The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-08-25
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packed Ia teI car, was moving TO anal
lown 10 Michigan, 10 which her beloved
] 9hn had already been attracted BY basl
reEs. Tits tows abe learned on her sfriyA
boosted tut one yehisle capable Of trans
pafliEg her numerous belongings from The
station TO the pew home, ard this rickeiy
taair, drawn hy = bfoken.wltded hcrte,
Belonged to Swedish dssytnsn named
Olaf feierGen.
Be tare, John Hargrayc, wise Ia city
ways, taa said to bis ycurg wlfs At parting
TO make your bargain fore hand with lhe
van driver. herslse he'll probably over
charge yeu ouirsgeously; they always do.
II cost me exactly iifsten dollars 70 81 all
our ST n from the house to the car.
IN do my best, promised Luer.
I'm sorry can't look after It for you,
sill John, stcoplrg to kiss her, but I've
got to stay In town all day. Rememter
Lucy, make your bargain f1t, and don't
consent 10 paying more than iitcea dollars
Bu. when inexperienced Lucy broschtd
the sut CT Of charges to Olaf Pettratn,
all that stolId Scandinavian would say was
| Veil, don't know. meesis. | can't tole
you yoost vat schorge you until got my
yob flemish. iole you then.
This of course dli not please Mrs. Har.
grave, but Peteuen, stoi', obstinate and
Immovable, lad nothing more dc dnite to
oftel. As bis ancient chariot was the only
yisible connecting link between The station
and the Hsrgraye house, the young woman
was obliged to make the best Of an unsatis-
factory situation.
| But che began TO worry At once. Peter
sen's cold, lisht.blue eyer, as the young
woman pointed cut with much perturba-
| tion to her mother in-law, wore shrewd,
crafty expression, and bis heavy Jaw, large
nose ard firm mouth were, she declared,
clearly indicative Of stubbornnfs
How was she little scrap tf brown
eyed wemsn, afraid OF mtu'e, to drive
any sort Of q bargain with great burly |
swindler like that? II made her simply
IIIt kUc utNlhicu W tHibh VI ".
The moving began. Tie narrow drsy,
far advanced in ts second childhood, slop
cd toward the resr so much that the carry.
Ing Of anything on oastors wps a precari-
GUS matter The distance fortunately waa
short, a matter Of less than three blocks.
Petersen, with long-egged, silent as
sistsnt to keep the furniture from sliding
Of the rear end Of the slaniirg dray, start
10 at seven o'clock, the morning CT Mrs.
Hargrave's arrival. Necessarily the loads
were exceedingly small, consisting iu many
instances Of one solitary article, such as a
couch, buffet, a table or big armchair
My goodness, exclaimed Lucy, II that
man Is charging us by the load, 1t will take
small fortune to pay him for getting
that carload Ct stuff moved to the house
Johu'll never forgive me II 1t costs more
than ii ,teen dollars, besides twenty is every
cent | have. oh, do you thi.k 1t will
take more than twenty?
Perhaps, suggested the elder Mrs Har-
grave, he works by the hour, I've rever ,
moved, so | don't know how they figure.
Tha. would be even worse. That wretch ,
ed old horse creeps like a rheumatic snai.
At this rate lon be midnight before he gets
through. I'm having him leave everything
on the ground floor, because | can't risk !,
delaying him moment by having things !,
carried ur-stsirs. Hadn't better tell him
that twenty dollars Is the very last cent .
Ill payg He's just making these loads !,
small On purpose. There he comes now
with Johns deik .
No, advised the older woman, let John
settle with him when it's all done. You're
20 match for a great hulking pirate like
hat Petersen. He's made up his mind to '
lob you, and he'll do 1t; you can see 1t all
over bis face.
All day lorg, viii barely preceptible =
pause at moor, the weary, shambling, short y
sinded horse crawled miserably back and
orth with Insignificant, undersizsd burdens u
All day lorg Peterson laborously loaded y
and reloaded his groanirg dray. All day y
ong the shiftless assistant, with his blue. :"
legs trailing In the dust, rode at ~
he end Ct the vehicle to keep the loads u
board, while Petersen led drove or sup
,orted bis raw-boned horse. All day long sa
frs. Hargrave counted the trips, marking a.
hem down on pspar. J"
At any rate, she would not, she declared VI
ay for any tx.ra loads. She would show Va
9hn that his ilccme was safe In her wife u
! hands, even II she could not deal alto. w
ether successfully with hardened sin. va
Ir like Petersen. WI
The worried young housekeeper suppos- Va
that Petersen's working day would end
six O'Clock, but II did not. As At noon, al
Ne iateiyal between loads WAS merely a
ifs longer than usual. w
Twilight depend and night fell. Peter lu'
N still labortd, the horse still crswlei,
he assistant with darglisg legs still assist u.
!, the dfay slill threatened to drop to II
tees as 1t ratified up ard down the other pr
Ise quiet street, and MR.. Hargrave and hA
" mother,ia-lsw still indust iously count
the loads. WI
I'm take every ceLt Of thirty five dollars .n'
.osued Lucy, At nine o'lDck, eItricating a se
ckirg chair from the heap and dropped ho
sconsolately into Il, Oh, do wish John WI
ould come, but know he'Il Just hate me
ben he comes. | wish we're dead so'
His train won. be 10 for An hour yet, cc'
Id the older Mrs. Hargrave, endeavoring
conceal her own axety. Bot don't %
ouy, Lucy. can lend you ten dollars
you and John together haven't enough. ns
Ten wouldn't be drop In the bucket w
oaned Mrs. Harsrave, forlornly. Two -
en-. horse sud dray for fourteen hours -
ID the end 10 not yet. He means TO make N