The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-01-05
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Mr. Hole1 q be started 10 speak. bat th
little fellow ~as oil ssIe, and said No
please let me go o1 snd haish. That ]
tie lake siil he iast lovely irinsed .
sfound wiih trees aud bashsa ifil cove
about two serss. ! intend 10 make that
private h,h pond the rr!Teisses OF nshin
10 Il 10 be let 90, at 20 much sn hour
doll.f, ga s. fbeu lan, soins 10 eles
up tbe backs ali sions and stall have /
ar places Ter the bis hsh TO live 10, an
keep them septrsle from the little ones
We will have the upper meadow Tor nu
sery, and then Up iosard toe mountain
where IL runs 90 teiii, aud there are .
msuy wsietisllr, sn going TO hsse th
pools widened and deepened; aud ther
are three places where little lstor vil
make some oi what thA, lady from Phil
dolphis las. summer call ! the suesies
t,ras 10 the wofld.' | hsh 10 studdy
good while before sensed what she ~
driving 1t Now l shall have some tsrn'
90 the mou ltsin sides. End there In th
depths OF The pines ard spruces. will le
The old fellows live. | want TO buy so
big ones and put in there this cominl
Apt,l. But then | AN almost Scot eur
you will say 10.
Bot Mr.. Holcomb did not / gues
there's no doubt that you are Holcomb,
all over. be said. You make the case prett!
clear aud can see you've set your whole
heart on the project; and II is . pretty
good one, III say. But you must keeI
right quiet about il. You know there ~,
good many brooks on these mountain
farms as good IS the Beaver. and on
I'm mol Roin to call il the Beaver brook
I'm giving i'll new name. that lie, II
have il, As soon ~ We come 10 terms =
be spoke like an old man OF business -
shall dub il with . new name The Brook
OF Fortune.
Let us hope 1t will prove 30, my boy.
Mr.. Ho'comba spoke heartily.
didn't mean to Interrupt you, father;
you wtre jast saying something that
wanted very much to hear.
Well. let's see. Oil | WAS going to ask
now much money you would need to star
with. You must so careful. And. yet;
this is a great point. Keep the whole
! air entirely to yourself, for II You suc
ceed 81 the end Of three years your rivals
will have to wait and you will have little
Now for the capital and don't
try to go in too steep at first.
shall need Just s75; and intend to
put it oil in fish this year, aud then. II
you will let me, next spring shall put in
all that | Gao earn at odd jobs this sum
ntr.
Well, that's ode,t enough, | should
say, replied the father. I'll give you iust
300, Ms YOU may need little margin.
Bet yen must give me demand note.
This is TOO be real business, you know,
and shall want six per centl
I'll sign as soon ss see the money, said
David rspturously.
He was happy boy from that day. His
play mates had been few, as this farm was
ONE distance from the homes OF the child
rem whom be met at the district school
down under the bill. But he suffered no
more for want Of occupation which kept
lis mind in q whirl. No speculator
,ould have builded more alluring dreams
II wealth than did this little business maD
II the white hill.
Nearly every dsy be threaded bis way
llong the banks Of the stream, which be
lelig hted to call The Brook OF Fortune.
u was an ideal little stream, and was cap
.ble OF being made into an excellent breed
ng place and home for the fnDy race OF
Ipeckled besuiies. Its course Of two
niles ran oven diverse region. nov creep
pg slowly over the Il At meadows,and again
ippling and puigl pg over the stores oil
he hill side, or lost 10 tue hush of the
crest, where the quiet pools II hected the
caves and foliage above, and the fish found
cones cred homes under the rotted logs
nd etnmps. |, had always had been .
,ood brook. although = short one. 1t
implied iuto the AN u onooeuc river. ~hich
aces irom the base Of lit Washing ton
nd pays its tribute to the Connection. Ut
\ o. dsvilIe
There had been time when II was Dill
d with front. and an hours 6,hiog would
i've to sby one goo string OF the besuti
oil, luscious denlpzens OF the HILLSIDE
tream. Bot DO attempt had ever been
nsde TO preserve the grounds against the
nroads OF tue summtr visi.ors. 10 the
popular psrlsnce Of the place the brooks
scic hI usLGI ttt uthtua thV su""'
,eople no~ and then tried their luck 10
Beaver brook, and were molested BY
be owner. They never caught more thsn
,slf dozen for their pains.
But the State OF New Hampshire hss
,eeu doing % nch in reoert recert years TO
ave the once fruitful i,biog grounds ftr
he people. Any owner Of a brook msy
,revent trsspsss by "posiios' the stream
nd sunouocins through the local papers
bat it hsd been closed against fishing for
hree years, or more.
David had st,epied TO these details
irst. All along the stfesm eere posted
/ short intervals li,tle sign boards besr
ng the following inscription:
ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED NOT
IoFlSa IN ibis BROOK; AND
ALL TRESPASSER5 WILL BE
.DnnnnING