The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-01-17

81 tHB yea kGHE he NHa 1 kft fAA' -
pat ia Mrs. Masstus, the Rev srltI OF re
ssiause asliag her feel iecilbed t. sfFae
every question that sss raised The broth
sts locked sl eseA ether Iu alarm lhsy
8tl nsi Eaox sh.t to make ot ih's oni
break ha L tbe usually passive tbtfd mem
bet Of tie bauseboIl lsue'. sha teeor
srsd bret. sydeHlIy thoasbth beet to uiP
Any sneh arsnmeotsti,e tendency ia the
bai. Sc. With 40 impressive cough and a
IoaE la8iasuye of the rrtde be felt 10 ta1s
snpffessias the offender, be satt
Msrv. almmen tolks wasn't msde 10
tblek What P.'sou Highs salary Is ef
boutls paid, is Re eonssra Of youfui
tllpt your ketue bas hled over
Wien Mary vent to lock after the mag
,n.ry trouble 90 the stove be tufned TO
hi. brother aud as nssfIy wiHked as he
had ever been guilty Of doing, aad then
took O , the thread OF The Interrupted dts'
eoarss.
Whist dll the pa son say "os aln fhoe
bef
Fever, iaoonlcaly answered Henry lts
acme klnd Of estetia thing, sui DO one Il
"a near her. She amt got 20 doctor
nntb,r bot pa'son knows a good hil al oat
me8,etpe..u be SAYS she'll die # tome one
don't 20 40 uu.s utr pretty quick
WGy don't bls wife SO # its to bad AS
oil lhal2 pot 10 james,
Notbe, baby, grualJ replied Henry
q ,odness me said bis brother, lamplng
nm here we've set = tslklu aud lts ten
ml1ptts past our usual time fer goin ter
bed. Good ulshi, M,ry Heufy, do1t
set there .t,rIu ike an owI at Which the
other arose and the two went al owe ana
were lost in dreams long before oorur
ed hule Mrs Mu2gins bad dnl'hed hdyi
|ms mp the kitchen.
The brothers would lot have slept SO
pescefpllY # they had known that up IN
Mrs. MusgIns's room the single ciud'e
WAS spiutt,rIDg oug until close Oh 10
n,,dpigbt and the former meek Iitlle SIS
,ar in its feeble light was busllY engaged
in putting some Of her belongings INTO
the cspacious carpet bag that she hsd
brought ont West ten years before 1t
downright beathenish, that's ~h1t II H.
sbe said to herself ss she patted down sn
.1tts Diehtcap. II they " Mt to go o,iofe
tbelr Maker with that gltl's death on Their
conscience it is more than do, and even
though they turn me ont OF doors m 90
inc to 20 and do my duty by Phoebe
moor cir many time she's given me
heIn,ng hand when WIS ready to drop
and sbe knew hight well, she condn't e1
meet any pay for 1t, I've got my Sl0ol
and i,s accumulated Interest, aud II th'
uc,st comes to the worst Il Just pack nl
and when Phoebe gets we'll, the and II
On East aud sle If We can make hVine
.omebow. Land knows | couldn't ~orl
.nv harder thaa | have IN the last tel
rears if had to 60 INTO a factory
Thus it was that 10 the morning wheI
/ the brothers came down stats they tount
note on the table explaining the absenc
e of the lo9sehold drudge, whose loss the.
, already felt, the the cold stove aud nnpr
] pareJ breukfast teaching them very con
J cluslyeIy that they needed "omai
! sround,
0 Strange Mary never showed 10 no'ioi
2 OF kicking over the traces store. SAID he'
/ ~ as be tried to drink CUP OF mudd
t coffee prepared by James, Wimmen
E all queer, an you kin never tell when the.
E are coin to break ont. | must say, howe
e er Im disappointed in Msry; it ala t de
cent nor mater like TO 30 ctl nussln
. uorkbns eil an leayia her own klth AM
G kin TO git along as best they kin.
!, It's soap maxim time, too grosned lie
e ry.
- Yes, and there's oil them pertaters
y need tornu, an the apples II rot ef SON
d ma don't can em or suthin an the ieatht
}, beds to be picked over, an the socks "a
Is Oh, L1r', what will We d.
II Do vtLo ont ber, reI lied Henry, who b
this time ad pIucked up bit OF eri'
o courage as be saw low rapidly bis brotn'
e was losing that commodity.
But as the days went on they fonn
er they couId not do vi bout her. The neie
,e b Is, who had always been in sympatt
u With kind hearted little Mrs. Mnggin
y now abs lutely fused 10 come to the a
re Of tie helpless despots, who saw The
u pretty, tidy h me assuming az nncomio
II able, sloveuly appear nee that had D
Pc been there iot years.
10 Mrs Muggns, on her side, vas IN b
p element. She bad found poor Phoebe 4
le 90 the road to the other world when 81
sterped into the Little cabin in the v
ID sma' hours Of that morning when she h'
=
ce Gtoi nur,lng, however, had done wonde
re for the gid wbo was now able to 'it u
The plan 10 g Est became more al
er more delightful prospect as she thong
gift, until so foil OF 1t was she that +
IN conGded 10 the minister. Who 10 turn to
Il Jsm,sall about it when next be pass
~ ~ the field where the old man was
work THIS information was the clims1
I'd the brothers woe.
us james, sid Henry, Mary's prsther 'h
4 o Thought -ef she once alts East she Wo
10 come back. an yoa ktoW how bad tt
Al cd look 10 the ueIgbbors l tblok VI
better drive over to Phoebe Jones a
ek tsk Msry ter come back.
.se FGt wasn't ( shat folks nd SAY
soqIdnt 90 Dear her - igrse're getting