The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-12-24
Vol UMI e

II sar 81 his met, Wttb oh N Be httA ar
lefms Of tie most oofdtal csmstattfir.
The brother. uyrs dtyo,esly ua.cbed
b eseh otb'r Tbete "a. utv.f tbe.listr
. eel eloud bststsn them What lebu 4.
u c'ded upon Eisstd r.',apd without quc.
D too, They would have died Ter each 9th
b er' o1o day when the qae,tiup - mar
b ri'ss ~'s hrousl mp by John Ei.sd ob
served
liweboth MARY orr wtvcs may QHsrfsl
sni csnse trouble between ~; whereas. II
oay Que takes TO bimseI wife there eau
! be nd'ber jealousy nor dispute aut moth
ing can come between us Yen are ny
senior, marty II you Wish to, shall 70
main bachelor
John would not 1t dtst cuteraia sueh
40 argument aot asserted that be would -
main bachelor Bat he cuuutai with
out Cnpld Shortly after the shovr con
vrrssllon be fell madly 10 love sith
daughter Of one Of biz costum r, ani mar
ried her, after vainlv eudeayntiug to ptf
suade his brother 10 follow Vi, eIsmple
II would, however, b. Impossible t. i'm
sgrue more uoited family Johas wife
was good. snectousts little voman,
who sdored her husband aud 4 ivard luv
ed her like ss sister
Suddenly their happiness was turned TO
torfow by catastrophe from witch they
have never recovered aud probably never
will Eight months after his wedding
Johns right eve vas destroyed by -teel
splinter, THIS acciiept iuItseif Was I ri
BILE enough, but 1t was nothing 20 the Goa
sequences that followed N9tvJlhelagd
ing the care with which he wss surtauud
ed aud everything that science conId 80
for him, after months Of tetuble sutlyrug
John became stone bind The opcr tiou
ueoeseilated by the sblatioo OF the injured
eye induced complete and ucutabIelpata
ysls OF the optic nerve.
John hsi beeo the very soul of the bust
ness. Edward knew absolutely uothlug
about the manufacturing psri Of It aod ~
en had he possessed sufficient initiative to
Sssume direction Of tho factory, bus - ter
o law was too crushed aud btoken 10y h-r
despair to replace him 10 the shop More
over, the money they hsd succeeded m
saving had largely metsd into the hands
of the sergeous, physicians, aud drug
81 t., Edward, being unable TO attend
properly to butiness the latter want from
bad to worse and though be made super
came and they found themselves reduced
to penury,
Yet during all the trouble, amid all
their SORROW aud worry, white tho edlGce
built up with so much labor was crnm
bling about their hesds. Madame X ri
and Edward never allowed he tIlnd man
to know any thing about it, Both were au
imated by the same noble auIIety - 10
make the sufferer believe that tue business
continued to prosper While their cred
tors were knocking st their door aud they
knew that failure WAS inevitshle and that
poverty stared the ia the face they ohok
ed back their sobs and with tears OF IN
Ruish in their eyes talked oheerlully about
the activity of business and the orders
that were pouring iu
And when all was over. and when they
bad been forced to give up the hopeless
struggle and, the shop having been id,
hoy came to live in yonder hons, after
lnying u horse and cart with which to
1eddle cutlery in the suburbs they keTt
ip and continued TO keep up, tho lin
ions OF the blnd man, whom grltf aud
ulI,ring have co1Gued to bed Of pain,
rom which he will soon be releufed by
lestb. In order to do this they reserve
be old IA tory bell, which now hangs ~
he little garden 10 rear Of the house
At noon spd six o'olocs il the evening,
be hours when the workmen used tJ be
ung out, the wife or brother sells the hcil
.rlngln,, >, and Johus pale aud wrinkled
ace lights up with feeble smile as be ~
ialms:
Ahl there 90 tbs boysl
On New Yesr's day. when t1e wotkueo
,ere accustomed to call In bod andy pay
b. ir respects to him my husband and
bout d,aen Geighbofs troop mp s'sifs To-
lske hands with him aud driuk 10 the
owners health Aad he tbaDRs taom
nd calls tbem biz dear comrades ani
links glasses 10 t9e success Of t1o irm
All sir, it is sad enou2d TO mske yon
~ your eyes cut.
TITS was the story told no by my bosrt
~ house keeper aud il ha- renamed grow
B on my miud ~ one u The most besufI
II e1sE les Of devotsdress aud cheUy
" bicb have ever beard
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