The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-03-25
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repesiiug lle lsst two words Of sentence
habit smasiBg to Strangers, bn, rsihe
pleasing thsn othet.Ise on clasef aequaiu
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When had pat myself on iaifly Roo'
footing SHh him, some two weeks sftei
our introduction, ioahd Ai i one sitO
noon o AZ cay chair % Lis trout plsa2'
stllns down 90 the steps, lesued "esIus
post and toJu led lin 10 talk about b.
yonug days,
We'll, b. s.id, Twill tell you the 'tor,
straight Tor see yuu have had segera
second hand uIbblts at Il .resiy,
Wnen ! vas syoung blood like youi
.eli, lived on large plautauon 10
Geergis, ny father beng one Of the rich
est planters 10 the state. Ga the same
road at our house faced, Wit about two
miles OF field aud Woodland between, wGs
smother extensive farm This was owned
by the Gnullands, u family who were our
ltter enemies. though ue bad once been
90 the irieudhest terms yes. triendllest
terms. The oldest sou OF that house had
killed the oldest sou IT my fathers house
that csnsed tbs eumi y. bitter to the core.
TIE young men bod been bosom friende
one wouldn't 90 'possum hunting unless
the other went. | rem mber the morning
| remember the morning when NY
brothers body was brought home. was
about sixteen then and he twenty three.
My father stood by the corpse aud sgore
eternal hatred OF tie whole GtsDtlsnd fam
lily aud the rest OF us psitook Of bis spirit
Why, you married Grsntlsnd, didn't
You, Mr.. Dearlng ! asked.
Not so fast, young man, not so fast!
You are like one OF these electric ma
cblnes; dIdu't have such 10 my day.
TO 20 back to my story. OF course
none OF the Grantlands came to the funeral
lud the you fellow who bad done the
Killing had skipped the country. 1t WAS
! hne thing for him that be got away and
lis family took good care that he did not
,ome back good care, tell you. They
leld their heads as high as we dit, Tor
zone OF them believed the killing hid
leen Intentional. We took our member
hip away from their church. going five
niles further 10 another. They would not
,et their mail from the same office where
We got ours. bat sent fourteen miles TO
mother OIL Sc and neither family would |
ttend al entertainment ia the neig ghbor |
.ood where the other family might be
net.
All this went on and at last found my
elf twenty two years old. Then some
hing happened that was like gall TO my
ssts like gall.
Mr.. Grantland had a daughter who was
bout eighteen years OF age at that time,
girl named Henrietta. Living so near
Jgether, OF course there we're times when
em bsrs OF the two families were obliged
D zee each other and it seemed to me that
was forever seeing Henrietta Grsutlsnd,
would pass her, face TO face, both Of US
q horseback, run across her at riouic
here did not dream she'd be and meet
or IN town st the home OF some mutual
lend, Pretty soon found myself watch
* out for her, looking at her on the sly.
what 1t was 10 the Get Of her
cad that was 30 sking, why it was that
er hair I'd to catch AID bold the
Int OF the sunshine and all the ike OF
lat you know
1t made me angry every time ! found
yselt uatching her. for | hated her, you
e - b Ated the whole Grsnrlind genera
%. Despite all, however. there was
,methlDg about the girl that compelled
G to look her way and to think about her
ist fairly despised myself for i, felt
orse than trlitor And father be be
10 to ro,lce me- said he coali see was
oabled ,,
1t was one night when be and were :
setber 90 the pisaz,, be smoking, that
asked me about 1t. We always were -,
N pspiousble aud iu made a clean
eas, Of It, told him wanted TO gosway, :
st It seemed TO me that | could not turn
onud bu. that Henrietta Grsnil,nd was
mins face to face with me, Vi-ldi3g -,
,wer over me little short Of torture,
Father pitched his freshly lighted cigar
to the dover yard aud spr,ng from bs
air.
Does she Try to sltrsct you does she
!, 2 he ssked eIet=dly.
| told him 90, that she t.estei ne ike
e sauds under her iret - never Noticed g.
p at al. Father Ealked up spi doEu II
e rorch 81 II driven by the wi4d. bat >
ltlns suldealy 10 itoBt OF me be sslj: L
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