The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-08-06

u'ahb7r diiur say aWerl iaf .. much
- iaur ultauiss tbea che remarked 10
Esat3BeI ~.r. thst il mu.t be sraod 10
. be doug wort tf the soej oi bamsu
i.y
i, must, sFreed Msrlhs, aud hoaor
the men sni the women ubo are al 1t. Bot
shst time hsve you had for look ins after
the nation aud tn stiug beautiful speeches
la like to tuouY Your time b.. been
prstty sell taken up 60 far
Z Tbats shat sm oomplai iug Of. I've
wsstei my time dong ihluss wbich did
ut count st all. and I'm at outs With the
sh' lie tblag I've just gone aud got old
wittout accomplishing ons OF the tbinss
| mapped out to do, Martha, and she
Iesued over aud slmost whispered. II
vas Mary Bell sgsiu, young teaching the
/ village school, snd foil Of big plans for
the future believe I'd do diasreb IL
/ Id
Pshawl You'd mp and marry Rueben,
aud you know il, laughed Martha. Don't
tell me sny such stuff sod expect me to
believe it.
The nolghbor laughed, but not heartily:
How msny children have von2 asked Mar
tbs, and | was 30 put ont At her switching |
the conversation of on children that had |
good potion TO go back to my editorial. |
Get woman talking about her family s1d
you never know when she'll stop.
have eight, seven living and one dead
and she seemed surprised at the ques
tion.
have Just been thinking, said Martha
rthectiv'lS. that You might have made as
hne speeches as Julia makes il You had
only economical in children. Eight, that
means lot OF work and heaps and heaps
of worry Now, you had only three or
four SAY
Dont and the rocking ceased oil OF
sudden. don't say that Martial She look
ed ont OF the window toward the church
yard, aud somehow knew she had her =,
eyes ou the little white stone over the ,
grave, where one OF her white haired lad
lies sleeps, and when | saw her take her G
take her handkerchief and wipe the tears
.wsy, | understood that The seven living,
angling. healthy Youngsters, did not q \ =,
up the place 10 her heart that the dead
me had filled nor crowd out the memory
II his pretty ways and speeches. hi l.
Iusintness and his kisses. Then saw q !
mile come On her lips, smile that made
ler look almost pretty. Why, here is
bobby, after motherl she said, and took
is hand and helped him up the -
tep.
Oh. LII warrant Bobby soon finds ont r
,here mother is. said Martha, busting :.
onward with low easy chair. She's a
cry fond Of the lad, though, be isn t =,
luch to look at pale, peaked little fel =,
w. He had hip disease year or 80 ago =,
nd has gone about on crutches ever u
nee ;,
| was lonesome for you, be said to the -
eig hbor, and sat down as close to her as -,
e could get,
Martha looked at her aud smiled. T at =,
mite said volumes, I'm cured Martha, II
le said, with soft little catch in her :.
lrost | don't want Cny better stint to
crk atthan the one We got. What queer i.
hat dreadful queer ro,lons women do 49,
Ike at timel BY and bye. she and the -.
,y went home. Marths went as far as the
lte with them, and when she came 10 she
I'd big bunch OF sweet. old fashioned
nks in her hands, that she had picked
the garden. She put them in a china
se bought fer her, at Christmas, ant ~
ent out to water the Rersniums. Pre- eu
ntly she got a pair of Mellissy's stock Su
rs aud sat down beside me TO darn the SO
les in the heels OF them. She looked
neat as pin so did everything about ue
& place. aud | ownel right up TO myself $40
at wouldn't go back to the old days 'o'
bschelordom ard boariing house for ui'
rlune, ye'
Martha said warmly, yo1're beau bu
housekeeper Perhaps 1t wasn't Just ua
e speech Ia have made bad been some 10
enty, or twenty I've years younger. but
suited her sl right, sgl
| ID glad you. think so, she said, With
lite co or ia her face like house uS.
eping, It lsnt lofty job maybe, nor Au
extra paying ole. but castiugi her eyes ain
out our pretty sitting room, It's a very
.isfying JOB Just the same, '"'
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