The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-24

tuaw The afst ebsUoe Yen hs'e.
Ius utIs "Wednesday trsnin'. Robert
Wade y" ausy troa home Aboat 0ns
o'clock b., father beard him eomoiu,
uca0dut wonder Il Bob's go, AZ ids
OF spsrting somebody, thought the dss
caa, Maybe ils liEe toe messsl' .hr
Il gets iala toe family, they sll have II,
aui be cbacklsi ta thick bis 500 might
haye caught tie disease from him, We'll,
Bab'' good boy, aud hope be u o. -
eel Ia getting Swlfe IS ! shell, u | set
kbods Mason,
The ueIt morning Rob looked very wise
.s bessl down to breakfast, opposite his
hthtr.
I've got message ior you, be said, by
SID bg, when The housekeeptr bad left
the room vas over to the Mason place.
sud vben came axsy, Rho1s told me to
tell yoa that II you w,pted 70 know what
I her mother thought aeout your house
/ keeping idea. you'd better come over sud
talk with her about 1t, ws quite eur
I prsed to tnd that you'd got matrimonial
/ ideas IN your bead. but | want TO say that
/ | think the plan a most sensible one.
+ Mrs. Mason would mske you fret olsss
bousekeeper aud ycu'll take the moth
er, | II take the daughter. ludeed, I've
made sn arrangement to that effect, Rho
ds and came to a satisfactory understand
ing last night.
Bob's face wss quite red when be got
through with bis speech but his fathers
was redder He opened bis mouth once
or twice, be il trying to say something,
bat words would not come. 1t was we'll
for him that the housekeeper came 10 JUS
OF this juucture. Rob went out aud be be
took himself to bis to, N 10 collect his be
wildered senses,
WE'LL declared The poor deacon
dropped into the first char he came to,
and sat and stared st the bedpost for as
much as bali Al hour. before be began TO
get things Strengthened out,
begin to understand It, be told him
self, by and by, I've come dreAdfully
near making fool Of myself ! guess
did make fool Of myself, sll right
enough; bat what mean is, came dread |
fully near getting caught at It, But by !
the greatest stroke OF luck that over hap
peaed to me. | haven't been caught
see how il is.-Rob's going to marry Rho
ds, and he's been sparkling hersnd
the Girl thought | knew 1t, and she thinks
it vas her mother | had in view for
bousekeeper. And. as luck would hsve
it, didn mt say anything that will give
and marry Rhodas mother, IT don't
they'll mistrust something, 1t seems as
il fate bad something to do with it.
never thought OF such thing, but I'm
forced righ ito it, 60 to speak. can't
help myself, Aud, come to think OF, its
the proper thing to do. 1t would have
been foolish thing for al old man like
me to marry young girl like Rhods.
Amt it lucky, now, that | didn't say any
more that dsyT stopped just at the
right time and place, 1t seems she's told
her mother what said. and i IN to come
over and talk with her about it. will.
When Deacon Wade made up bis mind
to anything, be was prompt to act. Sstnr
day afternoon saw bin setting out for the
Mason homestead with another basket OF
les. Toe widow was Of home
this time, and she welcomed him with .
blush that made her look almost as pref
ty al her daughter,
Tske q seat out on the porch, desoon,
W here it's cool, said the widow. And I'll
cit here and hull the berries while We Wis
1t. Rob s coming over by and by, Rhods
said, and both Of You IN ust stay to tes.
remember how fond You use to be OF short
cake, and we'll have enc that II make you
think Of old times