The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-26
RUNNING our AN ANGEL

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.vluI ,htut.
u.,te.i wfaas, .ssettsi iiltls Ike la
lee uss Ju.Ys.yresd nth the nslor iu
sv.,,tAtsy OF feour.s. Lis acting uyttsr
90. b.nl really na,stu p'del" asll
h,,, Folks sgt we're that - they As,ul
,.h.d,. tsrll,. tt.tlsll't .ai something
to he mv.--ltsl IL. some Of them auels
g.. uy.tero1s sed somss raisy. like. dal
i.t,a IL. Iame.v realizing tbsi be had
almost .fipr.d INTO personalities
Tried t'talk { bin. sighed Lszv Wolf
with BIZ. east8marI stretch. 5 |. Firm tn
States. / reeton; Yes, : be. Npeot to
ooiplph miuluY 'sI Possibly, : he,
.od then he glls ont Of good. ooml'tble
cheer sUd walks of.
auut nobody bat nv clerk slts no talk
ont Of him, put 10 Colonel Hauks, the
..pdlota. and shout oil be sass 70 Billy Is
.N,ce 5.y an Cisar. please. But be pays
|bi. hills. and carries roll, too; e'pose
|th.t's all ouaht 10 sotty shout.
or. wee oh. yes. snapped httle Ike, er
eitsdly. and all the time. bin layla. most
Ibkely. fer 10 lefk the props from under
vel I'm fer starting him, an, and pret
ty ,o,ck toe
uouIdnt be too hssty gentlemen, couu
a,lsd the mild voice of Professor Hendrix,
editor Of the Cola Hill Avalanche. We
NAV. after all be entertaining 40 angel
| that is. a sucker -uuawsres. Let no
opilty cspltsIlst escape ere be has been 10
doced to invest.
He sInt 90 capitalist. iateuscted the
msi,y seofpfuIIy. He's too too duiet
/ think he'd better have the ruu
| Esy. major. easy. said Hendr1, softly.
| Now wopld suggest that We select com
mitt.e Of say. two T. sound the gentief
mai, and endaavo, nv rescefpl means. if
possibls, to cause him to give al account
| Of himself If be declines to do So The
sl,,or concluded with toDerabIy grace
f,I wave Of his hand, for the subject Of the
to,aooing remsrks-a pale. somewhat or
binary looking ycung man, in clothes OF
Eastern out-had lust entered and was
nas.ing through the room.
Timewss when Gold Hill had been d
thriving. basy camp, with metropolitan as
nir.tioos Bnt it's boom died and the glor
,as of Cold Hlll were only memory to
tina ,h,ee hundred citizens lwho remained
bsbiud because they could not sflord to
leave what little was left them Of their for
NOR ro,sessjope} AID to the suckers who
had dropped their money at the time Ct
th,rush. 1t was still the centre of fair
lv ,.,nd bpt steadily 'petering mining dis
trict and there vet remained the hope on
the part of many citizens that some one
might make another big strike, and the
ola umes come back IN which case they
vonld be IN on the ground floor But
seversI wears had seen only d steady dei
c,ine IN Gold Hill and an increase of pros
perity on the part of Its hated rival, New
Kimberley, the inhabitants of which were
wont to profess ignorauco of the existence
NJ the former METROPOLIS. albeit only TWEEN
ty miles separated the two camps
7, in the second wear after the death
~ Cola Hill boom that the business men
nj that camp began TO reaIzs that retrencb
nant v,s necessary. There was always
tha hone of a 'strike. or a chance OF un
Ilo,d,ro somethinp AZ a good price on some
,,sonhisncated .tenderfoot', but, 10 the
,,.on,,,,o Il vas necessary Ia ,Iook after
thu Iooks " The oentIemen who kept the
d;s,erssries had az live a sense OF the
oocossitv for re,rancbment as the rest, and
,hor man, abont economizing in practi
-.
rha,,. IN tho camn a promioept hut
.oa,oah., ,ir,recnrions citizen. known as
-. r.at,o, a,d N, Godfr y had for
,..,,.d ~ ,ha.moonshinen nendistricts
,.,,., t.o, ,.yo Ms,o, Fnlton ana
Co,ooor u,rkssn idea The bottom lands
a,om r.r.o or.n,,,,ss If cereals
,..Iua;.a oo,r pn,i,no tuosnd two to
..,t., L.. G,df,ar and the corn crop -
rhr /, vss 90 e,sv az ANYTHING
-, t., Ia sho,t ,ima Mr. Godfrey's =
"a. ,..,, IA. no tha wholesale
.,h...ho,L thar bssds over the de
I -, hn.ioo.. M, onlv N Gold
mn =, a...,.I o,.I.r,oo camns AZ
-.u p.n.noooei,a,s shook tbe,, heads.
49,, .,1 .o,aht to ascertain the cause Of
49,, ,...a,,a,,.l,la .,.,.. ~ tti,us But
..I. ana -, ,,su b.a f,und what be
.~naA, .,, l.. n,s,e,io,sIv 5,sapoesred,
. l',,s-. -. al, r.. ~. h.ag.oe n, IN
huI o., tho hotsl And Messrs.
r,I,oo u.rls q, al waved fstand pros