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

Oh, yea, xe Easti ibN ntti VI "N@f'
sssey .bs got dissatisfied With The honss
vhere 20 lived. bsoinss the pot elosss u'
., least tvo sias su slier than Mfs Gfeehs.
she snd Mrt Green are nv.ls They have
been rivals sli their lives "heo they
wsfs Girls they beth wsnted The SANE msn,
spa be bad TO nsffy shs Nisos Bent 10
slta,fspse. BE tsid be felt tbs, With
The visou ., TIE helm be eoald ddy The
sorId.
Mrs q ssn lived in the neishbo'hood,
sad sb. has kept Nancy stirred np ior 10
ye.rs ms Green gets . nsu bonne',
Nancy gets . bat II Nancy be, . iresh
,sblt-cloth, nu Green has . new sci OF
nsphibs II Mrs Gteen sssbss four sheets
90 Mopdsy, Nancy w.hs. 1iI tbs follow
log Mondsy. And vice verss. Ys'. sl
usys vice vsr..
Mrs Geen hes . lsvo snd back yard
big enough Tor . ben coop Nancy vowed
tbs, she'd hsvs . isvn.io, aud . bist
ysri sufieisDi for tso hen ooops. Sss
wanted 90 attic She wanted viea OF
the park. sac wanted to be where sbe
could see the reservoir pond. She
van,ei back stsirs She wanted double
psrIcrs. She wanted three Windows 10
the kitchen. 10 fact, che wanted so many
things th,t We bad TO move.
II ever you've moved, you knos whst
II is.
For four days We ess on the head OF .
q ,ur barrel. aud our food wss mostly bsk
er's stuf
We hsd q Loaf OF sponge cake on the
table so many times that 1t seemed like sn
old friend. nearly shed tears when Nan
cy proposed breaking |. up aud converting
II into pudding.
Silss, said Nancy, the day before We
we're 10 be loaded up. there's the cst to
be disposed Of. Aln't lucky TO move cst,
and besides cat Won't stay 10 new plsoe
uuless you grease i,s feet with butter snd
keep 1t down ctllf for Of least week
And with batter 33 cents q pound. and
strong at that. l don't feel Justified 10 wsst
ing 1t grsssiog oats feet
Good land. Nancy. said !, never could
kill call Especially Priscilla Why.
she's been with us ten yesrs, and she's
likss human. You csn't expect me to
kill her. N.ncyi
Djn't be fool. Silas Barker, said the
partner OF my bosom, with emphasis. II
| couldn't kill cat d-Pd put my
bead 10 soak. and see il il voudn't timber
up my brsint
You can kill her. Nsnoy, ssid !, feeling
9 great wave OF generosity sweep over me.
IN 20 dcwn town aud see about the coal.
sud you can 6x her while I'm gone.
Slss Barker, ssid my vile, with en- sir
m sjes,ic dignity. don't talk like fool
Killing cats ia outside of womsn's
sphere. What did | marry you iorf
Wss It thst nigh. kill your cats for you.
and
I.s yours, said Iit came from your re
la,ions over to -Four Corners, aud yon got
il to catch your mice, and
LIS no cat OF mine said Nancy. decided
ly. You go right out pow and borrow
Stscy's gun and shoot 1t while its eating
milk. Shooting is the most humane wsy,
they say. to kill cat
Good gracious. Nsncy said / haven't
ired . gun since 1867 ID Of Jolly. and
she burs, and blowed me into the middle
Of next week, aud set Mendon's barn sfre.
Well, you sin't going to use that gun.
,Aid Nancy. calmly. SticJ's gun Ia all
right 1. was 10 the wsr OF the revolu
lion. You 60 right out now and get 1t,
md have the business over, When .
things TO be done, believe 10 doing it
When Nancy etts her loot down, whst
aver the wants has TO be done, OF there is
serious dis,urbsrcs 10 the domestic s.mos
phere. so, very reluctantly. l aust con
less, | vent over to Stacy g and borrowed
bis gun.
Be csrsfal OF htr, said Stacy, she kicks,
IN sizes opt 10 miss FIRE. and then sssin
,be's so licklish about her trigger that she
is liable to go { q ani miouts without warn
ing. You've got TO b, ceusid r,ble circum
spect with her.
so took the gun aud proceeded to be
with n. laid II carefully
on the top Of the wood pie aud called to
N.ucy to brius 90 the cat and put 1t on
the fence go that could take sight at IL.
N,ncy act the cat. but tonebos Pfiscil
|. seemed TO toer / mischief. aud che de
0 c'iued to remain 10 be ,ishte3 ss
TLeu / received to shoot her on the
wing, snd as shi vas clsving np over
Neist b,r Jones short psrl.' ! ssizsd The
auu. ana before conld take ain the thino
veu, Of With cr,sf that would have
vsked fes3 nsu IL he hsdn't been dead
80 long To there wssat enough OF bin 10
vsks. When the smoke cleared away
iound myself lying cn my back 10 The
he,p OF coal ashes st ny bsck door. and
the o., vas si,iios 90 . soap box. washing
her feet and attending to other details oi
her toilet There we're tso guns nov, 10
steal OF one, sod Jones' kitchen vinsow
had three broken pspes Of glass to siies'
to ny ,kili in tsii1s ain.
Nancy bsi 20. behio3 the ~ster barrel
and crouehei doun. She ssid sfterssrd
.b. had doue i, 80 .s 20. TO distrsct my st
leniion.
wau nan s,ti N.rry the fact OF N 10