Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-24
Priscilla's Poaching.

q p0aCher. But L 90 not think that
,ould have done otherwise, and under
tho same circumstances l would GER
tainlv do it again. 1t was partly the
fault of the Boer War, partly of the
foiIuro Of a large commercial corpora
ZION. and surely Tam not to blame for
either
The Chutes ana the Baldrans have
lived at Fleetharn Regis since the days
Of the StUarts-the Chutes at Black
stead and the Baldrans at the Hal.
me Baldrans own the land all round;
the Cnutcs have always been rolling
stones. and gathered very little moss
, irdeel they say at Fleetham, THE
r5utes only come home to die" Most
ofth-m failed to DO even that; fighting
ar BIZ fever, they have died ell over the
world. and their graves are high-tide
marks If the British Empire. we
t7ov. if any one does, that ION the
ZONES ol the English the English flag Il
stayed
When was 4 child there We're six of
ns at Hackstead; five boys, two broth
ers and three cousins. and myself Dur
ing tntir holidays they teased me q
,ragt deal and bullied me a Httle; but
I learned to do most things that boys
do ara even a quite decent feather
weight boXcr-aud some things thar
many Boys have no chance of doing.
In In. house my mother ruled us; out
If 1t "ihDm lilQe Chute devils" were
gaar.n WI. miles round or +ba noo,.
,,.,.I,. ,ro,,, 10 1art Hon., and -,
wy >.',+t,,.a.4 800,
Ae v" i''7
anu H. ~ - ~
Iohl '-''' ,i'', ~ - ~ ~
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~ ,,5 J,n b,I ,,,,C,,, III, III Til.
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hs ,,..' '..rl -, >,n,.o,,,,,a,. no wac, j.,
r,rJrI homc. II look 4 indeed. AZ "
b. had only come home to die; and
Jane our old nurse, and l set ourselves
70 dtI@ him back. inch by inch, from
death. Mr uu=rl him night and dag.
watchiu@ ana sleeping turn about, until
at last he began TO mend very little.
Then thc last blow fell. ] had been
. short OF money before Tom came
ba.E. MANI boen waiting ana waiting
H., li,.i.Il,,.I fr,r, ia Cor,,,o,,.
io' CAV - =. -. -.
a'"'c '''. ''''' -,
thel ''l 'ie ii.'I i'Iii w i'''
i'''nIS' i '' li;.i,.7IiiI IN
r.to ror , loro, vhiIa # wos = birtb-
doyr tbourht and worried ana nuz-
gled ,,,y br1in Inf cnuld eac ~ way
If ,sttino ,oonav 1g1ere ,-.era six
var,a,5.. i, +I,a ho,,sa tbr.a ,,eoni., "A
~ - = 49,, II, 5,,,..iIi.l ,,o,,l
inc tho most daIicntc and norrisbinr
foo3 l,no,v or no one to ask hcIp Of
worried and worried until, i'm the
afternoon | had that rarest Of all
things with me, headache. Fortu
nately Tom fell asleep, and, leaving
n lane 10 watch him, set out for walk
with the dogs.
t,...,t..... a,orr r.;tt, IA, nvea
was ""lnhi'S "io"s' WIN "'
on ne ROAD instead Oh on tnc Hci"9
aLI ne1's'ro"S as uS'4ili' sun ""ll l''7
,'.I' S'ii' Nv
~ iuHN'.iS ~ MI hV''f7 ''''H
Iom inc dogs. Ihere was Squcah-
mS and f'uttering. and Vixen came OUT
Of the ditch with a partridge II net
tbat ' , 1t ron, i'r ,,,,1l i,, md
mn ,,,.,.+ .,,,,.,,- "a MI. she b,d KILLED
it. I slipped it under my cloak. rejoic-
ing mt tho Windrau, since it would
make Tam an apprtiZing soup. when il
4 N,et,l. ,,,.,,,, ,,,.. +b,+T bod eturnbIed
,.. ,a-.
"l''' '''', ~ i''"' i'7
,''' 1.'i'v IL" = ~, ~
rs,- n,rl.,,., .,..,- ,,,ire- 20 .ho,t Az,
his Fl..t,.,,, cst.,to rT,bc,.a had even
bnen t.fl. III t,is e,.o,diro. rart of ~
,.i,, I-t, HI -
m MI '4"!'' 49,.
.' wv '''irAN 1lirtN years SliOe II
-"u''I' SIT hubert. had never peeh 'io.0
Il 'u'I" NM pace anger illy niotl'ei 7
marriage. IN" country was Ii'ior Oh
game and rabbits than ever II had Neon
before, ana I was soon glowing at Wis
lens of abundance Of the most tempt
hS 1900 FIR m invalid. The siX POUNDS
"'U'i ASl SIX months lof our &C"
sly us hAlN ans butter our mems csSs'
W WY needed flour ana groceries 10y
'''l u.Ae Iom would be well ana 3pie
iNH l'ioleS s'iileiioW' "l.' -"
voul1 w.. -" -,
''0" "i'u ~ out hui lily il0'ti
s"'P' AS went collsiu'lcu lh'
uuler slde OF the matter. f"achIha
was wrong. of course; but | had done