The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-14
AN ANSWERED QUESTION

us5. a.glipE TIE ui5 borse wi'h the ru
p q The uhip. lhoush that ell vHied 81
nsl msae tot the siis btest Trspoose +
bic suggestiar. be vss the gresiest hsui
ior ,i ltsu ever dls sse. Sally, that
his mother, ass 90 s.y sho believed tbs
pick lee sss sstei 10 bim.
Il twss TIE evetiUs Of tnmmsr day
TIE slad sllffed gepry. The omuirre
cot Iiie ai summer tauud voice 10 bIr.
natas sud iHseci obirptuss Through
foreground Of naples or ems. ooe esugb
slimpses oi wbtie isrm honses, ooutrAs
iGs siIb loug red tobacco bafas, that adt
ed dssh Of gsyer color 10 The sobel
vhlte sud green. Me Frost had little ~
pteciition OF the values Of color; but b,
scanned the crops along the way, With The
eye Of ) copnoseur, polius height and
qnatIiy Sith the precision Of long eIperl
euce and intense interest,
That's Oscars viies. be said, roiatlng
to 90 obIong Eve scre strip Of tobacco.
Looks first rate. SHE'S tier farmer u
be ever vas He had = good notion OF
esrpentetin and machinery, but he never
took TO the land His seeds always come
up kind O. meschin' like sud the tater
bugs and crows tegerlarly laughed at bis
scare crows and pisen. One time the
|tqnash bugs eat up oil his squsshes, and
Dorcss with short laugh she told him
he "a better plant bugs next time and see
il he couldn't raise some squsshes,
Shoss tartar, | tell you, a black eyed
women With temper ths. mstches, We
all 90 as told Oscar better, returning TO
the chief motive but he'd laush snd say
be liked hls apples q little tart, Well, be
found ont. guess. There never was no
peace 10 the house. Soe was one OF the
arguin kind and she WAS bo1nd to have
her own way from the start
First, she tried to make a MetLoiy Of
him. but Oscars kind o set like il be Is
good nstured aud 1t didn't work. They
argued on islIin' from grace, Oscar said
it made him think OF havn' d little back
door 10 one end OF the Ark, where's body
could fall out aud that mlde her mad
der wet hen, then twas close commun
ION snd the miud cure; and then they
qusreled on politics, She used to have a
tantrum every election day when he went
away to vote and went over to her moth
er's reglsr
Oace she took the key aud made him
come in the suller way and several times
she was took with locki,w not ssyia' a
word for a week; and blessed relief 1t
N ust have been to Oscar. An then il !
was women's rights and the faith cure,
bu, Oscar stood it well enough, always
Iaughin' and maxim fun Of the way things
went, till it come to the pound Of nails -
wire nails she was set on and cut nails be
was bound to have,
They qusueled about it oil the morning
before breakfast and when be went away
she called ont spiteiul-ior one OF the
neighbors heard her You needn't come
home Oscar Frost, till you bring them
wire nails. That's twelve years ago an
he aint been seen around these parts
since.
How's DJrcas got on1
First rate, said the old man with snims
tion. Paid the mortgage and put money
by. She's got more head for fermin than
two Of Oscar, That's the place, as they
drew near a large old fashioned brown
house. She's got to speskin' O Oscar
lately as il be would be home 10 day Or
two. She's been maxim cream puffs for
him for some time -'mszin' hand be is
tr cream pufls She keeps a stock Of
EN- on hand constsut should think
she'd be pretty near over hsnkelia' after
cream puiis rseIf, by this time You'll
see her said the old man, stopping at the {
gate, I've got some kerosene for her, !
9 uess, said be, noddIng TO his companion,
il Oscar ever does come back, she'll be
middln' glad to see him Dorcas Dor
cas- be called,
The screen dor opened, and a tall.
spare woman came towards them. She .
looked very trim and neat 10 rev ginR c
sm aud had even attempted some AJrsl s
decoration 10 The way OF sweet peas. lts c
a season makes body feel like it, she c
.sil once spologeticslly, referring to the /
1)wers, Her large, restive eyes fell care b
Ie ely upon the occupants Of the wagon q
then wandered OF their own viii dowa the
street. That little strip OF road leading e
from her home TO the village center wss
.terotyped upon her memory. Through t
summer aud winter, morning. noon and E
especially at nighlisll, she bad watched II a
.ill it bad become one Of the factors Of Il
ber lille. 1t was deserted nov eIcspt fer ?
.ome children playing. She turned o
toward the wagon. q
Did you gel the kCrosene' she asked in 4
clesr, crisp way.
Yes, be said, iumbing around smohe u
he bundes, it's somewhere here Oh, d
here IL is
Folks welli she asked. ?
Ye,. You've got BelI's boy over b're. b
Yes. Il
L. be eo1teutcdi q
Seems 10 be. b
Any news up this ws,i inquired be. Q
They ssy Joha Sanders is worse, ssid d
Jotc.s They hsd couucil Of doctors
here lrst night. lfs doubtful whether q
lell get over il. Il
Thstssn, hsiut heard Of thst.