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


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alsse br t1s raai. so tie morttag whel
lhe .isA eau.s 70 lir ttstH would be
.aa1 flss igf tiu 70 set 1trrsl sssia.
TIE usr lr vhien the l3es came 10 bin
ws, sals Joa 81 DC reached lbc eDi O.
the fas nesft.i the road omt ore saii
Gaol r4afgias Dr.cau Wade, 10 Voic,
.ttkl made tifg thlpE q hAckhifis Az
baIiats. aaA be looked ap. f. zee EloIt
M..o8 ,ullIag over ths tyucs At him
Good maratrg. good marnlag, RESPOND
% tho deacon, detglt-dly. Bssuuiu
morning. utrt
CanuIay. auswersd Rh3ja How'
Mt. Wheel c4f Wei. sngpose7
sbss gone ever g. her sou's sssla, AZ
.sssrsd the deacon. sbe went yesterday -
come Of the children sick, believe &c
Bob .od are keeping bouse Slone. In
getting about tired OF H. and SOS Bob
lie wSs telling me this morniug, that be
thought il would be good idea IT one
Of o. TO hant mp ueS housekeepet, and
dout knoW but be was about night
Pretty khods's face got a. rosy as the
blossoms on the DAmask f0sehush by the
gate. The deacon wondered WHY to had
not uotloed how pretty she w.s before.
SEE you We got hae crop ut snaWber
ries, ssld Rbods, pretending to be greatly
interested 10 the long rows OF tiPenine
I trait. Oars bre failure this year, Moth
er saii she didu't believe we'd have
enough for shorIeske
! want to knoT exclaimed the deseon.
/ That's too bad, declare Wen have
more than we can use, aud III brlng you
over some Just as soon as they re ripe
enough to pick.
Iha1k you, ever so much, responded
Rhols. know mother'll be glad to get
them. Bns must be gni2R or won /
get back by dinner une, Snt she went
her way, leaving the deacon with new
idea 10 his head,
s'Fose folks wouli say 1t was foolish
Tor 90 old fellow Ike me- to marry young
girl like kho2a, be said to himself as he
turned back Oh the next row OF sweet
corn, Bot other men, older than | am,
marry young wives, so Why shouldn't II
We need good housekeeper here, It's
getting so We cant depend on Mrs, Whee
lock She's gone half the time, and we're
likely TO lose her altogether, almost any
time, OF course, iolksIl say that Bob
ought to get married Instead OF me; but
he don't seem to have any idea OF 1t, and |
cant put the idea into bis head. Rhodas
q great deal younger than ! am, but she's
q sensible girl aud I'm sure she'd make a
good wife | wonder why never thought
OF it beiore2
TIE more the deacon thought OF 1t the
more 10 earnest be got. Ga Saturday he
picked q basket OF luscious trswberries.
aud that fternoon he took them over to
the Mason homestead.
declare, if amt rather excited, said
the deacon as be neared hhodas nome
aud felt his heart beating quick and hard.
thought I'd got over that years aIo, III
| feel this way now, how feel when /
get there? OF course, I'm not going to
propose to ber night away. I'll Just kind
o hint at matters and things, enough to
set her to thinking, Tslnt best to be IN
too great o hurry about such thlngs,
Rbods WAS sitting on the front porch,
Smelling psss. Pretty as she bad looked
that morning 10 the roadside, she looked
far prettier today, the deacon thought.
Oh, you've brought those berries you
promised US, haven't your oued Rbods
It's so kind Of you Mother was delight
ed when | told her what you we're going
to DO. I'm so sorry she isn't at home this
afternoon. She went to cul on Mrs. Per
kiDs-she's sick, you know. Bat come in
and 1T down, and maybe she'll be back
bsiore You go. | hope che will, for |
know she'll be real disappointed to mIss
your visit
on that's nothing. ssl the deacon. |
L can come over again, you know.
wish Won would. said Rhods. Mother
was saving that Won weren't very neighbo
Iv She didn't remember when You'd
haor here
Well now that I've got 10 coming, may
bs I'M come often. sa,d the deacon. Then
bs nsaes few remarks about the westher,
and the prospects Of a good hsy crop, and
the condition Of the markets tor farm pro
dnoo and gradually. by what be consider