The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-01-17
WIDOW nUGGIss's REVOLT

her tEu hfutheH bsd ifel htee ~
had te-pt removed from tie tespousih'i
tsaf l,is through tie eegysuieut sge1e'
ai.tulra.I suash up Hs sido' ,c'p"
bic ssef ,latslo u.,, felt acre ktealy ibs
6r.tr,.l sua.l ug ibsH the other enf
.tttlaI forced Ter ito ulbfcomias
na .TaIg. .turr. Al wtea. sitef astiiihs
ag. o. ..sets aud lsbl l1ss she tuuod bcT
..t.4b le.s tbsu $500 70 cali btr osn'
Oh, Ietuuiued to Pot pude 10 her Poet'
.rd,a hscE to the little home 90 The
edge pf tie pfsfe. iroui witch sas had
u.lt,d proudly forth br deFome iSeu'y
yesrs before
Who he letter announcing Mfs Ans'
slr,. leteution Of takiug np her abode
s,tl them reached the two brothers It ere
strd distinctly disssreeshle sensation.
Hrtfy sui Jauls were sot 10 their ~Sls'
ntir uughbors would bsve told you,
..tdt.e bougbt Of bfeskiug mp the res u'
lar raunue uf their eii.tcuce, even for the
sake oi r4tIr own SISTER, WAS b.ttrr pm
far the luo old bachelors to ssslloS.
Tl.tk goodness. she s,nt got no ehila'
ter, al ioded Henry, AZ be tipped ms
chair slnl farther back after bsSl < REM
ed iisl i ,,e for tie fiasI duty lnst 80 mshy
p,p,s bang part Of the reguIstrou even
lrg formula. Yes, se couldn't abide chiI
drel, 40 og, echoed James, pulling I'll
hIs .test boots aud tossing Leiore TIE
blsz alarr OF decidedly ample feet u
No fully boley gray sock.
The light Of tLese foot coverings eyIden
tIy rur h,d Henry with food for hec
ton lt sft,ra few minutes silent pulhne
he ! marked, 7 tsps It wouldn't be sucl
aI.f rtee after all Seems II We kinder
ue,. d woman to look after Us Phoebe
Ian ~. ali very we'll "a long as the cooks
10 sur- bat lbere's other things look at
/ y,r socks IT instance. Looks Is II they q
/ ben chturd, 90 mines Jest q bad. Eit
remember We didn't hev 10 sIck lookit
"a When mavuz alive to look srlel
tm.
\, uore we didn't. P'rsps now, cou'
tn.uiuk ou It, Msry's comm might prove
4 .agIu We kia DO away With Phoeb'
Jonrss helps aud she wit Is shes got SOM
M L. money her own, so she won't txpec
q to give h,r no clothes, Wen let be
crmr, though spose it'lI softer upset ou
,y INNS
III afraid It will. respond d Henry bu
.l.e. she's our blood relation, aud ther
.uay be savln 10 it
T6us it was that the Widow Muggln
received t. rse, cold letter anbouncln
that ste could once again take up he
ubcdr IN th house Of her youth, the eel
,sD sentences winding up With: iye
had had children we coulln't have stoo
It nobow.
Ten years had passed since the pal
faced widow arrived at the old farm, an
A sic stood at the open frolt door shad
lpg her eyes with hCr hands, one could 81
the change tina. the years had brought
her. The soft broEI eyes had 10 th9i
the look tbat comes 10 those accustome
to view ing great plelus, to gbang ont an
beyoud, away off into another world frol
which the gszer is shut by the uuvaryln
tedium Of daily toll There was wistil
hopelessness in their depths that crel
there only IN those briaf intervals such
now. when she waited for the men foil
10 come to meals or could dream by tt
window OF her little room.
| wouldn't care, murmured Mrs, Mus
Gins as she catered the kitchen TO pla'
the last dish on the neatly spread boar
If they would only say kind word on
uhiIe Just to show that they appr
preciated what | do for them. The on
way to make them appreciate me won
he TO 20 eff and leave them iD the lure
. bnt that v vould be so mean, she sdde1
an sftr thought, seeing through /
mi ere the tp o1elpless old men strsI
j ed ia the Old farm house without soul
periorm the hundred little Offices that E
was accustomed to shoudarug
P,lon High druv by The lower medd
tbls uUrnIn an be says ps how fhoe
Homes Is terribly tsd with fever, said Ii
+, A. the two sat down to The Doubtful
..rpAltable, for though the btot ers we
: ,capominsl to t. e verge OF miserllness
u,Aer matters they never thnted th'
-,omschs, though thy never would hs
. tor. Ivea Msry il she bad ever Ven'ured
d. Wv, 80 much as stsls biscuit to tran
,rsuy Of the poor families hv'pg in
vicinity.
y How long has she been sick? querl
Mr.. Muggins, as she passed the spesl
fragrant cup Of tea, which be at a
utoceel ed to turn into his saucer bei'
.rpesfiog to notice the question,
Nigh onto len days, be r'phed' al
the ftst su'p
heard che vas SICK 81 ueeltu, put
lanes who sss regular attendant at
- religious seruceF, bot 5 mrsl reILctsnt
n er when the plate u.s ps'sed
\ You knew ste Tss sick al 'ndsy