The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-12-16

A. lst A. ny education is coueeFnej,
ds1I tlist shall ever sire yuHt dsaEt
ter oocasiou 10 be ashamed at me ssd - Il
,apporlius her eouiotlsbIy sbd 10 b
oomtns style. believe | shall be sbut
dsnliy sbls TO Do %, sBd -
Caut help thst, Jerry broke 10 MI
J1huson. hslu't soiu ter bsvs ye lugsin
May Of iest beosnse ye tao youns iolk'
imsgtbe yer 10 love A womsu u :
mighty queer 90 oUssrtin sort Of orittsr
sp1how, as yell had oul soon enoas b
vbsu ye get booked up 10 double harness
fer life With one Of en-, 80 il sss 10 yrr
rIsce souldn be ia aby hurry shout
tskta syoke Of that kiud on ny shoul
ders
Auyhos Il ye iasist 90 sitttn married 10
spite Of my warrio yen have to pick out
some other psrjutr besid the one yeve
I got your eyes sot 90 st present. My dsr
ter ls going back to college neIt week to
4 huish up her edyercliIoa. aud when she
gets through her schooln II will be plenty
time enough fer her to commence thinkin
bout the men. She'll forget Ye by that
time fssI enough, 80 ye might as well give
up oil hope nov oi ever slttIa ber. | like
ye we'll erough other ways, Jerry, but
don't care fer ye 10 the role OF soa 10 Law
VI nl E.tK
square, al II ye wsnt to stay and work
ont the balance OF yer time we'll drop the
love bzness rish. here sn Ill treat ye rs
veil rs ever Bot il ye don't care to stay
under the circumstances it Is sl hight. 40
| shsn't blame ye any fer going, New,
which is it to be, jerry, stay or quitH
I'll stay. said jerry quietly.
AID stay be did, performing his duties
rs conscleu tiously and thoroughly ss ever,
although the farm lie suddenly grew sor
did sni dull when Msy went back to her
college stu lies.
The months rolled swiftly around, how |
ever, as months have a hsbi. Of doing, un |
til Is Of them bad been crossed on the |
calendar OF time. Then May, as bright
aud winsome as OF old, came home with
her diupl,s and diploms, and, though he
did not even dare to look his admiration,
Jerry was strsi. htway transported to para
disc,
Jsrry's term OF service fnslly expired,
aud be resretiully announced that the
time had come for him TO strike ont in
life for himself.
That's 70 jerry, said farmer johnson.
| had clean forgot bout yet two years beiu
up today. Wal, I'll look over accounts
and settle up With ye liter dinner. an in
the mean time ye kin be looking roaud an
sotter making up your mind which one
OF the critters on the place ye want. be
Iieve ye was 10 take yer choice when ye
quit,
Well, said Jerry pr mptly, it won't
take me long to make up my mind.
Here he stepped q1ickiy across the
room to where May was gszing dsconso
lately from the window and whispered o
question 10 her ear For an instant her
eyes met his Then she rose with q smile,
placed her hand coafdingly 10 bis and
together they faced her father,
This is my first aud only choice, Ell
claimed jerry; with ring Of mingled
pride and triumph IN bis tones
But ye cant do that faint in the
agreement. said critier, not wImmeD
'oIks, an hsin't going TO allow no SUCH
Just moment, il you please, Mr.. John l
,on, interrupted Jerry Brsnt, drawing {
himself erect, with proudly flashing eyes
md i'll retaining Mays hand, Haven't
heard you sllude TO women as queer I
'ritters, conssrned critters, plaguey crit /
.ers and don't know how many other |
kinds Of critters during the past two
Years and upward that | have been With /
ron2
Yes, s'pose ye have, scknowleeed Mr.. c
Johnson. but ter
All right sir, interpossd Jerry briskly. G
'ou promised me the beat critter on the I
place and this is the one want, and the /
,nly one. :
Farmer Johnson q, d at the handsome I
nd smiling young couple before him 10 b
half indignant. bali ind ulgsnt sort OF J
gsy for q moment and then the better feel y
ng got the better OF the struggle and be t
IuIetly remarked: 6
Wasl a bargain is q bargain, an s'pose p
II halter keep my word. Bot | say, v
ouug man. aud Mir, Johnsou's eyes twin 8
led mischievously, don't ye think ye e
orter missed your vocation. not bein /
aayer instead OF 3 isrmer2 s