The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-04

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- a0d fssi5e Gbs plans. sss veil, Uine'
" itel deep, called. J regret 10 ssy. byef
folly Poor sraUdistber bad bad the se
, dus, DO us TO obtain the Sstet TO %
J gate b., land lie could not see ahead
The time sbsn company Of capitalist
. soulj terst Ct The region vith lrrisstln
dllchss, sud s.ch mats l,od conld /
benefited bs psJios small auuual satt
tat
Gfsn3iatbers mcney gave out beIor
the veil was finished, snd be vide, dee
black hole. carelessly crossed by rotte
boards. aud = big pile Of earth, sas a
that ~as left Of be labor aud bis 10
luoe.
Not only was bis money sunk 10 the bole
bot also large Sums borrowed from Mr.
Little, who, knew, had forgiven II, SnC
fve nndfed dollars borrowed from a Mr.
Dsviesou. Of D.. Abd to this nau on
ranch vas mortgsged
Grandfather gres gloomy aud sad a.
spuup came 90. He frightened up little
When showed him my sccount book -
Miss Bessie showed me bow to keep it.
s1d | proved % him how much money
bad made With the hen, aud the butter
bat be sighed moment alter,
Et | hsdu'ts done that, hos comfortable
we'd "a been. You're fuoh smart girl, a
son more'n girl, Charley. But Davle
sons bard man; dunno as ter morer.Il
find us with a roof to cover US, and 'tis
fne property too, nov the irrer4stiog
ditch crosses IT,
He seemed 10 take little interest 10 the
farm work He would harness the horse,
plow few inrtows and then stand 10
h,lpless attitude, looking toward D.,
He would wander down to the road to TX
psssers II hey had letter for him. nd
then would Fit outsi ie the kitchen door,
his face hidden in bis hauds G-oreie,
playing pear by, voul try TO comfort bin
IN bis loving bsby way.
One day, however man came up on
horseback. He tossed me a lettor - I've
hated yellow envelopes ever since 60 for
grandpa, who was down the field With bis
tea N; 1t was such sunny March day, II |
gave him new life for his work.
could not bear to take it,so put Geor
Rie's sunbonnet on hin, and pinned the let
ter to hls irock, and With a big cookie 10
his hand, sent bin down to "dsnps"
They came back later. hand in hand.
the same old horses following. Grand
father hurried past me into his cham Der
and shut the door, His face was ash col
ored his eyes bloolsbot. waited long
time; sred be might be dead, so rap
ped on the door he opened it, be was
dressed in lis black brosdcoth suit, with
lis old fashioned high collar. | remem Der
a then it was the tirst tim | had ever
een him wear a white shirt he held sn
lid beaver hat 10 bis hand and was absent
y brushing the nap with his sleeve.
lt's come, dear That I'm going to
D. III try # he won't wait Till fall. {
II work hard, Maybe the crops II DO sum
nat Ill sell the stock - those old horses {
we're 80 dear to him No, don't kiss me-
earl it 'ud break me down. I've Just
ound out I'm weak old man. | never i
elt 1t sfore,
He staggered out to the barn. | follow
d him. g
| msynt be back for two days or so.
yll you be afeered2 q
No, said, but was. helped him iu b
} the wagon. He ,emed dazsd and half
lnded by his misfortune. o., II could b
d lp himl dii the work faithfully when t
q VS. gone, drivingt cows and milk c
~ them, and taking care Of the house |
nd George snd tn poultry, o
The'ue1t day band Of indians ten or e
Rplve rode mp 10 the CABIN. was fright
ned, bnt met them .s oooIy as II had Il
l,uty to Irotect me. Grorgie, in Wild
arm, bid uudtr the bed. The Indians n
,emed Kind. aud only wanted q drink OF
Iik TDere we're four tqnavs among o
itm. with kind, bright eyes; one gave g
- necklace Of beads rs they rode
shortly aft, rsards Mr. Lite aud Tom
ray rode up 10 haste. their horses white
IT'D foam 81
b, ssle shouted Mr. Litll-, IS be came Il
p over tue h,ll. ltahe here2 Have you I
.ru her2 b
Not for we k lssid. Has anything tt
sppened2 d
She wen, to ride yesterday afternoon,
ID hssn returued yet, Tor bss she been L
on. We hoped she Was here. te
She hssn / been b.
Tuey looked white aud scared, Mr.. Lit p
e see med to have aged 10 a night
Tnete was ba0d OF ludisus here, said al
ray; they must have taken ber. ot
tLld them Of the lndlsus visit aud p
ou. BIT 1t improbable, AZ they stemed 90 #
ndly disposed, bul they rode Of follow v
2 tbe ttslL III
Thst night was more dreadful than the
It, snd the dog seemed itef zlsd over the h'
votes, vbo yelled nj morning. aud ! al