The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-11-21

seed by the ba,heI piled 10 bis front ysft
y add that BE- u.s going 10 giSe The house
e. coat of white psiut Then be sas ,trete
~ inE aud ,ackips duwu q carpet 10 the ~
~ ret,.ud he svoks wilh gtoan He n u'
" have been tsmmsri0s away At bis sot
thunb. Tor il WAs scbius terribly. Slice
e. was out Of the question, 30 Ebentzar &c
u %, lighted . candle, aud walked the bar
d floor tall day lshi, aud thought that bao
elors hie w.s Wfstcbed one.
A ieg days alter her walk on the beacI
u Polly "a, koutins 10 Der sisters bsst roou
sher that lady came 30 from the store
ubtlher she had eoue Tor butter.
sskes alive, Polly, you viii rsyef he
e heve ~ Eben,zer stckney is turuint
, everything upsiis down at be house pain
b ing outside. snd psperius aud whiteWast
j ius inside, and Jim Browns clearing oul
the yard. Aud jus, as | left the store
shst should stop in front Of the miIler's
gate bit two loads OF nsw furniture.
spoke to Sally Brown about IT, aud We
both say there's wedding ahead
Mrs Betsy Carver wss so excited over
this bh Of news that she didn't notice how
pale Polly had erown. She ratified on.
reckon know whom bell msrry-that
brszau faced Mury girl that sits 10 front
OF him every time be go,s to Victoria
church, She's had her cap set for him
these two years Sally says and she's trap
ped him,
Pollys face blushed, but she bent over
her knitting and made no reply, II she
loved the mi ler her sister did not sus
pect 1t.
Just then X ate Rice, Ebenrzr's little
niece, came in.
Please. Mi Polly. Uncle Eben sent
me here alter the seeds you said be could
have.
Let me Sc, tsid Polly, musingly. Oh,
yes; be wanted me to save tin some OF my
cucumb Der seed.
It's flower seeds be wants ever so many |
Of EN-, said Katy.
never promised him any-did not sup
pose he cared for such things, aid Polly,
spitefully, ss she thought Of Lucy Mur
ry 10 connection with Eben's tower gar
den. Then she added meekly, your un
Gle is welcome to what we have left,
The child took the seeds and bounded
away. saying:
The beds are ready, and I'm to show IN
Gle how to COW them, And-oh, | forgot!
| WAS TO ask which were the morning
glory seeds, she said, coming back. He
said you told him th must go by the
window.
never told him any such thing; but
there they are.
Don't be in hurry, Katy. said Mrs
Carver per,uasivey. So your Uncle Eben ,
is going to get married, is he?
Yes. masm,
Who is be going to marry? Now there's ,
a good girl
Don't know. out guess mother does. I
She told him she wonldn't make the car
pets unless he told her ever so much. 3
How funny 1t will seem to have Uucle {
Eben married
There's your mother coming now with I
her bonnet TO be trimmed, and che don't Y
leave this house I'LL she tells me said Mrs Y
Carv-r. t
Just as though you didn't know already Y
said Mrs. Rice, in answer to the all impor d
taut questions. Hasn't the bride elect
told you2 t
OF course not, or l shouldn't have to q
ask you? il
Oh, well then, mustn't tell you, but | e
will say, Polly, and Mrs. Rice spoke mis- C
you're ve'y e1sctIng Plenty
Of girls would Jump at the chance to mar #
y Eben aud leave the fixing up TIL after 3
ward. d
What do you m cal? Oh, how sm in ii
,nlted p
Aud Polly drew herself up proudly and :
lngtily. z
Wbyl didn't you agree to have him I
( be would fix mp smart enough to suit Il
You2 a
No, never did; never tcld him so; II
md he knows It, aud what's more | would a
Ut marry Ebeu Suckney # be was the last
nan on earth, and you may tell him so,
md Polly went up to her own little room v
O cry away her 1sriou and sri u