The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-11

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so ihitl,ss Of. Jsuuy. IN tell you sh'
Il sill cone srouni sei scc him tome
row
Bar aoBl you breathe ss! llsblc sbou
the slli, ,sid Mr.. Edsftop. 10 nystsI
ons whispsr.
/ o., COL ior The sosiatl ssia Mira Ian
ins i,rresliy.
Daring the n,I, week uDele Cbe'etre
va ovtruhelued with civili,ies. o.
Ttursdsy new suit OF clothes arrived
snh Mm Lutiss best love and compl
uepis. 0i Fniuy Mrs Lukin, cam
With "a opso bsrcncha 10 take dear uucl
/ Caleb Tor q dive 10 the park Add OF
Saturday Mr.. Etettop borst itto tear
srd declared she shoald never be hspp,
sssin II ter mothers ooly brother didn'
pie ge himself ,aen an there to make BIZ
lulure home aitb herself snd Will,
Uuele Csleb looked li,tle puzzled.
Well. ssid he. iiyou really make polo
u i, = but vas intending TO meet Cousin
John al Grsvesend.
Dear Uacle, promise me to stay bert
always, cried Mrs. Elder,op.
jus, Ms you say Nieoe Jenny, asserted
the old man complsoeutly.
Mr, Eldet,op felt that she had carried
her point,
Bat when Mr.. and Mrs. Lsrkins came
on Sunday afternoon TO Press q similar
petition. Uncle Caleb opened bis eyes.
Ny importance seems to have gone up
in the market, be observed qusiuty.
never wee 10 such demaud among my rels
tyes before. But car. be 10 two places
at once, that's PLAIN.
And be decided to remain with Mrs.
EIdertop. greatly to the indis nation OF the
Lsrkin's family, who did not hesitate to
hint boldly at unfair advantages and un
due impsrtisllty.
But jast as Mrs L,rkins was rising to
depart. with her handkerchief to her eyes.
little Johnny Eldsrtop came clsmoring
for a pi ce Of paper to cut kite tail from
Go along, said Mrs Elder,op impatient
emily.
We've no paper here. Goto Amelio.
Hold Oh, little chsp-hold obl said
Uocle Caleb. iumbling 10 bis oyercost
pocket BIS had been about starting for .
walk vhe the Lirkin party arrived = here's
q bit ss is OF no use to nobody,
Aud be produced the rough draft and
bestowed 1t on Johnny.
Oae sides written or, said be, and
totber amt. 1t was lying on the floor 10
Mr.. Watkins law oiii ,e when stepped 10
to see If Joseph Hall was employed there
as port,r still. An old cbum OF mine was
Hall 10 Tortoise Hollow. can't bear to
see even bit OF paper wasted. 80 l sxed
the clerk if it was OF suv use, He said no
lit was cniy draft OF DR.. Falcons will,
DR.. Falccn made q new will every ak
mon tas, be said, 10 | jest picked it up and
put it 10 my pocket. Every thing comes
in use once 10 seven years. they say, end
this is Inst right for little Johnpy's kite
tail.
Mr.. Laikins looked Ut Mrs Eldeftop.
Mrs. Eldertop stared into the specialized
eyes OF Mrs. Lsrkins.
Uncle Caleb chnckled benevolenily as
little johnny skipped away With the piece
OF paper which hsd been freigtted with
such welth OF anticipation.
The Lirkins took leave without any un
form uls OF adieu, and Mrs. Ell
dertop took occasion to tell Uncle Caleb
that perhaps be had better prosecute his
original design Of the Grsvesend visit.
Because we're expecting company to
morrow, said she, and our best room will
be wsnted for a while. And, she added,
within herseli. will take good care that
I shan't be empty again. j1st at present |
So UDcle Caleb Cbeverel went to Graves
md, where Cousin John was o. poor aud |
warm h arIed ss himself, sDd be was never
uvited 10 return to London sgsin.
Five years later Uucle Caleb departed
his life and left behind him f20 600 10
,opsols wiled 10 John CLARK. To bis
desr niecss,' jane Eiderop and Rebeccs
Lsrkins, be left IS each TO psy for the
rouble he put them to when he visited
hem. To cay that there was Joy 10 the
lieces' households when the will was read
woud be to ssy what is false. for, il the
Id msn could have guessed at sll the IN
ind things thst wonld be uttered regard
ng him, | doubt il he would nave left
hem even Is esch.