The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
HER TRIP TO LONDON.

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l asked leaning thoughtfully against the
water-butt.
| had come across Mrs. Green in a con-
ducive hour, and we had entered into CON
versation. She was seated on the lowest
step of the stair leading to her rooms above
the coach house Her work. was over and
her sleeves were unrolled; she was in
meditative mood Together we contem-
plated the pickings and scratchings Of the
reflective hens about her doorway.
"Travelin' as is travein'," she replied,
Il eniys. As much as | enjys hanythink."
What do you call traveing?" said l.
put me in a third-class kerridge railway
train" said Mrs. Green, sentimentally,
with hall me frens about me, an nappy
carts a-beatin' Ugh, an nevery soul a-stand
in treat cheerful, an a-arfn' gay an no
one a-carin' where they're a-goin' nor
whether they never gets there, an harsks
no morel That's what ] calls travelin'
Suffer l may, for suffer l Railways mus,
along O. my frs; but l suffers in silence
with a smiln' heye."
"What is the other kind of travelling"
said I.
"When you travels cos you ave ter, an
not alonger wantn' to-" replied Mrs. Green,
shortly; "a urryin' ere an a 'urryin' there,
an a knockin' up constant again lot O.
hldJets as earn give a plain hanswer to
PLAN question
ana uon you suiier In silence IN that
kl ii[ Oh traVe,lhg' sqlo y meutatlVely',
40 not sald MIS- Ireen' lets EN-
Kno" IT,
- "a snort pause ensued,
lhere was the day went to London
resumed Mrs. Green, thoughttully, 'as
youV card me tell on No one guesses
what went through that day, nor no one
never WILL eept Ewing, as sens the sorrers
we MINOR
GU oh'y toIo me little about IT,
salu L.
S"; 'nere Vn'tss as am TO De tol IN
"oros' sa'q MIS- Green uarNiy' h'eVlng
Parcl,s az an neilhei more nor less an
that oegun IL. no comp n.y. sheIl go a-charg-
IN me lot les-''le' SEES J. ! nIee an heIght-
pence 81 ooIs1e' me 10 eeJ 10 Lohooh' See j.
an makes no complaint, ior ! travis
eaVy' but Ieggloge as goes inside wan
What no one wants to uayI mo not Ell
you Ieo en- 10 40 IT, SEES they a'n no
right TO go a-chargih agaIns respectable
person a'se'th IN palaIor seat. Nor shaH
uney 40 So ses l. determined m NE IL can
5Vop eh' 90 SEES 10 Green FRO y-me
penn promised 10 me narnt nepheW-oe-mar-
I.'sg 7a''eIU NreeH' SEES H. you eP
me 40 nup me 1u'uss lh parcH7, seS l. an
al, aug 'ii' 'oou, iN'a.'
,. lg was very ct,[er 'oea' 9aia,
lever. s stI,, MIS- OIeen' win q, lu-
rious snort Wneh you suPs WIN 9atng
you wants lons spoon an SO L te4 you
NO one never GOV yne OeCDer Oh comp my
YET NO, never Will single man WIN
lace 10 IN nyoue can uanlGge' puV 10.
eg""lus "iNeep'u uaIA an ueYSr pelu
On Ine spot Ior 10 ear tne JreW1h ar a4ou1
tne'IselNeS uneIe alh no ree ., men
Vhe thousth on III orlVes me wal
She paused and famed herself with her
apron.
There was young man at the station
what called lsselt a porter an when come
m bit blown with the heXtry weight hup
e comes Already an a-smuln IN manner
NJ TO nust pody along O aaggraWatlon'
Fut EN- nan there' ses e an points 10
t6e Welgh STAND ma An L couid a II I'm!
,eps you u e me tls 70 set Ion' toG, So
+,,o,,IJ h. NJ b,,rio1. III ~ e.. H.,
ic. mem ses "a a.tbiGly1' icy i' f,rnv
D. 49, 80. f,,,-,l, ;4h 49,, iorS.
cTif oats hon vor,u conc Too anv;o1r,
ses an, 7 seizas i'm royvn5 tbe wais, an,
afore q l,roved yvbera 10 vvers. mn - eoos
as male as miller slim. for q were a little
man Thai done me GOOD -"
eeD;dr,+ +bo ,o,,,l. i,,,,b ~ 7 ,sl,ed
oTbey didn,t Iongb at me- No more - said
Mrs Green darSIy. "an' no more didn't
e. But '3d to payl -Four an sixpence. #
ror,u believe me More nor what corst
meseIf am me Good Ia stnn If Turns me
In he'd n NIGHTS to think of II All. there
tborgbts a. takes Years an wears hort Of
wom9n;s life. Int man p sets an sea
notbin' let i'm he cheated 'ow e NAV so
Iong as it's . comn'nv as does it What e
car7t set sfraigbt beasv ia,u leave crooked
Don let's ave no fuss SEES e. a.smiin'
comfrerble. Ali knows 'em. But vim
ming amt made that way. II torments EN-
to be cheated.
oTf T could bonlv got Good Sian At that
+baro cor+h Haastarn ooronn,r,s 600 ;, sbs
oIJod III sudJon f,r, 81 sbouI5n,t min,
uch."
e relapsed into gloom.
"a oo,,,, oi,,t oo+ M f,oo Tbor +oLas
oJ op - 3ha4 ~ az; sixro,oo for ,,o
soou cav H. 10y hairb 49, CO.. lU- ~ s
pIt'is, an =, 80 -
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