The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-08-27
JACKS sWEETHLAHT

" NlitaEf Of ifsottflagr Seutd lsH You
ifau the uosi Rncient fisherman down T.
the tlfIest iuhsbi'sui q tits pieiafe'au
spot by the ses Jack vss - lind =, bear
- he uss clraver 10 hand, snd, a. be pos
esssj The barry knsek Of woftlas holl
code u he same time. The fesnlt vas tbs
q be wss pointed ont ~ beng the clesver
est jsi 30 tbe village. and as kindly hton
q, might be found for many mile sllug
The eottt
He sss scarcely s1-tsenty thtee
years might be vtittsn sssIbst him, for
dli BOT the regis - Of The old church tell
bow, on October TO- 1853. Jack was bGrnf
he wss the ouly child Of John snd Mary
= Barton aud they loved him With oil the
love shlch every only child seems 20 sin
from lts parents.
Yes Jack vssa genius, From bis ear
hest years be would 90 down to the beach
wiA psper aud pencil. snd draw the hsh
ing smseks and the boats With the mari
nefs mtnding their nets, and remedying
the mishaps which had befslIen their craft
during aesle His talent increased .lth
years, snd the young fellow was prndent,
oerefully cutiysting that which seemed
10 be bis gih His pictures OF the sea had
even been exhibited 10 The shop windows
10 tue arrest market town, some slI
miles away, snd ioiEs usmped sWSy to
hockmatton to see Jacks pictures Oh
bo"
Add ~hat SAID Addie- she was called
little Addle -ofslI tbiSi Well, AddIe was
jacks sweetheart. snd uoV you know all
thst she would say, Little Addie bad ner
story TO tell, or, rather, John Barton used
to tell It for her la tact, the telling OF
the story was sn annual event with the
| fishermen, He was never tired OF telling
how sixteen years ago they had the feroest
storm that had within memory found Its
way near Bracebridge. He had made Ad
dies birthday the morning when the sea
had sent her, and il took lot to convince {
him that the little sea waif was quite three
wears old when be saved her from the .
wreck, So on the anniversary OF that ter /
rible time John and his wife. Jack and his q
heroine, would sit around the fire and lis d
ten TO the story once again, while little 2
Addra would shudder and Jack vooId {
hold her hand tighter. as muob as To say /
"Well, I've got You now. YOU see, b
Nv eve, an it wss time. too. John u
would say, ito wonder we didn't all b
pnt tlI that mornin to sea; the mackerel b
sayson was in fulI swing; but Job Bates Ii
turned TO US and said. Looks mates "
there's storm q brewin out wonder. and "
a good IN. too, Iree want TO see Won, Iy
homes again n-stop Bit An Job proved It
himself good weather prophet. for. true bt
enou gb, before an hour was up we'd git al
lt-sy, as never saw 1t here, and hope nev u
er 10 see it again. m
And be would tell how, just before the 10
daJ break, vessel was sighted 10 distress, 'a
how dozen strong hearted fellows, him
self among them, put ont in the safest re
,rsft they had got, leaving their wives !u
md little ones mi nelghbors to wait Oh 10
.he cbii'. and there, with anxious hearts,
watch the gallant crew, tossed on the wat ~
'r Tor three hours ere they could get SIT
'ltbln couple OF hundred yards OF the o''
mixing vessel. II was too late. she went
lown, Then John Bar on would warm to
rs story. wa
Bless eel pet be would say, running
lie great fingers through Adde'S fair ne
air, we'd most LEFT without seeing our M'
tecious find. Why, they must have
brown 'ee overheard -ah you may smile, ma
tllt wsun-tLroWn ee overheard Just as ue
hey we're going down, for the next min ~
te caught sight Of zee bound to srCush ivl
tile RAFT, How We pulled then. Our
luscles stood ont like Whipcords, and in SOL
mother minute We had got "a rope around no
le rats end; as | found 'ee, so | claim j
! zee DOC
30 that Is how little Addie came 10 De ""
The fisherman nome Auu 'ne ioNr '"'
lst she and JACK bad learned 10 ohi'd "''
ood bad grown stronger aud deeper as ue1
le one became pFe''ieF with the early i'o
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