him,
A. to the picket fence, il seemed to SsmI
uel that she had always wanted it, Given
d passion Of flowers, firm iai Ia in the
economic value OF chickens, and no pick,
ct fence, the result is easily imagined, +
Mary Clsrks husband had considered ,
flowers as "a siu fol waste OF land and labor. |
What were door yards for, if not for the '
chlckens2 Aud Samuel felt that 10 +
order to be the man of the house he must .
cothe himself as with srmor in the opln- I
ons of his father. He could not remem-
Der tue summer when flowers had net n
blComed around the door ;and they might h
10 so bis youth had passed 10 wearying h
,hase after chickens. When be had be n
'ome old enough to go to the fields, generl
Itious Of brnde dogs had worn out their
ives ~ the same occupation. ii
Like his father Samuel sbhorred blosl
ON that vas not a hsrbinger OF an edible h
ruit. Apple blossoms were beautiful to .
lin because OF the apples to follow They h
' re more beautiful after the petals had 2
elIen, revealing the round green ball at +
lie base which dispelled the fear OF barr +,
rn plstiI. But he had grown accustom. Ii
to the flowers 10 the door yard. He e
,ouId have missed those vigllunt skir I,
usher, the chickens, hs they been linn fe
ed to a space Of thor own. He would a
ave missed the persistent reminders Of N
lis mother that II that there fence was 10
My built and bis own unfailng antagl
ulsm Pefh ps he would no. have liked q,
} miss any OF these things. 20
tell you v hat 1t is, Samuel Clark, all q,
want is to get you away loug enough, and h,
Il build that fence myself, she said at A
'st, dep rately. co.
No telln Whist may happen before next u
prpg, the old usu crowded, hls bleared r.,
yes Lighting P,rhaps you won't be here
J that time Best be ready. All got to on
e The old fret. n.
Wei, San uel, if die first, don't ex- ar
.c' no picket fence. There won't be any ~
oDey 10 on'lu " "''I' or any isfm 10 sh
ui!d it o. inside year, You know you
g deei, Samuel They'll chea, you ont -.
every thing you've got " y,
I'll risk 1t! Dit I'll risk il, Yell
Samuel, with uuusual vim. But this
ne he lad gone too isr u"
| Will have that fence. so there, Low, ~
.mue CLARK and that very afternoon she ~
rove to town aud ordered the materlslf. ~
be next m0ruIug they came aud man w. W.
make OF lLem 'slce.
Samuel eyed tae work sullsbly. His W
other VAS silent but triumphant.
A Mary CLARK stood ia the shade OF her
pie tree giving orders as to the dIstsucs ''
art sud depth Of the post boles, figure -
lerged from the house, aud when she ~
usht sight OF it it was Jogging raj idly ~
NO the road. 1t wsss thiu figure ! Of 90
~ tall. Its clothes hung loosely al ont ~
Its lat vas j'mmed down to its tsrs,
4 lts gray bsir Haunted oat beneath he W
70. Across is shoulders sssa s'oul
ck st the aft end Of which dpnslei -
.ads. she had go-e too fsr also. Sam ~"
o 80 yunrtru auaV 't'