The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-12-12
WAY WILKINS HIaEp MAN RAN
AWAY.


ssbd,y nofsins. vhils Mr. Wtitits
"a. 81 eluteh viib ToG@y. Mr.. wilairs.
10 ase ,Ecs Of the social ethics o. Lihe
Hill, pat on hs otsfslls, sad, rake 10
-''.rtsd iLs carpet 81 dead lesvss
tah eo'fea bsn' -. hnaw that his
vile veula nske tcebs II she esss
tin. .bd be insw tia, hn Sabbath bresk
ina you'd furnish snoihsf argument
sgsiusl Suburban ilic, snd be anticipated
eonsissrsbls sp,ibs from he nsle neish
bors, snd yet. 10 spi,s OF all these misslv
iass, be raked ths leaves isio fusiline
piles sni sstched With dossed ss,i'isc
tion the eoiunps Of blue smoke that rose
smocs The cab. iron bis urboly hres.
villains lsd employed seven diferent
l.'birsd net" since spring Nous had stay
ed more than . mouth and boee bad car
ried sway either the esteem on good will
OF Ms. Wilkios. Mosl OF them ueFe
wor.hl.ss, some dishonest, some lszy and
some iscked that regard Tor the proprie
ties wbloh the womsb Of the house iGsist
cd upon. So II csme TO psss that wilkins
hsd . hard time eetiios, TO sSy no.bios
OF keeping, a sefvicesble hired man. and
when the leaves began to Toll bis iswns.
gardens, vices srd orchard we're 10 cad
case, his chicken house needed repairs,
bis coal eellsr Was empty. bis winter
kind!ius was upchopped aud bis Loyalty
10 Suburban life wss toltsring. Therefore
be had defied all precedent snd on Sun
day morning stiscked the work With
his owu bsnds,
While be vas bending. over russei
mound OF leaves he heard voice.
Mister, III clean up that lawn for
mesl
|, was loS, strong voice. mnsicsl of
tone and so oppo'lune that wilklns lei
bis rake fall and looked about. The
stranger wss tall, lean young man, dus
ty from a loog walk, but clean and trim
90 to clothes aud person.
Ill just go you, said Wilkins, opening
the sste. The big fellow walked 10,
dropped his Goa. on the ground snd fell
to work witbou, word. Alter getting
back into bis Sunday garments the man
OF the house watched bis rescuor. The
latter had laid aside HE fonud FELT bat,
disclosing bullet bead closely shaved
The workers closhes, new. cheap and
coarse, Ill ft the wesrer, and ss Wilkins
sa'ched him swiftly aud silently clesrinP
away the dead ersss, weeds and leaves bis
heart misgsvs him, aud be murmured to
himself:
40 eI-conyct, I'll bet.
Mrs. Wilkins soon came home with
Tommy aud eyed the stranger ssksnce
When she had noticed him eating hestti
ly, bu. decorously. and bad observed that
be knew the purposes OF knife, fork and
spoon, she dsrkly hinted to her husband
that there wss 'sometbing mysterious
abou. the newcomer. When wilkins felt
sure that his wife hadn't guessed the
probable truth, be resolved to ofier the
man q Job, and as the latter passed out
the walk towlrd the road the suburbsnite
stopped him With;
Ny friend. like the way you work,
and like your looks, snd II you'll stay
III give you 81 week and your board
JOS. TO keep ap the place, tend the chick
eos spd the iurnsce.
Thank yos. sir. I'll Try It, wss The %
sx.r. You don't keep horse. and l won't
hsve TO go to town. II
No. Just etsy here on the place and
do Whatever you see necessary, explained
wilkins. fully understanding the msn's
dislike TO going into town.
All right, cir. My name is james
Green,
wilkins showed the tall. gsuut fellow
over the place and pointed ont the room
over the esrrisee house where be Was TO
sleep. Tommy. who was ten years old
trotted after them deeply interested ip
the stranger.
OF course Mrs. wilkins didn't approve
OF her husbands choice. She felt sure
that there was something wrong sbou
Green, aod ss the days went by and be
proved . splendid gardener and most
useful person 10 divers unexpected Ssys
she VAS grievously Disappointed. Whist
enrssed her most vSs Green's tsciturpity.
Every effort Of the cook and the bouse
eirl. prompted and encouraged by Mrs
Wilkins. failed TO elicit 9 hin, about him
self. At meals be vas ss silent ss the
tomb. Daring the day he kept busy at
the back OF the txo acre lot; Of night be
sat 10 the barn doorssy telling stories to
Tommy ard smoking bis pipe.
Between him aud The boy sprsng up 30
compsbionship. The msp, /,
silent With 81! otaers. began to tell bic II,
tie comrsds the rsrest aud most e1trsor
dinsry stories Of shipwreck, OF battle. oi
Wild beasts, birds sod adventures OF ell
kiads. He knew the bsbits Of birds and
insects. Of reptiles and fishes Snd these be
explained TO Tommy vith iu6niie care un
,iI the boy came to dog bis footsieps aud /.
81, beside bin at all bours
The carved wooden toys. plated wbips
OF horsebsir and leather And deftly fash
iored bows snd srfoss that Green made
Tor Tommy we're the uonder and envy Of
the boys OF the neishborhood. bot they
wilkins that bis model hired
m.a bad spent much time 10 some peni
'cn,isr,. Meanwhile. ss day BY dsy che