The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-08-06
SARRoWBRooK AND THE NEIGH
BORs

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Tie ar,t ibieg kaew she sud Marlt
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iag away i5f deer life Wemens tai
i.BT sIssys iutsiestiBs 10 me. / got ma
fled too late 10 lille, usyb 10 unders'sn
some ot Il bot the tsik tibet uss eoin
90 helueen these t~o wss worth lislel d
to. # N any Judge left The editoris
sod gave them my whole sttentiou.
second cou.in ot .bis ueighbor had bee
visiting Der spell nice looking euougI
sonsn. bnt having s~iuI qneer notions il
her bead I1dsiug from remsfks she sa
given to mskiug | gathered from sbs
The nughbor was saying to Martha. ths
tbis same second cousin had kiud OF uI
set the neighbor, snd turned her ideas sl
topsy tutvy.
How did you get 90 with her. .nywsy
/ Querltd Martha, who has her share Of cul
loslty, sud VITO, more than suspect
| doesn't care soy too much for the iemslt
under discussion.
Oh, got on With her all rlsht u heap
better than Rneben got on With her Juiia
Is rs smart ss steel trap. The way sbe
could out talk aud sggrSvs,e Rueben was
u osntIon Bat she Was disappointed 10
me don't blame her 4 mite. I'm dis
appointed 10 myself And the neigh Dor
besVed q sigh that was next thing to a
srosn.
What short comings have yon been dis
covering 10 yourself, Mary Smell, that you
should feel so mortal bad about2 asked
Martha.
Well, suppose all Julia says Is true,
what then aud the neighbor began rock
ing herself so fast that the little chair
cresked. What then, Msrths2
Why then, there's lot OF things true.
that's oil more than I'll ever have time
to believe IN, said Martha, snd | could
fancy the grim smile which accompanied
her words, But what has Julia's talk to
DO With your down hsartedness, I'd like
10 know.
Supfose sll she says is true, what good
have been IN the world, Msrths2 I've
v orked hard, and worn myself 10 shad |
Nv doing nothing ut all of any account
rhst's what I've done, rocking harder than
aver. and it isn't any wonder I'm disap
pointed 10 myself
Nonsense. said Martha, worn yourself
o shadow, indeed Yon weigh q hun
lred and forty pounds, il on weigh ten
bis blessed minute,
But the neIghbor was feeling bad, Get
ing meals, and washing dishes, and scrub
,iog, aud securing, and milking and bak
ng. oil this is awful hetty work, but it
oesn't make the world any better, Mar
ha. You know that az well as do.
Now, look here, your just tired right
nt aud on, BIT to be home and 10 bed
ow Instead Of setting here worrying your
.e I'd with q lot OF fcolishness, Here, put
bis stool under youI feet. | think I'd
etter make you cup OF tea,
No, said the neighbor firmly. No, thank
on, tea wouldn't help me mite. You
ee Im weighing myself 10 the balance
,r the FIRST time, and I'm discouraged /
fttr supper, says to myself III go
yer and talk TO Martha for swhi g. May s
e 1t will do me good.
SO it will, likely talked over a |
ood many puzzllng things together You i
ave been letting Julia talk too much TO '
ou, can see that, and you have been Y
ttIng Julia talk too much OF Julia, too s
uch talk, too much OF her every way. /
there was just about half as much, ia b
ke her first rate. =
But she makes beautiful speeches about +
omen. and their place 10 life, went on t
e neighbor, real good aud ediiyinR 0
,eeches. felt them str me when she Il
al them ont to me, There's so msny
own troddeu, aud abused women 10 the f
orld that &
There amt many Of them located 10 Mar /
wbrooE, put 10 Msrths. II
And these women, said the neighbor, in
owing tonts, have to suffer, and to bear q
irdeus that crush the life out There K
e women married to wicked, drunken, a
ohigsto men. and they have TO pnt up a
th what makes my blood boil to think 81
with cutses, and heart breaking, and
ows. I'd give tbs world to help the
,or things SIS Julia does,
But, said Mirlhs. sseplically, how does
llias beautiful speeches help themS
ow can size make lie better iCr them by b
,0g srouud making these speeches I'd y
le to know. 81
She's working ID eht and main for equal II
?. for vomsn's rights. She's working a
get women LITE up TO their proper n
ace, on the level with men. Il
! wish, said MBrths, and her tone WIS II
temn. WISH they wouldn't talk Of lii, b
2 good decent .womsn up TO the level II
some men. sish they wouldn't go u
telling women thst have climbed high Il
ough by suffering spd holy living, TO b
lisper clear into Heaven to step q o aud a
the eQaal Of q man, mean enough to d
,use bis vile, the equal Of the druakstd 2
a the pr, tigate. b
Bot women have rigbts, protested The
isbbor, o.
s. they hsve. They have the night to
ppioess and love, aud projection, d it
Ben msn keeps these things from q no It