The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-07-19

thibt&tR ihh y soNtu uNe n"tf ~
live bnle,s sh. hs, nan 10 harry her Q
10 hcr work si snn.pp. AL boss her .
5sy 90. mel soEs,imss ihiuk that u
old EAld's have The bsst OF u oil round.
they a lock 3, II right Bat you've so,
eooi deal to be tbsbkinl for. eonsi3srip
thGi you've been mArfiei TO msn; po'
yeu car beI 10 10 take some eoniori, az
you and Mtri-Jsss eau do iisi as year
. mia 4 10, Iosg % you live, u yen kse
clear OF men folks. Have you sol you
pie nss, ,.boihn yei' Seems to me
smtli IL. can stay snd help yon all do.
IS well % not. and tsill be ehsnse 10
me. I'm tired lookip VI my back fence
sint hardl, been out The yard ell vii
ter
There's 10 denying that moneys hand!
and comforting at ell timer, bat more 81
., times like thtss, smiled Descop Jones
wife, who hal been "wsiiipg to get 10 I
word edgewise,"
Mp Staples. too had put aasy he,
tbiogs hsseli. ss Deishbors do o. sncs
times. tskios it for granted thst their
help and comparionship ere both needed
aud welcome. and when Mrs, Jones psns
cd, she ssid: Well, il you aud Msri-Jsns
are going to have as much money - the
men folks say yoa be, you ought to bloom
out 10 pretty good sort OF mourning Tor
the funeral; II the men ste right. you
hadn't oughtsr bay anything less than
good all wool. Add then. soon ss you get
to u, should put q good, fair priced
stone 90 bin. not very showy, but pretty
heavyl
They wouldn't say 80, II they had heard
Harris Brigham declare, as many times as
| have, that MstiJsns and | were send
ing him every cay little nearer the poor
house. sobbed tho widow.
You've been kept 10 the dark, SOS be
,ould keep Oh pinching you; now. you
isten 10 me. know what Pm talking
Ibout, for I've had two Husbands, and
men fair 90 niidlins. too, bat men for all
hstl And | tell You that you msy jnst as
g well begin TO enjoy your freedom today
s next week -ior Brigham s iust as dead
8 be will be after the funeral. SO you
as, llsI round and look up his papers and
lad out where you can get hold OF some
esdy money quickest You may fnd 3
'elet fall hid no somewb bores, there's my
ret husband, who was, to be charitable to
be dead, near il not mean With bis mon
J, sud We found $50 wsdded up in dirty
aper in an inside coat poeketl A regular
ramps wallei2 Yis, but be come OF .
,mily as different from folks ss they
Guild be. and not been b9ra with far nor
stbers on EN-, Mis- Brighsul Id stop
,ivlin il was you; wo ell know who and
hat old Brigham was ~ well--nigh
,ont as youl You've kept at it pretty
iddy. and have done enough now 10
low respect TO him that dead and gone
or to last till the funeral IN less some
ody special should call to sss you'll 81.
| ssy. brace up and fad out how much
,uTe worth. il you can. and tell me
hat you want cooked up for the funeral
Ipper, and how many you expect will I
me back from the grave. to eat. Then
II go ahead With the cooking. and my {
60 to the village for anything we '
n't borrow reund the neig hborhood. a
,r the lands sskes slivel Who is that
ming up the lape2 1t looks like it q
Mt be2 q
Who could 1t be. to create such excite Il
snt2 Even the willow and Mari Jane a
rried to the window and psersd over i,
sir neiehbors' shoulders.
Ma Nal It's Jiml Oh, I'm 90 glad, O
sladl and Msri Jane started for the 9th o
door. o
Mrs. Brigham eguaht the hem OF her q
ughtsr's back breadths, 90 she reached
, door. aud pulled her back ward SO far al
It Mari James outstretehed hand could a
" eervously tumble the latch With sl
: finger tips, bat not uDlAtch i'll
Mari Jane Remember that yonr pa
ut have Jim Reed IN this bousei ! ir
! hear his worls now Never, Mari |,
,e, so longs | live, 90 help me Gsd
, Mari Jane, you pail make an awful
VI I'll 40 sn tell jim be m ust 40 right e,
ny and we'll never let Ga to your ps J,
/ he's been here. / hate to see yonr e,
when he's crossed 10 any thing 10
lie Bishaml Remember ,het you're tt
' q free woman, sn you've no longer u
TO go like dog, when ole Brigham
9 Go nor you mint got to Come whep b,
whistles, for he's whistlei his last bs
silel You amt yit seLsed your free
nl Yen an Mari Jane 10 as free today tb
ective jim Reed, or anybody else, Is or
III be in year, | don't say tisn't TO
tty quick ior You to receive anybody
your own secount, but / amt one to ed
y that you're as free to do II ss you'll frt
/ bel It's ouly a question OF bow yon 70,
and when you feel like il, sci ! the "a.
nan vho had bnried tSo huebsnds.
words OF experience prevailed.
on can go, Mari Jane, bu. | euess mi
Ildnr ak Jim iu til alter The fanersl 10
be most afraid that your pa would as
e back il be could "a sud one don't
iy want 10 osl back the dead; 1t don't ps
D Just right Bat go aud zee jim - sal
's's no one TO binder. novl ,ot
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