The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-05-10
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lam sifl is - plsety 49, boy 10" hn
TOO n asA 10 ..y wksn you ihirt Of 'en'
peoples bo,a Whether u ear bs 'fe''
,.id 10 prsi,. ef ne ia sqsssi'ou 'rrefo'
Of rssisrdsy.
A, fear 80 ball O'clock o' ytstetas!
.it.rpooa ( cane Iroaaly do~n 'bs s'eF
Of tho tsvn bell .iih ny drsi qust'sf'
salary 10 ny bseds. my hrsi euolo@tI'
a. te.cbips 10 the patlie school u vas
soibs 10 help father pay tis ssssssmso'i
70 help nt ihst besvr burdsp, which
had been assumed chen the pew bnila
linss ssrs sdded 10 the mills, aud 'he
90. naebiasty. These debts might hsss
been paid, ba, lo't then strikes bec'ms
freqasnt I'll over The eouutry, aud ouf men
followed tbs is.hioB. Nearly . yesr our
strife bsd lasted.
Father. bs.d wss getting White at ior5
fye. The costly mschinery vas gong 70
lruin, and ell sbout The io~n, sinsly, 10
psin or 10 groups, The sisrved strikers sat
or .suuisred. carrying their ptrlinsei'y no
der tbeif rags
AL vas saying, came down the sieps
to the sidewalk. Uncls Biohstd was bitch
ing bis horse 10 ifont OF the town ball l
h.li up my envelope bosstiully and said:
Ooe hundred sod fifty dollars more 10
thstf and then pnt il down iato my pock
e,. Unels Richard looked sssounded.
He put the iis.line through the loop with
90 impatient twiteh, and stspped up be
ii 10 me lastss was going to mount my
bicycle.
Don't flourish your money 10 The faces
OF these meu be said They ara dssper
stsly 10 need oi IL.
turued TO the group OF mscontents
that was passing, and one man especially
returned my glance With 40 expression
which seemed to mean a perfect rage OF
desire Tor my money.
Yon cant 90 round With that 10 youf
pockel, Polly Ohippsubsm. said Uncle
Richard. Here. give il to me.
No, indeed. responded. You might
be robbed, but they can't catch me. Aud
saying this pushed q
stopped al the poet ,r, and stood
a. bulletin there for liitsen minutes, tell
inq people how mother was and what was
the matter WITH Johnny, but unable TO cay |
what father thought OF these mysterious
sll nisht sessions oi the strikers.
| declare, ssid Miss Susan Brown. bs
lieye there's something desprt going on.
We don't know what minute they won't de
eide TO lust march 10 and and take what
they need.
Oh, that's very nervous viewl Strik
ere are not criminals they are only peo
pie who want better pay. l said. WITH
laugh and high sense Of my own free
dem from nerves.
And then WeBt on sasin, ringing my
bell and carefully winding my way be
tween the swarms OF wasted little ones OF
tho mill people, who we're at Their feeble
play 10 the street tossed oil my pen
nice TO them and vatished like unfair for
tupe, hurryiog on with the large gilt Tor
the one loved best.
Father had gone over to Unele Rich
ards farm, 10 try TO see il be could sleep.
II vas pe,ceiul there. st the foot OF the
mountain, four miles from the village aud
two aud . hall miles from the whole bn
man race.
A good bioyc Gle path hsd been worn by
my soipgs back and forth. ] can ride my
twelve mlIes sn hour, go there are bat
few minuteh between the mills and the
farm how lew, did not guess on ibst
particular day.
| sailed of buoyantly. With s1hilsta
ton cf Zoe October weather and the ti
cycle ecst,sy. Flocks OF gay, fy-lvsy
leaves danced along the path With ne.
Here is happiness, | ssid. / think II
psrv.des the open cir, waiting at oil timer.
Here . great personal deed has room.
Thi. is the way islt until rsschsd
the crossing Of my road with the main
road from the mills TO Bingham. Any
person wishing to meet me after lett the
villsse would nsturslly have taken this
cross route. The clay bank. through
VII. oh TIL. portion OF my way ws cot.
prevented my seeing the Bingham road
until came fully upon the crossing.
looked cssnsily TO right and left then. To
lei | Alb. TO leitwsrd there was some
body conina TO meet me-a msp, on .
low gesIed whsell
The sishs OF him made my blood run
cold and slow. | remember his eager,
buopry face and UooIe Richards warning.
He wss 90 nesr ! could not tnrn back
towsid tho villsee without giving him 30
ADVANCE so straight onwsrd ! pushed,
and my psdsline was like the frantic pad
ding ofs drowning insect. And closely
be followed. aud With low lsush which
made my skin creep All The outlying
hoass OF the village had been passed.
The mex, vas Uncle Richards. tso miles
away. Thete Was was no hope but 10
speed, and this. / declare, / made use OF,
ssespiua on st the rate Of twenty feet .c
each revolution oi the pedal.
went like ssbiG psst tho pond. belp Z
ed 90 by The stimulating iboosht that II
hs osushi me there. ihe waters would
hide ne ana ny wheel, nd nobody would .
ever kpou. dashed through the twilight Q
OF the woo2f, .iih the CONSEQUENCES that
here wss the very spo, robbsr sorld 0
choose. spurisi through .he slippery ;
hollos, aud jounced over stones aud sol Q