The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-13

doa q css~s ul type. ua The o1bef s'as
stooi an old cray press. wbils 10 TIE oen
0 ter tbsrs ~as 90 covered goods boz
I stieh sa,ssrsd 10 the place Of 40 lmpo'
D iug stone Up al tie cod oi The room
: vas small t,be at which vas seated a
, woman.
Ihe womabs elbows rested 90 ,he
& table snd Der face lay between bef hands.
. She -" slt'ias directly 10 front Of The
~laius, sypsrentlv boxing straight 81
Il 60 The cowboys bad good, t4asfe
view Of ber features They saw that she
Sss youas sad pretty. not much more
than child, sod very sad. There ss a
= deeply troubled expression 90 her face,
aud once they sss her brush tears from
ber eyes
The EDITORS ulfe OF daughter, | teckos,
one OF tue cowboys whispered.
Gaess 20, one oi the others replied, aud
like ss not the old shelps been sbusing
her
I'm going TO talk to her. The frat spesk
or announced. You chaps wait outside
TIL come back,
A good ides smother agteed. We want
TO see little more into this business be
fore We do anything rash.
/ The cowboy walked slound TO the door
and entered the ohic', He passed scross
the floor and stopped jus, before the little
table st which the woman was sitting.
He took oil bis hst, made an awkward
| bow and sal
Good evening, lady. hope find you
we'll.
A shade OF fear passed over the woman
face ard and startled look came to her
ey when she ssw the mans huge pistols
aud noted bis boy sttire. Still. she
answered calmly aud brsvely enough:
am quite well, thsuk you. Is there
sny thing could do for your
Why, dop't know. reckol maybe
d like to see the editor OF this paper.
Well, but want TO see the man your
father, or husband, or whoever be is.
There is 40 man here. am all alone. |
You don't mean you are running this
paper oil by youtselip
Yes sir, except for the help OF a boy,
who manages the press for me-
The boy whistled. then stood star
ing at the woman in smszament. At last
be e ,culs ed:
Well, il that don't stump mel A wom
40 fu0nIngs paper all alone, with no men
folks to help herl Gee, bat it must be
lots OF bard work
1t ls but don't mind tLst. Id be viii
ling to work night and day il could just
manage some Hsy to keep the paper going.
You're not figuring on stopping it are
you2
Yes. I'll have to ttop it. | cant get
money enough to boy any more paper.
My mother is sick and have to boy medi
cine and things for her Poor mother
| don't know how | shall provide for you
now.
The girls voice trembled and be; eyes
filed With tears: The cowboy looked Oh
. moment. then paced rapidly two or
three times across the room. Finally he
said:
You wait here for me. I'll be back in
a few minutes, ,
H. hurried ont to his companions who
were waiting at the dooI. He drew them
to q sale distance from tbs office and then
told them oil he had discovered They
heard him TO the end. j
So that woman, one OF them said wrote
that piece al out Ryan. {
She did. Z
Then, il we cut up fuss with anybody &
it's got to be with herp
1t has.
10 tbs, case guess We won't kick mp
10Y fuss. t
Not il ] can help it It's oil right to /
pile onto man and squelch him, but it's
different tli1g " ben 1t comes to q poor. {
one woman struggling brSely to sup i
port her sick mother. [
The psper is going to quit yhow.
someone remarked, so its oil night TO let 1t 9
done 1t cant do any more damage. O
The man who had come from the room O
silent and thoughtful for moment n
heu be said: o
| reckon the papers not going TO omit. q
ither, I've got money ell ough to tide 1t b
Dver d few weeks. and Il
I've got enough tO II e it over q few n
more weeks. another said, Gnd he was II
,romptIy followed by the others with like n
TIE upshot Of II sll was
bat minute later roll ot money was
,ut into the girls bands, and before she
sd recovered from her sttonishment the
o boys were on their way back to the 0,
spch d
Wonder vba, Ryan will thiukf one OF II
hem remarked 81 they rode tlong, r
Don't mstter What be thinks. smother :,
eplied, We didn't bire TO him TO make
Tsr 90 women, ;,
Thsnks to The aid given by the cowboys, !
be E.gle lived and when Prairie City =,
loved to the new town the Eagle went .;
Ilth ii. and there it grew and prospered =.
nd 10 time became . prominent paper
lat its editor never knew tie true object !.
I the Disht's vi,it that vs paid her by =,
be Govt oys Of Rysu's Ranch Whether
be would have thought sny the less OF 4,
hem Il che had kuoEn Is a IN after Of
puht
S.tutslly, Ryan vas displessed With -
be- action OF hi. employee; the more 90 -