The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-03
VOLUME XLVI.


q But bAllcphasg .ppcsua IA 4. 49,,
aha when bad sgreed wI,h him A. ,,,,
y 'esu 'ch'' ihou, b, had The mil. n,,,
e'h set'l'd tors time. but thi. proved
'A'A hope' oae evening 90, lnns .,trr
vas called from the aluner table And ,ons,
pA'iaaeeek on the plssxl. Hs ,.,a \,
wanted to do the square thing s,a - ~.
same around to say he'd have 10 .,ll ,h.
Cow she ate loo much ard gave foo lu,t,
".''A' any nay Bat the fset VA, he p.sa
ea ready money, and he would h.v. ), :, ),
Aen hsf' lie thought Lls cousin ovey !,
w" aersoy would take her. bey.n n
seo 'he pelat' The baby was sctilas .lens
nutir, snd Rexsns had fotsottsn tor .a.,s
t'ne to wish she WAS dead. Iw...,,lou,
aet 20 break the charm, On red % p.v
p.'ies o'ek Tor meath'.supply In advance
u he w5ald keep the red cav, a., h.,
u'xhseued up AZ once, and wen, away with
tho money 10 hs pocket.
"hat did he want to see ou abou ash.
hofana, when ! came In,
%, about the milk BIN.
"bN sylvester, said Roxana, reprofeh-
'ullv, you told me Il was paid.
30 itis, returned.
hi,ven cents Is an awful price, though.
quoth hoxsna, Don't you think soY
| Outrageous, SAID /.
done zee why YOU q r agreed ia n.y
Jones any tach price as that. But nj,
thilk 10 go good row hate 10 change. n ~.
ara went on, lie sends another man viii
u nov, th'ugh.
ies' thought It was smother man, oh.
served, With discretion
| II seemtd to me afterwaid that enent
the oettef part of the summer In 10 loving
up that red COW. when she was ind,,pos
ed paid for veterinary surgeon to pre-
scribe Tor her. She was lost once. and /
secured the eouniry for the most OF two
afternoons on bicycle helping to Il ad her.
10 August, Dallenbecks IN ,lrs, as might
nave been expected, came to a crisis. and
ha was sold out by the shorin. restrained
astrong Impulse to buy IN the red COW and
pasture her on the back lawn, so that
might know whero to look for her. Dai.
lenbecks hired man, Murphy, bought the
COW Tor song. When the sale was over
looked for Murphy to come to an under.
standing sih him. Az went through tho
house II tqait.ng for him his voice came up
70 me distinc ly from the back porch.
us he w.s saying, an' cheap, too.
But what do you want with hery asked
somebody she's no great mixer.
All, let me tell ye byes, r, I1ined Murphy,
and ! could almost hear The twinkle 10 bis
eyes-it's not so much The amount OF mix
shell give--though she's not 80 bad, neIth-
or. But 20 see they's a felly down the
road here a bit who's been pretty near
eHzy about this here COW; has a sick Kid
or some'hin' an he'll pay two prices iiiht
along to get all his milk from this one
COW. He give Jones eleven cents quart,
and Dallcnbeek got thirteen. What dive
think OF thats ] used to hear him talkIn'
to the old man. Now, Mr.. Dallenb, ck,
he'd say, you're sure I'm gittin' II from the
one cow Sure, SAYS the old man, tppin'
me the wink, An'it's all handled In mo
own cansf Av coorse, says DAllcnbcck.
that's what yer psyin' extry for, Amt itg
An then when the felly went the old man d
say to me- That's easy, Murphy, he'd cay,
Jest iill his can "a er thc reg'lar supply, as
usual.
What, said one of Mu'phps listencrs.
didn't he get mix from the red COW at alIr
Red COW nuthin, taid Murphy. That
there cows went dry six weeks ago.
turned around and went home. Before
night had made an arrangement with
another mllkmsn, snd d not insist upon
ore COW.
did not think II necessary to tell Rox-
ana. The boy was getting chubby and
rosy, anyway; and the perfect confidence
which should txlst between man and wife
10 best preferved by iudicous silences. But
1t happened tina. Royana's sister visited US
about that time. Her baby also bad been
bottle.fed, and troublesome.
don't know what to try next, she de-
ciared. NV doctor thitks, though, that
the milk Ia too uneven. We thuk OF Iut-
ting the baby on milk from one COW.
Oh, no, ,xpostulated RoIsna, earnestly.
You know, she continued, that idea Ia quite
exploded, quite. The fact IL that milk
from the herd Ia much more evea than
from any one COW the lnt qualities balance
each other, you zee. | thought of trying
that, but my doctor wouldn't listen TO IT,
] gazd at Roxana, and drew long
breath. Ny dear, asked meekly, may
ask when did the doctor say thatY
Why, last June, said Roxsna. II was
when the baby was so sick. There was one
night, Lulu, when was nearly distracted,
and raked poor Sylvester over the Goals
for not asking the doctor about the milk.
And the very next day ! telephoned him
myself, and he told m, TO keep on with tho
regular mired supply. Why, surely you
that night carried on 90, syl
vester.
Yes, Roxwa, replI,d. ! remember 1t.
- -
Some years ago " Tom " Taggart, Of the
Democratic National Committee, bad oe-
casion to write 10 az active political worker
Ia distant part of IndIina, giving HIM
timely directions concerning the campaign
then 10 progress. Mr.. Tsggart's typewriter
was absent, 30 he penned The letter Ia