The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-02-11
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expect t5 s,e msuy deesdes. Nos, u
steai of bulas Walter wars John Green
farm 90 bues, With mesFte ulensils snt
oo capi,sI 20 speak ct and letting bls si',
vork herself. ss she hss beesu doin TIN
summer. uby the dickeni doesnt be t,kt
Eve tboumrd dollars Of whsl viii event
uallr belotg TO Walter buy bim = nict
Iule pIace gi bis osn aud give bin .
chance d ssve biz wifr's lief This bsug
log to your money till grim death CON
ptlls you 10 lei 80 is one Of the greatest
isrccs Of 'he dpy' Not that believe 10 .
mau totbing hlclseli iot his children aud
then being depeldsu, upon them. Bot
too macy provide Tor future which their
caillrsu msy revG live to sse and ALLOW
the present, Of which ltey are sure. to be
pssstd 10 pchjve want. haze oaniing
Lypoeute''
Million DAvis listened 10 silence to the
Ioug tirade. ier was nothing else aud
shook himself uucomiortahly Us it pre-
caeded. The doctor wss mistaken. how
ever 10 ealing bin hypocnte. That be
certainly wss oct His views might be 10
correct but as be saw matters so he acted
and now train Of thought was started
that would probably teer fruit
lie is 20 couioundedIy proud, the doc
tor wsut on, that really think lie would
consider 1t a special dI.pensslion Of Prov
deuce 10 BIZ, behalf II Wslt,r's wife should
die before any children were bern 10 10
herit Der Ist1et's shame.
lie proui2 Milton Davis denied the
accusation iorclbly to bimstlf Why, 10
man 10 Hilton dressed plaiu,t; then his
mind refused to ACCEPT the explanation.
1t was not frlde OF dress, hut the more
subtle pride OF station, if cot Ct wealth
which Possessed him, aud commnnns
wuh bis conscience, which the words OF
Doctor Cramer had roused as never it had
been reused before, be saw himself in
true light and when the train drew up at
Hiutonvllle be hurried away, not wi. hug
to see the docter, tr be reoogu2 d.
For hours he lay be,ide his wife that
night not sleeping but thinking, t II his
brain grew zzy A cantiug hypocrite -
that was what the doctor bad called him.
Was that what bis wife and bis son called
him? Somehow the pleasant sat .ct OF
the churches be had helped refused to oc
oupy the foreground 10 his mind to night
Nette dying aud he IN a measure respOu
sibe because he bad compelled bis son to
depend entirely upon his own resources,
nc doing so u much for MIN as he bad done
for strangers, even, beCaused bis IDEAS Of
and yes, bis ptids and mar
ried us bis hear bade him marry.
But the thought that rsukIed most was
that bis children would be glad when
be was dead He had done his best to
leave them tidy SUN at his cesth. but as
the doctor had said, the pre- ent was rot
80 well provided for, He remembered |
hearing Nettie say once that she did not
have rs much money to spend as the bred |
girl, Was 1t true? Had he denied his
family more than be ought 10 his effort TO
leave them we'll provided for at bis death
Had be been tyrauical in bis dealings, |
tho place OF Providence TO
great extent and G.skiDg them feel that
bis will must not be crossed or dire results
would folow2 He received that q change
,honld be mace, He began to reaIizo
int be was giving his children poor
preparation i.r either taking care Of or
arIo,iog ccmptt-nce,
When mornIog came be nearly psralyz
I'd tis W!le by asking:
When did you bear from Wvlur last
NaU2
PUzz ed and as olisbed she lsItered ont
- / heard irom bin last week.
DID you know liz wife va, seriously