The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-01-05
THE BROOK or FORTUNE.


board ". pat snis atd thtra came ih'
listle pause which ,lwsys ptscsSsd The d
psrtnu 10 bed 10 TIE household
visb there VI. toe, ny boy. replied
Mf. Holec b.; bs, / ESQ zee that yoa
have basincss brad and Who kDevs bu'
~bst some day yoa will mske tie farm rs,
htter than yoar grandfather o. ! have
done
Tasn silebes followed and t3trs ss.
noihiug bat the ucking OF the big. tail
clock sna TIE click, click Of drsbdmoihe'
H9lcon bu's keiitas needles TO break 'he
.Ileeee David sud his istIer we're Lost
10 thousht,
The H0lcam be iafm was one OF the
largest estates 10 the little township OF u.
10 ihe northera part OF New Hampshire,
Here Tor txo generstions the family bsd
wrested good living from the granite bilI
si1es Others about them bad not sue
oseded as veil, perhaps, Bat there vas 40
element Of good wholesome industry
shout tue Holcombes. Tney bad improv
ed the fsrmstead from year to year, and, +,
besides a mforlsble home snd beslthy
fHe, there was tidy sum Of money 10 the
sayipgs hspks Of the neigbborip9 tovns
David was nov thirteen yesrs old and
had lived long enough TO have achieved
the name among the farmers OF being .
Holcombe sll over. /, was 8 q ttefiog rs
auytbipg that could be sail.
You see, ilt5er, | doL't seem 10 have
the chance to lay up much moaey. 1t isn't
that cers to have the money to spend,
but | should so sort OF like to be doin
as Cousin Hal does over TO Littleton.
Uacle 81 lets him have sll the hers will
bring above cost aud last year be cleared
$40. But mother has ell that, and, while
I'm not exactly complsialog, | must say !
bate to feel that Hal am cunts to SO much
moren 1 do,
Well, my lad, bis father said, encourag
ilgly, you put 500 10 the Liscomb bank
lac, July. tbst ought 20 be some comfort
to you. Then you know that hens are
anite Ii lie object up here since the snm
mer people began to build cottages and
the hotels have done so much business
Your mother works berd with the biddies
and it takes quite little bead to do so
much. Lots see she clears sbout $500
yesr, uow
on, that's ell night, said David; i wssb't
erndaing moth,r's money ut all. But
wish there was something. I'm dom q
powerful lot Of t1nkin'; but don't seem
to fud anything
Nov. IN think, too. ssid the father ]
generally do in the winter, and sometimes
find the planning that n7 brain does then
amounts to good deal. taken With the
work 10 the summer. During the past
seven years there had been now element
10 the farm life Of tbis section Of the Gran
ite State. where the mighty Frsnconia
hlls shed their msj ss'ic shadows over the
little hsmlets clustering around their 81
q ntic sides. Tho summer people were
building cottages, and here and there, on
summer evenings, their windows shed
tri!h lights up and down the valleys
The demand for fresh vegetables and
other products OF the farm bad added ma
terislly to the income OF the farmers. The
Holcombes we're beginning TO pay especial
attention to this new market. Mrs. Hoi
coube made "a good thing" from her
poultry and Mr.. Holcombe hired an extra
msn aud went extensively into the raising
OF What was called in general terms 'sar
din ssrce.' Little Bessie had q monopoly |
OF tho berries. which grew 10 the pastures,
snd David, strange enough, had been left
out ip the cold,
A few weeks later the sutiect came up |
s2sip.
Well, father. ssid David, s'pose you've
been ,biukin'f S)'ye /, and I've eoi Oh
idea, The worst of il is 1t will take little
cspitsl, and | don't believe you'd ever
want TO advance it, Bot sm certain you
will never regret IL, II you do DO you re
member the string Of trout that sold 10
M.jor Worthindsle on the side Of Hszsn's
Hill, last year? He calls il the Cropolis,
OF someIhiug like that. Well he paid me
fny CENTS round. | never was 30 stag |
eered 10 sIl my life just think OF it, four
pounds aud half, mskin' ~ 25l Well,he
aid there was fortune 10 our brook, II
there wss some smart boy to ran it, Nov,
perhsps, you sill see my ides.
L. was good price. certainly, David.
Bu, il 10 r ,tbsr dresmy idea. Yon know
that Major Wo,tbiu6aie is one msn,and 1t
would take good many to make much
money. Mt every one would be willing
to Day as much as thst Mt. Holcombe
seemed TO be a little trooblei.
Bot isther. MSior Woithindale ssid he
had paid ss high ss 81 20 pouut 10 New
York city. Ise been figuring this thing
up by ryseli snd am cure | shall hsve
good m.ny customers. Bat II should |
have only i've and they should average 70
pounds 10 seaor, that would make zoo
., 80 cents 8 pouhd. Yet know | can do
three time a. veil ss that There sIe thirty |
cottages sithin three miles Of ne nos, snd |
there will be mole each yesr
Mr. Holcombe vas Impressed With |
these q sutst; .iill be xss DOT quite ready |
10 consent. de thought Of some other dii
gcultie. sud he uopdered If bis con hsd
thoaeht Of them too.
Ysu know. David, be bsgsn, ibsi II vii |
t.te ., ies,t three years Tor the little hout