The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-04
BYLRs FOLLY


4 t~o ,hsssr horsss attached 10 u lsnsul
: y baus their besds .s II iotebdius 70
tive pap.
In CLuline Boyd, lbls ls George. u,
lule brother. We've come 81 TIE vs.!
from K.nss. Cny Were 'oat oso grsBt
chll3ren. Mrtber'- dead Father seat q
B here. tee gone TO AfH5ns to uofs IA :
nine.
He looked d,gsd
Cl.rnssr dead, ,ud you her oblljrepi
Wsl it DO bea, al. And You ,ioh big
ssl, and him ber lvia' piotnf snd noI
tno~iu' she We sooe. Come 10, dears
the gates beysnt, bat ye kin er.sI uuder
the wires. Thtr-l Nov ltmme look At
yer. Lave, child dout try to Kiss mt;nJ
's'e aiu't none TOO cleso.
He was pleasant Iced bloc eyed old
msu, uIth loug, cntliog white bsl'. His
teeth we're gone, but otherwise be 'eetn
ed ualike old men, 70, be wss straight sud
tall, bis arms bfswby aud etrorg His
clothing was neat, but nes elected locking,
the bgt'ons bsngiag. with 1T le tfars uld
eaing iuto large nuts was ouly four
teen. bat ID 5tLer bad taught me to do
grown womsus vork, besides, George
vas five, and such baby made me ieel
older
Where's grandma asked.
For answer be pointed bis thumb at
mound away st the ehd OF the level
field where rude wooden cross was
pl.nted.
She's thar. She went year sg). I've
lived alone since, snd it's the bletsiu, Of
Providence you children is come, Often
times I've feared | might gros despart ont
er sheer lonesc mentss aud sOrrer. Maybe |
| you didn't know I. but Clsrrissy aud no
ther % uirreled 10 years gone and nevtr
got iren'Iv, which was because yer ma
married yer pa which seemed to me
good man 'nnn; but wimmen is queer, and
mother looked high for ClSrrissy
I'm so hungry cried poor little George
bis lips quivering apd his round eyes hl
ing with tears,
Bless his little hetrt said grandfather
recovering hims' II and psttlng nv cheek
softly. Here you be, jest oil long jour
ney, aud me keepln' yer 10 the cold, and
mesudenu' on as # thar want 20 to day.
but all yesterdays. How did ye oome2 lie
asked, embarrassing the horses,
By fail to D.; then . gentleman gave
us a ride here 10 his fine carriage. We I
came in the train with his daughter, Mise ,
Bessie Little He owns big ranch near
here r
A 6ue young lady, broke IN grandfather t
She was like darter to your grsnma, an
though the lived miles away, she was over 4
mig BIT and day sgslloping across the plains h
on black horse as is thorough hbred, and a
a fne specimen OF borsthssh as is seen O.
ia these pant She KIN ride, too. and =
amt q feared of nothing. Mother set /,
sight by ber.
We were now at the hOnse. snest little I
one story cottage. containing four rooms +
A comfortable barn and yard for the cat n
tie were near and well close by the DOR "
There was a cosy kitchen sitting room 4
and two bed rooms; one the spare room, r.
grandfather said, proudly. 1t looked fe
D lest and precise. but was ss cold and
damp a, the tomb. The lonely old man q,
lad faithfully swept and dustei, and kept
rything as bis W ife had placed it, even "
her work basket, with a needle sticking
D the half finished Ringham sleeve. to
Gtorgie aud took the spare room, and hi
buit fre and aired the bedding. 10 h.
ev days grew competent to take charge h,
II the house, pat ttings where she tad IN
placed them, aud cooked the simple Ueals ar
and these we're very sic pie. for eraDd
athtr was poor, Two old horses. two COWS ts
nd q cali comprised the stock. en-
don't hev no luck wi poultry Charley n
le said II called me Charley, for Char al
lne was too ''new tangled, and Charley So
vas lhe name OF his dead son. Mot er m
sed TO raise sight, but sr IT she went IN
hey begun dying an what didn't die was m
at by caycte'. Of
The last day Of my first week 90 the
such Mlss Bessie Little role up o the q
Abiu on her coal black horse. She was vi
weet fsced girl. blue eyed aud yellow hair
nd rode be uliIuIly She made herself II,
I home, petted George. and ! shy as ! 49,
'a., iouad myself coat hog to her sIl my
Ioubrs aud hopes. She sympstblz d h.
nth me, and helped me, cutting irock
or Georgie aud q bssq1e for Ge, and an
1hen che rode Of, she promised TO come Ga
hen.
Toe next day wagon came from her
ONE. sud 10 It was foe rooster and II,
II hens, aud big bundle OF clothiog
bat she had oulgrouu snd that fitted n,
10.
How DIRE ~ the bosls Of the csyotes ~
ere al night, ssreor.Ily when one T.,
tbtir number ass Killed They would g.,
eem 10 aLi 10 q chorus Of msledic
ous. A.
Miss Bessie rode up one day, sud al o..
er heels vas 81 overgtoEn shepherd -,
uppy. WITH big passsnd IDLY little bisct p,
yes, .c,
here's csyo'e II 'erminstor, Gsudislh a,