The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-12-04
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ssns d.y I'll the vofld nty zee toe
piessr,s by ssins 10 . esrlsia sslI'fy
e,lied Rosoes. / itiSt ihsy siil be co
saersd very Interesting Uuiies 10 efimi
olosy. But the, time 10 lops ssy th.
700 slipped toto the porte, By ii'ii
nsrros tsek. op'niug bstseen tso var
hon.ss. II us gate DARK s'oos hs''
.na little iueoBsshitnt ssR dress rot
st someiimes 10 tut 10 . second you ger
| 10 . ,iny court. .hai 10 i.'. by the hsck
OF the warehouses srd on The Other side
by email sbsuiies,
TIE poehos ssss nbe place to live 10
The court ysrd see boarded over sud te
boards we're old and loose When B.
ehsnce snythius ss dropped; II vas snr
10 roll swsy in.o the crssk', end ths'
there su the excitement Of ripping up
board or too, and seeine the black beetle
sud terrible things With msuy legs seusil
out OF your vsy, Then there ws. too. ih
fan Of bidips b. the peck Of dusk lin
and saideuly sptiusina out si the pssse
BY, md tsy "Bool' st hin. aud see tiG
Jump and then sweH at you But best q
oil, IL you happened TO have polioemst
alter you for aty cause wbstessr. yot
could get out ci ti, way. three times ou'
OF ten, by slipping INTO the Pocket.
Oh, there uU 10 mistske, the Pocket
sss the prizs abode Of the street There
vas slssys some one ready 10 move into
one OF The shsniies when some one 10 there
-. obliged TO move on. Tor lsck Of rent
OF course. it grew dark pretty early 10
winter time The high warehouses; seemed
tj take ell the Sunshine. High houses of
on do. Aud there iss damp green mould
which grew very we'll over svorythiog II
vss very pretty this moss.mould. All wip
ter the wster never stopped dripriog { q
The ends OF the houses, and long into lbe
sum mer you heard IL. Drip. drip, drip.
There we're some olods OF earth turned
up 10 front OF one OF the sbsbties. Some
ons had ripped up Few OF tho boards aud
attempted 9 garden. II was stuck f-ll Of
sticks Of varying siz,s,
The " man who made bnttonholts bad
planted these sticks. SomttImss her ps
irons gave her flowers, aud she slsays care
tally tfimmed of the leaves and planted
the stems. They psver grew. bal then
they might sny time. You osn ne,er tell
when plsnt may take notion to grow.
This woman bad lived 10 the country
once and knew the smell Of the fresh
plooehed a Id knew May vss there. and
you could smell the new sweet green
things every where.
Nobody ever disturbed her stems. they
stood through rainy days and simmer
days. uprish, in the ereeu mould Some
tines sitor y hard rain, when il tuned
warm qalokly, the wooden floor Of the
Pocket sent up clouds OF vspor.
It's the devils ovp ss 10 under us. and
him . bissin up hot steam, said one oi
the Pocket dwellers 10 Little Maggie. and
little Maggie would not GROSS the cour.
for weeks. save on the desd run.
You're another, ssii smother boy. Dis
sin't hot Dis sip't steam. II yer tink do
dsevil cant make anything bus bot steam.
yer LETT. Dis hers cold steam. Like log,
II fog sint cold steam. and steam sin't
hot fog. I'd like to know what is.
His II tspers could not tell him.
But Oh. you should see The Pocket 10
The summer time, when she windows we're
Ill open and the sewing msohine belong
ing 10 the woman Who took 10 work wss
be zsins. end The spsrro=s we're chipping
md fussine. and the little womsn who
made buttouholes oil day hunmei to her
,slf. II vas only . little note. like the
ons "shsep" Of the sparrow. Aod when
Mrs Tooley dragged the wssbtub into her
and splsshsd greet bubbly suds
around. and tAe square Of sky over the
was one dszsius blutl
Oh, you should see 1t thenl
One OF the little buttonholer's shoulders
wss higher than the other. from slwsyst
sitting onesidsd. 90 ss to bs close 10 the
light msy be, sod the forenoger OF ber left
hand so rough snd ugly and nsedle-scsrr
ID, She hsd . soft, delicate fscs, and the
'biidrsn approved Of her. Their own
% others did not stop st home.
This vas the day before Thanksgiving
'nd great rows Of fst Turkeys we're hung
'round, and foe little While pigs we're ly
ns state. each with . red apple 10 bis
n ncush. Big barrels Of shifting orsnbsr
berries stood slous the nieuslks. snd
here we're fst plum psddinss aud thick
pies 10 the pastry cooks windows. and
ny bo, II made 700 hunsy iast TO vslk
'srsteose iu0u ruOps,
Every body vas 10 . hurry.
Tbs boy stood .. the Pockets entrance.
'stchins The pssstrs Every Que seemed
o have . bnodle. Nov 1t vu . bunch oi
celery sticking ont, roE . iosl's foot, noe
one,hins wrapped up tight 90 yon could
10. see vhst IL vas. nov something thst
ook tse hands to olrry, snd hsd TO bs
isIt straight -but you could bet there
res . cake 10 that buadisI
Thsnkssslra w0 not kip, 10 the Pock
4.
Bay. ssid one Of the boys 90 idenly. lets
i've . Tbsnkssiviu party. none Of yer
fer me- Thsplssivin 10 swsll.
'sr sin't si.in tioss sli do tine. Jss 90,
o. Dst's de tor Ter me Bay. veil give
party. snd 90. have DO es,io snd fool de
rovei
How'll se fool emf
Lssvs dst 10 me.
30 they put their he.ds tosethsr sud
ell 10 planning aud then 10 fighting.
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