The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-03-12

ioos. ssd then yea 90 stsiihs home.
Nj. E,mp ssst beck 70 Der plsnts, ba
many . eub bed hossy 10 iAsnk thai
pisht Tor undLsttrbsd drssus TOT Ais'
Ella. could pet forge, TIE heufe ~ IL lool
%. asleep by the cis,sr; srd sbss hus
" app ssr.d o. ths door si,h Vas siiler
holding . 9, ,nsroos 'pppiy si rescued bi.i
OF coal, sbs Lsndsd bin . ttiek slie, oi
bread spread eth molssses. SAYING
/ s'poss yos'fe tspsy again BY his
time.
i 1 sll.rs 10: and looking pp st Misc Eliss
With bis noatb Toll. 10 ssid, Kln ! stay
ssri l siot col DO place.
You meet yoa sin't SO, 20 folks, where
did you sleep les, Siahtf
Dow do road, under some boards; tvpI
ifsEin.
Miss III n vsp. back 10 the Kitchen,
aud lei. Macy sittios 90 tbs steps
shs drew The ts5ls TO the esp,sr Of The
room. spread The red cloth. ssd ps, tvo
pi,tss 10 pl.o The last enits fercioly, -
che ssid sioud.-
Wall, tspny rate, be shsp'i sleep oat 10
oiaht. ayius up rheumatism snoush 10
lat bic pstursl lie. Yon.sf.Me-Nuesy
t,stch so oocbristi.n nsus l never heard
come 10 here.
Mua.y came jast over the threshold and
.iood staring sbout While The LAMP vas
lig hted and the eurtsits drawn.
Standing il ths lsnplisht Miss Sossrs
could see where the but'ors we're gene
from the thrssd.b.fs cost. that |, vas oil
thst sbsl,ersd Mussy from tie cold.
Ain't you so. sny H,npehi
Fispnepsl said Mussy, blsptly, dsts me
coat.
Do you see tbs, soi,f said Miss EIs,,
pointing TO . venerable specimen thst
slood 10 the corner Of the kitohss.
Well, en- going to give you that csmiort
sr and ysu s,n sleep there tonight. sud 10
the morning VEN see. II you we're = girl,
nov, l should kGov better what 10 do
With you: bat boy
Yes.sm.
You cit down there. sid Miss Elis'.
pointing 10 the char opposite her own,
and drink this bowl Of les; then you hight
/. we'll 60 to bed.
Mussy sst down snd not ouly drank the
tes, but also ste some bread and one OF
the chsri hrd eonshnu,s, and then obsdi
emily 10y down on the so'a: - Mics Aiss
Eliza tucked 10 The comforter. be turned
on his side and said drowsily, =
Ne warm. and ain's hungry.
Miss Eliz, took Cd her slasss, and wip
ed them, they blurred suddenly.
How that kettle does stssm. she said.
By the time the few dishes we're washed
shs could tell BY the heavy bresshins
from the sofa that her new lodger vss safe
for the night.
She took The lamp and vent into the I'd
joining room where she slept. sbd return
Cd with suit Of her own asnpels which
she proceeded 10 sbbrsviste % 10 the eX
this dom, shs looked up the
houss and went TO bed
She vss up bright and early IL the
morning, tut not esrlisr than Mussy, Tor
when che opened her door, there hs vss
on the hearth bsiorsa freshly kindlsd Ore.
Hsllol he sid.
Well, an beat, said Mise E!lE,, and .
faint smile might have been seen lurking
sbout The corners Of her mouth q she 6lI
ID The kettle. bat she spoke 20 word Of
sommsndstion. Muesy vs. . boy, and
shs she did not know what be might no.
do next.
After breakfast Mise Someu brought
from the barn 3 large basket Of cried
beans which she gave Aus'y to shell,
snd osrsfully loosirg up The rest Of the
house che left Musy in the kitchen.
him on 10 sccount to get oot.
and With her bslkei on her arm she start
cd for the villsgs.
There st the store she bsnsbts suii Of
boys CLOTHES. boots ard esp
Miss Ella hurried home snd iound Mng
y playing . mysterious gsme With few
Of the bssns be bad finished shsllipe.
MusN'ssyes grew round With wonder
- Mise Eiiz, opened the bundles and
drsss'd him 10 bis uev clothes.
There, you look like somebody now.
bat II you'd been girl. l could made
you look better; boys o'olhes srs terrible
expensive. Az Musy msde timsslf use
iol sbout the house and barn during the
day, Miss EliE.s thoughts ran somswhst
10 this fashion: :
Hes sort o handy, snd II he'd been .
girl, don't know but l might have kept
him. but | never could abide boys |
hall have to look shout aud see Wis. oss
bs done With him.
Day after day vent by, however. and no
dot VS. made 10 6ud other quarters Tor
Aoe.y.
he had bern u Miss Ehz,'s about tso
seets and the short legs. mnah roundsr
ban they we're the day he ssksj for the
st the ktcasu window. hsd
'svsd Niw Els. usny steps.
One day MnsT came across the yard
lsngline . pail from which be tsa i1N
poured . mixture that broasbt Joy to the I
,ssrt OF Dsnui', the pig.
He took the pal into the Kitchen. eI
,estios Miss Sonen - wash II. bot shs
sss not ttsfa
Nissnlis,l 90 snssu Il. sect TO her
Dom. she vs not there; then 10 the
loor. and lootsi sbout, snd si last 10 the
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