The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-16

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dora vstt 10 so gtilins ssn,insrisl over
shy nesses Of drowned ksitens. fou lost
90 spd nsii op lh,l boz ei erockery, snd
tie up tho leather bsds. and pa, the bar
lap ortr the pstlor set, sna tste down ibe
sp.ie ea.nber eur,sin 1Iins,, and then
youIl hsse Plsbty o, tine 10 si,epd 70
yoar es. HIl Be better 10 40 slons tos
.rd eyruisg. Oats donl miDd b,ios oai
nishu, sud iill seem kia5er psiural TO
Psistilla TO start on, 81 sunse,.
50 II beisll that ss the shades OF even
log we're gathering ! mounted my wheel.
xitb Priscilla 10 9 bss dsnslins irea the
hspdle bare. and sped ont 10 the dirsc
,Ion OF the subprps | vas slsd II s1
du.k. A man feels mean when be is going
to drown . cat
| h.daa sope 20 rods before | met
Jones.
He elol said be. WIS. you got iu your
bs9i
Cat. ssJsl
Good gracious, says be. yoo sipt never
soius TO give ysur cst sssJ, l's bad
lack to give 8 cat away when Joo'rs going
to novel
The next person J encountered vas Mrs
Green. She vas returning from 4 meeting
Of The sewing society, and stopped me
Good evening, Mr. Barker. said she,
Hear you are going to novel How's Nan
cyf How it will agree With her where
you are going. Shs DON, look over and
above pert ls,ely. Ard she's getting ~
inl stGi Whist Jou eot 10 your bsef
I've sct cat, ssii |, beginning to feel
savage enough TO do Tor oil the cats 10 the
county, and I'm going to Kill III
Kill II, cried Mrs Green. Good lsnd,
Mr. Barkeil d,u't see how you dsrl lfs
asu,e sisn Of poverty aud desth to kill 8
call
wheeled on; by this time II vas qalte
DARK, and l xss close 10 the river ! lett
nv wheel 10 q clnmp oil bushes sDd united
Pi ciil.s bag in hot haste from the ban
dies Of my machine. Then With my wris
pline burden | crept steslthily tovurd the
river Isuppose | bad l3ssl right to
drown ny cs' bn. somebos | felt Ikea
o,iminal in a dime novel
Iwss going TO give Priscill, a tremen
dous send q, aud had liad her high Ia
the cir Tor that purpose. when she emitted
Yell that fairly curtled my blood, and
simu !tsneously sn iron hsnd fell on my
shoulder and st,rn voice ssid.
No. yon doL't d. i'll I've act you ie
this time, l'se been wstching for you.
You've sot dead body 10 that bag, and |
srres, ycul
LIT me alone, sid !. | aiu s.joirg sDy
thing. and
Gooi Lard cried the tfiicer, it's slivel
OF course it's alive, said |, or else l
shouldn't be here with IT, Add | should
ut be here any ssy, II 1t wssn I lor Nancy,
Great Scotil cried the tih,er, then It's
mother is cot oerped 10 / Whist Fl nd
10 human shape she mus' b ]
Well. SAID !, Macy is Considerable ofs
tartar when sbp gets reused up.
The ser took bis kuife aud cut the
bag.
Iva fortunate | was iu time. said be.
and then the cst broke up the scene. Yon
should have seen her. She gave uttersrce
to 40 cart ierciug NILE O.W. clswed her
way across the ofioer's face aud left her
tracks marked with bis blood.
The -er -er = dickentl said be only be
didn't phrase it that wsy AS be wiped the
blood from bis manly linesmenss, why 10
the nsu.e OF com u on sense didn't you tell
me II was q blasted cat thst you hsd 10
your bsgf
You didbt give me time, ssid !.
The cat had disappeared 10 the bushes.
90 the policeman walked away 10 disgust.
| went after my wheel, and found that
some scamp hsd taken advantage OF my sb
sepce and made ofi With il ! may sdd
tbst though having been fepe,.edly ipVit
ed to rs,urp it, and mo q1sstious ssked, 3"
he bias not yet done so.
walked home sadly, avoiding Nancys
q qoestiopius. | gave her to understand
that had traded the wheel.
Tse next morning PIeci.la TT on our
bed room widow, plsciliy licking her
fore loo.
Heavens aud earth, Sii4,l cried Nancy.
there's that cat been aud resDrrec'ed her
self snd locke jast Sc pesrt IS new
Nsncy. said !. I've got few words TO
cay. sai II won't be necessary to 'sy 'em
over again at any future time Whtre
90. that cat goes Wttrs she moves |
move. whore | live and move aud bsve
ny beies o Zoe, she there move snd have
her being. lt's bad luck TO lose cst.
aud b.d lack to kill cat. and bad lnck to
give one s~sy, and | II be iJr everlasting
" tsutoss,ed IL evtr | psit With Priscillsi
There are OCCASIONS when Nancy does
not dispute me. This vas one OF them.
Oh, yes. we moved. Priscilla vent With
us, snd Nancy says she is go slsd that |
did not succeed 10 drospine her. for sbe
Weighs Two pounds more than Mrs Green's
cat, on there Ia going TO be cat sho~ 10
tovn next wetk. With PIE q for the besvi
est cats.
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