The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16
DEBBlrS WAGES

Csb1 ts1t y sii Farmer Colt. ,h,kiI
t.s bed sslenEjy Ihstrt 20 nee Ia
ia psbouk, yea essi bive H. Gre.
sts ali ruai tbs yesr, tue rain b" nit
sDosl sptll tAe Lty lbsl HERE Gov di'
tbs othsi aisti, sad help is bot oolJ ia
sod sosfy. bot charges m1re.u cyt
besfi tsil 90 before silt indee vi.
my mother never hsi Elk so~a to b
nsne She hs4 too much ssost, 81
you'd otter TASTED Der butter
II ssss striped tit. haoE sod blat
that bed iasi srrtvsd 9Th The fell sios
At the store Aud the recipient oi the le
tore sss blue eyed Dsbbie Colt, be
isibsts ouly daughter, vii, ceftsi ]
earned shst ber islhef called her salt
viih her tao planp little hands. Nor
log, noou aud evening she sAs busy, Ia
leg upou her shoulders oil the sofk thS
Der dead mother had done 10 her lifetime
aud With 20 help to speak OF 10 the kltol
en or dairy, II wsss bard life, and wheI
~iuleF came sud there wAss little smust
msbt to be had, few parties. lev pal
ties lecture or two, perhaps sleigh
ride is any wonder that D-bble eIper
enced the Dataral Wish fora little daery
that Is common 10 all vcmsn kind2 Oar
one blame ber as the father did for wish
ing oBce 10 her life Tor a really nice dressi
It's only dollar and a hall a yard. pa,
she began Sgsin. aud can make it nay
self /
Bot this time the old man rosEed
Didn't tel yoa to shut upf And Deb
closed her lips and weat away tesriully to
set the table Tor supper.
Perhaps tn. dishes did come down on
the table With little bangs Perhaps the
knives were not softly and tenderIy laid
down At oil eyents, someone who had
been standing outside the door burst into
low laugh and cried out:
Well, never, Debbie Coltl Anybody
eau see you're mad by the way you cot
the table What's hsppeDedi
Oh, come iu, Mrs, Fish, said Debbie,
too cross to smile. Come 10 and sit down.
There's nothing much the matter, only
the old story, You know how CLOSE pa IS,
aud you know how shabby / am, Just as
well as shall just have to shat myself up
oil winter. for to so cut 10 thst horrible
green matinO, with half the color faded
out, won't; no, indeed. The very girls
at the factory look better. Sally Parker
fixes up ss II she were princess, every
Sunday. Pa is rich and need not be 80
mean.
Old folks get close ss they get on, said
Mrs Fish, and men iolkL worst OF all. |
do believe; bnt don't know but what
there's = way for you to get your dress, af
ter all, II you amt too stuck up to earn it,
aud il your pa wouId let you, There ain't
so much to do now, and old Martha Grey
would do up the chores for you. She Is
always glad to hire round for her keep.
Oh, pa wouldn't mind, said Debbie,
psusing in the act Of putting down dish
Of apple sauce WHAT is it, Mrs Flsh2
Well, said that lady, rummaging ia her
pocket well, | tell you. On, here it isl
Did Mrs. Doughty, up on the bill first
'lsss family, you know, and regular styl
sh house she's lost her sight, ycu know
that lie, pretty nigh. She can see to go
bout, bnt taia't safe to go alone, snd she
ant read. nor sew, nor n0thin.' Well, '
oday her son was speskin TO me, and be 4
aid he'd like to get young lady to wait
n his mother Not a seryan', says he a
,ut companion -one that can read well !;
nd would do everything a daughter
oud. 1t wouldn't be for long only q
ouple OF months for they're going to n
.urope then; bat meanwhile you'd earn II
our dresses for quite spell, Oh, here it
his card was lookin for Ha wrote n
own what be was willing to give, snd all n
Debbie took the card snd regarded it u
loughtially d
lie September now, she said, and $40 At
month should have $50 by Noyem ber o.
never have hs1 so much as $40 st time a,
my life, Ill do it Mrs Fish - that is, lq
| should suit can read aloud Dicely, y,
know; and perhaps shall suit Pa's el
Jusent I'm sure oi in
And &c. after ar interview With old Mrs,
oughty, the matter was settled ss
D,bbIe was pleasant girl when she @,
a. net tormented by undeserye1 re
roaches, and the lie st the house on the er
II was new aud pleasant to her. The re 10
cement OF manners the eegsnce Of all NJ
rangemeuts were new revelations to
sr, and she was adaptive by nature. Ia 10
,nsciously she soon spoke in lower tones. A
owed more elegantly and lest those bad ~
.bits Of .psesh which we're the result OF D
socistiou With uneducsted people; and
10 did her duty well and was kind and be
ithful. -
The old lady needed her every honr OF tit
e day, but she did not weary; and some be
", there was compensation for all m
tigue in the pleasant evenings when Mr. be
larles Doughty, coming home from the
ty. made himself as agreeable TO the new be
mate Of the house 81 though she bad
en guest, fol
II only had brother like that, Deb
e often thought; II this we're my home,
" happy should bel
50 the days sliiei by Her first u,
outh's wages we're paid, bat Debbie bad
II her desire for the striped silk A II,
avy black si b, ike those worn BY Mrs -,
mighty. bad become hsr object nov
wr,t3 g.