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

Iletfl lruce. TIE IIckets stosIy asso "a
"a a dark red color uldof toe tremhiln
uati9u Of bic vltberei hands A. a iepc
It s1 btaatIiul, straight sud eyeu, cot
tIes the ete,us~sfd beyond toto ratro'
ptuilslogpms The dstk red wss ares
90 the eye 10 al tuat Vlidtraess q green
Samuel Clsrk paused from Time to tin
sud looked al il, sighed aud shock b
bee /, sns plain tb.t he worked un1e
pr eat
Iatut ra use be mumhle Might jos
as well heve bait tbs ieuce years ago Il
rubbed lae paint ~ Nth vcious vlsor
/ partly 10 relieve LIs feelings, patty 70
/ tac economy Of tbe pant lis man csn'
run 10 oWn farm be night as we'll b
/ dead or woman -a heap Fl bt better b,
vcuaD. There tio't 10 way but thei
way, ought to have gave up long ago.
II took him long time to express sc
mucb. His words were separated by long
pans, s, sod spoken ina Ice times
scare, Iy audible, bat the wind toitIy fan.
meg 1i- gray hair. was gentle Of hearing,
sud there was nothing else to listen.
hlr knowledge Of women was not wide,
b7t deep deep and varied. One small
Somar. Ia her short 80 year,, had held for
llm oil be mys Ell + Of her sex She bad
die ere lime had e1bsust1d her IT finite
yalIrty, aud be, ploddlng away 10 the bot
run, hlt her coercive presence very near.
he ok od his hat aud wiped his fore.
head. His face wore q hsrassed, badger
ed loak Then, Just to be sure that she
stli slept peacefully, that she wss not lis'
toItrg bis complaining on the SLY he
turuad aud sent fultiye glance down the
strol 4ht roS Of apple trees to where the
o.cbstI ,udeI in tangle. Beyond, gem
tie knoll Lr5ught the village graveyard io'
to sight, There stood her hesdstone, tall
and white, nst rs she had plsn1ed 1t years
before L,ng 1t had wal ed for the legend
on i's shi'e surface to be finished.
Sacred to the Memory
Of
MARY CLARK
Aged .............
Tho vicBed cease from troubling, and the
weary re at rest"
TIE tlank space was now lle':
May /, 1891
sg!esrs, 10 mon 6 days
Samuel bad looked at 1t srproylugIy
he . y ait she Was Iald tc rect, aud de-
clsrcd It mighty pretty stone so sort
Of peaceful Yet Low, not three weeks La
irr. o., he yed it furtIgely there was no
approyal ia bis glance, The sunlight WAS
s4iGins warm upon it,and hlckerDg shad
uW lcpvee we've caresslng tie grave, From
the top OF the shaft fell folds of weeping.
Oddly enough, 1t looked to his dim med |
y rs like herself, with her cli shawl pin.
led srould her head all bleached to b dsz
cling whiteDess.
She needn't be peekin, be mum bled |
N u buiIdin OF i'll He turned again to
be fence, working more sllwly, fer he
Vas weary more steadily for be was watch
d
When Ls he rot been wstchedP From
he day bis youlg stepmother vowed to
10 her duty to little Samuel, the sense OF
'eing tax, care Of had weighed upon
I'm.
His was queer combination Of author
ty aud ssryillty, obstinacy and docilty.
amuel is all night, his step mother was
,ont 10 say, if you Jest cone up on his
esf side. for Samuel had deaf side that
is seIvility aud docility developed them
ewes. Authority and obstinacy had been
ofn 10 him. He had not been born deaf,
1T 1t came to him when he was quite
CuuF, With It's meek attendant handi
IaIdds, 1t had made him shy with tram
ers. hating in Lls speech slow in bis
luugt Aud Mary Clark, born to proi
.ct AID TO rule, Put her motherly arms
round him, aud Irltected and ruled him ,
ger ai,er, while Samuel, born TO rule and
, b. served, chsfed against her authority ,
Ut his dumb lips cunld not voice bis pro .,
sing thougLts
took him so long 70 fran sn1 utter
.rm hat they we're drowned ere half flu, 9
Is ID 10 torrent OF ,xclamations, among
lIcb was always the one lie never had !
lauce to answer Well, Sam 1el, what are A
u driving st, anyway? He wished he
r. totally deaf aud dumb aud done with Fl
Oue sweet and daring plan to run r
,sy bad brlehtcLtd the uouotouy oi /
$ Ilslence, out the greet world Of sell g.
ce Lad always Lelt,n him back. Against n
, slll be had grown into the habit Of
'Ulue his eyes TO he for interpretations
,eueyer any oue spoke for che bad Gull :.
,ted a peculiar, I-ulct euuuciaiion,
sch be could uu!.r,laud with compat g,
We esse Whst would be do Wien she
+ not lra ILis did 10, make tim ?
,teiul, LcStyef Hr matt use her. oud :,
) elect reb, liioas we're more fierce in
l.eqneDce
They were bJtL cid when Samuel isth
died aud left lso thirds Of bis small
operty TO Samue srd Samuel sud TIE :
her third to Lsr She ~ not syer.p 10 =