The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-04-18
LISBON HOLLOW

1 des', too., L,y. In sars II yoc
tell me they're piss,y ere III hAs yen'
soFs Tor u. I hssent say brains Of my
osn to-pigsi. I'm too Tired
Oh. veIi. III belp yen, then. Ls,'s do
i, over tose,h,r Cone. let me take ibs
pencil
-Iesn'i DO spy more tonight Livy. |
esnt.
LIvy Lishsm locked sp startled. Ter
Lipt.'s voiss vas not quite s,esdy.
Are yor sieki shs aske3, snIisasly He
sbook bis bead.
Ne, only Tired. gness il'e uo use.
Livy; sasss you'ii have to sive me up.
Bat won'tl sbs exclaimed.
You'il have to. II give up myself Ifs
more thar l can do. working and suiyipR
both. shall be dewn sick II / 60 on;
In sii Used op nos; I'm not myself ]
feel like firl. believe could pni my
head on . eu,hisn snd err. II bad sense
enough leii to be ashamed. must drop
on thina or the other. al the farm csn'i
be dropped. so- he broke ef. and they
were both silent
The farm could moi be dropped, Indeed.
II Vas tbs poorest farm 10 Morley. but
what came from II, together with Joseph
Llobsm's mesger pention. VAS oil ths liz
tie family of three had to live upon The
father. sickly and slightly crippled, did
the cooking and what odd jobs hs could
within doors and without. Llvy, elm,
brown girl Of sixteen, sewed and stiended
TO other household mstters; and upon
'Liphe, q sturdy youth not quite two
years older. Tell the main barie, Of labor
oa the farm
He was t.roas. steady. Intelligent
young fellow. who worked bard and man
sgei better than could have been expected
st bis age He was sweet-t9mpered and
| patient. too. aud made few complaints oi
the hard lot to which be felt that honor |
add dnly beld him Ole thing Only bad
distressed tim the Interruption Of bis ed
ucst op,
He had been O good Student, bot two
years before be had TO leave school 10
take tie place at home OF on elder brother
who died, and there seemed 20 chance OF
his ever being sble to retorn. Bat Livy
had kept 90 going TO school. for she was
to be q teacher when she was old enough,
std this yesr. her o.n learning having
reschej ibe point at which Lipbe's had
been broken ef, she had taken him for
her frt pupil, and taught him is the ev
sning what she herself learned in the day
tine.
This she had faithfully doue during the
isll and winter. Tired ~ che often was Of
ter ter two mills tramp TO school and
back over the snowy country roads. But
now April has come bringing with II On
illness ofseversl weeks for the father, who
was always siliug 10 the spring, aud under
the triple burden OF trying 10 be at once
student and nurse, Liphs felt himself
breaking down. As neither the farm nor
his father could be neglected. be must
give up his studies.
Livy was the 6rsi to speak II We could
only hire mani
know. Bat We can't
No. she ssssnted sorrowfully. She add
ed. with . burst Of Indignant despair.
That horrid, horrid esrthquskel Why
couldn't il have spoiled somebody elss's
property and swsllowed some other pots
to patch hundred years sgoi Then we'd
rave had farm worth hsvingi Great
grsnthtr L.nbsm had six men to help
With it. and we can't even have onel Oh. |
dear i
She took her candle end went slowly TO q
her room. with . plying sohe 10 her .
heart. Il vas so bard for 'Liphel 1, had q
been some comfort hitherto TO feel that Q
she was helping him, bat now sbe could .
not even do that. Her pillow was damp
before she fell asleep.
The next day was bolidsy on account
Of . tesober's meeting; and 10 the morn
ing early Llvy VI. on ber way to the Whis q
pering Rock. With . parcel Of books 10
her hand. II hsd threatened rain the day {
before ss she vas leaving school. and her .
books we're still 10 the newspaper 10 q
which che had wrapped them. The heavy q
Did Eoslish lettering OF the title OF the Nor [
ley Herald ran oousrisuously scross the y
package, which she tied With Q bit OF [
brown hair ribbon. She carried il care
IDLY as she climbed down to ledge neat Il
he bsse OF the cliff. There she curled y
herself up comfortably. with her bach Il
'Rsipst toaveDieut projection. The 81
oity. iicher.siu3ded tnriscs Of the Esin C
'ock rising high above her sbnt out bali .
he world. e.
1t vas Livy's isverts spot Behind ber. b
vitb the farmhouse perched bali way up o.
be ste p assent. rose L,phsm Hill, II
'rourd which, on three eides. swept the b
rid waste Of penny-roysl Plsins. Is they Il
ssrs called. wsterisss, treeless and barren,
he bad lands OF Morley, Oa its fourth II
iie. from the shsrply slopine brow Of u
he bill the Whispering Rook decepded q
o the ledge where she lay; and below 81
bic, qaits a. the icnt Of the crse. vss the n
nsious valley kno~n - Lisbon Hollow er
here. more than . hupdred years before p'
hst memorable and terrific earthquake, 10
he iesssLina paisssioos of which. sweep
% beneath The broad A,lsatie, ovsrthrev &C
o their dyibe renors ctimneys on Bos y
% honses. dried wells, opened springs ct
ni tossed white sspd through nsuow fs te
urss OF attnosn depth .hieb su6deuly N
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