The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-07-23

Well, told bin
d Zee, We heard you Bat shat ala b
- dop
d lie didn't DO anything much. He lu'
y didn't answer.
t Did betufn biz bse 90 yon5
o Ntil yes
d IL short. he didn't pay aoy stteolion t,
your
| suppose be didn't
b Mel.ille took . biscuit and passed ID,
q plate 90 to RItchie. What the dickens il
b one soiug TO do abou. ~ be asked OF th,
opposite we'll,
j II We we're only nearer some town or tb,
railroad, we might get some one else But
II Te let Siug 60, il may be mouths before
i We can get anybody else. wouldn't mind
cooking for you and Mr.. Ritchie 80 much
though it's pretty herd work. but sctu
ally cant get up dint er for the inspector
: general and bis stbl aud serve the dinner
too,
pan went olssbing and clsttetlng along
the kitchen floor Mrs Melville sighed,
Melville grew hercer I'D Ritchie devoted
himself to the mackerel The shstteiing
OF china dish broke the stilluess. That's
SIX, brestbed Mrs, Melville.
This time Melville bit hi' under lip as
be put bis napkin D the table beside bis
| plate aud pushed away bis chair.
Oh, Austin, you'd better not go, ventnr
ed bis wife mildly,
He made 20 answer, but strode to the
door aud passed through Ritchie resum
ed tn salt scrapIng and Mrs. Melville
erasped both arms of her chair and held
her brenth.
At ftst there was only the rolling OF
MelvlIle's deep voice, then the sound OF 3
sudden SETTLE Mrs. Melville gave q
smothered scream and started mp. SIT
down, commanded Richie, pushing back
his own chtir, but keeping his seat. Mrs
Melville sat down There wvs only a mo |
mentary scrsping OF boots and Chinese
slippers in the kltchpn, then series Of
thumps down The back steps and the
sc,stchino NJ oravsI. slso q lov h,oken
murmur from the yard.
guess, remarked Richie calmly, that
I'M on and see who is nnd,rnestb
Mrs Melville dill not sttempt 10 move
ant qn,iously He stroll,d to the win
dov and stood there one hand in his
,rousers pocket the other strokipg his
mustsebjos
Well2 veptured the younp woman An
sIIv
Ritchie iu,red s,onnd and oame hack
10 his chair oness Mslville's doino
ohon, vbat ba ssid ha wonI3 b,eokin,,
Sings head
Wsak c,ies I;ke those ota li,,le cbiIa
came nm from the back ward
Ia that sinv2 asked the ladv NJ TIA ,
bonse ,
II do sn,t sonnd nnch lika Malville
Al tbe end of a connle of minntes Nal
villa went mast the window and IN At the
s;de doo, and q i,tle ls,ar he cama into ,
The dining ycom Inv the front an,rance and
.esnmaa his seat The sb,0l, NJ Sings q
dinners conld he heard in ,ha kitchen .
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4 ,oosecso and b.h.ve himsel, OF
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AGA aono srv,b,ro ,,cer, LicL him on, ..
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new he had 10 h, ponoss5 ioto sts,in0 =,
a I nonpdad Tbarssn N
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few tou,s later
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