The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-02-08


10 'ofc'ose EIe uould Dot bear ct srvru
- us Dime. 1pd be said - Mi,s Lsu,cps ,ole
t fstcred be SAID ue must be outs vel
% from Moadsy.
's Miss sasan .t.ried. THIS vAs sstards!
10 ptslt
20 Wbal eIse could vou txpeci from maj
10 ~boosns factor, she eIoIaimed. He y
. brult
ID They sI.l harl the grass exclaimed
81 Mics L,ti.e 9oS long will it he before
'' ths, short gtosu tart would be gene for
: sye, aad usly plsuks sod gravel :, Acct the
u heart Of Wiring mschinery 10 ts plseei
. Susan looked stout the room which
e represented to her whole lifetime Of
shelter aud comfort
At least the place must slssys b,long
to rs really she tsll thousand times
mere than 1t EVER Gao TO that ma for all
hls miserable money. Tuink - Her voice
fitted for mom sni, then sbrnptly, Get
the snpper, L.tlc'
The ooly possible comfort was 10 fsmIl-
iar Thugs
Tue simple meal wss prepared 10 siIeuI
ce. Mics Leltlce dropped sslt 'esrs toto
her tea aud wondered at ber sisttr. Who
sat boh uI night and cruuched a sIce Of
toast u spi,ited msnner. A ring Of the
bell took Miss Lettice quickly to the door.
She came back holding yellow ,nvell
ope between her thumb and iorehnger
Sister. s e sad. it'ss-it's tt legram
Miss Susan started and yislDly trem-
bled. Telegrsms were regarded IN Slumi
befiowp much as dyosmite bombs were
looked at 10 other places. aud such mis
siye had never before been received at the
/ Bradlee respective door.
Let &C. pat l. down, she commsnded,
aud DO not loncb i'll
MISS Lsttice dropped the envelope
hastily ia 4 e centre Of The table.
Please, marm, twenty five cents to pay,
said the voice Of the telegraph boy. Miss
Susan paid the boy with the mslesty OF
mllionsir.
Ben Hardy, you had better be digging
potatoes than going about on that sort of
business, she said Never let me sec you
here again with one of those those al IT,
Giles
1t Is sddre sed to you, sister said Miss
Lettice, LesitatOgy. vii you open ~ t
Miss Susan took turn about the room. I
then came back. .
Letice, she whispered, I'm sff.iI! q
Afraid echoed Miss Lettice. v
Yes, sid Miss Susan, a telegrsm, you g
know. | never had one before. Did you il
ever see onf, Lattce. {
Mrs. Smith had one once, said Mis-. a
LIE tice, It told OF her mothers death.
Our mother is dead. said Miss Susan.
There is no occasion for anyone to insult
US by sending one T. us.
Perhaps its irlm Steam Mills, su8eesu Ii
ID Miss L4ttic3. Va might get Mis- n
smith 10 open 1t. @
No, replied Miss Susan. fercely. do ct
not think it is sale. do not know what oi
It might do. We viii not open it, Put m
t on the msntel shelf, Letiice, and Go be sc
,areful m
Miss Lettice t, ok 1t up tiogerIy, and 10
,laced it on the shelf with q large Bible
q front OF it TO keep il from falling: also 5
erhsps, to counteract it's evil influence. m
1t was sad week for the sisters. Every el
jur was full Of tasks. hey hired three "
Olms 10 house whose owner sometimes W
ook lo1gers. and prepared to move the 8"
lost precious Of their belongings hther. i
he rest must be sold, and perhaps this Gu
election was the hardest thing they had
} accomplish, All the bitter sweet MEM N
ries OF the house were revived ~ they cA
eut about it for the Ia / time. Voices
ong sileat spoke to them from the house
old gods. displaced from the station they or
I'D held Tor huLdrsd years. Pesls OF
erry laug liter echoed 10 their ears with
far away ,Onnd, bri.ht faces smiled Nv
Yeely at The IN over the bsluster railing
I'D from the come OF the old rooms. "
IIfs Letlice saw much Of it through
ltt Of tears and one day Miss Snssnt W
1urage gave way, and she was found sit.
ng on c oset fl or, clsspiDg an old rag
oil to her heart and sobbing bitterly,
brough 1t all, the yellow envelope look
} upon them iron the shelf and the
es Tel ru UlIon Telegraph stared them in o"'
Ie face. W
The lsst night came. The sisters sat at
pper for tue last time in the room ,
be re their ancestors had esien from baby
,od to CID age, and which had 80 often :
sounded with laughter Ut some keen :.
t They were almost too tired TO be nm \
ppy. Manual labor seemed to have ,
lIled for q time their sense Of ie ling
ie carved mahogany was wrapped 10 -
lth for transportation. The blu CAUTION ,
ius Wis packed 10 barrels which stood =,
the ball The pictures we're uuhuug, a.
d the hole house looked deserted; but ,
3 sisters remained uumoved. They
Ank lher tea slowly and spoke OF bow
e curraDt blshes would bear ueIt sum- r.
II. as though they were 10 have the - 7,
.asnre Of tarping the fruit into jelly. \
e door b, Il rang.
1t is Mr. Hardy Tor The iu'nilure, said Bee
IS Letlice. aud rose 10 admit bin. von
Mirs snssn, left alone, isteDed idly tus f,
1r, psrIeying at tue tbreshold, and then A
. H.rdy's heavy step resounded lbrough r
hall, followIus Nj" Le.,ice back to linn
dluIag room, Y
7lae evening, hs remarked. Winds talk
ted r5und sunmst to III. west Guess bes,
D i haye good day for yoat suctiob T